HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - No. 278ORDINAHCE NO. 278
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LODI
RELATING TO AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS
The City Council of the City of Lodi does hereby ordain
SECTION 1. As used in this ordinance the following
"Air raid warning signal" shall mean a signal, by siren,
as follows:
words and phrases shall mean:
whistle, horn or other audible device, of two minutes duration
conBist1ng of either a fluctuating or warbling signal of varying
pitch or a succession of intermittent blasts of about five seconds
duration separated by a silent period of about three seconds.
"All clear signal" shall mean a continuous signal, by
siren, horn or other audible device, of two minutes duration at
a steady pitch.
"Period of air raid alarm" shall mean the interval of
time between the giving of the air raid warning signal and the
giving of the next succeeding all clear signal.
that any illumination maintained or existing therein is not visible
from any point outside such enclosure.
and directed to cause the munding of an air raid warning signal
and of an all clear signal when, and only when, the district in
which the city is located is notified so to do by the United
States Aircraft Warning Service.
"Blackout structure" shall mean any space so enclosed
SECTION 2. The Chief of Police is hereby authorized
SECTION 3. Any person who effects or maintains any
illumination, or permits any illumination under his control to be
effected or maintained, at any place within the City of Lodi during
any period of air raid alarm in the hours of darkness, except within a blackout structure, shall be guiltg of a misdemeanor.
SECTION 4. The maintenance or leaving of any illumination,
except within a blackout structure, without provision for its
extinguishment, within one minute after the commencement of a
period of air raid alarm by a competent person over the age of
eighteen years attendant at the place where such illumination is
controlled, is hereby prohibited.
conform to the request of the United States Aircraft Vvarning
Service for the obscuration, diminution or extinguishment of
any illumination, whether in or out of do6rs, which increases the
vulnerability of the City of Lodi, or any portion thereof, to
air attack, or for the regulation of traffic during the period
or" air raid alarm, the Cl-tief of Police may adopt and promulgate
reasonable rules and regulations for such purposes, and any
rules or regulations so adopted by him shall be and remain in
effect for thirty (30) days thereafter, but no longer unless
approved within said time by resolution of the City Council;
provided, hmever, that any rule or regulation so adopted by
the Chief of Police may at any time be rescinded by resolution
of the City Covmcil. Violation of any such rule or regulation
so adopted and promulgated is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor.
SECTION 5. In order to enable the Chief of Police to
SECTION 6. It shall be unlawful to disobey any lawful
direction or order of a peace officer, highway patrolman, or fire-
man given during a period of air raid alarm, v?liich order is
reasonably necessary for the maintenance of public order or
safety or to effect the extinguishment or obscuration of lights.
of this ordinance, or to any rule or regulation adopted and
promulgated in accordance with section 5 hereof , constitutes a
public nuisance, and the same may be summarily abated by any peace
officer, highway patrolman, or fireman. Any structure may be
entered by any peace officer, highway patrolman, or fireman, using
reasonable force if necessary, for the purpose of abating such a
nuisance by extinguish-ing such illumination.
SECTION 7. Any illumination contrary to the provisions
SECTIOK 8. At the commencement of a period of air
raid alarm, the operator of any motor vehicle shall forthwith
bring such vehicle as far as possible to the side of the street,
road or highway off the main traveled portion thereof, an6 the
operator of such motor vehicle, and the operator of any street
car, shall bring such motor vehicle or street car to a stop
clear of any crossing, intersection, fire house, Tire plug,
hospital or other emergency depot or zrea, and during the hours
of darkness shall extinguish all lights therein or thereon and
said motor vehicle or street car shall remain so situated during
the period of' aFr raid alarm, unless directed or ordered to move
by a peace officer, highway patrolman, or fireman.
The provisions of this ordinance shall not
apply to blackout emergency vehicles, which shall include the
following:
SECTION 9.
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2) A11 vehicles with United States Government
All Army and Navy vehicles;
credentials indicating the necessity of emergency niovement;
sections 4$ and 44.1 of the Vehicle Code of California;
All vehicles being operated by members of the
California State Guard while actually on duty;
All vehicles of volunteer personnel engaged in the
operation of the Aircraft vvarning Service of the Fourth Interceptor
Command while such personnel are actually going to or from their
posts of duty.
the California State Highway Patrol, police chiefs, and fire
chiefs, when within the respective territorial jurisdictions of the
certifying office, as being essential to the preservation of the
public peace and safety or to the eissemination of public in-
formation or to the national defense; provided, however, that
such vehicles shall conform to the uniform lighting regulations
approved by the Department of riotor Vehicles and the California
State Highway Patrol for blackout emergency vehicles. No certificate
shall be issued which conflicts with any regulation or order of
the United States Army applicable in the area for which the certificate is issued.
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All authorized emergency vehicles as defined in
6) All vehicles certified by sheriffs, district attorneys,
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SECTION 10. It shall be unlawful for any person without
authority, during any air raid alarm, to use, wear, exhibit or
possess any uniform, insignia, credential, or other indication
of authority, or any imitation thereof, adopted and issued by
any official civilian defense organization.
SECTION 11. Any person who shall operate a siren,
whistle or other audible device in such a manner as to simulate
an air raid warning signal or an all clear signal, except upon
order of the Chief of Police, or other proper authority, shall
be guilt;, of a misdemeanor.
city and every administrative order made pursuant thereto, requiring
any illumination to be maintained in conflict with this ordinance
or with any rule or regulation made pursuant to section 5 of this
orfiinance, shall be deemed suspended during the period between
any air raid warning signal and the next succeeding all clear signal.
of this ordfnance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding
three hundred dollars ($+3OO.OO) or by imprisonment in the City
Jail or in the County Jail not exceeding three months, or by
both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 14.
SECTION 12. The provisions of every ordinance of this
SECTION 13. Any person who shall violate any provision
This ordinance is required for the imediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and the
following is the statement of facts constituting such urgency:
The United states is at wzr and this city is in greet and continuing
danger of air and other attack by the enemy;
application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid,
such invalidity shall not af feet other provisions or applications
of ehis ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid
provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this
ordinance are declared to be severable.
SECTIOF 15. If any provision of this ordinance or the
SECTION 16. The City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of this ordinance and cause it to be published once in
the Lodi News-Sentinel a nevspa2er of general circulation printed
and published in this city and thenceforth and thereafter the
same shall be in full force and effect.
Approved this 7th day of JWWUa,19!@<.
Mayor of the &it%f Lodi .
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