HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 0098u tDII Al CE NO. 98.
AN vl�DII!"-�] iROHI3ITING T11E�' C�:OSSIlvG OVER
HOSE IE ` .f.i" C _TY ,.:'F LYN`&.;OD BY VEHICLES
OF ALL i;INDS; ALSO PROHIBITING PEDESTRIANS
AND VEHICLES FROJI INTERFERING '.aITH THE OP-
RATION OF EXTINGUISHING FIRES BY APPROACH -
ING TOO NEAR THE FIRE ,4HICH IS BEING EXTIN-
GUISHED BY FIREKEN? AIuD FIXING A PENALTY
FOR THE VIOLATION OF SAID ORDINANCE.
The Board of Trustees, now known as the City Council
of the City of Lynwood does ordain as follows, to -wit:
Section 1. From and after this Ordinance goes into ef-
fect, it shall be unlawful and is prohibited for any person oper-
ating any automobile or other vehicle to drive over any fire hose,
whether the same contains water or is empty, in the City of Lyn-
wood, whether the same is being actually in use in the extinguishment
of fires or otherwise.
Section 2. After the final passage ana approval of this
Ordinance, it shall be unlawful and is prohibited for any person,
whether in an automobile or on foot, to approach the location where
and when any fire in the City of Lynwood is being extinguished by
the firemen of the City of Lynwood nearer than 200 feet. This pro-
hibition does not apply to firemen or other person actually engaged
in the extinguishment of any such fire; nor to automobiles or other
vehicles owned or operated by the City of Lynwood, or others, which
is being used in the operati:)n of extinguishing of such fire.
Section 3. Any violation of this Ordinance shall be
deemed a misdemeanor punishable r *a .a fine of not exceeding 0300.00
or by imprisonment in the County Jail of Los Angeles County, or in
the City Jail of the City of Lynwood, for a term of not exceeding
ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. A judg-
ment imposing a fine may provide for its collection by imprisonment
in either of such jails in the proportion of one day's imprisonment
for each dollar of the fine until such fine be wholly satisfied.
Section 4. The Clerk of the City of Lynwood is directed
to cause this Ordinance after its final passage and approval to be
published for one time in the Lynwood Tribune, which newspaper is
hereby designated for that purpose.
( Signed) C,. E. Greenamyer
President (Now the idayor) of the
Board of Trustees, now known as
the City Council of the City of
Lynwood.
ATTEST:
C. D. Stoddard (Signed)
City Clerk, City of Lynwood.