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ORDINANCE NO. _ 5 Y
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD, CALIFORNIA,
RELATING TO EMERGENCY DEFENSE AND AIR RAID PRE-
CAUTIONS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD,
CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.
As used in this ordinance, the following words and phrases
shall mean:
"Air raid warning signal" shall mean a signal, by siren,
whistle, horn, or other audible device, of two minutes duration,
consisting of either a fluctuating or warbling signal of varying
pitch, or a succession of intermittent blasts of about five seconds
duration, separated by a silent period of about three seconds.
"All clear signal" shall mean a continuous signal by
siren, horn, or other audible device, of two minutes duration, of
a steady pitch.
"Period of air raid alarm" shall mean the interval of
time between the giving of the air raid warning signal and the
giving of the next succeeding all clear signal.
"Blackout structure" shall mean any space so enclosed
that any illumination maintained or existing therein is not visible
from any point outside such enclosure.
Section 2.
The Chief of Police of the City of Lynwood, California is
hereby authorized and directed to cause the sounding of an air raid
warning signal and of an ail clear signal when, and only when, the
district in which the City of Lynwood is located is notified so to
do by the United States Aircraft turning Service.
Section 3.
No person shall effect or permit or maintain or allow any
illumination under his control to be effected or maintained at any
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place within the incorporated City of Lynwood, California during
any period of air raid alarm in the hours of darkness, except within
a blackout structure.
Section 4.
The maintenance or leaving of any illumination by any
person, except within a blackout structure, without provision for
its extinguishment, within one minute after the commencement of a
period of air raid alarm, by a competent person over the age of
eighteen years, attendant at the place where such illumination is
controlled, is hereby prohibited.
Section 5.
In order to enable the Chief of Police to conform to the
request of the United States Aircraft Warning Service for the ob-
scuration, diminution, or extinguishment of any illumination,
whether in or out of any enclosure, which increases the vulnerabil-
ity of the said City of Lynwood, or any portion thereof, to air
attack, or for the regulation of traffic during the period of air
raid alarm, the Chief of Police may adopt and promulgate reasonable
rules and regulations for such purposes, and any rules or regulations
so adopted by him shall be and remain in effect for thirty (30) days
thereafter, but no longer, unless approved within said time by
resolution of the City Council of the said City of Lynwood; Provided,
however, that any rule or regulation so adopted by the Chief of
Police may at any time be rescinded by resolution of said City
Council or by the Chief of Police. and provided further that the
violation of any such rule or regulation shall in all respects be
considered and be a violation of this ordinance.
Section 6.
It shall be unlawful to disobey any lawful direction or
order of a peace officer, highway patrolman, or fireman, or any
other person duly designated by the Civilian Council of Defense as
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air raid wardensor fire wardens or auxiliary police for and within
said City of Lynwood, given during a period of air raid alarm,
which order is reasonably necessary for the maintenance of public
order or safety or to effect the extinguishment or obscuration of
light.
Section 7.
Any illumination contrary to the provisions of this ordin-
ance or to any rule or regulation adopted and promulgated in accor-
dance with Section 5 hereof, constitutes a public nuisance, and the
same may be summarily abated by any peace officer, highway patrolman,
or fireman, or duly certified air raid warden, fire warden, or
auxiliary police.
Any structure may be entered by any such officer or fire-
man, using reasonable force if necessary, for the purpose of abating
such nuisance by extinguishment of such illumination.
Section 8.
At the commencement of a period of air raid alarm, the
operator of any motor vehicle shall forthwith bring such tehicle as
far as possible to the side of the street, road, or highway, off of
the main travelled portion thereof, and the operator of such motor
vehicle, and the operator of any streetcar or.bus, shall bring such
motor vehicle or streetcar or bus to a stop, clear of any crossing,
intersection, fire house, fire plug, hospital, or other emergency
depot or area, and, during the hours of darkness, shall extinguish
all lights therein or thereon, and said motor vehicle or streetcar
or bus shall remain so situated during the period of air raid alarm,
unless directed or ordered to move by a peace officer, highway
patrolman, or fireman.
Section 9.
The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to any
blackout emergency vehicles, which shall include the following:
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a. All Army and Navy vehicles;
b. All vehicles of the United States Government where
credentials indicate the necessity of emergency movement;
c, All authorized emergency vehicles as defined in
Sections 44 and 44.1 of the Vehicle Code of California;
d. All vehicles being operated by members of the Calif-
ornia State Guard, while actually on duty;
e. All vehicles of volunteer personnel engaged in the
operation of the Antiaircraft Warning Service of the Fourth Inter-
ceptor Command, while such personnel is actually going to or from
posts of duty.
f. All vehicles certified by sheriffs, district attor-
neys, the California State Highway Patrol, police chiefs, fire
chiefs, when within the respective territorial jurisdictions of
the certifying office, as being essential to the preservation of
public peace and safety or to the dissemnination of public informa-
tion or to the National Defense; providing, however, that such
vehicle shall conform to the uniform lighting regulations approved
by the Department of Motor Vehicles and the California State Highway
Patrol for blackout emergency vehicles. No certificates shall be
issued which conflict with any regulation or order of the United
States Army applicable to the area for which the certificate is
issued.
Section 10.
It shall be unlawful for any person, without authority,
during any air raid alarm, to use, wear, or exhibit or possess any
uniform, insignia, credential, or other indication of authority,
or any imitation thereof, adopted and used by the official Civilian
Defense organization.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, within the corporate
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in the darkness, shall, during the blackout period in the nighttime,
protect the public by maintaining a person over 18 years of age as
watchman to warn the public of such barricades or excavations or
dangerous places.
Section 14.
Any person, firm or corporation or officer in charge of
such firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions
Of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con-
viction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding
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Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00), or by imprisonment in the county
jail not exceeding three (3) months, or by both such fine and im-
I pr isonment.
Section 15.
This ordinance is required for the im2e diate preservation
of the public peace, health and safety, and the following is the
statement of facts constituting such emergency: The United States
is at war, and this City of Lynwood is in great and continuing
danger of air and other attack by the enemy.
Section 16.
If any provision of this ordinance or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such inval-
idity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this
ordinance which can be given effect without the /'valid provisions
or applications, and to this and the provisions of this ordinance
are deblared to be severable.
Section 17.
The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
ordinance and cause it to be published once in the next issue of
the "Lynwood Press, a newspaper of general circulation, printed
and published in the City of Lynwooa, ana henceforth and thereafter
the same shall be in full force and effect.
aSSED AND ADOPTED at the as journed regular meeting
;1e1d ori the 24th . q of Decemb =-n, 1941.
,. California.
v,'.I ty of T wood,
ATTEST: _ Mayor, City of ynw o , iforniaa
(SEAL)
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ss.
CITY OF LYNVIOOD
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of
Lynwood, California, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted by the City
Council of said City at a a,- nurne(i regular
meeting thereof held in the City Hall of said City,
on the 2lta day of December 1941 and
passed by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Lake, 1 Zimmer-
man =nd Meyer.
NOES: COUNCILMEN: Done.
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Christensen.
CITY CLERK CITY OF LYNYTOOD'
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