The herald., 1898-11-22
ADVERTISING ORDINANCE
Proof Against All Kinds of Fake Ads
Other Laws

ETCOI Against AL Minus VI Cdhe Aus
Other Laws
After many weeks of study and plannir
the city attorney, the council yesterda
passed an ordinance by which it hopes to b
able to put stop to all kinds of noisy an
undesirable advertising.
Before the passage of the new ordinanc
the council had adopted two ordinance
bearing on this subject, but for some res
son they failed to have the desired effect.
Yesterday the city attorney presented tn
following tire-proof ordinance, which wa
passed by the council;
Section l. 1t shall be and is hereby
declared unlawful for any person upon
any public street, sidewalk, doorway or
alley or other public place within the
corporate limits OF the city of Los An
geles, to cry or proclaim any firm, dealer
or place of business, show, exhibition,
event, goods, wares, merchandise or
other property for the purpose of adver-
tising, proclaming, announcing or
otherwise calling attention to the same.
Section 2. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person upon any public street, sidewalk,
etc, to blow any bugle, horn or trumpet
or to beat any drum or to ring any bell
or to make any other loud or unusual
noise for the purpose or with the inten-
tion of advertising or calling attention
to any business.
Section 3. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person to lead, ride or drive upon any
public street any animal upon which is
attached any advertisement device.
Section 4. 1t shall be unlawful to drive
or to have upon any public street any ad-
vertising or any wagon used exclusively
for advertising purposes.
Section 5. Any person who shall vio-
late any provision of this ordinance
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined
in a sum not to exceed $50.
A new ordinance ordering the work o
opening an alley from Fifth street to Sixt
street in the block bounded by Fifth, Broad
way, Sixth and Hill streets, was adopted
and the following commissioners selected t
assess benefits and damages: Charles Peter
j. L. Sanderson and William Wincup.
Final ordinances establishing the grade o
Mathews street, from First street to Michi
gan avenue, and the grade of Twenty-trs
street, from Vermont avenue to Budlon
avenue. were passed, as were final ordinance
the grade of Budlong avenue
from Washington street to Adams street
and one fixing the grade of New Hampshir
avenue, from Pico street to Washington
street.
The following ordinances of intention wer
passed: For the grading, etc, of Willow
street, from Mateo street to the east lin
Of the Arthur tract. under the bond act, a
IN estimated cost of sl.43 per foot; for tn
grading, ETC., of st. Paul avenue, from
Sixth street to Orange street; to grade, etc.
Vallejo street, from Avenue Twenty first t.
Workman street, under the bond act, at al
estimated cost of SIP per foot; for tn,
grading. etc, of Twenty street, from
Central avenue to the east line of the Georg
Dalton, sr., tract; to establish the grade o
Andrew street, from Avenue Twenty-sixt!
10 Avenue Twenty-third to establish tn
yrade of Avenue Thirty-third, from Avenu
twenty sixth to Pasadena avenue; to chang
md establish the grade of Hill street, from
Twelfth street to Pico street; for the grad
rg. etc, Of Dewey avenue, from Tent
.treet to Pico street. under the bond act, a
IN estimated cost Of S1.27 per front foot; t.
.stablish the grade of loande street, from
Belmont avenue to Kansas avenue; for grad
ng and paving with decomposed granite o
Wiltshire boulevard. from Benton boulevar,
% Vermont avenue.
An ordinance defining and establishing
the lines of San Fernando street at the inter
~ t., No. al
street. was adopted.
Other ordinances that became laws are
IN ordinance establishing the lines of Maj
.hessault street, between Los Angelo
street and Main street; defining the line O
Plaza street. between Los Angeles stree
md Main street; an ordinance granting pei
mission to property owners on Willard
street. between Maud street and San Fel
nardo street, to improve the street unde
private contract.
An assessment diagram for the SEVERN
5f First street and Ohio street under ord
nance No. 5235 was also adopted.
The city engineer was instructed to pre-
pare an ordinance of intention for the grad
ing. etc. of First street, between Beaudr
avenue and Kern street The total frontag
IN the street between these points is 199
'eet. Some time ago protest representa-
l42 feet was presented. As it requires a ma
ority Of the property holders to give a pre-
test any standing, it was denied.
In the matter of the petition asking tina
he grading. etc, of Biyei street, from Arr
1ld street. to the north termination of BIKE
street, the engineer reported that on az
,ount Of the street having recently bee
opened from Sapphire street to Third street
It would be necessary to change the grad
II the street. This he reported would necc
state the fling of majority petition askn
Tor change and also for the work of grac
ing, etc. He also reported that portion {
Bxel street, between Third and Arnol
streets. is not of regular width, part bein
fifty feet wide and part eighty feet wild,
He recommended that this be remedied b,
fore the work of improvement is commenced
Both reports were approved and the Ell
gineer was instructed to take the necessar
steps to secure the improvement.
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