Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-03
ZONE ORDINANCE
FINALLY POSED
BY CITY COUNCIL
New Law Will Become
Effective Thirty Days
After Date

Passed at its second reading by
the city council at their regular
meeting last night, ordinance No.
,, 1927, the much discussed city coming
tiordinance, will take effect SC days
hence, the legal time required for
such measures. This ordinance re
zoncd the city as to business, indus
| trial and residential sections, and is
| intended to secure a uniformity in
! building operations throughout the
city. Several public meetings were
| held at the court house, with this
proposed ordinance as the topic of
discussion, and no serious objections
were raised against it by the gen
eral public.
The board instructed the city en-
| ginecr to secure prices and submit
| them to the council at it's next regu.
/ lar meeting, relative to the paving
of the connecting link of 40 feet
| between the east end of Main street
| and the west end of the HOltvillc
highway. A petition signed by 10
property owners on Sandalwvod
, Drive between Fifth and Sixth
streets, requested that this block b,
paved at the same time that the
general paving work on Seventh
street is being done. The city en-
gineer was instructed to draw up
plans for the inclusion OF this pay
! lA 20 Ia, i,r.
taken shortly, and for which the
contract has been let. The signers
of this petition represent 80 per
cent of the property owners in the
section affected by the proposed i'm
provcmcnt.
The plumber s bond of $1,000 pre-
sented to the council by j. p. Me
| Girk, was approved and ordered fiji.
ed. The council also approved two
petitions to cut curbing and con
,truct driveways. The first was
from the Hulse- Anderson Imple-
ment company at their plant on
East Main street. the other was
from Chas. Delf, for block s, lot 16,
If the First Addition.
The appointment of II. G. Max
well as deputy marshal, was ap-
proved by the board.
Gets Temporary Permit
Bert Davis appeared before the
council with an application for per
mission to conduct kennel for
boarding and raising dogs at 34o
North Eighth street. After some
Investigation il was discovered that
no existing city ordinance covers
such operations ard a temporary per-
nit was given to conduct TINS ogsi-
ness, subject to the provisions Of
any future ordinance the city might
see fit to pass i: this regard.
A request was made to the board
by Don Wells in the interests of
Edgar Brothers to have the light
and telephone poles removed from
the corner of Fourth and Main
streets. The Natter was referred to
the city attorney to draw up a
] proper resolution to secure the re
moval of these poles. Tho board
| further agreed to install new curb
ing FOR $50 feet along Main street
| in front Of the new building, anC
also granted permission to move a
light standard which intcrfcrcs with
| the entrance of this building.
Resolution No. $50, ordering the
| issuance of bonds on the improve
mcnt of Broadway from Fc.Nr'l
, street to the Southern Pacific de-
| pot, was passed by the board.
The present council will hold one
| more regular meeting with its eN-
isting personnel, on April III. On
! April q, one week after the city
! elections, the boarS VII meet again
/ to consider the votes cast in this
election and swear in the new Nom
| bcrs of the board.