HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 226-1942 ORDINANCE NO
~ 0RDIN~CE 0F Ti~ CITY 0F SOUTH S~ F~CISC0
~LATING T0 RESTRICT~ LIGA~Ii<~G
THE CITY ~0U!i'[0IL OF T~ CITY OF S0'0TH SAN FRAi, iCISC0 DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. J. L. De~titt, Lieutenant General, U.
Army, Co~aanding Western Defens& Con,hand and Fourth Army, by vir-
tue of the authority vested in him by the President of the United
States and Executive Order No. 9066, dated February 19, 19~, and
pursuant to Public Law 505--??th Congress, approved March ~.l, 19~,
and by virtue of his powers and prerogatives as Conm~anding General
of 'the ~;estern Defense Comr~and, has issue~,~Public Proclamation No.
i0, dated ~ugust 5, 1942, and effective ~ug 20, 19~2 which as
amended by Public Proclamation No~/12, dated 0~tober 10, 1942, and
issued by virtue of the same authority, reads as follows:
"t~_~2)QUARTERS WESTERN DEFE~SE
"Presidio of San Francisco, Catiflrnia
"PUBLIC PROCLAIdATION N0. ~ /
" u ust 5, 1942 /
"TO: The people within the States of Wash_ngto~' egon and Calif-
ornia, and to the Public Generally:
~VHEREAS, by Public Proclamation No l, dated March 2, 1942,
this tfeadqua~te~s, there were designated and established ~ilitary
Areas ~'~om. i and E; and
"VgHEREAS, the armed forces of the enemy have made attacks up-
on vessels of the United States traveling along the Pacific Coastal
waters and upon land installations within said Military Areas, and
it is expected that such attacks will continue; and
'~=~E.REAS, it is necessary to provide maximum protection for
war utilities, war materials and war premises locate~ within the
~tates of Washington, Oregon and California against enemy attacks
by sea and by air;
"NOW, Ti-LEREFORE, I, J. L. DEWITT, Lieutenant General, U. $.
Army, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the President of
the United States and by the Secretary of ~ar and my powers and pre-
rogatives as Conmmnding General of the Western Defense Command, do
hereby declare that:
"1. ~£he present situation requires as a matter of military
necessity that a Zone of Restricted Lighting be e~:t.:abl;ished v~ith-
in Military Areas Nos. i and 2, and that illtm~ination within said
Z0.ne of Restricted Lighting be extinguished or controlled in such
manner and to such extent as may be necessary to prevent such il-
lumination from aiding the operations of the enemy.
"2. Pursuant tothe determination and statement of military
necessity in Paragraph i hereof, a Zone of Restricted Lighting, as
particularly described in Exhibit A hereof, and as generally shown
on the map made a pa.¥t hereof and marked Exhibit B, is hereby desig-
nated and established. Illumination within the entire area of said
~.~one of Restricted Lighting shall be extinguished or controlled at
~ll times at night from sunset to stmrise as follows:
~(a) Signs, Co~m~ercial Floodlighting, Display Lighting and
~:~usement Places. Illuminated signs and ornamental lighting of
every description which are visible out-of-doors, and floodlight-
ing which illuminates buildings or signs, including but not lim-
ited to all exterior advertising signs, billboards, display light-
ing theatre marquee signs, building outli~e lighting, and inter-
ior signs and ornamental lighting i~,mediately within unobscured
window areas, shall be extinguished. This provision is not in-
tended to prohibit ordinary store show-window lighting of normal
intensity, except as provided for in Paragraph 3 of this Procla-
ma t i o n.
"(b) Ground Areas s~ud Industrial Illumination. Illumination
of outdoor areas shall be controlled as follows:
"~). Subject to the exceptions herei~after stated, illum-
~ ination on' all outdoor grottud areas, including but
not limited to automobile service station yards, out-
door parking areas, recreation areas, and entrances
to buildings, shall not exceed one:~bot candle at
point, and all outdoor light sOurces shall be so
sh~alded that no light is emitted upward. TM fore-
going sentence shall not apply to street and high-
way lights nor to the ground areas illu,~inated sole-
ly thereby, nor to the classes of illumination re-.
ferred to in the next subparagraph hereof.
"(B~ Ail light sources for industrial and protective pu~-
poses, and light from industrial processes, shall
shielded or revised to as great an extent as ~ay b~
practicable in order to eliminate or reduce to a
imum the amount of light which is emitted upward.
"(c) Traffic ~igns and ~ignals. Ail illuminated signs or sig-
nals which are authorized or maintained by governmental authority
for the purpose of controlling street or highway traffic shall re-
main i~r operation , but shall be so shielded that no light is emit-
ted upward.
~(d) i~avigation Lights and Railroad Signals. Authorized lights
to facilitate air or water navigation, and authorized railroad si~
hal lights, are hereby excepted from all the provisions of~his Proc-
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lamat i on.
~. In addition to the restrictions herei~before imposed,
illumination within that part of the Zone of Restricted Light-
ing which is visible from the sea, as hereinafter defired, shall
be further dimirjshed or obscured at all times at night from stun-
set to sunrise as follows:
"(a) Street and Highway Lights. Street and highway lights
in areas which are normally visible from the sea shall be so shiel-
ded that they are not visible from the sea at night and so that no
light is emitted upward. It is contemplated that street and h~h-
way lights in other areas within the Zone of Restricted Lighting
shall be governed and controlled by such subsequent orders or pro-
clamations as the exigencies of military necessity may determire .
~(b) Residential, Conm~ercial and Industrial ~indows.
lighting shall be per~uitted be'ai~d windows or glazed doors visi-
ble from the sea uni~ss they are covered by drapes or shades.
"(c) Street and Highway Traffic. ~ithin areas from which
normal automobile headla~ps are visible from the sea all vehicles
shall be sub ~
~ect to the following regulations:
~(11. No vehicle shall operate d~ring the night hours
between sunset and sunrise with more than two
lighted driving la~ps, regardless of the direction
of travel. Each such lamp shall provide a maxi-
mum of not more than 250 beam candlepower.
"(d) Industrial Fires. All light from industrial processes,
and from industrial fires, such as li. ght from refuse burners, kilns,
and furnaces, which are visible from the sea, shall be so shielded
that they are not visible from the sea at night, and so t~at no
light is emitted upward.
"(e) Except for the lights referred to in subi~taragraPhs
2(c), and 2(dl hereof, all other li~ts visible from the sea
are prohibited at night, including but not liraited to light from
fires, bonfires, parKe6~ cars, flashlights and lanterns.
"(f) The phrase ~visible from the sea,' as used herein, is
intended and shall be construed to mean and include ~hat which is
visible from the waters of the Pacific Ocean a~d from alllhe por-
tion of the waters of the ~qtraits of Juan de ~uca extending inland
from the Pacific 0~ean to a line running du~ north and south through
the easternmost point on the easterly boundary line of the City of
Port To~msend, Washington.
"4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Pro-
clamation, or orders issued pursuant thereto, is subject to immediate
exclusion from the territory of the ~estern Defense Cormuand, and
to the criminal pe~'~alties provided in Public Law l~Io. 503, ?7th
Congress, approved March 21, 1942, entitled "An Act to provide a
penalty for Violation of restrictions or orders with respect to
persons entering, remaining in, leaving, or co~uitting any act in
military areas or zones.
"5. The. l~inth Regional Civilian Defense Board is hereby de-
signated as the pri~uary agency to aid in the enforcement of the f~re-
going provisions. It is requested that the civil law enforcement
agencies within the ~tates affected by this Proclamation assist the
l{inth Regional Civilian Defense Board in the enforcement hereof.
"6. This Proclamation shall become effective Augt~t 20, 194~.
"J. L. DE~ITT
'~Lieutenant General, U. ~. Army,
C omni. and ing"
Section 2. Said Public Proclamation No. 12, in addition
to amending Public Procla~ation I~o. l0 as hereinbefore set forth,
contains the following paragraphs:
"B. This proclamation shall beaome effective October
25, 1942, except those provisions of Subsection 2(b) (1) hereof,
concerning street and highway lights, which Shall become effective
November 12, 1942.
"C. The recitals set forth in the first three paragraphs
of said Public Proclamation I~o. l0 are hereby reaffirmed. Except
as hereinbefore expressly amended, all the provisions and deter-
minations expressed in said Public Procla~:~ation No~ l0 ~hall remain
in full force and effect."
Sec. 3. The City of South San Francisco hereby recognizes
the civil and military necessity for the concurrent enforcement
of the provisions of Public Proclamation 1~o. 10, as amended as
aforesaid, by the City of South San Francisco and the federal
government.
Sec. 4. The City of South San Francisco is within the :~
Zone of Restricted Lighting, ,as designated and established by Sec.
E of said Public Proclaniation l~o. l0 as m~ended as aforesaid.
Sec. 5. ~hoever on or after October 25, 1942, shall com-
mit any act in the City of South San Francisco contrary to t he pro-
visions of Sections 2 or 3 of Public Proclamation No. l0 es amended
as aforesaid, which amended proclamation is hereinbefore set forth
in full, shall be guilty of a violation of this ordinance which
violation shall constitute a misdemeanor and upon conviction there-
of shall be punishable by a fine of not to exceed $300.00 or by
imprison~entfor not to exceed three ~aonths, or by both s~ ch fine
and imprisonment.
/~y ~' ..'~ Sec'~.~,~. This oralnance is required for the i~ediate
~ese~v~'ton o~? D~blic peace, health and safety, and shall
ely. The following is Zhe statement of facts
~ti~i~..~h~gency: The United States is at war and this
~Publ~ Procl~tion~~ No. 12 is located in a military zone of
~ty b h~ preteens of Public Proclamation No. l0 as ~endod
r~stricted lighting established as a matter of military necess-
ity in order to minimize the danger of enemy attack and to p~o-
vide maxim~ protection for war utilities, wa~ materials ~d war
premises. By reason of the i~ediate threat of enemy attack com-
pliance with the provisions of Public Proclamation No. l0 as am-
ended by public Proclamation No. lZ is essential for the proteCt-
ion of tho lives ~d property of the people of the City ~ South
San Francisco.
~c. ~. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this ordinance and cause it to be published once in The Enter-
prise, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published
in this city.
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Introduced this /~~day of 0ctober, 19~.
Passed and adopted as an ordinance of the City of South San
Francisco ~his~~ay o~~, ~, by the fei!owing vo2e:
Ayes, C~i~
Noes, Councilmen~ · ~- -- .~
Absent, Councilm~n ~ ~
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