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HomeMy WebLinkAbout072ORDINANCE NO. 72 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IRWINDALE AMENDING THE IRWINDALE MUNICIPAL CODE BY THE ADDITION THERETO OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO WEAPONS, FORTUNE TELLING AND DEFACING PUBLIC PROPERTY. The City Council of the City of Irwindale does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. The Irwindale Municipal Code is hereby amended by the addition thereto of new Sections 4127 to 4151, inclusive, reading respectively as follows: "4127. Firearms. Permit. No person shall shoot or discharge within the City any gun, pistol or other firearm, or any air gun or pistol, or spring gun or pistol without having first obtained a written permit from the Sheriff of Los Angeles County. 4128. Concealed Weapons. No person, except a duly elected or appointed peace officer, shall carry concealed upon or about his person any revolver, pistol, dagger, dirk, splug or sling shot, billy or other deadly weapon or instrument without first having a valid written permit therefor from the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, 4129. Same. Exception. The provisions of Section 4129 shall not apply to persons carrying such weapons on their own premises or property. 4130. Same. Issuance of Permits. The Sheriff of Los Angeles County may in his discretion issue permits to responsible parties to carry concealed weapons for a term not exceeding one year. 4131. Same, Record. All such permits shall be issued in the manner provided by the ordinances of Los Angeles County in respect to the issuance of said permits, and a record of said permit shall be kept in the Sheriff's office and a duplicate thereof in the City Clerk's office. Said permit must contain those matters required by the ordinances of Los Angeles County. 4132. Same. Application. Every person desiring to obtain a permit must file with the Sheriff a written application for the same, which application must be signed by the person making such application and approved by two or more resident citizens of the Ordinance No. 72 City, and a record thereof kept in the Sheriff's office. Said appli- cation must contain all matters, statements, and information required by the ordinances of Los Angeles County pertaining to the carrying of concealed weapons. 4133. Refusal to Exhibit, Misdemeanor. Every person having a permit as provided for herein and who refuses to exhibit such permit upon demand of any peace officer of the City, State or Los Angeles County is guilty of a misdemeanor. 4134. Confiscation of Concealed Weapons. All concealed weapons found on persons violating the provisions of Section 4128 shall, upon conviction of said person, be confiscated upon order of the Court in which said conviction has been had. 4135. Permit to Sell. No person shall sell at retail within the City a pistol, revolver or other firearm capable of being con- cealed upon the person without first having received a permit from the Sheriff of Los Angeles County authorizing such person to make such sale. 4136. Same. Application and Fee. The Sheriff of Los Angeles County shall issue a permit for the sale of firearms at retail upon the receipt of an application accompanied by a fee of Fifty Dollars for the issuance of such permit or for the renewal of any permit. 4137. Same. Form. No permit for the sale of firearms shall be issued by the Sheriff of Los Angeles County except in a form prescribed by the Attorney General of the State of California, and all permits so issued shall expire upon June 30 next following the date of issuance. 4138. Same. Conditions. Any permit for the sale of firearms issued shall be subject to the following conditions, the breach of any of which shall be sufficient cause for revocation of the permit by the Sheriff of Los Angeles County: (1) The business shall be carried on only in the building designated in the permit. (2) The permit or a copy thereof certified by the Sheriff of Los Angeles County shall be displayed on the premises where it can be read easily. Ordinance No. 72 (3) No pistol or revolver shall be delivered: A. On the day of the application for the purchase. B. Unless the purchaser is known personally to the holder of the permit or possesses evidence of his identity. (4) Any pistol or revolver delivered shall be unloaded and wrapped securely. (5) No pistol or revolver or imitation thereof or placard advertising the sale or other transfer thereof shall be displayed in any part of said premises where it can be readily seen from the outside of the place of business of the holder of the permit. 4139. Firearms. Public Parks. No person shall take, carry or otherwise transport any firearms into any of the public parks or other public property under the jurisdiction of the City or have in his possession any firearms within all said parks or upon other public property. 4140. weapons. Sale to Minors. Except as otherwise pro- vided in Section 4143 hereof, no person shall sell, give, loan, or in any way furnish to any person under the age of eighteen years, any gun, revolver, pistol, firearm, spring gun, air gun, sling, sling shot, or device designed, or intended, to discharge, or capable of discharging, any dangerous missile. 4141. Ammunition. Sale to Minors. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4143 hereof, no person shall sell, give, loan, or in any way furnish to any person under the age of eighteen years, any cartridge, shell, ammunition, or device containing any explosive substance, designed, or intended to be used in, or fired from, any gun, revolver, pistol, or firearm, except ordinary paper caps for toy cap guns. 4142. weapons Minors, Possession and Use Prohibited. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4143 hereof, no person under the age of eighteen years shall fire, discharge, shoot, or operate, Ordinance No. 72 or assist or participate in the firing, discharging, shooting, or operating, or have in his or her possession, care, custody, or control, any gun, revolver, pistol, firearm, spring gun, air gun, sling, sling shot, or device designed, or intended, to dis- charge, or capable of discharging, any dangerous missile, or any cartridge, shell, ammunition, or device containing any explosive ., substance, designed or intended to be used in or fired from any gun, revolver, pistol, or firearm. 4143. Same. Same. Consent of Parent. Nothing contained in Sections 41401 4141 or 4142 shall be deemed or construed to prohibit the selling, giving, loaning, or furnishing to any person under the age of eighteen years, upon the written consent of the parent or guardian of such person, any article mentioned in said sections; nor to prohibit any such person under the age of eighteen years from having in his or her possession, care, custody or con- trol any article mentioned in Section 4142 in the event that such possession, care, custody, or control of such article is had with the consent of the parent or guardian of such person and is under the direct supervision and control of some adult person; nor to prohibit any such person under the age of eighteen years from firing, discharging, shooting, or operating any article mentioned in Section 4142 when such person is accompanied by, and under the direct care and control of, some adult person and is engaged in hunting any wild game or predatory bird or animal, if any, which may be lawfully hunted and killed in said City, or is lawfully engaged in shooting at any inanimate target, or trapshooting device, while accompanied by, and under the direct care and control of, some such adult person. 4144. Fortune Telling. No person shall carry on, practice or profess to practice the business or art of astrology, phrenology, life reading, fortune telling, cartomancy, clairvoyance, clair- audience, crystal gazing, hypnotism, mediumship, mesmerism, oriental mysteries, palmistry, spirit photography, spirit writing, spirit Ordinance No. 72 voices, spirit materialization, etherealization, numerology, physiognomy, psychometry, seership, prophecy, augury, divination, magic or necromancy, or other similar art or business, who demands or receives directly or indirectly a fee or reward, or who accepts any donation for the exercise or exhibition of his art therein, or who gives an exhibition thereof at any place where an admission fee, donation, or reward is charged or received, directly or r"' indirectly, or who teaches or gives instruction in any such art or business and demands or receives, directly or indirectly, a fee or reward, or who accepts any donation for such teaching or instruc- tion. 4145. Same. Services of. No person shall, by means of occult or psychic powers, faculties or forces, spirits, cards, talismans, charms, potions, magnetism or magnetized articles or substances, oriental mysteries or any craft or art described in Section 4144, or similar art or craft, purport to or find or restore lost or stolen property, locate oil wells, gold or silver or other ore or metal or natural product, restore lost love or friendship or affection, unite or procure lovers, husbands, wives, lost relatives or friends, or by such means give any counseling or advice whatso- ever, who demands or receives directly or indirectly a fee or reward or who accepts any donation therefor. 4146. Same. Advertising. No person shall advertise by sign, circular, handbill or in any newspaper, periodical or magazine, or other publication, or by any other means, that he will do anything which is prohibited by Sections 4144 or 4145. ?^ 4147. Same. Exception. Sections 4144, 4145 and 4146 do not apply to, and shall not be construed to interfere with, the belief, practices or usage of an incorporated ecclesiastical governing body or the duly licensed teachers or ministers thereof acting in good faith and without personal fee. 4148. Signs on Public Buildings and Property. No person shall paint, post, attach or affix any handbill, dodger, notice, Ordinance No. 72 sign or advertisement upon or to any bridge, fence, build- ing or other property belonging to the City, or any tree situated in any public highway of said City; and no person shall deface, mar or disfigure any bridge, fence, building or other structure belonging to said City, or any tree situated in any public highway of said City, by painting, cutting, scratching or breaking the same or attaching or affixing anything thereto. 4149. Signs on Highways. No person shall erect, con- struct, place or maintain any signboard, billboard, sign or advertisement in or on any public highway of the City. 4150. Guide Posts Exempted. Nothing in the last two sections contained shall be construed to prohibit the erection or placing in any highway of mile posts, mile boards, guide boards or guide posts, or the painting, posting, attaching or affixing of warning signs, notices or sign boards, upon bridges, fences, buildings or other structures belonging to the City, under authority of the City Council thereof. 4151. Locks. No person shall, unless authorized by the proper authority so to do, unlock in any manner any lock, gate, door or any other appurtenance, which lock, gate, door or other appurtenance is owned by, or under the control of the City." SECTION 2. Ordinance No. 8 adopted August 6, 1957, Ordinances Nos. 16 and 19 adopted August 13, 1957, Ordinance No. 23 adopted August 26, 1957, Ordinance No. 37 adopted December 90 1957, and Ordinance No. 57 adopted September 15, 1958, are hereby el, repealed. SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and cause the same to be posted in the manner pro- vided by law. // Passed and approved this L day of 1959. �� Rd". 471, /, �� i �j Ordinance No. 72 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS. CITY OF IRWINDALE I, MAXINE HORST, City Clerk of the City of Irwindale, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 72 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the z_ _day of , 1959. That, thereafter, said ordinance was --duly adopted an passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 19 _ day of Vine , 1959, by the following vote, to -wit: AYES: Councilmen: NOES: Councilmen: ABSENT:Councilmen: STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) SS CITY OF IRWINDALE ) Diaz, Miranda, Silva, Ornelas. None Martinez y e� — MAXINE HORST, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That she is the City Clerk of the City of Irwindale, California, and is and was at all times herein mentioned a citizen of the United States over the age of eighteen (18) years and competent to be a witness herein. On June 18, 1959, she securely and conspicuously posted at each of the public places in said city, to -wit: (1) 5140 North Irwindale Avenue (2) Post Office on Irwindale Avenue (3) Southwest corner of Arrow Highway and Irwindale a copy of Ordinance No. 72 of the City of Irwindale, being in all respects the same as that attached hereto and made a part hereof. Dated: June 18, 1959 24, 4&4� City CAerk of the City of Irwindale, California NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IRWINDALE UPON A PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING THE IRWINDALE MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING CHAPTER 2 TO ARTICLE III THEREOF, BEING SECTIONS 3200 THROUGH 3202, ALL OF WHICH SECTIONS RELATE TO THE ADOPTION OF A FIRE CODE PUBLIC NOTICE HEREBY IS GIVEN that, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Irwindale, held on the 21st day of July, 1959, there was introduced an ordinance entitled "An Ordi- nance of the City Council of the City of Irwindale Amending the Irwindale Municipal Code by Adding Chapter 2 to Article III Thereof and Adopting, By Reference, as Said Chapter, Los Angeles County Ordinance No. 2947 as Amended, Said Ordinance Being the Fire Code for Said County," which ordinance adopts, by reference, as a primary code, Los Angeles County Ordinance No. 2947 with certain changes therein set forth, said code being the Fire Prevention Code or Fire Code of the County of Los Angeles. Public notice hereby is given that the said City Wuncil, at said meeting after first reading the title of said ordinance, the title of said primary code to be adopted thereby, did duly and regu- larly schedule a public hearing thereon to be held in the Council chamber of the City Hall of said city located at 5140 South Irwin- dale Avenue, Irwindale, California, on Tuesday, the 18 day of -AuAust 1959, beginning at the hour of 7:30 o'clock P.M. Notice of the said time and place of said pub is earing hereby is given. Three copies of said ordinance of the City of Irwindale and three copies of Ordinance No. 2947 of the County of Los Angeles are on file with the City Clerk of said city in the Clerk's office in the City Fall of said city and are open to public inspection. The following is a description which the City Council deems sufficient to give notice to interested persons of the purpose of said ordinance and the subject matter thereof, to wit: It is the purpose of said ordinance and the subject matter thereof to estab- lish and adopt the provisions of the Los Angeles County Ordinance No. 2947 as the rules, regulations, conditions, and provisions re- lating to certain fire hazards within the city, certain fire pre- vention matters within the city, and other matters related thereto and to control and regulate the same within the City of Irwindale. Reference hereby is made to all the instruments, codes, and documents hereinabove referred to and all of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk for all further particulars with reference to their respective contents and subject matter. Any person interested in the objection to the matters -� above set forth or any matter related thereto or referred to may appear before the City Council at said public hearing at the time and place designated and be heard. This notice is given by order of the City Council of the City of Irwindale and is dated this 21 day of July 1959. ��� `)J . yd� MAXINE HORST, City Clerk, City of Irwindale, California (Publish once a week for two successive weeks in the news- paper closest to the City Hall. Publication must be completed at least one day before the date of the hearing.)