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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 335-1952 ! ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO REGULATING THE USE OF FIRE HYDRANTS OWNED BY SAID CITY. The City Council of the City.of South San Francisco does ordain as follows: Section 1. No person whosoever, except a city employee acting within the scope of his employment or an employee or representative of the California Water Service Company acting within the scope of his employment, shall use or draw any water from any fire hydrant other than in an emergency and then only for the purpose of extinguishing a fire, without first obtaining a written permit from the Chief of the South San Francisco Fire Department upon written application being made therefOr. In the absence of the Chief of said Fire Department such permit may be granted by the Assistant Chief or the duly authorized agent of the Chief. Section 2. Every application for any such permit, as mentioned in the preceding section, shall state the location of, and the time when, the use of the fire hydrant is desired. Every such application must be accompanied by a deposit of FIFTY DOLLARS ($50.00) for each hydrant to be used. After any hydrants have been used, the Chief of the Fire Department shall deduct ONE DOLLAR ($1.00) for each hydrant used by the applicant and, in addition, the Chief of the Fire Department shall deduct any and all costs necessary to repair any damage to any such hydrant by such applicant, or his agent or agents, and after making such deductions, he shall return any balance of said deposit to the permittee. If at any time such deposit is exhausted, the same shall be renewed forthwith on demand by the Chief of the Fire Department. CENTRAL ~ECORD$ Section 3. Each permit granted by the chief of the Fire Department shall specify the hydrant or hydrants to be used by the applicant and the time or times within which use may be made of such hydrant or hydrants, Also, such permit shall specify the type of connection or connections which may be used by the permittee and, in addition, such permit shall specify the type of wrench which the permittee may use. No permit shall be good for more than ~ ~_ ( ~-I?O ) days from the date of issuance. Section 4. It shall be the duty of any person using any fire hydrant, who finds the same in need of repair, to forth- with notify the Chief of the Fire Department of that fact. Section 5. No person shall make use of any fire hydrant unless he shall use the type of wrench and connections prescribed by the Chief of the Fire Department. In this regard, if any person, while using any fire hydrant, shall cause any damage to the same, he shall ~mmediately report such damage to the Chief of the Fire Department. Section 6. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) or more than FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00), or by imprisonment for a period of not more than six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment. Every person continuing, committing, or permitting any violation of any provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day of said violation of this ordinance. Section 7. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for the immediate preservation of public safety, and the following is a statement of the facts constituting such emergency: At times various persons have made use of fire hydrants in the City of South San Francisco and in so doing, have damaged the same, rendering them difficult or impossible of operation, all of which has endangered life and property and the health, safety, and welfare of the general-public. Section 8. This ordinance shall be published by one (1) insertion in the "SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO ENTERPRISE-JOURNAL", a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in said City of South San Francisco, and henceforth the same shall be in full force and effect. Introduced this 3rd day of November, 1952. Passed and adopted as an ordinance of the City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of South San Francisco this l~1~day of November, 1952, by the following vote: AYES, Councilmen John Noouan~ Adolph Sani! Emilio Cortesi, Joseph Bracco, Telford Smith NOES, " Nnn~ ABSENT, " None Approved: ' ~it~th Francisco Mayor of the San Attest: