Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-23
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
Ordinance No. 454

AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING
TRESPASS UPON, AND LOTT
ERING ABOUT C,E II RTAIN
CLASSES OF PROPERTY.
The City Council of the City Of
Ell Centro does ordain as follows:
SECTION l. Declaration of Pur-
pose. Public safety is hereby de-
clared to require that the uninter-
rupted operation of certain indus
tries essential to national defense,
such as the aircraft manufacturing
| industry, and of companies or
agencies supplying water, gas, cleo
trio and other essential services, be
protected by preventing the intru-
sion upon the properties thereof
| of idle. curious or malicious per-
sons and of persons whose presence
thereon is not necessary, and by
prohibiting the lettering about such
places by persons capable OF in
flicting harm or of impeding the
operation conducted thereon.
SECTION II: Posting - Manner
of, Prescribed. Any person, firm,
corporation. governmental agency
department or instrumentality hav-
ling possession or control, of any
of the facilities, plants or utility
properties enumerated in Section
III hereof, may post, at each en-
trance to any structure devoted to
any use so enumerated, at each
entrance to any fenced or enclosed
area devoted to any such use, ano
at intervals of not more than three
hundred feet around any area de-
voted to such use, substantial signs
not less than one square foot II
area, diplaying prominently in adj
dition to such other information az
may be deemed desirable, the words
"TRESPASSING - LOITERING -
FORBIDDEN BY LAW" in legiblt
letters not less than two inche!
in height; provided, however, tina
any public waiting room, dlnint
room office or other portion O.
any such structure or premises tt
which general public access is re-
quired in the normal use and oper
alton thereof or where material
are delivered to or received by th'
public, shall not be SO posted.
The posted boundary of an.
area shall be a line running from
sign to sign, and such line neef
not conform to the legal boundar.
or legal description of any lot, par
eel or acreage of land
SECTION III: Posting - Wner
Permitted. The places which ma,
be so posted are the following:
(a) Every airport, and ever.
, f.o1L ct, ut -
used for the manufacture
assembling or testing of air
craft;
(b) Every tank-farm, refinery
compressor plant or absorp
ton plant, marine terminal
pipe line pumping station ant
reservoir. used for the bull
= treatment, bulk handling O
bulk storage of petroleum o
petroleum products;
(c) Every reservoir, dam. pump
ing station, aqueduct, mail
canal or pipe line, of a publ
water system;
(d) Every reservoir dam, gener
ating plant, receiving station
distributing station and trans
mission line of compan
or agency furnishing electri
cal energy;
(e) Every gas generating plant
compressor plant, gas holder
gas tank, and gas main use'
for the production, storag
and distribution of gas;
CD Every plant or vital par
thereof or other principa
property essential to render
ing telephone or TELEGRAPH
service.
(g) Every radio broadcasting cen
trail plant or station;
Ch) Every railroad bridge or tun
mel;
G) Every plant for the bulk stor
age of dynamite, giant pow
der, gun powder or other ex
plosive.