HomeMy WebLinkAbout1938 (#1061-1072)ORDINANCE NO. 1081
Au Ordinance of the City of Santa Ana granting~ to Southern Counties
Gas Company of California, a corporation, the right, privilege and franchise to
lay and use p~pes and appurtenances for trausm~tting and distributing gas for
any and all purposes under, along, across or upon the public streets, ways, alleys
and places, as the same uow or may hereafter exist within said municipality.
The Council of the City of Santa Ana does ordain as follows:
M pTION ONE
Vfnenever in this ordinance the wordser phrases hereinafter in this
section defined are used, they shall have the respective meanings assigned to
Shem in the following definitions (unless, in the given instance, the context
wherein they are used shall clearly import a different meaning):
(a) The word "Grantee" shall mean the corporation to which the franchts
contemplated in this ordinance is granted and its lawful successors or assigns;
(b) The word "City" shall mean the City of Santa Aha, a municipal
corporation of the State of California, in its present incorporated form or in ~u
later reorganized, consolidated or reincorporated form;
(c) The word ~streets" shall mean the public streets, ways, alleys
and places as the same now or may hereafter exist within said City;
(d) The word "Engineer" shall mean the City Engineer of the City;
(e) The word "Gas" shall mean natural or manufactured gas, or a mixtur
of natural and manufactured gas;
(f) T~e phrase "Pipes and Appurtenances" shall mean pipe, pieline, mair
service, trap, vent, vault, manhole, meter, gauge, regulator, valve, conduit,
appliance, attachment, appurtenance and any other property located or to be
located in, upon, along, across, under or over the streets of the City, and used
or useful in the transmitting and/or distribution of gas.
(g) The phrase "lay and use" shall mean to lay, construct, erect,
install, operate, maintain, use, repair, replace, or remove.
SECTION TWO
That the right, privilege and franchise, subject to each and all of the
terms and conditions contained in this ordinance, and pursuant to the Provisions
of the "Franchise Act of 1957", be and the same is hereby granted to Southern
Counties Gas Company of California, a corporation organized and existing und'er
and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, herein, referred to aa the
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antee , to lay and use pipes and appurtenances for transmitting and distributin
gas for any and all purposes, ~mder, along, across or upon the streets, of the
City, for an indeterminate term or period from and after the effective date hereof
that is to say, this franchise shall endure in full force and effect until the
same shall, with the consent of the Railroad Commission of the State of Californie
be voluntarily surrendered or abandoned by its possessor, or until the State of
California or some municipal or public corporation there unto duly authorized by
law shall purchase by voluntary agreement or shall condemn and take under the
power of eminent domain, all property actually used and useful in the exercise of
this franchise, and situate within the territorial limits of the State, municipal
or public corporation purchasing or condemning such property, or until this
franchise shall be forfeited for non-compliance with its terms by the possessor
thereof.
SECTION T}tREE
The Grantee shall pay to the City at the times hereinafter specified,
in lawful money, of the United States, a sum annually which shall be equivalent to
two per cent (2~) of the gross annual receipts of grantee arising from the use,
operation or possession of said franchise; provided, however, that such payment
· shall in no event be less than one per cent (1%) of the gross annual receipts of
the grantee derived from the sale of gas within the limits of the City unde~ this
franchise.
The grant6e of this franchise shall file with the Clerk of the City
within three.(~) months after'the expiration of the calendar year, or fractional
calendar year, following the date of the grant of this franchise, and within
three (5) months after the expiration of each and every calendar year thereafter,
a duly verified statement showing in detail the total gross receipts of the
grantee, its successors or assigns, during the preceding calendar year, or such
fractional calendar year, from the sale of the utility service within the City
for which this franchise is granted. It shall be the duty of the grantee to pay
to the City within fifteen (15) days after the time for filing such statement, in
lawful money of the United States, the specified percentage of its gross receipts
for the calendar year, or such fractional calendar year, covered by such statement
Any neglect, omission or refusal by said grantee to file such verified statement,
or to pay said percentage, at the times or in the manner hereinbefore provided,
shall be grounds for the declaration of a forfeiture of this franchise and of all
rights thereunder.
SECTION FOUR
This grant is made in lieu of all other franchises, rights, or privilege~
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owned by the grantee, or by any successor of the grantee to any rights under this
franchise, For transmitting and distributing gas within the limits of the City, as said
limits now or may hereafter exist, and the acceptance of the Franchise hereby granted
shall operate as an abandonment of all such franchises, rights and privileges within
the limits of this City, as such limits now or may hereafter exist, in lieu of which
this franchise is granted.
SECTION FIVE
.The franchise granted hereunder shall not become effective until written
acceptance thereof shall have been filed by the grantee thereof with the Clerk of the
City. When so filed, such acceptance shall constitute a continuing agreement of the
grantee that if and when the City shall thereafter annex or consolidate with, additional
territory, any and all franchise rights and privileges owned by the grantee therein,
except the franchise derived under the aforesaid Constitutional provision, shall likewis
be deemed to be abandoned within the limits of such territory.
SECTION SIX
The franchise granted hereunder shall not in any way or to any extent impair
or affect the right of the City to acquire the property of the grantee hereof either
by purchase or through the exercise of the right of eminent domain, and nothing herein
m~ntatned shall be construed to contract away or to modify or abridge, either for a term
or in perpetuity, the City's right of eminent domain in respect to the grantee or any
public utility. Nor shall this franchise ever be given any va~ue before any cour~ or
other public authority in any proceeding of any character in excess of the cost to the
grantee of the necessary publication and any other sum paid by it to the City therefor
at the time of the acquisition thereof.
SECTION SEVEN
The grantee of this franchise shall file a bond, running to the City, with at
least two good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the legislative body thereof,
in a penal sum of $1,000.00, conditioned that the grantee zhall well and truly observe,
fulfill and perform each and every term and condition of this franch~e, and that in
case of any breach of condition of said bond, the whole smonnt of the penal sum therein
named shall be taken and deemed to be liquidated damages and shall be recoverable from
the principal and sureties upon said bond. Said bond shall be filed with the
legislative body of the City within five (5) days after the date of the granting of this
franchise; and in case said bond shall not be so filed, or shall not receive the approva~
of the legislative body, this franchise shall be forfeited and any money paid to the
City in connection therewith shall likewise be forfeited.
SECTION EIGHT
Th~ grantee of this franchise shall
(a) construct, install and maintain all pipes and appurtenances in accordance
with and in conformity with all of the ordinances, rules and regulations heretofore or
hereafter adopted by the legislative body of this City in thc exercise of its police
powers and not in conflict with the paramount authority of the State of California, and,
as to State highways, subject to the provisions of general laws relating to the location
and maintenance of such facilities;
(b) pay to the City, on demand, the co~t of all repairs to public prcperty
made necessary by any operations of the grantee under this franchise;
(c) Indemnify and hold harmless the City and its officers fr~m any and all
liability for damages proximately resulting from~any operations under this franchlse~
(d) remove or relocate, without expense to the City, any facilities installed
used and maintained under this franchise if and when made necessary by any lawful
change of grade, alignment or width of an~ public street, way, alley or place, including
the construction of any subway or viaduct by the City; and
(e) file with the legislative body of the City within thirty (30) days after
any sale, transfer, assignment or lease of this franchise, or any part thereof, or of an
of the rights or privileges granted thereby, written evidence of the same, certified
thereto by the grantee or its duly authorized officers.
SECTION
The Engineer shall have power to give the grantee such directions for the
location of any pipes and appurtenances as may be reasonably necessary to avoid sewers,
water pipes, conduits or other structures lawfully in or under the streets; and before
the work of constructing any pipes and appurtenances is commenced, the grantee shall
file with said Engineer plans showing the location thereof, which shall be subject to
-the approval of said Engineer (such approval not to be unreasonably withh~ld); and all
such construction shall be subject to the inspection of said Engineer and done to his
reasonable satisfaction. All street coverings or openings of traps, vaults, and
manholes shall at all times be kept flush with the surface of the streets; provided,
however, that vents for undergro,~_ud traps, vm~lts and manholes may extend above the
surface of the streets when said vents are located in parkways, between the curb and the
property llne.
Where it is necessary to lay any underground pipes through, under or across any
portion of a paved or macadamized street, the same, where practicable and economically
reasonable shall be done by a tunnel Or bore, so as not to disturb the foundation of such
paved or macadamized street; and in the event that the same cannot be so done, such work
.shall be done under a peEnit to be granted by the Engineer upon application therefor.
~ECTION TEN
If any portion of any street shall be damaged by reason of de~ects in
any of the pipes and appurtenances maintained or constructed under this grant,
or by reason of any other cause arising from the operation or existence of any
pipes and appurtenances constructed or maintained, under this grant, said grantee
shall, at its own cost and expense, irmnediateIy r epair any such damage and
restore such street, or portion of street, to as good a condition as existed
before such defect or other cause of damage occurred, such work to be done under
the direction of the Engineer, and to his reasonable Satisfaction.
~,ECTION ELEVEN
(a) If the grantee of this franchise shall fail, neglect or refuse to
comply with any of the provisions or conditions hereof, and shall not, within
ten (10) days after w~i~ten demand for compliance, begin the work of compliance,
or after such beginning shall not prosecute the same with due diligence to
completion, then the City, by its legislative body, may declare this franchise
forfeited.
(b) The City may S~in its own name for the forfeiture of this
franchise, in the event of non-~ompliance by the grantee, its successors or
assigns, with any of the conditions thereof.
SECTION TWELVE
The grantee of this franchise shall pay to the City a stun of money
sufficient to reimburse it for all publication expenses incurred by it in connect.
ion with the ~ranttng of this Franchise; such payment to be made within thirty (30
days after the City shall furnish such grantee with a written statement of such
expenses.
SECTION THIRTEEN
Within ten (10) days after the passage and publication of this
ordinance, the grantee shall file with the City Clerk a written aceptance of the
franchise hereby granted, and an agreement to comply with the terms and conditior
hereof.
SECTION FOURTEEN
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall
cause the ssme to be published in three consecutive issues of the ORANGE COU~2Y
REPORTER, a daily newspaper, printed, published and circulated in the City of
Santa Ana, and hereby designated for that purpose, and thirty (30) days thereafter
shall take effect and be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Aha at its
regular meeting held on the ~lst day of March, 1938,
ATTEST
E. L. VeMely
City Clerk
Fred C. Rowland
Mayor
( SEAL~.
STA?E OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS
CITY OF oAN_A ANA )
I, E. L. VEOEL¥, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk and
Ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana~ that the foregoing
ordnance was regularly introduced and read to ~he said Council at its regular
meeting, held on the Vth day of March, 1938, and was again read to said council
at its regular meeting, held on the 21st day of March, 1938, and was at said
meeting regularly passed and adopted by said council by the following vote, to-wit
AYES, TRUSTEES:
Plummet W. Bruns, Joseph P. Smith, W.H.Penn,
Ernest H. Layton, F~ed C. Rowland.
NOES, TRUSTEES: None
ABSENT, TRUSTEES: None
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk.
(SEAL)
ORDINANCE NO. 1062
A~ ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ~MENDING ORDINANCE
NO. 809 ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE TO BE KNOWN AS THE ZONING
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, PRESCRIBING
THE CLASSES OF BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND IMPROVE~ENTS AND
USES OR ADDITIONS IN THE SEVERAL ZONES TO BE CREATED BY
THIS ORDINANCE, AND PROVIDING THE PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION
OF THE SAME."
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA A~A DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That Section 4 of Ordinance No..809 entitled "An Ordinance to be
known as the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Santa Aha, California, Prescribing the
classes of buildings, Structures and Improvements and mses or Additions in the Several
Zones to be created by this Ordinance, and Providing the Penalty for the Violation of
the Same", which section was rescinded by Ordinance No. 869 of said City, entitled
"Au Ordinance of the City of Santa Ana Amending Zoning Ordinance No. 809 of said City
relative to duplex and two family apartment houses", be and the s~me is hereby reenacted
in said Ordinance No. 809 and as so reenacted shall read as originally enacted in said
Ordinance No. 809, except that there is hereby added to said Section 4 at the end thereo~
the following:
"Any building permissible in a "B" zone may be permitted in the single family
residence or "A~ zone under the provisions and permission required under Section l0 of
this ordinance as a special use in such "A" zone."
SECTION 2~ That Section 6 of said Ordinance No. 809 is hereby amended by
strik2ng out therefrom the following words, to-wit:
"and shall conform to the building restrictions provided for in Fire District
No. 1", which words are at the end of the first paragraph of s aid Section 6.
SECTION 3: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and
shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues of the ORANGE COUNTY
REPORTER, a daily newspaper, printed, published and circulated in the City of Santa Aha,
and hereby designated for that purpose, and thirty (30) days thereafter shall take
effect and be in force.
PASSED AND ADO~£~ by the Council of the City of Santa Aua at its regular
meeting held on the 18th day of April, 1938.
ATTEST:
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
Fred C. Rowland
MayOr
(SEAL).
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) )SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA
I, E.L.Vegely, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk and Ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City of Santa Aha, that the foregoing ordinance was regularly
introduced and read to the s aid Council at its regular meeting held on the 4th day of Apr
1938, and ~as again read to said Council at its regular meeting held on the 18th day of
Apr. 1938, and was at said meeting regularly passed and adopted by said Council by the
following vote, to-wit:
ALES, TRUSTEES:
NOES, TRUSTEP~:
ABSENT, TRUSTEES:
Plummet W. Bruns,
Fred C. Rowland.
None
None
Joseph P.
Smith, W.H.Penn, Ernest H.Layto
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E. L. Vegely
(SEAL). City Clerk
-ORDINANCE NO. lOS5
AN ORDINANCE 0F THE CITY OF SANTA ANA CHANGING
THE ZONE OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY IN SAID CITY
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That Zoning Ordinance No. 809 of the City of Santa Aha is
hereby amended and the zone upon all that certain real property now in "Single
Family Residence District" Which property is facing upon Chestnut Street and is
llS-118 East Chestnut Street, more particularly described as
commonly known as
follows:
The West thirty-two (52) feet of
Lot three (5), Block two (2), Lyons
Addition to the City of Santa Ana.
is hereby changed fr6m "Single Family Residence District" to "Neighborhood
Busines~ District", as defined in said Ordinance No. 809.
SECTION ~: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance and shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues
of the OHANGE COUNTYREPORTER, a daily newspaper, printed, published and circulat
in the City of Santa Ana, and hereby designated for that purpose, and thirty (50)
days thereafter shall take effect and be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Ana at its
regular meeting held on the 10th day of Nay, 1958.
ATTEST:
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
Fred C. Rowland
Mayor
(SEAL).
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the City
of Santa Ana and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana,
that the foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced and read to the said Council
at its regular meeting, held on the End day of Nay, 1958, and was again read to
said Council at its regular meeting held on the 10th day of Nay, 1958, and was at
said meeting regularly passed and adopted by said Council by the following vote,
AYES, TRUSTEES:
NOES, TRUSTEES:
ABSENT, TRUSTEES:
Pl,~w,~er W. Bruns, Joseph P. Smith, W.H.Penn,
Ernest H. Layton, Fred C. Rowland.
None
None
to-wit:
(SEAL).
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
ORDINANCE NO. 1064
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 32 ENTITLED
"AN ORDINANCE Dr~'INING NUISANCES, AND PROVIDING
FOR THE PUNISHMENT AND FOR THE RE.10VAL AND ABATE-
MENT OF THE S~AME."
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DD ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That a new section is hereby added to Ordinance No. 32 of the
City of Santa Aha entitled "AN ORDINANCE D~FINING NUISANCES, AND PROVIDING FOR THE
PUNISHMENT AND FOR THE REMOVAL AND ABATEMENT OF THE SAME", which said new section shall
be numbered Section 4c, and shall be inserted at the end of Section 4b of said Ordinance
as the same is amended by Ordinance No. 1046, and which such section shall be in words
and figures as follows:
"Section 4c: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, eithe~
as owner, lessee, principal, agent, employer, or employee, to store, place or maintain,
or cause or permit tb be stored, placed or maintained in the City of Santa Ana, except
in an industrial or heavy industrial district of such City, as defined by the zoning or
planning ordinances of such City, any new or used lumber, building material, brick, or
terra cotta tile, concrete pipe, or building blocks, lime, cement or plaster of paris,
scrap iron, Junk, or used scaffolding, or concrete form lumber or material, concrete
mixing or construction equipment, or dismantled automobiles, or auto-wrecking or used
parts. This section shall not be applicable when the said personal property shall be
entirely confined in a building, enclosed with a roof, and on all sides, and a license
fo~ the conduct of the business of dealing in such property shall have been granted at
such location. Any violation of this section shall constitute a public nuisance".
SECTION 2: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and
shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues of the ORANGE COUNTY
REPORTER, a daily newspaper, printed, published and circulated in the City of Santa Ana,
and hereby designated for that purpose, and thirty (30) days thereafter shall take
effect and be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Aha at its regular
adjourned meeting held on the 5th day of July, 1938.
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
Fred C. Rowland
Mayor
( SEAL).
I, E. L. VEOELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the City of Sang
Ana and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa Aha, that the foregoin~
Ordinance was regularly introduced and read to the said Council at its regular meeting,
held on the 20th day of June, 1938, and was again read to said Council at its regular
adjourned meeting held on the 5th day of July, 1938, and was at said meeting regularly
passed and adopted by said Council by the following vote, to-wit:
Joseph P. Smith, W.H.Penn,
(SEAL).
AYES, TRUSTEES: Plummet W. Bruns,
Fre~ C. Howland.
NOES, TRUSTEES: None
ABSENT, TRUSTEES: Ernest H. Layton
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
ORDINANCE NO. 1065
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
CHANGING THE ZONE OF CERTAIN REA~ PROPERTY
IN SAID CIT~.~
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA D 0 ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That Zoning Ordinance No. 809 of the City of Santa Ana
is hereby amende~ and the zone upon all that certain re~l property now in "Single
Family Residence District" described as follows:
The West 200 feet of the following described parcel of real property:
That certain real pr.operty~ situate in the City of Santa Ana, County
of 0r~nge, State of California, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the Northerly line of F~uit
Street 261 feet West of the Westerly property line
of. Grand Avenue; thence North 69V.8 fe~t; thence
West 606.9 feet; thence South 697.8 feet; thence
East along the Northerly property line of Fruit
Street 606.9 feet to the point of beginning.
is hereby changed from "Single Family Residence District" to "Heavy Industrial
DistriCt", as defined in said Ordinance No.. 809.
SECTION 2: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance and shall cause the s~me to be published in three consecutive issues
of the ORANGE COUNTY REPORTER, a daily newspaper, printed, published and circulate
in the City of Santa Aha, and hereby designated for that purpose, and thirty
(30) days thereafter shall take effect and be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Aha at its
regular adjourned meeting held on the 5th day of July, 1938.
ATTEST:
Fred C. Rowland
Mayor
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk (SEAL).
STATE OF CALIFOE~IA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the
City of Santa Aha'and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Sauta
Aha, that the foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced and read to the said
Council at its regular meeting, held on the 20th day of June, 1938, and was
again read to said Council at its regular adjourned meeting held on the 5th day
of July, 1938, and was at said meeting regularly passed and adopted by said
Council by the following vote,
AYES, TRUSTEES:
NOES, TRUSTEES:
ABSENT, TRUSTEES:
to-wit:
Plummet W. Bruns, Joseph P. Smith, W.H.Penn,
Fred C. Rowland.
None
Ernest H. Layton.
E. L. VeEely
City Clerk
(SEAL)
ORDINANCE NO. 1066
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA,
FIXING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY ASCERTAINED TO CARRY ON
THE VARIOUS DEPART~NTS OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA,
AND TO PAY THE BONDED INDEBTEDNESS FALLING DUE FOR
THE CURRENT YEAR 1938-1939, AND FIXING THE RATE OF
TAXATION FOR THE CURRENT YEAR 1938-t939, DESIGNATING
THE EMBER OF CENTS ON EACH $100.00 FOR THE VARIOUS
FUNDS OF SAID CITY, ON THE WHOLE OF THE TAXABLE
PROPERTY OF SAID CITY AS SET B~ THE COUNTY ASSESSOR
OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND
EQUALIZED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SAID COUNTY,
AND HEREBY LEVIED ON THE WHOLE OF THE TAXABLE
PR0~RTY OF SAID CITY.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
THAT, WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana, California, did on the ~8th day of
December, 1914, by Ordinance, elect and determine to avail itself of the provisions of
the Act of the 27th day of March, 1895, and subsequent amendments thereto relative to th~
assessment and collection of taxes for the municipal corporation of the City of Santa
Ana, California, and did in accordance therewith on or about said date, file with the
Auditor of Orange County, California, a verified copy of said Ordinance pertaining
thereto as provided by law; and
WHEREAS, the County Auditor of the County of Orange, State of California, on
the 29th day of August, 1938, filed his statement in writing with the City Council of
the City of Santa Ana, California, showing the total value of all property within the
corporate limits for the year 1938-1939, and equalized and collected by the Board of
Supervisors of Orange County, California, and fixed the sum as shown by the assessment
rolls for said year at $~2,208,745.00, exclusive of operative property, and showing the
total value of all property belonging to public utilities and used as operative
property of such public utilities within the corporate limits of said City for the year
1938-1939, as determined and equalized by the Board of Equalization of the State of
California, ameunting to the sum of $2,239,690.00, which said amounts make a total
assessed valuation for tax purposes within the City of Santa Aha of the sue of
$24,448,365.00, and
WHEREAS, the City Council elects to levy a total tax for the sue of $1.59 on
each $100.00 of the taxable property of said City as provided by law, the amount of
money ascertained and fixed to carry on the various departments of the City of Santa
Ana, and to pay the bonded indebtedness falling due for the current year 1938-1939,
is the fixed sue of $388,729.00; and
WHEREAS, seid sue is to be apportioned among the various departments of the
said City of Santa Ana, and placed in the general and special funds to pay current
municipal expenses on the assessed value of all the real and personal property within
such municipality, over and above the several sums to be raised as provided by law.
SECTION ~: That the total valuation of the taxable property of the City of
Santa Aha of $24,448,365.00, shall be used as a basis for the levy of the taxes of the
City of Santa Ana, at the same time and in the same manner in which County levies are
made and collected.
SECTION 2: That the rate of taxation for municipal purposes and to pay the
bonded indebtedness and interest of the City of Santa Aha, California, for the current
year 1938-1939 is hereby fixed at $1.59 on the taxable property of said City, and that
said amount of $388,729.00 in the aggregate, and the rate sum of $1.59 on each $100.00
of the taxable property of said City is hereby levied upon all the taxable property as
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'ascertained by the County Assessor and equalized by the Board of Supervisors of
Orange County, California, and as ascertained and equalized by the Board of
Equalization of the State of C~lifornia, as aforesaid, and which said rate so
fixed shall be apportioned among special funds to pay the current expenses,
bonded indebtedness and interest and other indebtedness of said City, falling
due for the current fiscal year 1938-1939 and other several sums to be raised as
fixed and provided by law, ss follows, to-wit:
For the General Fund, $0.55 on each $100.00 of the taxable property
of said City;
For the Street Fund, $0.23 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of
said City;
For the Sewer Fund, $0.03 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of
said City;
For the Fire Fund, $0.28 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of
said City;
For Parks, $0.03 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For the Library Fund, $0.14 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of
said City;
For the North Flower Street Bridge Bonded Indebtedness Fund, $0.001 on
each $100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For the Sewer Bonded Indebtedness No. 2 Fund, $0.006 on each $100.00
of the taxable property of said City;
For the Fire Department Bonded Indebtedness No. 2 Fund, $0.009 on each
$100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For the City Hall Bonds No. 2 Bonded Indebtedness Fund, $0.002 on each
$100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For Street Apparatus Bonds, Bonded Indebtedness Fund, $0.003 on each
$100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For Street Improvement Bonds, North Main Street Bonded Indebtedness
Fund, $0.008 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For Street Improvement Bonds, East First Street, Bonded Indebtedness
Fund, $0.002 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For Street Improvement Bonds, Bristol Street, Bonded Indebtedness Fund,
$0.002 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For Schoo~ Street Improvement Bonds, Bonded Indebtedness Fund, $0.009
on each $100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For Street Improvement Bonds, Culverts, 3rd and 4th Streets, Bonded
Indebtedness Fund, $0.001 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For Santa Aha Main Sewer Line Bonds, $0.03 on each $100.00 of the
taxable property of said City;
For Joint Outfall Sewer Bonds, $0.035 on each $100.00 of the taxable
property of said City;
For Electric Fire Alarm System Bond Fund, $0.006 on each $100.00 of the
taxable property of said City;
For East Fire Engine House Bond Fund, $0.003 on each $100.00 of the
taxable property of said City;
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For Joint Outfall Sewer Maintenance Fund, $0.03 on each $100.00 of the taxable
property of said City;
For West Fire Engine House Bond Fund, $0.003 on each $100.00 of the taxable
property of said City;
For Fire Apparatus Bond Fund, $0.006 on each $100.00 of the taxable property
of said City;
For West Fifth Street Improvement Bond Fund, $0.007 on each $100.00 of the
taxable property of said City;
For Joint Outfall Sewer Bond Extension, $0.04 on each $100.00 of the taxable
property of said City;
For the purpose of paying for the lands purchased or to be purchased at tax
sales for delinquent assessments and taxes under Street Improvement Bond Act of 1915,
S0.10 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For the City Hall Bonds No. 3 Bonded Indebtedness Fund, $0.02 on each $100.00
of the taxable property of said City;
For the North Main Street Bridge Bonded Indebtedness Fund, $0.007 on each
$100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
SECTION 3: The City Clerk is hereby instructed to submit a certified copy
of this Ordinance to the County Auditor of Orsnge County, California, on or before the
1st day of September, 1938.
SECTION 4: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and
shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues of the Santa Ana
Register, a daily newspaper printed, published and circulated in the City of Santa Ana,
and hereby designated for that purpose. This ordinance shall take effect from and
after its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Aha at its regular
adjourned meeting held on the 29th day of August, 1938.
Fred C. Rowland
Mayor
ATTEST:
E. L. Ve~ely
City ~"lerk and ~x'offici0 Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Santa Ana
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the City of
Santa Ana, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa Aha; that the
foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced and read to the said Council at its
regular meeting held on the 15th day of August, 193@, and was again read to said Council
at its regular adjourned meeting held on the 29th day of August, 1938, and was at said
meeting regularly passed and adopted by said Council by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES: TRUSTEES
NOES: TRUSTEES
ABSENT: TRUSTEES
Plui~r W. Bruns, W.H.Penn,
Fred C. Rowland.
Joseph P. Smith
None
Ernest H. Layton,
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
(SEAL).
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ORDINANCE NO. $.0.67
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1052,
ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING WATER
RATES IN THE CITY OF SANTA RNA, PRESCRIBING
RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING CONSUMPTION
OF WATER AND FIXING A PENALTY FOR THE
VIOLATION THEREOF, AND REPEALING ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT HEREWITH", AND PROVIDING FOR
TEMPORARY INCREASE IN WATER RATES.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT:
SECTION l: That Ordinance No. 1052 entitled "An Ordinance Establishing
Water Rates in the City of Santa Ana, Prescribing Rules and Regulations Governing
Consumption of Water and Fixing a Penalty for the Violation Thereof, and Repealing
Ordinances in Conflict herewith" is hereby amended by the addition thereto of a
new section to be numbered Section 2½, which new section shall be inserted at the
end of Section 2 thereof, and shall read as follows:
SECTION 2!:2 That the following rates and compensation are hereby
fixed and established as the rates and compensation to be charged and collected
by the Santa Aha Water Department, for water furnished by said Department
between the 1st day of October, 1938, and the 1st day of July, 1939, except that i~
all cases where the reading of the water meter for any consumer, occurs between th~
1st day of October, 1938, and the 1st day of November, 1938, this rate shall
continue in force until a corresponding monthly date between the 1st day of July,
1939, and August 1st, 1939, and such consumer shall not be charged according to
this rate for the portion of the month prior to such meter reading between October
1st, 1938, and November 1st, 1938~
Said rates are as follows:
A minimum base rate, stand by or readiness to serve charge for each size
of service connection as follows:
For each 5/8" or 3/4" service
For each 1" service
For each l~" service
For each ~" service
For each 3" service
For each 4" service
For each 6" service
$ 1.25
1.55
2.80
4.05
5.95
9.05
I2.15
And in addition thereto there shall be charged the following amounts for water
furnished:
of $2.25,
~TER RATES
For the first 1000 cu. ft. or less in any one month at
the rate of $.05 per 100 cu. ft.
For the next 3000 cu. ft. or less at the rate of $.15
per 100 cu. ft.
For the next 21,000 cu. ft.
$.13 per 100 cu. ft.
For all over 25,000 cu. ft.
cu. ft.
or less at the rate of
at the rate of $.12 per 100
FLAT RATE
All water services where no meter is installed shall pay a monthly rate
payable in advance.
For construction purposes where meters are not installed or used:
1. For each 100 lin.
2. For each 100 sq. ft.
5. For each 100 sqj ft.
4. For each 100 sq. ft.
ft. of curb
of cement sidewalks
of concrete pavement
of pavement subgrade
5. For each 100 lin.ft, of sewer, water or gas
ditch settled
For each 100 yards of plaster
For each 1000 brick laid including wetting
For each bbl. of cement or lime used other
than pavement
That the provisions of Section 2 of this
Ordinance
.25
.15
.15
.05
1.00
.25
.10
shall be inoperative during
the time and for such services as are covered by this section."
SECTION 2: The fiscal status of this City has become seriously impaired by
necessary emergency expenditures resulting from damage and extraordinary demands for
repair work in this City by storm and flood and sufficient money cannot be raised by
other means in time to meet indebtedness resulting theref~m all of which damages
requiring such expenditures have created a menace to public peace, health and s~fety.
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall cause
the same to be published in three consecutive issues of the Santa Aha Register, a daily
newspaper printed, published and circulated in the City of Santa Ana, and hereby
designated for that purpose. This Ordinance shall take effect from and after its
adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Aha at its regular
adjourned meeting held on the 26th day of September, 1938.
Fred C. Rowland Mayor
ATTEST:
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
(SEAL).
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the City of
Santa Ana and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana, that the
foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced and read to the said Council at its regular
meeting held on the 19th day of September, 1938, and was again read to said Council at
its regular adjourned meeting held on the 26th day of September, 1938, and was at said
meeting regularly passed and adopted by said Council by the following vote, to-wit:
Plurmmer W. Bruns, W.H.Penn, Ernest H. Layton,
TRUSTEES:
TRUSTEES:
TRUSTEES:
AYES,
NOES,
ABSENT
Fred C. Rowland.
None
Joseph P. Smith
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
(SEAL).
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ORDINANCE N0. 1068
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, C~L!FORNIA,
FIXING THE ANOUNT OF NONEY'ASCERTAINED TO CARRY ON
THE VARIOUS DEPARTNENTS OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA,
AND TO PAY THE BONE~ED INDEBTEDNESS FALLING DUE FOR
THE CURRENT YEAR 1938-1939' AND FIXING THE RATE OF
TAXATION FOR THE CURRENT YEAR 1938-1939, DESIGNATING
THE NUMBER 0F CENTS ON EACH $100.00 F0R THE VARIOUS
FUNDS OF SAID CITY, ON THE'WHOZE OF THE TAXABLE
PROPERTY 'OF SAID CITY AS SET BY THE COUNTY ASSESSOR
OF THE COUNTY 0F ORANGE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND
EQUALIZED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SAID COUNTT,
AND HEREB~f LEVIED ON THE WHOLE OF THE TAXABLE PROPERTY
OF SAID CITY.
THE COUNC.IL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWg:
THAT WHEREAS, the City of Santa Aha, California, did on the 28th day
of December, 1.914, by Ordinance elect and determine to avail itself of the pro-
visions of.the Act of the 27th day of Narch, 1895, and subsequent amendments there1
relative to the assessment and collection of taxes for the municipal corporation
of the City of Santa Ana, California, and did in accordance therewith on or about
said date, file with the Auditor of 0rmuge County, California, a verified copy of
said Ordinance pertaining thereto as provided by law; and
WHEREAS, the County Auditor of the County of Orange, State of California
on the 29th day of August, 1938, filed his statement in writing with the City
Council of the City of Santa Aha, California, showing the total value of all
property within the corporate limits for ~he year 1938-1939, and equalized and
collected by the Board of Supervisors of Orange County, California, and fixed the
sum as shown by the assessment rolls for said year at $22,208,745.00, exclusive
of operative property, and showing the total value of all property belonging to
public utilities and used as operative property of such public utilities within
the corporate limits of said City for the year 1938-1939, as determined and
equalized by the Board of Equalization ~f the State of California, amounting to
the sum of $2,239,620.00, which said amounts make a total assessed valuation for.
tax purposes within the City of Santa Aha of the sum of $24,448,365.00, and
WHEREAS, the City Council elects to levy a total tax for the sum of
$1.59 on each $1OO.00 of the taxable property of said City as provided by law,
the amount of money ascertained and fixed to carry on the various departments of
the City of Santa Aha, and to pay the bonded indebtedness falling due for the
current year 1938-1939, is the fixed sum of $388,729.00; and
WHEREAS, said sum is to be apportioned among the various departments of
the said City of Santa Aha, and placed in the general and special funds to pay
current municipal expenses on the assessed value of all the real and personal
property within such municipaiit~, over and above the several sums to be raised as
provided by law.
SECTION 1: That the total 'valuation of the taxable prop~ty of the City
of Santa Ana of $24,448,365.00, shall be used as a basis for the levy of the taxes
of the City of Santa Aha, at the same time and in the same manner in which County
levies are made and collected.
,SECTION 2: That the rate of taxation for municipal purposes and to pay
the bonded indebtedness and interest of the City of Santa Aha, California, for the
current year 1938-1939 is hereby fixed at $1.59 on the taxable property .of said
City, and that said amount of $388,729.00 in the aggregate, and the rate sum of
$1.59 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of said City is hereby levied upon all
the taxable property as ascertained by the County Assessor and equalized by the Board
of Supervisors of Orange County, California, and~e ascertained and equalized by the
Board of Equalization of the State of California, as aforesaid, and which said rate so
fixed shall be apportioned among special funds to pay the current expenses, bonded
indebtedness and interest and o~her indebtedness of said City, falling due for the
current fiscal year 1938-1939, and other several sums to be rai.~ed as fixed and pro-
vided by law, as follows, to-wit:
ity,
City;
City~
For the
For the
General Fund, $0.55 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of said
Street Fund, $0.23 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of said
For the Sewer Fund, $0.03 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of said
For the Fire Fund, $0.28 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of said Ctty~
For Parks, ~0.03 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of said City~
For the Library Fund, $0.14 on each $100~00 of the taxable property of said
City;
For the North Flower Street Bridge Bonded Indebtedness
$100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For the Sewer Bonded Indebtedness No. 2 Fund, $0.008 on each $100.00
taxable property of said City;
For the Fire Department Bonded Indebtedness No. 2 fund, $0.009
of the taxable property of said City;
For the City Hall Bonds No. 2 Bonded Indebtedness Fund, $0.002
of the taxable property of said City;
For Street Apparatus Bonds, Bonded Indebtedness Fund, $0.003
of the taxable property of said City;
Pund, $0.001 on each
of the
on each $100.00
on each $100.00
on each $100.00
For Street Improvement Bonds, North Main Street Bonded Indebtedness Fund,
$0.008 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For Street Improvement Bonds, East First Street, Bonded Indebtedness Fund,
$0.002 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For Street Improvement Bonds, Bristol Street, Bonded Indebtedness Fund, $0.002
on each $100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For School Street Improvement Bonds, Bonded Indebtedness Fund, $0.009 on each
$100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For Street Improvement Bonds, Culverts, 3rd and 4th Streets, Bonded Indebtedne~
Fund, $0.001 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For Santa Aha Main Sewer Line Bonds, $0.03 on each $100.00 of the taxable
property of said City;
For Joint 0utfall Sewee Bonds, $0.035 on each $100.00 of the taxable property
of said City;
For Electric Fire Alaz~n System Bond Fund, $0.006 on each $100.00 of the taxable
property of said City;
For East Fire Engine House Bond Fund, $0.003 on each $100.00 of the taxable
property of said City;
S
For Joint 0utfall Sewer Maintenance ~und, $0.03 on each $100.00 of the
taxable property of said City;
For West Fire ~hgine House Bond Fund, $0.003 on each $100.00 of the
taxable property of said City;
For Fire Apparatus Bond Fund, $0.006 on each $100.00 of the taxable
property of said City;
For West Fifth Street Improvement Bond Fund, $0.007 on each $100.00
of the taxable property of said City;
For Joint 0utfall Sewer Bond Extension, $0.04 on each $100.00 of the
taxable property of said City;
For the purposeof paying for the lands purchased or to be purchased at
tax sales for delinquent assessments and taxes under Street Improvement Bond Act
of 1915, $0.10 on each $100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For the City Hall Bonds No. 3 Bonded Indebtedness Fund, $0.02 on each
$100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
For the North Main Street Bridge Bonded Indebtedness Fund, $0.007 on
each $100.00 of the taxable property of said City;
SECTION 3: The City Clerk is hereby instruct&d to immediately submit
a certified copy of this Ordinance to the County Auditor of Orange County,
California.
SECTION 4: That this City Council by unanimous vote does hereby elect
to levy a total tax, during the fiscal year of July l, 1938, to June 30, I939,
for all purposes provided in Subdivision 9 of Section 764 of an Act of the
Legislature entitled "An Act to Provide f or the Organization, ~ncorp~ration and
Government of ~unicipal Corporation", Statutes of 1883, page 93, as amended, but
exclusive of the tax for library purposes and bond, interest, and sinking fund
purposes, in excess of 0ne Dollar, but not in excess of One Dollar and twenty-five
cents on each one hundred dollars of the assessed value of all real and personal
property within the said City of Santa Aha, to-wit: as set forth in this Ordinanc
and the City Council by unanimous vote does hereby approve, ratify and confirm
the adoption of Ordinance No. 1066 of said City, entitled identically herewith,
and adopted by four-fifths vote of this council on the 29th day of August, 1938,
and does hereby reenact, approve, ratify and confirm the same. This ordinance
is not intended to and shall not create an additional tax levy over an~ above the
levy made by said Ordinance No. 1066, except insofar as said Ordinance No. 1066
may be ineffective or invalid as to any part or all of the levy therein provided
for.
SECTION 5: This ordinance is, and the City Council hereby determines
and declares the s~ne to be, an ordinance providing for a tax levy, and an emer-
gency ordinance, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public peace, health, and safety, and further determines and declare~ that
urgency exists which requires the immediate adoption of this ordinance, as
affecting the health and safety of the public, and the following is a declaration
of the facts constituting its urgency, to-wit:
The levy and collection of taxes upon the real and personal property
within the City of Santa Aha, by the said City, for the payment of the necessary
expenses of the governmental functions exercised by said City, are necessary for the
protection of public peace, health and safety, by providing among other things, care
and maintenance of public streets, police protection, fire protection, health protection
and this ordinance is required to establish the tax levy for the fiscal year July l,
1938, to June 30, 1939, so as to provide money necessary to pay for the s~ne, and the
said taxes must be immediately assessed against the said taxable property so as to
provide the funds necessary to pay such expenses, and to enable county officials of
Orange County, who collect taxes for the City of Santa Ana, to proceed at the required
time with the steps for the collection of s aidtaxes.
SECTION 6: That this ordinance, being an urgency ordinance, shall be publishe,
by one insertion in the Santa Aha Daily Evening Register, which paper is a newspaper of
general circulation published in the City of Santa Aha, and the City Clerk is hereby
directed to cause the same to be so published. This ordinance shall take effect from
and after its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by unanimous vote of the City Council of the City of
Santa Aha this 3rd day of October, 1938, at its regular meeting held in the Council
Chamber in the City Hall at 7:30 o'clock P.M.
ATTEST:
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )S~
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, E. L. Vegely,
Fred C. Rowland
Mayor
(SEAL) .
Santa Aha, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana; that
foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced and read to the s~id Council at its
regular meeting held on the 3rd day of October, 1938, and was at said meeting
regularly passed and adopted by said Council by ~he following vote, to-wit:
Plummet W. Bruns, W.H.Penn, Ernest H. Layton,
Fred C. Rowland, Joseph P. Smith.
(SEAL).
do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the City of
the
E.L.Ve~ely
City Clerk
AYES, TRUSTEES:
NOES, TRUSTEF~S: None
ABSENT, TRUSTEES: None
ORDINANCE NO. 1069
ORDINANCE GRANTING TO SOUTHEE~ CALIFORNIA
EDISON COMPANY, LTD., ITS SUCCESSORS AND
ASSIGNS, A FRANCHI. SE TO USE, FOR TRANSMITTING
AND DISTRIBUTING ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRICAL
ENERGY WITHIN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, FOR AN~
AND ALL P~POSES OTHER THAN THOSE AUTtIORIZED
UNDER SECTION 19 OF ARTICLE XI OF THE CON-
STI~JTION OF TEE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AS SAID
SECTION EXISTED PRIOR TO ITS A~UDMENT ON
OCTOBER 10, 1911, ALL POEES, WIRES, CONDUITS
AND APPURTENANCES ~GtICH ARE NOW OR MAY HERE-
AFTER BE LAWFULLY PLACED IN THE PUBLIC STREETS,
ALLEYS, WAYS AND PLACES WITHIN SAID CITY AND TO
CONSTRUCT AND USE IN SAID PUBLI0 STREETS, ALLEYS,
WAYS AND PLACES ALL POLES, WIRES, CONDUITS AND
APPURTENANCES NECESSARY OR PROPER FOR SAID
PURPOSES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION l: Whenever in this ordinance the words or phrases hereinafter
in this section defined are used, they shall have the respective meanings assigned
to them in the following definitions (unless, in the given instance, the context
wherein they are used shall clearly import a different meaning):
(a) The word "grantee" shall mean the corporation to which the franchi~
contemplated in this ordinance is granted snd its lawful successors or assigns;
(b) The word "City" shall mean the City of Santa Ana, a Municipal
Corporation of the State of Callfomla, in its present incorporated form or in
any later reorganized, consolidated, enlarged or reincorporated form;
(c) The word "streets" shall mean the public streets, ways, alleys and
places as the same now are or may hereafter exist within said City;
(d) The phrase "poles, wires, conduits and appurtenances" shall mean
poles, towers, crossarms, conduits, cables, wires, service wires, guy-wires,
vaults, manholes, appliances, attachments, appurtenances and any other property
located, or to be located, in, upon, along, across, under or over the streets
of the city and used or useful in the transmitting and~or distributing of
electrigity and electrical energy.
(e) The' phrase "construct and use" shall mean to lay, construct, erect
install, operate, maintain, use, repair or replace.
(f) The phrase "constitutional franchise" shali mean the right
acquired through acceptance by said grantee or its predecessor in estate of the
offer contained in the provisions of Section 19 of Article XI of the Constitutior~
of the State of California, as said section existed prior to its amendment on
October 10, 1911, and now owned by said grantee, which entitles it to use the
public streets and thoroughfares of said city for introducing and supplying such
city and its inhabitants with illuminating light.
SECTION 2: A franchise (a) to use, for transmitting and distributing
electricity within the City of Santa Ana for any and all purposes not included
in said constitutional franchise, all poles, wires, conduits and appurtenances,
which are now or may hereafter be lawfully placed on, in or under the streets
within said city, and (b) to construct and use in said streets, all poles, wires,
conduits and appurtenances necessary or proper for said purposes, is hereby
granted to Southern California Edison Company, Ltd., upon the terms and conditions
set forth in the Fr~nchise Act of 1937.
SECTION 3: Said franchise shall be indeterminate, that is to say, said
franchise shall endure in full force and effect until the ssme shall, with the consent
of the Railroad Commission of the State of California, be voluntarily surrendered or
abandoned by the possessor thereof, or until the State or some municipal or public
corporation thereunto duly authorized by law shall purchase by voluntary agreement or
shall condeE and take under the power of eminent domain, all property actually used
and useful in the exercise of said franchise and situate in the territorial limits of
the state, municipal or public corporation purchasing or ~ondemning such property, or
until said franchise shall be forfeited for noncompliance with its terms by the
possessor thereof.
SECTION 4: The grantee of said Frsnchise shall, during the term hereof, pay
to said city, during the life of the franchise a sum annually ~nich shall be equivalent
to two percent (2%) of the gross annual receipts of said grantee arising from the
use, operation or possession of said franQhise; provided, however, that such payment
shall in no event Be less than a sum which shall be equivalent to one-half per cent
(1/2%) of the gross annual receipts derived by grantee from the sale of electricity
within the limits of such city under said franchise and said constitutional franchise.
SECTION 5: The grantee hereof shall file with the City Clerk of the City of
Santa Ana, within three (3) months after the expiration of the calendar year, or
fractional calendar year, following the date of the granting of this franchise, and
within three (3) months after the expiration of each and every calendar year thereafter
a duly verified statement showing in detail the total gross receipts of said grantee,
its successors or assi~s, during the preceding calendar year, or such fractional
calendar year, from the s~le of the utility service for which this franchise is granted
and from said Constitutional franchise. It shall be the duty of the grantee to pay
to the City of Santa Aha within fifteen (15) days after the time for filing said state-
ment, in lawful money of the United States, the specified percentage of its gross
receipts for the calendar year, or such fractional calendar year~ covered by said
statement. Any neglect, omission or refusal of said grantee to file said verified
statement, or to pay said percentage at the times or in the ~-Bner her~ihbefore provide
shall be $~W~nds. for the declaration of a forfeiture of this franchise and of all
rights hereunder.
SECTION 6: This ordinance is granted under and in accordance with provisior~
of said Franchise Act of 1937.
SECTION V: This grant is made in lie~ of all other f~aneh_ise$, rights, o~
privilegew owned by the grantee, or by any successor of the grantee to any rights under
this franchise, for transmitting and distributing electricity f~r all purposes not
included in said constitutional franchise.within the limits of the City, as said limits
now or may hereafter exist, and the acceptance of the franchise hereby granted shall
operate as an abandonment of all such other franchises, rights and privileges within
the limits of this City, as such limits now or may hereafter exist, in lleu of which
this franchise is granted.
SECTION 8: The franchise granted hereunder shall not become effective until
written acceptance thereof shall have been filed by the grantee thereof with the Clerk
of the City. When so filed, such acceptance shall constitute a continuing agreement
of the grantee that if and when the City shall thereafter annex or consolidate with,
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' additional territory, any and all franchise rights and privileges owned by the
grantee therein, emcept the fr~chise derived under the aforesaid Constitutional
provision, shall likewise be deemed to be abandoned w~'thin the limits of such
territory.
SECTION 9: The franchise granted hereunder shall not in any way or to
any extent impair or affect the right of the said City to acquire the property
of the grantee hereof either by purchase or through the exer~ise of the right of
eminent domain, and nothing herein contained shall be construed to contract away
or to modify or abridge, either for a term or in perpetuity, the City's right of
eminent domain in respect to the grantee or any pliblic utility. Nor shall this
franchise ever be given any value before any court or other public authority in
any proceeding of any character in excess of the cost to the grantee of the
necessary publication ~nd any other sum paid by it to the City therefor at the
time of the acquisition thereof.
SECTION 10: The grantee of this franchise shall file a bond, running
to the said City, with at leaat two good and sufficient sureties, to be approved
by the legislative body thereof, in a penal sum e'f $1000.00 conditioned that
the grantee shall well and truly observe, fulfill and perform each and every
term and condition of this franchise, and that in case of any breach of conditior.
of said bond, the whole amount of the penal sum therein named shall be taken
and deemed to be liquidated damages and shall be recoverable from the principal
and sureties upon said bond. SAid bond shall be filed with the legislative bod
of said City within five (5) days after the date of the granting of this franchis
and in case said bond shallnot be so filed, or shall not receive the approval
of the legislative body, this franchise shall be forfeited and a~2 money paid to
the City in connection therewith shall likewise be forfeited.
SECTION 11: The grantee of this franchise shall
(a) construct, install and maintain all poles, wires, conduits and
appurtenances in accordance with and in conformity with all of the ordinances,
~ules and regulations heretofore or hereafter adopted by the legislative body
of this City in the exercise of its police powers and not in conflict with the
paramount authority of the State of California, and, as to State highways,
subject to the provisions of general laws relating to ~he location and maintenanc~
of such facilities;
(b) pay to the City, on demand, the cost of all repairs to public
property made necessary by any operations of the grantee under this franchise;
(c) indemnify and hold harmless the City and its officers from any
and all liability for damages proximately resulting from any operations under
this franchise;
(d) remove or relocate, without expense to the City, any facilities
installed, used and maintained under this franchise if and when made necessary
by any lawful change of grade, alignment or width of any public street, way, alle
or place, including the construction of any subway or viaduct by the City; and
(e) file with the legislative body of the City within thirty (30) days
after any sale, transfer, assignment or lease of this franchise, or any part
thereof, or of any of the rights of privileges granted thereby, written evidence
· of the s~ne, certified thereto by the grautee or its duly authorized officers.
SECTION 12: The Engineer shall have power to give the grantee such directions
for the location of any and all poles, wires, conduits and appurtenances as may be
reasonably necessary to avoid sewers, water pipes, conduits or other structures lawfull
in or under the streets; and before the work of constructing any and all poles, wires,
conduits and appurtenances is con~nenced, the grantee shall file with said Engineer plan
showing the location thereof, which shall be subject to the approval of said Engineer
~such approval not to be uureasonably withheld)~ and all such construction shall be
subject to the inspection of a~td Engineer and done to his reasonable satisfaction.
All street coverings or openings of traps, vaults, and manholes shall at all times
be kept flush with the surface of the streets; provided, however, that vents for under-
ground traps, vaults and manholes may extend above the surface of the streets when said
vents are Iocat~d in parkways, between the curb and the property line.
Where it is necessary to lay any underground pipes or conduits through, u~der
or across any portion of a paved or macadamized street, the same, where practicable and
economically reasonable shall be ~one~by a tunnel or bore, so as not to disturb the
foundation of such paved or macadamized street; and in the event that the same cannot
be so done, such work shall be done under a permit to be granted by the Engineer upon
application therefor.
SECTION 13: If any portion of any street shall be damaged by reason of
defects ~n any of the poles, wires, conduits and appurtenances maintained or constructed
under this grant, or by reason of any other cause arising from the operation or existenc
of any poles, wires, conduits and appurtenances constructed or maintained under this
grant, said grantee shall, at its own cost and expense, immediately repair any such
damag~ and restore such street, or portion of street, to as good a condition as existed
before such defect or other cause of damage occurred, such work to be done under the
direction of the Engineer, and to his reasonable satisfaction.
SECTION 14:
(a) If the grantee of this f~nchise shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply
with any of the provisions or conditions hereof, and shall not, within ten (10) days
after w~itten demand for compliance, begin the work of compliance, or after such
beginning shall not prosecute the same with due diligence to completion, then the City
by its legislative body, may declare this franchise forfeited.
(b) The City may sue in its own name for the forfeiture of this franchise,
in the event of non-compliance by the grantee, its successors or assigns, with any of
the conditions thereof.
SECTION 15: The grantee of this franchise shall pay to said City a sum of
money sufficient to reimburse it for all publication expenses incurred by it in connect-
ion with the granting of this fr~mehise; such payment to be made within thirty (30)
days after the City shall furnish such grantee with a written statement of such expenses
SECTION 16: Within ten (10) days after the passage and publication of this
ordinance, the grantee shall file with the City Clerk a written acceptance of the
franchise hereby granted, and an agreement to comply with the terms and conditions hereo
SECTION l?: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance
~nd shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues of the SANTA ANA
DALLY EVENING REGISTER, a daily newspaper printed, published and circulated in the City
of S~nta Aha, and hereby designated for that purpose. 'This ordinance shall
take effect and be in force thirty (~0) days thereafter.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Aua at its
regular meeting held on the l~th day of October, 19~8.
ATTEST:
Fred C. Rowland
Mayor
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
(SEAL~.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF $~NTA AMA
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of
City. of Santa Aha and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Smta
Aha, that the foregoing ordinance was regularly introduced and read to the said
Council at its regular meeting, held on the ~rd day of October, 19~8, and was
again read to said Council at its regular meeting, held on the 17th day of
October, 19~8, and was at said meeting regularly passed and adopted by said
Council by the
AYES,
NOES,
ABSENT,
following vote,
TRUSTEES:
TRUSTEES:
TRUSTEES:
to-wit:
Plumer W. Bruns, Joseph P. Smith, Fred C. Rowland
W. H. Penn, Ernest H. Layton.
None
( SEAL}.
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
'133
ORDINANCE NO. lOVO
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA
ANA CHANGING THE ZONE OF CERTAIN
PHOP~RTY IN SAID CITY,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION !: That Zoning Ordinance No. 809 of the City of Santa Ana is hereby
amended and the zone upon all that certain real property now in "Single Family Residenc~
District" located and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the West line of Parton Street
as shown on a Map recorded in Book 1S, page 3 of
Miscellaneous Records of Los Angeles County, California,
258.5 feet South of the South line of Washington Avenue,
and running thence West parallel to the South line of
Washington Avenue 249.9 feet more or less, to a point
274.9 feet East of the center line of Flower Street;
thence South parallel to the West line of Patton Street
8.25 feet; thence West parallel to the South line of
Washington Avenue, 129.9 feet; thence South parallel to
the center line of Flower Street 41.75 feet; thence East
parallel to the South line of Washington Avenue 379.8
feet more or less, to the West line of. Patton Street;
thence North along the West l~ne of Patton Street 50 feet
to the point of beginning.
is hereby changed from "Single Family Residence District" to "Apartment House District",
as defined in said Ordinance No. 809.
SECTION 2: The City Clerk shall certify to the passzge of this Ordinance and
shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues of the SANTA ANA DAILY
EVENING REGISTER, a daily newspaper printed, published and circulated in the City of
Santa Ana, and hereby designated for that purpose, and thirty (30) days thereafter shall
take effect and be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Ana at its regular
meeting held on the 7th day of November, 1958.
ATTEST:
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
By: Erma Keeler, Deputy
Fred C. Rowland
Mayor
(SEAL).
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the City of
Santa Aha and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa Aha, that the
foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced and read to the said Council at its
regular meeting, held on the 17th day of October, 1938, and was again read to said
Council at its.regular meeting, held on the 7th day of November, 1955, and was at said
meeting regularly passed and adopted by said Council by the following vote, to-wit:
Plummer W. Bruns,
Ernest H. Layton,
Joseph P. Smith, W.H.Penn,
Fred C. Rowland.
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
by: Erma Keeler,
Deputy.
(SEAL).
AYES, TRUSTEES:
NOES, TRUSTEES:
ABSENT, TRUSTEES:
None
None
1341
ORDINANCE NO. 1071
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO.
~09 OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ENTITLED
"AN ORDINANCE REGUIATING AND SUPER-
VISING CERTAIN BUSINESS WHERE GAMES OF
POOh, BILLIARDS, BAGATELLE, BOWLING
ALLEYS OR OTHER LAWFUL GAMES ARE CARRIED
0N FOR PROFIT OR GAIN".
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION l:.That Section 8 Of Ordinance No. V09 of the City of Santa Aha
entitled "AN ORDINANCE REGULATING AND SUPERVISING CERTAIN BUSINESS WHERE GAMES
OF POOL, BILLIARDS, BAGATELLE, BOWLING ATJ.EYS OR OTHER LAWFUL GAMES ARE CA~RIED
ON FOR PROFIT OR GAIN", be amended so as to read as follows:
"Section 8: It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of
eighteen years to visit or enter or engage in any way or loiter in or about any
room where the aforesaid games are being conducted or carried on."
SECTION 2: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance and shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues of
the SANTA ANA DAILY EVENING REGISTER, a daily newspaper, printed, published and
circulated in the City of Santa Ana, and hereby designated for that purpose, and
thirty (30) days thereafter shall take effect and be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Ana at its
regular meeting held on the 21st day of November, 1938.
ATTEST:
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk
Fred C. Row~and
M~yor
( SEAL~.
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
I, E. L. VEG~LY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the
City of Santa Aha, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa
Ana; that the foregoing ordinance was regularly introduced and read to the said
Council at its regular meeting, held on the 7th day of November, 1938, and was
again read to said Council at its regular meeting held on the 21st day of November,
1938, and was at said meeting regularly passed and adopted by the said Council
Joseph P. Smith, W. H. Penn, Ernest H. Layton,
Fred C. Rowland.
None
Plummet W. Bruns.
by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES, TRUSTEES:
NOES, TRUSTEES:
ABSENT, TRUSTEES:
SEAL)
E' L. Vegely
City Clerk.
135
ORDINANCE N0. 1072
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO.
1052, ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE ESTAB-
LISHING WATER RATES IN THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA, PRESCRIBING RULES AND
REGUIATIONS GOVERNING CONSUMPTION OF
WATER AND FIXING A PENALTY FOR THE
VIOLATION THEREOF, AND REPEALING
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH",
AND PROVIDING FOR A CHANGE IN WATER
RATES.
THE COU~UIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWB:
SECTION 1: That Ordinance No. 1052 entitled "~ ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING
WATER RATES IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, PRESCRIBING RUEES AND REGULATIONS G0¥~LkNING
CONSUMPTION OF WATFi~ AND FIXING A PENALTY FOR THE VI0~ATION THEREOF, AND REPEALING
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH", as amended by Ordinance No. 1067, is hereby amended
by amending Section 2~ thereof to read as follows:
"SECTION 2~: That the following rates and compensation are hereby fixed
and established as the rates and compensation to be charged and collected by the
Santa Ana Water Dep~rtment for water furnished by said department upon all meter
readings made subsequent to the 1st day of January, 1939, and prior to December 31,
1939. Said rates are as follows:
A minimum base rate, standby or readiness to serve charge for each size of
service connection
For each
For each
For each
For each
For each
For each
as follows:
5/S" or 3/4" service...... · · $1.25
l" service ....... 1.55
l-l/2" service ....... 2.80
2" service · · · .... 4.05
3" service ..... 5.95
4" service ..... 9.05
· · · · · . 12.15
For each 6" service
And in addition
water furnished:
thereto there
shallbe charged the following amounts for
METER RATES
For the first 1000 cu. ft. or less in any one month there shall be no
additional charge.
For the next
For the next
For all over 25,000 cu. ft.
5000 cu. ft. or less at the rate of $.14 per 100 cu. ft.
21,000 cu. ft. or less at the rate of $.12 per 100 cu. ft.
at the rate of $.08 per 100 cu. ft.
FLAT RATE
All water services where no meter is installed shall pay a monthly rate
$2.25, payable in advance.
For construction purposes where meters are not
1. For each 100 lin.ft, of curb
2. For each 100 sq. ft. of cement sidewalk
3. For each 100 sq. ft.
4. For each 100 sq. ft.
5. For each 100 lin.fte
ditch settled
of concrete pavement
of pavement subgrade
of sewer, water or gas
6. For each 100 yards of plaster
installed or used.
$ .25
.15
.15
.05
1.00
.25
of
7. For each 1000 brick laid including wetting $ .10
8. For each bbl. of cament or lime used other
than pavement .05
That the provisions of Section ~ of this Ordinance shall be inoperativel
during the time and for such services as are covered by this Section, or until
this section is repealed."
.~CTION 2: The fiscal status of this City has become seriously
impaired by necessary emergency expenditures resulting from damage and extraordi~
demands for repair work in this City by storm and flood and sufficient money
cannot be raised by other means in time to meet indebtedness resulting therefrom,
al! of which damages requiring such expenditures have created a menace to public
peace, health and safety.
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and
shall cause the same to be published in three consecutive issues of the SANTA
~A DAILY EV~(ING REGISTEE, a daily newspaper printed, published and circulated
in the City of Santa Ana, and hereby designated for that purpose. This
ordinance shall take effect from and after its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Ana at its
regular adjourned meeting held on the 27th day of December, 1938.
Fred C. Rowland Mayor
ATTEST:
E. L. Vegely
City Clerk (SEAL).
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
STATE OF CALIFO~IA )
I, E. L. VEGELY, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the
City of Santa Ana and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Santa
Ana, that the foregoing ordinance was regularly introduced and read to the s aid
Council at its regular meeting held on the 19th day of December, 1938, and was
again read to said Council at its regular adjoumed meeting held on ~the ~Tth day
of December, 1938, and was at said meeting regularly passed and adopted by the
said Council by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES, TRUSTEES: Plummet W. Bruns, Joseph P. Smith, W.H.Penn,
Ernest H. Layton, Fre~ C. Rowland.
NOES, TRUSTEES: None
ABSENT, TRUSTEES: None.
E. L. Vegely_~_
City Clerk.
(SEAL).