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Home My Public Portal AboutOrdinance 61-53ORDINANCE NO. 61 -53 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY, CALIFORNIA, REGU- LATING STREETS AND SIDEWALKS IN THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY DOES HEREBY OR- DAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: The Temple City Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding Chapter 8, Article 111, which shall read as follows: CHAPTER 8. STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. 3900. "Sidewalk" defined. When the word "sidewalk" is used in this Chapter it shall be held to mean the space between the curb line of the street and the inside property line, whether covered with a cement walk or not. 3901. Depositing filthy water, rubbish, etc., in streets,etc. It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or cause or permit to be deposited in or upon any public street, alley, sidewalk, or other public place any filthy water, rubbish or any sweepings from any store or house, or contents of a cuspidor, or any putrid substance of any kind. 3902. Duty of property owner, etc., to keep sidewalk clean. It shall be unlawful for any person to fail, refuse or ne- glect to keep the sidewalk in front of his own house, place of business or premises in a clean and wholesome condition. 3903. Not to obstruct sidewalks, etc.; trimming of bushes or trees growing along sidewalks, etc. It shall be unlawful for any person having charge or control of any lot or premises in the City, whether 'as owner, lessee, tenant, occupant, or otherwise to allow any limbs, twigs or leaves of any bush or tree growing in or upon the sidewalk or any public street or alley in front of such lot or premises or upon any premises abutting upon such sidewalk to interfere with or obstruct the free passage of pedes- trians along such sidewalk, public street or alley. Whenever any bush or tree growing in or upon any premises in such manner that any portion thereof shall ever hang over any sidewalk, public street or alley, or growing in or upon any such sidewalk is greater than fifteen feet in height, the lower limbs, twigs and leaves of such bush or tree shall be kept removed at all times, so that at no time shall any portion of limbs, twigs or leaves hang nearer than nine feet above the sidewalk, street or alley, and whenever any such limbs, twigs or leaves of such bush or tree shall be kept at all times so that the same are not interfering with or obstructing the free passage of pedestrians or vehicles along such sidewalk, street or alley. 3904. Vegetation not to obstruct sidewalks, etc. It shall be unlawful for any person having charge or control of any lot or premises whether as owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or otherwise, to allow any vegetation to grow or exist along or upon the sidewalk or public street in front of such premises in such manner as to interfere with or obstruct the free passage of pedestrians along such sidewalk, street or alley. 3905. Soil, trash, etc., not to remain on or obstruct streets, etc. It shall be unlawful for any person having charge or control of any lot or premises in the City, either as owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or otherwise to allow any soil, trash, rubbish, garden refuse, tree trimmings, ashes, tin cans or other waste or refuse to remain upon or in any public street or alley or upon any sidewalk abutting on such lot or premises, or to interfere with or obstruct the free alleys or streets. 141 3906. Erection, etc., of barbed wire fences along side- walks. It shall be unlawful for any person having charge or control of any lot or premises, either as owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or otherwise, to erect or maintain or permit to be erected or maintained any barbed wire fence along any sidewalk or along any property line abutting on any sidewalk nearer than seven feet above such sidewalk. 3907. Display of goods, etc., on sidewalks. It shall be unlawful for any person in the City to place or cause to be placed anywhere upon any public street, way or sidewalk, or for any person owning, operating or having control of any premises, to suffer to remain in front thereof upon the sidewalk or portion of the street, alley or way next to such premises, any boxes, bales, barrels, goods, wares, merchandise, wood, lumber or any other thing obstructing the free use or passage of such street, way or sidewalk, provided that any person may display goods, wares and merchandise on the portion of the sidewalk within one and one -half feet from the property line, and also provided, that goods, wares and merchandise actually in transit may be allowed on the outer one third of the width of any sidewalk, between the hours of 8:00 P. M. and 8 :00 A. M. of the next day. 3908. Drainage, etc. of water on sidewalks, etc. It shall be unlawful for any person having control of any lot or premises whether as owner, lessee, tenant or occupant or other- wise, or any agent or any employee of any such person, to cause or to permit any water to run or drain across or onto or upon or to stand on any any sidewalk, street, or alley abutting on such lot or premises, except such water as is actually and necessarily used in washing or cleaning such sidewalk or street, and except for a reasonable amount of water which may be occasioned by sprinkling of lawns or shrubbery. The draining of swimming pool water is expressly prohibited by this section, except where specific written permission has been granted by the City Manager of the City of Temple City. 3909. Deposit of tacks, etc., on sidewalks, etc. unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or deposit tacks, broken glassware or nails, upon the sidewalks, street, avenues, alleys, or other public places in the City. 3910. Cutting or defacing, etc., sidewalks, etc. unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person to cut, carve, hack, hew, or otherwise deface any sidewalk, curb; gutter or pavement on any public street in the City. 3911. Obstructions of streets, etc., deemed nuisances. Any obstruction in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk or other public place or maintained thereon shall be deemed to be a public nuisance and be treated as such. 3912.. Signs on street. It shall be unlawful to place any sign or signs upon any sidewalk, including, but not limited to, signs placed on chairs, stands, boxes or racks which are movable. The City shall cause to be removed forthwith any sign placed upon any City sidewalk not placed pursuant to proper resolution or ordinance of the City, and any sign or signs so removed shall be retained by the City for a period of five days, in which time the owner thereof may have same returned. In the event the owner of any moved signs shall fail to claim same within the said five - day period the City shall dispose of such sign or signs as it shall deem fit. In the event the owner of any sign or signs shall place same a second time upon any City sidewalk the City shall dispose of same as it shall deem fit. 142 PASSED AND ADOPTED by the C.ty Council of the City of Temple City at a regular meeting thereof held this 28th day of November , 1961, by the following roll -call vote: AYES: Councilmen - Buchan, Fitzjohn, Merritt, Tyrell, Dickason NOES: Councilmen -None ABSENT: Councilmen -None ATTEST: STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOSANGELES ) ss CITY OF TEMPLE CITY ) I, Marjorie A. Woodruff, do hereby certify that I have been duly appointed Deputy City Clerk of the City of Temple City, California, and that the foregoing Ordinance No. 61 -53 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held November 14, 1961, and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held November 27, 1961, by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen- Buchan, Fitzjohn, Merritt, Tyrell, Dickason NOES: Councilmen -None ABSENT Councilmen -None Dated: November 27, 1961 1 ;7/ .0" Deputy`'ity Clerk of the Temple City, California 143