HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES - 04031944 - 0328 0-1. rGE h
AN ORDIX9NCE OF THE BAN i A LC .IRE PROTECTIONDISTRICT OF T7UH7e,
COUNTY OF 001 RAI COS-IA , STATE CALIFORNIA , ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS
MEANSPERTAINING TO FIIIS AND FIRE MENACES, IROHIBITING OBSTRUCTIONS
CI' Rats AND ACCUMULATIONS € RUBBISH IN PLACES }r �'UBLI �3
ASSEMBLAGE. PROHIBITING .dry ,.'ERS'EttIa.zCE WI7H TEE LUTI 'S OF FIREMEN
AND S`.... .W,.- IIMNT, R.v�`sUas.ING PARKING AT F.#..=tEa, AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES TIE FOR VIOLATIOYS OF AINTY OF SIE'= PROVISIONS THEREOF.
SECTION I.
It shall be unlawful for any person to build, light , maintain,
or cause or permit to be built , lighted or maintained any open or
outdoor fire at a distance within one hundred (100) Feet of any
building or inf lamable structure in the San Pablo Fire Protection
P triet of the County of Contra Costa, State of California , without
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a written permit first granted by the Chief of the 7ire Department
of the said San Pablo Fire Protection District of the County o
Contra Costa , State of California ; provided, however, that such
permit is not necessary for the burning of any flamabl.e material in
an incinerator constructed of non-col stible material, completely
enclosed and equipped with a spark arrester of wire, metal screen,
or equivalent, having a mesio or holes not to exceed one-quarter Q
:rich, or any spark arrester which is designed to provide the equivalent
protection.
SECTION II.
It shall be unlawful for any person to leave, or cause or
permit to be left, any outdoor or open fire unattended by any adult
arson in the said San Pablo Fire protection District of the County
of Contra Costa, State of California. Before leaving any such fire,
such person or persons in charge of such fire shall thoroughly
extinguish same by completely covering it with dirt, saturating it
with water, or otherwise treating it in such manner to prevent
rekindling of such :sire.
SECTION Ill .
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It shall be unlawful for any ,'_person, firm, copartnership,
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corporation or association to place or mai Stain, or to cause or permit
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to be placed or maintained, any obstruction-, whether perranen.t or
movable, before or upon any fare escape, exit, foyer, aisle, passage-
way,
assage-wy, corridor, or any other means of egressrG'u car=e theatre, churc ,
b.ospi tal , auditorium,, m4eetin, hall, or other place used for public
rise ' 1aopera the public , in the say. 1>an - ablo Fire
Protection District of the County "of Contra Costa, State of,
California.
No persons shall be allowed to staid or assemble in the
aisles car passageways, during any time iihile any of the aforesaid
described buildings or palaces are being used for public assemblage.
L11 exit doors of such. buildings or places, shall open out,,
and during the use of such a building, or place, -for public asserbla e,
shall not be fastened in any manner except by self-releasin, Lard-
ere installed thereon, 'which, doors and hardware shall be maintained
to open freely.
HECTIC IT IV.
It shall be unlam-ful for any person, firms, copartnership,
co,rporation, or association o accumulate, or to cause or p1"nit
the accur~ulation of rubbish, races, paper or other inflamable refuse
in any theatre, church, hospital, audit -rium, meeting hall, or
other place used. for Public asserrrbla e in the said Sar Pablo fire
Protection District of the County of Contra Costa, ;Mate of
California , in .such manner as to constitute a fire menace.
SECT-IOwr V.
It shall be unlawful for any person to disobey the lawful
orders of any public officer or fireman n i.n the Immediate vicinity
of the burning; of brush, stumps, logs , fallen timber, fallo s, slash,
grass, grain, brush or forest covered band, orae t other inflannable
material in the said San Pablo Fire Protection District of the County
of Contra. Costa., State of California , or offer any resistance to, or
interfere with the lawful efforts of any public officer, fireman, or
corany of fireren, to extin,7ui.sh the same, or ems-age in any Cis-
orderly conduct calculated to prevent the same frog being extinguished,
or forbid. , prevent or dissuade others from assisting to extinguish
the same.
0CTI O I
It shall be u.n.lawfiil for any person to ride, drive, or
roped any vehicle or conveyance upon, cover, or across any fire hose
or chemical hose used by or in charge of any fireman or company of
fire en in the said BaanPablo Fire protection District of the County
of Contra Costa , State of California , or to injure or damage in any
manner any such ;ase or fire apparatus of any kind.
SECTI ON VII -
It shall be u:nl.awful for any person to park any vehicle
upon. € ny street or highway within three: hundred ( 300) feat of any
burning building, or other burning structure, in the said. San Pablo
Fire Protection. L)' strict of the County of Contra Costal State Of
ali.forni.a ; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to
vehicles of police officers, firemen or any owner, tenant or other
occupant of such. building, or structure, or any authorized agents
of such owner, tenant er other occupant.
S-1ECTION 'VIII.
iy person vio'-'at ,.nF� any of the provisions of this Ordinance
shall be guilty of sa isdeT�neanor and shall upon conviction b
punished by a fine not exceeding; Five Eund.red Dollars ( " 00.00 ) or
by imprisonment not exceeding six months or by both such fine and
imprisonment. Every separate act or tranaction in violation of
t1Js ordinance siall be deemed a separate offense.
SIBICTION U.
This ordinance shall take ef'f'ect after the same shall have
been posted in three ( ) of the most ubl.i.c places in the said San
Pablo Fire ilrotection District for a period of two (2) weeks.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of 0,upervis r of the
County of Contra Costa, State of Cay f crnia , on the of
1944, by the following vote
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County erg an -Officio, Cllr of
the Board of Supervisors of the County
4f Centra Costa, State of California.
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staff a of ,,alifor°nia
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County of Contm Costa
ol..10- l -------.--..,-being duly sworn says:
That he is now and at all timed hereinafter mentioned was a
citizen of the United States and over the age of twenty one
gears; that on the 1D.- day of April. 1944, he posted three
true and correct copies at the attached Ordinance No. 328 of
the County of Oontra Costa , State of Calilbrnia, in three public
places within the boundaries of the n Pablo Counter "ire Protect--
ion District of �;ontra Costa County, at the following locations
to--wit
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...... r{ ., .. � '*§ _ IC A . USAN PABLO:, .®� ...__....,��.
subscribed- and sworn to before
ffiPY t bis - 1.»_ day of AnrIll 1944.