Ordinance No. 590aDINANCE NO. 59
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS ESTABLISHING AND
ADOPTING THE FIRE PREVENTION CODE 1956 EDITION OF THE
NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS, AND DEFINING THE
TERMS AND PROVISIONS USED THEREIN, PROVIDING FOR JUST
ENFORCEMENT THEREOF, AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR
THEIR VIOLATION
The City Council of the City of Cypress does ordain as
follows
Section 1
There is hereby adopted by the City Council and the
City of Cypress for the purpose of prescribing regulations to
establish minimum standards, to safeguard life or limb, help
property and public welfare by regulating and controlling the
design, construction, quality of materials, use and occupancy,
location and maintenance of all buildings and structures with-
in the said City and certain equipment specifically regulated
herein, that certain code known as Fire Prevention Code 1956
Edition of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, and the
whole thereof, except as hereinafter provided, of which Code
not less than three copies have been and now are on file in
the office of the Clerk of said City, and the same are hereby
adopted and incorporated as fully as if set forth at length
herein, that all of said fire prevention code except Article 12
thereof entitled "Fireworks", covering Sections 12 01 to and
including 12.06, are hereby adopted
Section 2.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provi-
sion of this ordinance adopting the various codes as set forth
herein shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con-
viction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than
$500 00 or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of
not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprison-
ment. Each such person, firm or corporation shall be deemed
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guilty of a separate offense for each day or portion thereof
during which any violation of any of the provisions of this
ordinance is committed, continued or permitted by such person,
firm or corporation and shall be punishable therefor as
herein provided
Section 3
This ordinance shall take effect thirty days from and
after the date of its final adoption
Section 4.
The Clerk of the Council shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be posted in
the manner provided by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CYPRESS at its regular meeting held on the 11th day of
May , 1959.
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Mayor
CITY CLERK'S CEHTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF CYPRESS
I, Martin Olsthoorn, City Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Cypress, California, do hereby certify that,
at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the llth
day of May, 1959,, the foregoing ordinance, No a, was then
considered and passed and adopted as a whole by the following
vote:
AYES Councilmen Arnold, Arrowood, Baroldi,
NcCarney, and Van Dyke
NOES None
ABSENT• None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the official seal of the City Council of the City of
Cypress, California, this 12th day of May, 1959
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