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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 0571a / ~ ORDINANCE N0, 571 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING AND LICENSING THE OPEFiAT20N OF TAXICABS UPOPd THE PUBLIC STREETS OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CODIFLICT THEREWITH, The City Council of the City of Lynwood does ordain as follows: Section 1, DEFINITIONS.. (a) "Council" or "City Council" shall mean the City Council of the City of Lynwood. (b) "Cruising" means the driving of a taxicab on the streets, alleys or public places of the City of Lynwood in search of, or soliciting passengers for hire. (c) "Driver" includes every person in charge of driving, or operating any taxicab, either as agent, employee or otherwise. (d) "Driver's License" means the permission granted by the Traffic Authority to a person to drive a taxicab upon the streets of the City of Lynwood. (e) "Holder" means a person to whom a permit has been issued. (f) "Manifest" means a daily record prepared by a taxicab driver of all trips made by said driver showing time and place of origin, destination, number of passengers, and the amount of fare of each trip. (g) '"Owner°. The term "Owner" shall mean every person having the ownership, use or control of any taxicab who operates or proposes to operate said .taxicab as a business within the City limits of Lynwood. (h) "Permit" shall mean the authority issued to an owner authorizing him to operate or have operated_ a specific number of taxicabs upon the public streets of the City of Lynwood. (i) "Person" includes an individual, a corporation or other legal entity, and any unincorporated association. (,j) "Rate Card" means a card issued by the Traffic Authority in each taxicab tiahich contains the rates of fare then in force. -1- (k) "Taxicab" means a motor vehicle regularly engaged in the business of carrying passengers and their baggage for hire, having a seating capacity of less than six persona and~not operating on a fixed route irrespective of whether or not the operations extend beyond the boundary limits of said City. (1) "Taximeter" means a meter instrument or device attached to a taxicab which measures mechanically the distance driven and the waiting time upon which the fare is based. (m) "Traffic Authority" shall mean the Chief of Police of the City of Lynwood. , (n) "Waiting Time" means the time vrhen a taxicab is not in motion from the time of acceptance of a passenger or passengers to the time of discharge, but does not include any time that the taxicab is not in motion if due to any cause other than the request, act or fault of a passenger or passengers. Section 2. PER?-22 T. A?o person shall operate or permit a taxicab owned or controlled by him to be operated as a vehicle for hire upon the streets of the City of Lyni•.*ood without having first obtained a permit from the City Council if it be an original appli- cation, or from the Traffic Authority if it be an application for the renewal of a permit. Section 3. APPLICATION FOR PERMIT. An application for a permit shall be filed with the City Clerk upon forma provided by the City of Lynwood, containing such information as may be provided by the rules and regulations of said Traffic Authority or the Council pertinent to the operation of such taxicab business, and the character and quality of the service thereof and said appli- cation shall be verified under oath.. Section W. MINIMUM CONDITIONS FOR GRANTINCz OR ISSUING PERMIT. D?o permit shall be issued under this ordinance unless and until the following minimum conditions are complied with: (a) The applicant has not been convicted of a felony or of a crime involving moral turpitude, of reckless driving or driv- ing while under the influence of intoxicating lio_uor. -2- (b) The applicant is a citizen of the United States of America, or one who has regularly declared his intention to become a citizen, and must be more than twenty-one years of age. (c) The applicant has complied zrith all the provisions of this ordinance including satisfactory evidence that the minimum requirements for liability insurance required by Section g hereof have been met; provided that if the applicant produces evidence satisfactory to the Council that the liability insurance required by Section 9 hereof will be procured prior to the actual commence- ment of operations, then and in that event, the permit may be issued, conditioned upon becoming effective at such time ae the requirements of Section 9 hereof is complied with. Section 5. PUBLIC HEARING. Upon the filing of an original application, the City Council shall fix a time and place for a public hearing thereon. Notice of such hearing shall be given to the appli- cant and to all persons to whom permits have heretofore been issued, Due notice shall also be given to the general public by posting a notice of such hearing in the lobby of the City Hall. Any interested person may file atith the City Clerk a memorandum in support of or in opposition to the issuance of a permit. Section 6. PROCEDURE FOR INVESTIGATION OF APPLICANT. Upon receipt of an original application for a permit, the City Clerk shall refer the same to the Traffic Authority u~ho shall investigate and report in otriting to the City Council before the time set by said City for the hearing upon said application upon the following matters: (a) The public demand and need. for the additional taxicab service. (b) The financial resporxsibility.and experience of the applicant. (c) The character and fitness of the applicant. (d) The adequacy of the existing service. (e) The mechanical condition, the safety, the cleanliness and appearance of the vehicle or vehicles and the equipment to be used in the operations. -3- Section 7,~ If the City Council finds that further taxi- cab service in the City of Lynwood is required by the public conven- ience and necessity and that the applicant is fit, willing and able to perform such public service transportation and to conform to the provisions of this ordinance and the rules promulgated by the Traffic Authority, then the City Council shall issue a permit stating the name and address of the applicant, the number of vehicles authorized under said permit and the date of issuance; otherwise said permit shall be denied, Section 8. HOLDERS OF PERMITS PRIOR TO THIS ORDINAI~ICE, The public convenience and necessity shall not be necessary for granting the same number of permits held by the applicant under the same name and color scheme on the date preceded by this ordi- nance for the expiration of permits, and said permit shall be classi- fied as a renewal, and said applicant shall be granted a permit provided he complies with the provisions of Section 11 of this ordinance pertaining to renewal of permits, Section 9, LIABILI^1Y INSURANCE REC~UIRED, Holders shall be required to file with the Council and thereafter keen in full force and effect, a policy of insurance in such form as the Gouneil may deem proper, executed by an insurance company approved by the Council whereby the owner and the driver of each of the taxicabs which the owner will operate are insured against liability for. injury or death to-any person or injury or destruction of property as the result of the ownership, operation or use thereof, the mini- mum liability limits upon each vehicle so used being not less than the following sums, i,e.: For injury to any one person or the death of any person in any one accident, Ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), For injury to two or more persons, or the death of two or more persons in any one accident, Twenty thousand dollars (4"20,000,00), For injury or destruction of property in any one accident, Two thousand dollars 0 2,000.00), -~- Provided, further, that the owner has filed an endorsement of said insurance policy, with the City_Clerk, wherein it is provided that the said insurance policy will not be canceled by the insurer, or at the request of the insured, until the City, care of the City Clerk, City Hall, Lynwood, California, shall have notice in writing at least ten (10) days immediately prior to the time when such cancellation shall become effective. Section 10. LICENSE FEES. No permit shall be issued or continued in operation unless the holder thereof has paid an annual license fee of Fifty dollars 050.00). for the right to engage in the taxicab business, and Five dollars 05.00) each year for each vehicle operated under a permit. Said license fee shall be for the calendar year and shall be in addition to any other license fees or charges established by proper authority and applicable to said holder or the vehicle or vehicles under his operation and control, provided that the applicant for any permit under this Section shall be credited on the permit fee with the pro-rated balance of any business license fee paid by the applicant for the operation of ta.xicaba pursuant to Ordinance No. X18, as amended Section 11. TERMINATION AND RENEVdAL OF PERMITS. All permits issued under the provisions of this ordinance shall be for a period not to exceed one year and all such permits shall expire upon the last day of the current year, All street stand permits shall remain in full force and effect until same shall be canceled either on the request of the permittee or the person who gave such written consent to use such stand by notifying the Traffic Authority that such permission hae been withdrawn. If the Traffic Authority has canceled a permit for a stand after having been noti- fied that the consent to use the same has been withdrawn, it shall not grant a permit For a stand so canceled for a period of six months from date of cancallation, Provided that as to all. renewal permits the provisions of Section 5 of this Ordinance shall not apply, and unless the applicant has violated any of the provisions of this ordinance, the laws of the State of California or of the United States -5- of America, the violations of which reflect unfavorably on the fitness of the holder to offer public transportation, the Traffic Authority shall, upon the payment of the fees as herein provided, issue a renewal permit for one year only; provided however that in the event the renewal permit is denied the applicant shall have the right of appeal to the Council as provided by Section 20 hereof. Section 12. No permit may be sold, assigned, mortgaged or otherwise transferred without the consent of the City Council. Section 13. No female shall operate a taxicab for hire upon the streets of the City of Lynwood between sundown and sunrise. Section 14~. TAXICAB DRIVER'S LICENSE. No person ahal2 operate a taxicab for hire upon the streets of the City of Lynwood, and no person who,owna or controls a taxicab shall permit it to be so driven, and no taxicab licensed by the City of Lynwood shall be so driven at any time for hire, unless the driver of saidtaxicab shall have first obtained and shall have then in force a taxicab driver's license issued under the provisions of this ordinance Section 15. APPLICATION FOR DRIVER'S LICENSE. An appli- cation for a taxicab driver's license shall be filed with the Traffic Authority on forma provided by the City of LynUrood; and such appli- cation shall be verified under oath and shall contain the following information: (a) The names and addressee of four residents of the State of California who have known the applicant for a period of two years and who will vouch for the sobriety, honesty, and general good character of the applicant.. (b) The experience of the applicant in the transportation of passengers. {c) The educational background of the applicant. (d) A concise history of his employment. -6- Section 16. EXAPdINATION Or^ APPLICANT. CURREATT STATE MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR'S PERhIT REQUIRED. Before any application is finally passed upon by the Traffic Authority, the applicant shall be required to pass a satisfactory examination as to hie knowledge of the City and to show that he has a current chauffeur's license issued by the State of California. .Section 17. POLICE INVESTIGATION OF APPLICANT. TRAFFIC AND POLICE RECORD. (a) The Traffic Authority shall conduct an in- vestigation of each applicant for a taxicab driver's licence and a report of such investigation and a copy of the traffic and police record of the applicant, if any, aha.ll be attached to the application. (b) Applicant must meet the minimum conditions specified by the proviaiona of Subdivision (a) of Section ~ of this Ordinance for owners of taxicabs. Section 18. CODISIDERATIOIQ OF APPLICATION. The Traffic Authority shall upon consideration of the application and the reports and certificate required to be attached thereto shall approve or re,~ect the application. Section 19.. SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF PERP4ITS. A permit issued under the proviaiona of this ordinance may be revoked or suspended by the City Council if the holder thereof has violated any of the provisions of this ordinance or the rules and regulations of the Traffic Authority or the City Council, has violated any ordinances of the City of Lynwood, or the laws of the United States or the State of California, the violations of which reflect unfavorably on the fitness of ,the holder to offer public transportation. .Before suspension or revocation of such permit or said driver's license, said holder or driver, as the case may be, shall be entitled to a hearing before the City Council, and shall be notified thereof. Notice of hearing on such suspension, or revocation, shall be in rlriting, and shall be served at least ten (10) days ~~ prior to the date of the hearing thereon, such service to be upon the holder of such permit, or its manager, or agent, and which notice shall state the grounds of complaint against the holder of -7- such permit and shall also state the time when, and the place where, Such hearing will be held. In the event the holder of such permit cannot be found, or service of such notice cannot be made upon it, or him, in the manner herein provided, then a copy of such notice shall be mailed, postage fully prepaid, addressed to such carrier at its last known address, at least ten (10) days prior to the date of such hearing. Section 20. APPEALS FROM DENIAL OF APPLICATION FOR DRIVERS' LICENSES, SUSPENSION OF PERMITS, OR SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES. (a) within thirty (30) days after the rejection of an application for a driver's license or the decision of the Traffie Authority prescribing new or different rates for the use of taxi- cabs., the applicant, permittee or licensee, as the case may be, may file a written appeal with the City Clerk stating in detail the reasons why the application for a driver's license should be granted, or tirhy the suspension or revocation of the permit or driver's license or why the decision of the Traffic Authority pre- scribing new or different rat ea for the use of taxicabs should be revoked, as the case may be, notwithstanding the action of the Traffic Authority to the contrary. (b) within 24 hours of the receipt of the written appeal, ~/ provided for by Section 20 (a) hereof, the City Clerk will advise the Traffic Authority of said appeal, and, within the same period will fix a date and time for the hearing of the appeal by the City Council and notify the applicant, permittee or licensee, as the case may be, and the Traffic Authority thereof by registered mail, which date must not be more than ten (10) days from the date the appeal is filed with the City Clerk. (e) Upon receipt of notice that an appeal has been Piled the Traffic Authority must furnish the City Council forthwith a written report of the reasons for the rejection of the driver's license; the filing of the written report of the Traffic Authority based upon his investigation of the complaint that ;the rates being -8- presently charged are excessive in accordance with Section 26 (a) hereof shall be deemed sufficient compliance with this subdivision insofar as an appeal ,from the decision of the Traffic Authority fixing new or different rates is concerned. (d) The City Council must deny the appeal and affirm the decision of the Traffic Authority if it finds the applicant has failed to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance, or the laws of the United States or of the State of California, the violations of which reflect unfavorably on the fitness of the per- mittee, or licensee, as the case may be, to offer public transportation. {e) The decision of the City Council shall be final. Section 21. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE. DURATION. ANNUAL FEE. .Upon approval of an application for a taxicab driver's license the Traffic Authority shall issue a license to the applicant which shall bear the name, address, color, age, signature and photograph of the applicant. Such license shall be in effect for the remainder of the calendar year. A license for every calendar year thereafter shall issue upon tke payment of Two Dollars 0 2.00) unless the license for the preceding year has been revoked. Section 22. DISPLAY OF LICENSE. Every driver licensed under this ordinance shall poet his driver's license in such a place as to be in full view of all passengers while such driver is operat- ing a taxicab. .Section 23. PERIODIC INSPECTIONS. (a) Every vehicle operating under this ordinance shall be periodically inspected by the Police Department at such intervals as shall be established by the Traffic Authority to insure the continued maintenance of safe operating conditions. (b) VEHICLES MUST BE KEPT IN A CLEAN AND SANITARY CONDITION. Every vehicle operating under this ordinance shall be kept in a clean .and sanitary condition according to rules and regulations promulgated by the Traffic Authority. -9- Section 2~. DESIGNATION OF TAXICABS. Each taxicab shall bear on the outside of each front or rear door, in painted letter not less than two and one-quarter inches (2-1/4~~) in height, not j.esa than $/16~~ stroke, the name of the owner; and, in addition, may bear an identifying design approved by the Traffic Authority. No vehicle covered by the terms of this ordinance shall be licensed whose color scheme, identifying design, monogram, or insignia to be used thereon shall, in the opinion of the Traffic Authority, conflict with or imitate any color scheme, identifying design, monogram or insignia used on a vehicle or vehicles already operating under the ordinance, in such a manner as to be misleading or tend to deceive or defraud the public; and provided further, that if, after a license has been issued for a taxicab hereunder, the color scheme, identifying design, monogram,\or~insignia thereof is changed ao as to be, in the opinion of the Traffic Authority, in conflict with or imitate any color scheme, identifying design, monogram, or insignia used by any other person, owner or operator, in such a manner as to be misleading or tend to deceive the public, the license of or certificate covering such taxi- cab or taxicabs shall be suspended. Section 25. TAXIPdETER REQUIRED. All taxicabs operated under the, authority of this ordinance shall be equipped with taxi- meters fastened in front of the passengers, visible to them at all times day and night; and, after sun down, the face of the taximeter shall be illuminated. Said taximeter shall be operated mechanically by a mechanism of standard design and construction, driven either from the transmission or from one of the front wheels by a flexible and permanently attached driving mechanism, They shall be sealed at all points and connections which, if manipulated, would affect their correct reading and recording. Each taximeter shall have thereon a flag to denote when the vehicle is employed and when it is not em- ployed; and it shall be the duty of the driver to throw the flag of such taximeter into a non-recording position at the termination of each trip. The said taximeters shall be subject to inspection from -10- time to time by the Department of Police. Any inspector or other officer of said department is hereby authorized either on complaint of any person or without such complaint, to inspect any meter and, upon discovery of any inaccuracy therein, to notify the aerson operating said taxicab to cease operation. Thereupon said taxicab shall be kept off the highways until the taximeter is repaired and Sn the required. working condition. Section 26. RATES OF FARE. RATE CARD RERUIRED. (a) The holder shall at all times keep on file taiith the Traffic Authority a rate card showing the rates being presently charged u for the use of all taxicabs authorized by his permit. (b) Upon the filing of a complaint by or with the Traffic Authority that the fares being presently charged. are excessive, said Traffic Authority shall conduct an investigation, and if, in his opinion based upon his investigation the whole schedule of rates, or a single rate of fare, being charged are excessive, he shall withih. his reasonable discretion prescribe new or different rat ea for the use of said taxicabs. In determining said. rates he shall take into consideration the following factors among others: (1) The rates being presently charged by owners and operators of taxicabs in cities and other political subdivisions of a like area, population and general nature; (2) VThat constitutes a fair and reasonable return to the holder upon his capital investment. (c) In arriving at the fair and reasonable return specified °-' in Subdivision (b)(2) hereof, the Traffic Authority may call upon the City Treasurer, the City Clerk and the City I+"tanager for such assistance as he shall reauire. (d) The Traffic Authority shall prepare a report based upon his investigation and said report shall be appended to the new or different rate schedule prepared by said Traffic Authority. (e) In the event the holder shall appeal from the decision -11- of the Traffic Authority as prescribed in Section~20 hereof, said report shall become a part of the record on appeal, and shall be deemed the findings oP said Traffic Authority upon U,~hich~his decision is based. (f) Said new or different rates as 'prescribed by the Traffic Authority shall not become effective until after the expiration of the time neceasa.ry to perfect an appeal to the City Council pursuant to the terms of Section 20 hereof, and if an appeal be perfected the decision of the Traffic Authority prescribing said new or different rates shall be automatically stayed pending said appeal. (g) The decision of the City Council shall be final. (h) The Council shall have power upon a hearing upon its own motion or upon complaint to investigate a single rate of fare or the entire schedule or rates in effect, charged, demanded, collected for taxicab services and to establish a new rate or schedule. of rates in lieu thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to empoti~rer the Council to approve or establish any rate or any schedule of rates for taxicab services that will by means of rebate, discount, script books, excursions, or commutation tick eta or in anywise violate the minimum or maximum rate or provisions contained in this section or any provision of law. (i) Every taxicab operated under this ordinance shall have a rate card setting forth the authorized rates of fare displayed in such a place as to be in view of all passengers. Section 27. RECEIPTS. The driver of any taxicab shall upon demand by the passenger render to such passenger a receipt for the amount charged, either by a mechanically printed receipt or by a specially prepared receipt on which shall be the name of the owner, license number or motor number, amount of meter reading or charges and date of transaction. Section 28. REFUSAL OF PASSENG~ TO PAY LEGAL FARE. It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to pay the legal fare of any of the vehicles mentioned in this ordinance after having hired -12- the same, and it shall be unlat~rful for any person to hire any vehicle herein defined with intent to defraud the person from• whom it is hired of the value of such service, Section 29. CRUISING. No driver shall cruise in search of passengers except in such areas and at such times as shall be designated by the Traffic Authority. Such areas and times shall onlyi•be designated when the Traffic Authority finds that taxicab cruising would not congest traffic or be dangerous to pedestrians and other vehicles, Section 30. ADDITIONAL PASSENGERS. No driver shall permit any other person to occupy or ride in said taxicab, unless the person or persons first employing the taxicab shall consent to the accept- ante of additional passenger or passengers. Section 31. PROHIBITIONS OF DRIVERS. It shall be a violation of this ordinance for any driver to engage in selling intoxicating liquors, or solicit business for any house of 111 repute. Section 32. STREET STANDS. (1) Conditioned on the annual payment of Twenty-four Dollars 024,00) for each street stand, permits may be issued as provided in _ this ordinance to the owners of the vehicles, allowing any such vehicles while awaiting employment to stand at certain designated places upon the streets of the City; provided. that application is made to .the Traffic Authority which shows the location of the proposed- stand accompanied by a letter or letters of consent of the property owners in front of whose property such stand shall occupy; provid.ed_ that a telephone for each such stand will be installed on the build- ing or at the curb; provided that not more than one such stand will be permitted in any one block and that such stand will not occupy more than twenty-two (22) feet of parking apace. -13- (2) [4hen such permit for street stand has been approved by the Traffic Authority, the Traffic Authority is hereby authorized to designate said zone by painting the curb white along such zone, and painting in black letters thereon "NO PARKING - TAXI ONLY". Such zones shall be used exclusively for waiting and loading zone for taxicabs. (3) It shall be unlawful for the owner or driver of any of the vehicles herein defined, to leave such vehicles unattended at the stand for a period of time longer than three (3) minutes. (~) It shall be unlaV~ul for the owner, driver, or other employee or agent of a taxicab to solicit patronage of per- sons assembled at the scheduled stop of any common carrier, or at intermediate points along any established route of such carrier, or stand of another oVm er, when such persona have so assembled. for the purpose of using the service of such common carrier or vehicle of another owner. This shall not be construed to prohibit, or inter- fere ti~Tith, response to any call for a taxicab made by telephone or by signal from a pedestrian. Section 33. TAXICAB SERVICE. All persons engaged in the taxicab business in the City of Lynwood operating under the pro- visions of this ordinance shall render an over-all service to the public desiring to use taxicabs. Holders of permits shall maintain a central place of business within the corporate limits of the City of Lynwood and shall keep the same open between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 1:00 a. m, for the purpose of receiving calls, etc dispatching cabs. They shall answer all calls received by them for services inside the corporate limits of Lynwood as soon as they can do so and if said services cannot be rendered within a reasonable time they shall then notify the prospective passengers how long it will be before the said call can be answered and give the reason therefor. Any holder who shall refuse to accept a call anywhere in the corporate limits of Lynwood at a.ny time when such holder has available cabs; or who shall fail or refuse to give over-~11 service, shall be deemed a violator -14- of this ordinance and the permit granted to such holder shall be ' revoked at the discretion of the Traffic Authority. ,Section 34~. .MANIFESTS. Every driver shall maintain a daily manifest upon which are recorded all trips made each day, showing time and place of origin a.nd destination of each trip and amount of far e, and all such completed manifests shall be returned to the owner by the driver at the conclusion of his tour of duty. The forms for each manifest small be furnished to the driver by the owner and shall be of a character approved by the Traffic Authority. Every holder of a permit shall retain and preserve all drivers manifests in a safe place for at least the calendar year next preceding the current calendar year, and said manifests shall be available to the Traffic Authority. Section 35. No vehicle as described in Section 1 of this ordinance for which a permit shall have been issued shall be operated by anyone but the owner thereof or an employee of the oorner, and it shall be unlawful for the owner or any driver of any such vehicle to enter into any contract, agreement or understanding between them- selves by the terms of which such driver pays to, or for the account of such owner a fixed or determinable sure for the use of such vehicle. Section 36, It shall be unlawful for any taxicab to be operated from any place in the City except a stand granted by the City Council or Traffic Authority in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance and/or Ordinance No, 493, as the same now reads or as the same may be amended, or from a private or public garage or parking space on private property. Section 37. The holder shall use or operate continuously the number of taxicabs authorized by his permit Por the purpose of transporting individuals for hire upon trips originating within said City of Lynwood. Section 38. PERSONS NOT SUBJECT TO TERMS OF BUaINESS LICENSE ORDINANCE. All persons wino shall come iJithin the purview of and are subject to the terms of this ordinance shall be excepted -15- from and not be subject to the terms of Ordinance No. 418 entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE' CITY OF LYNWOOD, CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR LICEIQSING CERTAIN BUSINESSES, PROFESSIONS, TRADES, CALLINGS, AND OCCUPATIONS IN SAID CITY, FIXING THE RATE OF LICENSE TAX UPON THE SANE AArD PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SAID LICENSE TAX AND A PUNISHMENT FOR CARRYING ON, TRANSACTING OR CONDUCTING ANY SUCH BUSINESSES, PROFESSIONS, TRADES, CALLINGS OR OCCUPATIONS WITHOUT A LICENSE", or any amendments, substitutions or replacements thereof. Section 39• VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES. .Any person, firm or corporation violating any ,of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars 0$00.00) or imprisonment in the City Jail of the City of Lynwood or the County Jail of Los Angeles County, State of California, for a period of time not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person, firm, or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for every day during any portion of which violation of any provision of this ordinance is committed, continued, or permitted_ by such person, firm or corporation, and. shall be punishable therefor as provided by this ordinance Section ~0. ADOPTION PROCEDURE. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published once in the Lynwood Press, a weekly newspaper published, printed, circulated in the City of Lynwood, California. First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on the 21st day of August, 1951, and finally adopted -16- and ordered published at a regular meeting of said Council held on the ~kth day of September 1951, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN Bruner, Daetweiler, Moffitt, Sneddon, Willard. NOES: COUNCILMEN None. ABSENT: COUNCILMEN None. ATTEST: ~' CITY CLE_RI CI'i LYNS+TOOD -17- S'iAT~ 0~ CI,~~~(~RIi~.A CCUIui'~` C~ ACS 1~.t1G~q a;~a : ss CL Q~ h~WQ®~ ~ ~, ',>,.~, ~rad.,:x^sa.gsied ~ C3t;,~ Clerk a% t`xae ~~ ~~ of 1~~rnweaad, azu^. ~~ ~#~i~:~ e.l~^~°k !~f the ~~a~xnai~, ~,~ ssi<3 C,t~,~;, ~c~ u,re:~y ae~°c,:i,t°~ that the abav€e is a, tr~s.~ ~.~d aa~a°e~~t; ~,ap~ ax Ca°~a.r~c~.n~~* SSc,_~1 ~z!ca~a9,e3 `~~. t;h€; Ci,t~ Cerxai.l a:~ the>. 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