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HomeMy WebLinkAbout518 - Ordinance Restrictions Due to Warr 1 �J Ll • • • • 11 ORDINANCE NO. 518 'WHEREAS, a National emer- gency exists in the United States and in this State and City due to the declaration of war by the United States, and this ordinance is required for the immediate pre- servation of the public peace, health and safety in view of the fact that there is a shortage of metals and building materials, and in order -to eliminate conflict with provisions of Defense Housing Critical List issued by the War Production Board, Division Indus- try Operations Housing Priorities Branch, or any Defense Housing Critical List which may be here- after issued supplementing or changing the present Defense Housing Critical List aforesaid, and during such emergency it is necessary that restrictions be changed. in regard to all ordi- nances of the City of Newport Beach affected by said Defense Housing Critical List aforesaid. NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Newport Beach by and through its City Council does ordain as follows: Section 1. All ordinances af- fecting, or in any way relating to the erection and construction of houses and buildings in the City of Newport Beach, including the Building Ordinance, Plumbing Or- dinance, Electrical Ordinance, Tile Ordinance, Chimney Ordinance, are hereby amended by adding Sec- tions AA and BE thereto, reading as follows: Section AA. When any inspect- or of the City of Newport Beach finds and determines that a ma- terial, manner of construction or installation is as safe and sanitary for use as that required by the ordinances of the City of Newport Beach in the erection and con- struction, repair and re- modeling of houses and other buildings in the City of. Newport Beach, and said material, manner of construc- tion or installation complies with standards now or hereafter pre- scribed by the United States War Production Board, or other auth- orized Federal Agency, such ma- terial, manner of construction or installation may be used in lieu of that required by said ordinances of the City of Newport Beach afore- said. Section BB. In determining the safety and sanitation of any pro- posed alternative use of mater- ials, manner of construction or in- stallation, the authorized inspect- ors of the City of Newport Beach may require such physical, chem- ical and other tests as to them or any of them shall seem necessary to establish acceptability under the terms hereof. The applicant shall pay the entire costs of such tests. 'Section 2. This ordinance shall cease to be in effect six months after the termination of -the pres- ent War. At such time all ordi- dinances of the City of Newport Beach amended by this ordinance shall read as if this ordinance had never been passed and from and after the six months' period this ordinance shall be of no further force or effect for any purpose whatever. Section 3. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an urgency measure necessary for the immed- iate preservation of the public peace, health and safety and the facts constituting such urgency are ae follows: That the United States is now at war and certain metals and building materials are now pro- hibited by Federal Legislation in the building of houses and .other structures, by individuals, firms or corporations; that many ordi- nances of the City of Newport Beach provide for the use of cer- tain materials, metals and method of building which are now in con- flict with such Federal Legislation; that in order that houses and build. ings may be constructed and erect- ed in the City of Newport Beach it is necessary that the ordinances affecting building or the erection and construction of buildings be immediately amended in order that housing facilities may continue and the City of Newport Beach meet its obligations to the Federal Govern- ment and provide housing for de- fense workers. Section 4. The City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach shall certify to the separate vote on the .urgency of this ordinance and its passage by the vote of five mem- bers of the'City Council of the City of Newport Beach, and cause the same to be published once in the NEWPORT - BALBOA PRESS, a newspaper printed and circulated in the City of Newport Beach, and upon such publication this ordi- nance shall become immediately operative and take full effect. I hereby certify that the ques- tion of the urgency of the forego- ing ordinance was passed and the foregoing ordinance was adopted by a vote of five members of the City Council of the City of New- port Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 5th day of Oc- tober, 1942, by the following vote: AYES. Councilmen Gordon, Al- len. Isbell, Reed, Hall. NOES: Councilmen: None. ABSENT, Councilmen: None. CLYAN H. HALL, Mayor City of Newport Beach. (SEAL) ATTEST: FRANK L. RINEHART, City Clerk. Published in the Newport - Balboa Press October 8, 1942