HomeMy Public PortalAbout74-020RESOLUTION NO. 74-020
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARSON FINDING THAT CERTAIN AUTOMOBILE DISMANT-
LING YARDS, AUTOMOBILE IMPOUNDING YARDS, AND
JUNK AND SALVAGE YARDS HAVE NOT COMPLIED WITH
THE CARSON MUNICIPAL CODE AND AUTHORIZING THE
CITY ATTORNEY TO SEEK INJUNCTION AND OTHER RELIEF
WHEREAS, the Carson Municipal Code requireR the operators and owners of
Automobile Dismantling Yards, Automobile Impounding Yards, and Junk and Salvage
Yards, among other things, to: (1) erect solid walls around their yards; (2) landscape
frontages abutting upon public streets; (3) plant tall trees along side and rear walls that
abut upon- residential areas or elevated freeways; (5) install solid gates at the yard
entrances; (5) provide off-street parking; (6) pave the entire yard area; (7) provide
drainage; (8) reduce all stacks of wwcked or dismantled vehicles, salvage or junk to a
height no greater than that of the surrounding walls; (9) file plot and preliminary
architectural plans with the Director of Planning; and (1) operate only in M-2, M-3 and
M-4 zones with a Special Use Permit; and
WHEREAS, the City Staff and the City Attorney's office have inspected the
following yards and found that they do not comply with all or some of the aforesaid pro-
visions of the Carson Zoning Ordinance:
(a) Carson Truck Parts & Equipment Company
17120 South Figueroa Street
(b) Burgeno Bros. Salvage
331 West Francisco Street
(c) Willies Auto Wrecking
18938 South Broadway
(d) Broadway Auto Wrecking
18938 -1/2 South Broadway
(e) Broadway - Main Auto
19031 South Main Street
(f) D & W Auto Parts
17310 South Main Street
(g) Torrance Auto Wrecking
21301 South Main Street
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the yards specified herein are found
to be in violation of the Carson Zoning Ordinance; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Attorney is authorized to take whatever
legal action is necessary against any or all of the yards specified herein, collectively or
individually, to prevent said yards from being operated in violation of the Municipal Code.
The City Attorney is further authorized to proceed against any of the yards specified herein
in whatever order he deems proper.
ATTEST:
Res. No. 74-020/Page 2 of 2
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 4th day of February, 1974.
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CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF CARSON )
I, Morris B. Vance, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the
foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 74-020, was duly and regularly adopted by the
City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on
the 4th day of February, 1974, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following
vote:
AYES: Bridgers, Calas,EMarbut, Smith and Yamamo
None
None
COUNCILMEN:
NOES:
COUNCILMEN:
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEN:
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