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ORDI174AITCE i O, 14
All ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY OF
COSTA 1, SA
PROHILITING OIL
WMLS AidD
OIL DRILLING.
The City
Council of
the City of
Costa i,4esa does
ordain as
follows:
Section 1.
Yo person shall erect or construct oil drilling derricks or oil drilling equipment
within the City, or shall drill from the surface or by subterranean drilling, for oil,
petroleum, tar, gas or other hydro carbon substances ,�ilthin the City, or shall build or
establish refineries for the ,.purpose of refining; petroletLm, oil, gas, tar, or other
hydro carbon substances within said City.
Section 2.
Any Verson guilty of a violation of any provision of this ordinance shall upon
coiiviction thr;;,,, re deemed Buil ty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction be punished
by a fine not to exr-eed yi'so
.E Hundred ($1500.00) Dollars or be imprine
' d for a period not
to exceed six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 3.
Any act prohibited under Section 1 hereof shall be, and the same is hereby declared
to be unlawful and a public nuisance; and the City Attorney of said City* shall, upon
Order of the City Council, immediately commence .action or -proceedings for the abandonment
and removal and enjoining thereof in the manner rovided by law, and shall take such steps
and shall apply to such Courts as may have jurisdiction to r,rant such relief as will
abandon and remove such erection_ or construction of oil drilling derricks or oil drilling
equipment or refineries as set forth in Section. 1 hereof., and restrain and enjoin any
person, firm or corporation from erectingor constructin£;, maintaining or using any oil
drilling derricks, oil drilling equipment, or refineries contrary to the provisions of
Section 1 hereof.
Section 4.
This ordinance is hereby declared to be an ordinance for the immediate preservation
of the public safety, and the .facts constituting; its ur`~ency are as follows: The City of
osta Mesa having, just become incorporated, and there being, heretofore no ordinance regu—
lating the erection or construction of oil drilling derricks or oil drilling equipment
or refineries within the Cit�r, it is now immediately necessarjr for the public welfare
that this ordinance be enacted.
Section, j..
This ordinance shall take effect immediately, and within fifteen (15) days shall
be posted in three public places in the City of Costa Mesa, together with the names of
the members of the City Council voting for and against the same.
Passed and adopted this 29th day of June, 1953•
iiayor of the City of Costa mesa
ATTEST:
�7�-T2.rL
City Clerk of the City 0/ Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA:
COUNTY OF ORANGE : ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA :
I, A. C. SWARTZ, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, do hereby certify that at
a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, held on the h day
of jam► , 1953• the foregoing Ordinance, containing _ 5 sections, was considered
section by section, and that the said Ordinance was then passed and adopted as a whole by
the following vote:
AYES: %� COUNCILMEN: *Wt1n# M111*r,a N*11! n, ftilb. Ta in tla
NOES: 0 COUNCILMEN.' MR
ABSENT% 0 COUNCIUMN: SOIR
I further certify that said Ordinance was thereupon signed by the Mayor of the
City of Costa Mesa,
ATTEST:
i
City Clerk of the City of Osta Mesa.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA:
COUNTY OF ORANGE : ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA :
I, A. C. 514ARTZ, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, do hereby certify that on
the IIIb day of , 1953, I posted the foregoing true and correct copy of
the foregoing Ordinance in the following public places in the City:
Justice Court
567 West Eighteenth Street
Costa Mesa, California
Costa Mesa Branch Library
526 Center Street
Costa Viesa, California
Costa Hesa Fire Hall
111 Rochester Street
Costa Mesa, California
WITNESS my hand and seal this 11ft day of d!41 1953 .
City Clerk of the City of , osta Mesa