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THE ORDINANCES
OF THE
CITY OF PALO ALTO
A Municipal Corporation of the State of
California under a Freeholders Charter
IRLF
REVISED AND CODIFIED
With an Appendix containing the Charter of said
City and Amendments thereto
GIFT OF
Jm ~B. Cress
THE ORDINANCES
OF THE
CITY OF PALO ALTO
A Municipal Corporation of the State of
California under a Freeholders Charter
REVISED AND CODIFIED
With an Appendix containing the Charter of said
City and Amendments thereto
NOVEMBER 1911
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
PRESS
ORDINANCE NO. 61
AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT CODIFIED ORDINANCE No. i
OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO, AS PRINTED AND
PUBLISHED IN BOOK FORM.
The Council of the City of Palo Alto do ordain as folloi^s:
That certain ordinance known as Codified Ordinance
No. i of the City of Palo Alto (being a codification of
ordinances that had been previously duly and regularly
passed), was adopted and duly passed at a regular ad-
journed meeting of the Council on the 26th day of June,
1911, and said Codified Ordinance No. i, together with
all corrections, alterations and amendments thereto sub-
sequently passed, is hereby adopted as printed and pub-
lished and introduced in book form, this I3th day of
November, 1911.
The City Clerk is hereby directed to post this ordi-
nance on the bulletin-board at the City Hall, and the same
shall go into effect immediately.
Duly passed as above set forth by the following vote :
Ayes: — Ackley, Congdon, Downing, Henry, Hettin-
ger, Hyde, Jordan, La Peire, Millis, Mosher, Thoits.
Umphreys, Vail, Vandervoort.
Noes : — None.
Absent: — Wing.
Approved by me this I3th day of November, 1911,
C. E. JORDAN, Mayor.
ISEAL]
Attest: — FRANK KASSON, City Clerk.
I hereby certify that the above ordinance was duly
passed and posted as above directed.
FRANK KASSON, City Clerk.
[SEAL]
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SUMMARY OF CONTENTS AND
GENERAL INDEX
PAGE
Incorporation 21
History of Ordinances Originally Enacted 22
Ordinance No. 54, Providing for Incorporation .... 33
Codified Ordinance No. i, City 35
Title 35
Enacting Clause 35,
PART I— CITY GOVERNMENT
Art. i. CITY COUNCIL
Sec. i. Regular meetings 36
2. Special meetings 36
3. Meetings to be public 36
4. Quorum 36
5. Duties of Mayor 36
6. $300 limit 37
7. Order of business 37
8. Standing committees 37
9. Duties, Committee No. i 38
" 10. " " "2 38
"ii. "3 38
" 12. " " " 4 38
"13- "5 38
14. Additional duties 38
15. Filing claims on contract 39
1 6. Filing claims not on contract 39
17. Claims — verification 39
" 18. Creating debts '..... 39
" 19. Votes by roll call 39
Art. II. ORDINANCES AND PUBLICATIONS
Sec. i . Passage 39
2. Publication 39
3- Rates 40
4. Acceptance of work 40
Art. III. ELECTIONS
Sec. i. General and special municipal elections .... 40
" 2. Precincts 40
3. Polling places 40
" 4. Election boards 40
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Sec. 5.
Subdiv. I. Nomination and election of officers 41
2. Requirements of candidacy 41
3. Form of nomination petition 41
4. Forms supplied by City Clerk. ... 42
5. Requirements of certificates 42
6. Verification deputies 42
7. Date of presenting petition 42
8. Examination of petitions by City
Clerk ". 43
9. Withdrawal of signature 43
10. Withdrawal of candidate 43
11. Filing of petitions 43
12. Preservation of petitions 43
13. Election proclamation 43
14. Form of ballot 44
15. Requirements of ballot 44
" 1 6. Every nominee to be on ballot. ... 44
" 17. Space for voting cross 44
" 1 8. Blank spaces for additional candi-
dates 44
" 19. Sample ballot 44
" 20. Votes necessary for election 45
" 21. Second election 45
" 22. Date of second election 45
" 23. Rules covering second election ... 45
" 24. Failure to qualify 45
" 25. Informalities in election 45
Sec. 6.
Subdiv. i. General election regulations 45
2. Voting machines 46
Art. IV. OFFICIALS, BOARDS OR DEPARTMENTS •
Sec. i. Enumeration of officials, boards or depart-
ments 46
" 2. Purchases to be made by requisition 46
" 3. City Clerk and Assessor 46
4. Auditor and Tax Collector 47
" 5. Treasurer 47
6. Deputy Auditor and Tax Collector 47
41 7. Books and records 47
"" 8. Meetings of boards 47
" 9. Special meetings 47
" 10. Presiding officer and quorum 47
" ii. Order of business 48
12. Reports of boards 48
4t 13. Financial statement . . 48
CONTENTS AND GENERAL INDEX 5,
Sec. 14. City Engineer and ex-officio Superinten-
dent of Streets 48
" 15. Police department 48
1 6. Sanitary condition of City — Health Officer 49
" 17. Salary of Health Officer 50
" 1 8. Violation of sanitary rules 50
" 19. Penalty 50
" 20. Powers of appointment and removal 50
PART II— REVENUE
Art. I. ASSESSMENT, LEVY AND COLLECTION OF TAXES
Scj. i. Assessment 51
2. Notice of equalization 52
3. Penalty 52
4. Personal property tax 52
5. Sale of personal property for taxes 52
6. Board of Equalization 53
7. Clerk to enter changes on assessment books 53
8. Tax levy 53
9. Clerk to enter in assessment book taxes to
be paid on property 54
10. Tax Collector to give notice of time when
taxes must be paid 54
11. Receipt for taxes paid 54
12. Tax Collector — duties 55
13. Delinquent taxes — penalty 55
14. Delinquent list 55
" 15. Publication of delinquent list 55
" 1 6. Copy of publication to be filed with County
Recorder 56
" 17. Additional costs 56
18. Tax sale 56
19. Certificate of sale 56
: 20. Filing certificate and redemption of prop-
erty 57
21. Property to be assessed in name of the City 57
" 22. Tax deed 57
; 23. Inspection of delinquent list, personal
property settlement and affidavit of
assessor 57~58
' 24. Errors in collection of taxes 58
" 25. Double assessment 58
" 26. Land assessed irregularly not to be sold for
taxes 58
" 27. Misnomer of owner not to invalidate sale. . 58
Art. II. LICENSE TAXES
Sec. i. License taxes payable in advance 58
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Sec. 2. Amount a debt 59
3. Recovery by suit 59
4. Penalty 59
" 5. Tax Collector to collect 60
" 6. Term 60
" 7. Form of license blanks, license stub — tran-
sients 60-61
8. License to be exhibited — not transferable. . 61
9. Words include what 61
"" 10. Rates of licenses on fixed business 61
Sub. A. Peddler 62
B. Definition of peddler 62
" C. i. Amount of peddler's license 62
" C. 2. Food products 62
" D. Solicitors and agents 62
" E. Delivery of goods 62
" F. Auction stores 63
" G. Laundry routes 63
H. Junk dealers 63
I. Miscellaneous occupations 63
J. Billiard and pool tables 64
" K. Nine-pin and bowling alleys 64
L. Menagerie, circus, etc 64
M. Trick rope performer 64
N. Shooting gallery 64
O. Merry-go-round 64
" P. Fortune teller 64
Q. Exhibition or performance 64
" R. Skating rink 65
S. Theatre or moving picture show .... 65
Sec. 1 1 . Penalty 65
PART III— POLICE REGULATIONS
Art. I. VIOLATION OF ORDINANCES AND IMPRISON-
MENT
Sec. i. Imprisonment in county jail 66
Art. II. PUBLIC PEACE AND ORDER
Sec. i. Disturbing assemblages 66
2. Prohibition of —
(a) Vulgar language 66
(b) Noise 66
(c) Offensive conduct 66
(d) Fighting 66
(e) Indecent exposure 66
(I) Using weapons 66
(g) Concealed weapons 67
(h) Knuckles 67
CONTENTS AND GENERAL INDEX J
Sec. 3. Prohibition of—
(a) Begging from house to house .... 67
(b) Camping in vacant lots 67
(c) Loitering on streets 67
Sec. 4. Drunkenness 67
" 5. Penalty 67
Art. III. GUNS AND EXPLOSIVES
Sec. i. Discharging guns unlawful . . . 67
2. Shooting gallery 68
" 3. Penalty 68
Art. IV. ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS
Sec. i . Unlawful places 68
" 2. Unlawful to sell, deliver or solicit 68
3. Club rooms 68
" 4. Medicinal, etc 68
" 5. Penalty 69
Art. V. GAMBLING
Sec. i. Gambling unlawful 69
" 2. Games of amusement — how conducted . . 69
3. Minors forbidden to play, etc 70
4. Or loiter around 70
5. Or be employed 70
6. Duties of owners, agents or managers .... 70
7. License revoked 70
8. Enforcement .• 70
" 9. Witnesses *. . 70
" 10. Penalty 71
Art. VI. NICKEL-IN-SLOT
Sec. i. LTse of slot machines unlawful 71
" 2. In connection with any business 71
3. License revoked 71
4. Possession of slot machines, dice, etc., for
chance, unlawful 72
" 5. Penalty 72
Art. VII. ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE
Sec. i. Public pound 72
2. Animals to be impounded 73
" 3. Animals trespassing on lots 73
" 4. Board of Public Safety to keep record ... 73
" 5. Animals to be advertised — proviso 73
" 6. Sale 74
" 7. Redemption 74
8. Unlicensed dogs not to run at large on
streets 74
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Sec. 9. License 74
10. Unlicensed dogs to be impounded 75
" ii. Female dogs 75
12. Number of female dogs to be kept at any
one place 75
13. Dog fanciers' business 75
14. Dog collars 76
" 15- Tags 76
16. Duplicate tags 76
17. Board of Public Safety to make report. . . 76
" 1 8. Care of impounded dogs 76
" 19. Bull or jack 76
" 20. Badge of officers 76
" 21. Interference with officials 76
" 22. Unlawful to allow animals to run at large . . 77
; 23. Herding 77
24. Tying horses to trees 77
" 25. Cows and horses to be kept in enclosure at
night 77
; 26. Notice to owners of animals impounded. . . 77
" 27. Fees for impounding and publishing notice 77
" 23. Sale of animals impounded 78
" 29. Reclaiming animals 78
30. Removal of dead animals 78
31. Escaping animals 78
" 32. Penalty 78
Art. VIII. OBSTRUCTIONS ON STREETS AND SIDE-
WALKS
Sec. i. Hacks, carryalls and job wagons standing
on streets 79
" 2. Displaying goods on sidewalk 79
" 3. Awnings 80
" 4. Horses standing unhitched 80
" 5. Restrictions :
1 i ) Fast driving 80
(2) Games 80
(3) Obstructing sidewalks 80
(4) Crowding 80
(5) Lounging in public squares 80
(6) Driving animals 80
(7) Spitting on sidewalk 81
6. Injuring street lights 81
7. Removing or defacing street signs 81
8. Barriers and lights where work is being
done 8r
" 9. Removal of street monuments 81
CONTENTS AND GENERAL INDEX 9
Sec. 10. Posting handbills ; throwing dodgers .... 81
" II. Patent medicine, drugs, etc., left in yards,
etc 81
" 12. Declared to be a nuisance 82
" 13. Business stands on sidewalks 82*
14. Carrying baskets on sidewalks 82
" 15. Garbage and street sweepings 82
" 1 6. Street and sidewalk obstructions 82
17. Breaking up streets 82
" 1 8. Removal of dirt from roadways 8^
" 19. Condition of lots 83
" 20. Horses and wagons on sidewalks 8^
" 21. Bicycles on sidewalks 83
" 22. Dismounting 81
" 23. Riding after dark 8^
" 24. Exceptions 8}
" 25. Roller skates and coasters 8^
26. Seizure of bicycles, etc 84
" 27. Penalty 84
Art. IX. REMOVAL OF GRASS, WEEDS AND POISON
OAK AND TRIMMING OF TREES AND
HEDGES
Sec. i. Grass, weeds or poison oak 84
2. Trees and hedges 84
3. Requirements 84
4. Failure to comply — duty of Superintendent
of Streets 84-85
5. Lien against property 85
" 6. Penalty 85
Art. X. GARBAGE
Sec. i. Dumping of refuse 85
" 2. Accumulation of refuse 86
" 3. Refuse in business district 86
" 4. Not to be burned on premises 86
" 5. Duty of Chief of Police 86
" 6. Removal of manure, etc., from stables. ... 86
" 7. Boxes for manure " 86
" 8. Regulating removal of manure — number of
times per week 87
" 9. Definition of garbage, waste matter, ashes 87
" 10. Burning of refuse prohibited 87
" n. Garbage receptacle 87
" 12. Garbage to be placed in receptacle 88
" 13. Garbage at private dwellings 88
" 14. Garbage at hotels 88
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Sec. 15. Sanitary condition of receptacle 88
16. Garbage wagon 88
17. Permit for garbage business 88
18. Regular collections 89
19. Disputes or complaints 89
'' 20. Rates ; collection 89
21. Distance of outbuildings from premises of
another 89
: 22. Permit of Health Officer 89
: 23. Misdemeanor 90
" 24. Penalty 90
Art. XL GOVERNING SALE OF TOBACCO, CIGARETTES
OR CIGARETTE PAPERS OR ANY PREPARA-
TION OF TOBACCO IN THE CITY OF PALO
ALTO
Sec. i. Sale of Tobacco, etc., to minors and penalty 90
" 2. Ordinance to be posted 91
3. Sale of tobacco, etc., near school houses. . 91
" 4. Penalty 91
Art. XII. GOVERNING HYPNOTIC EXHIBITIONS
Sec. i. Forbidding hypnotism 91
" 2. Exhibiting hypnotic subjects 91
" 3. Penalty , 91
Art. XIII. GOVERNING MOVING PICTURE SHOWS
Sec. i. Restrictions 91
2. Misdemeanor 92
3. Powers of Board of Public Safety 92
4. Penalty 92
Art. XIV. GOVERNING PUBLIC LAUNDRIES AND
WASH HOUSES, ENGINES, BOILERS, OIL
STORAGE TANKS, HOSPITALS, UNDER-
TAKING ESTABLISHMENTS, PLANING
MILLS, STABLES, HALLS FOR PUBLIC
ENTERTAINMENTS, MACHINE SHOPS,
JUNK YARDS, STORAGE YARDS AND SPUR
TRACKS •
Sec. i. Permit 92
" 2. Purposes of permit to be set forth in appli-
cation ; posting of application 92~93
" 3. Permit for steam engine or boiler 93
" 4. Permits to be revoked 93
" 5. Noncompliance 93
" 6. Restrictions upon location 93
" 7. Penalty 94
CONTENTS AND GENERAL INDEX II
Art. XV. EXITS, AISLES, PASSAGEWAYS, CORRIDORS,
AND STAIRWAYS IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Sec. i. Number of exits ()4
2. Compliance 94
3. Locking exit doors during assemblage. ... 94
4. Obstructing aisles, etc 94
5- Penalty 95
Art. XVI. GOVERNING VEHICLES OF EVERY DESCRIP-
TION
Sec. i. Speed of vehicles 95
2. Signals 95
3. The law of the road 95
4. Driving from streets, lanes, alleys, etc 96
5. Lamps on autos, etc 96
" 6. Railway cars, speed 96
" 7. Sounding gongs on cars at all crossings. . 96
8. Passing another car 97
" 9. Reckless driving 97
" 10. Penalty 97
Art. XVII. BILL POSTING, PLACING OF SIGNS,
PAINTING AND POSTING
Sec. i. Billboard advertising , . . . 97
" 2. Regulation of same 97
" 3. Erection of billboards, etc 97
4. Construction of article 98
" 5. Penalty 98
Art. XVIII. PROTECTION OF TREES, SHRUBS AND
PLANTS
Sec. i. Destruction of trees, shrubs, etc 98
" 2. Penalty 98
Art. XIX. PROVIDING FOR A BOND IN CASE OF VIO-
LATION OF AN ORDINANCE
Sec. i. Bond in case of arrest for violating any ordi-
nance of the City of Palo Alto 98
PART IV— PUBLIC HEALTH
x
Art. I. GENERAL HEALTH REGULATIONS
Sec. i. General provisions TOO
2. Nuisance, defined as such by Board of
Public Safety, misdemeanor 100
Notice to non-residents and others 100
Duty of City Attorney 101
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Sec. 3. Dangerous buildings 101
4. Physicians to report (a) patients who
have contagious diseases 101-102
(b) Diseased lodgers to be reported... 102
" 5. Confinement of persons afflicted with dan-
gerous diseases 102
" 6. Rules and regulations concerning quaran-
tine 102
" 7. Vaccination 102
" 8. Certificate of death 102
" 9. Supervision of death records by Board of
Public Safety 102
" 10. Resisting Board of Public Saftey. . 102-103
" II. Unwholesome foodstuffs 103
" 12. Goods offered for sale 103
" 13. Chief of Police to seize unwholesome
foodstuffs 103
" 14. Penalty 103
Art. II. MILK AND CREAM
Sec. i. Permit 104
" 2. Application 104
" 3. Regulation of permits 104
" ^4. Milk from diseased cows 104
" 5. Unwholesome milk 105
" 6. Quality of milk 105
" 7. Quality of cream 105
8. Samples 105
9. Purchase and sale of diseased cows.... 105
" 10. Diseased persons 106
" ii. Board to be notified 106
12. Delivery wagons 106
13. Sanitation 106
" 14. Powers of Board of Public Safety. . . 106-107
" 15. Counterfeit permits , 107
" 16. Prima facie evidence 107
" 17. List of names of customers. 107
" 18. Penalty 107
PART V— REGULATING CONSTRUCTION, ETC.
Art. I. SIDEWALKS
Sec. i . Sidewalk space 108
" 2. Specifications 108
" 3. Name stamped or imbedded in cement. . . 108
" 4. Non-compliance 108
CONTENTS AND GENERAL INDEX 13
Art. II. CREATING FIRE LIMITS
Sec. i. Defining fire district 109
2. Building restrictions 109
" 3. Penalty no
Art. III. SUPERVISION OF PRIVATE BUILDING CON-
STRUCTION; FEES AND PERMITS
Sec. i. Building permit no
" 2. Cost of building permit no
" 3. Building permits outside fire limits no
" 4. Twenty-five dollar deposit in
" 5. Moving permit 1 1 1
" 6. Inspection in
" 7. Misdemeanor in
Art. IV. RELATING TO STREET WORK
Sec. i. Incidental expenses for improvement of
streets 1 1 1
" 2. Deposit for estimated expense in
" 3. Permit revoked in
" 4. Soliciting private contracts for street
improvement 112
" 5. Application for permit 112
" 6. Granting of permits 112
" 7. Filing of bond 113
" 8. Portion to be torn up at any one time. . 113
" 9. Compliance 113
" 10. Penalty 113
Art. V. CITY SEWER CONNECTIONS AND COST OF
SAME.
Sec. i. Sewer and water pipes to be laid in all
streets before acceptance 113
" 2. Notice of intention to make conection.. 113
3. Cost of making connection 114
" 4. Owners to lay all sewer, water and gas
pipes, mains, connections, etc 114
" 5. Every separate lot to be so connected.. 114
" 6. Superintendent of Streets to give notice .. 114
" 7. Records kept by Superintendent of Streets 114
" 8. Liens > 114
" 9. Release of lien 115
Art. VI. HOUSE NUMBERING
Sec. i. System of numbering 115
Streets parallel with Alma street 115
Streets parallel with University avenue. . 115
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Sec. I. Number each 12^ feet 115
Odd and even numbers 115
" 2. Size and material 116
" 3. Penalty 1 16
Art. VII. PLUMBING REGULATIONS
Sec. i. Registration 1 16
" 2. Publication 1 16
" 3. Licenses 1 16
" 4. Examination 1 16
" 5. Bonds 117
" 6. Expiration of licenses 117
" 7. Correction after notice 117
" 8. Filing of plans and issuance of permits 117
" 9. Work in old buildings 117
" 10. Buildings moved, raised or altered 118
" ii. Installation or alteration in old or new
buildings 1 18
" 12. Notice of completion 118
" 13. Tests 118
" 14. Sectional and final tests 118
" 15. Smoke tests 118
" 1 6. Testing plugs 1 18
" 17. Test certificates 118
18. Inspector, notice 1 18
" 19. Material and workmanship 119
" 20. Standard pipe 119
" 21. Extra heavy cast pipe 119
" 22. In lieu of cast iron pipe ; table of various
kinds of pipe 1 19-120
; 23. Sewers separate 120
" 24. Sewers 120
" 25. Old sewers 120
" 26. Intermediate sections 120
" 27. Sewers for chemical works 121
" 28. Sumps and surface drains 121
" 29. Caulked joints 121
" 30. Fall of pipes 121
r 31. Hanging pipes 121
" 32. Trenching 121
" 33. Rain water drainage 121
" 34. Clean-outs 121
" 35. Clean-outs to be accessible 122
" 36. Pipes 122
" 37. Lead pipe and joints 122
1 38. Fastening pipes 122
" 39. Fastening outside 122
CONTENTS AND GENERAL INDEX 15
Sec. 40. Size of soil pipe 122
" 41. Galvanized pipe and angle fittings .... 122
" 42. Steam exhaust 122
" 43. Outside and inside pipes 123
' 44. Reveals and recesses . ! 123
' 45. Passing through walls 123
'' 46. Refrigerators ; filters 123
1 47. Flue restrictions 123
' 48. Extra heavy 123
' 49. Soil pipe 123
" 50. Standard stacks 123
51. Waste pipes, restrictions 123
52. Alignment of pipes 124
" 53. Angle of fittings 124
54. Offsets 124
" 55. Heel outlets 124
56. Prohibitions 124
" 57. Leaders, restrictions 124
58. Leaders ^ 124
" 59. Leaders, inside 124
( 60. Leader connections 124
" 61. Leaders on street lines; roof water 124
( 62. Deck and light-well drains 124
" 63. Safe wastes 124
' 64. Urinal and closet safes 125
' 65. Closets, flushometers . . . .' 125
' 66. Closets, prohibited, kind of 125
" 67. Closets, flush pipes and connections 125
£ 68. Closet lead bend 125
" 69. Closet lead connections 125
" 70. Closets, flanges, etc 125
" 71. Materials for closets 125
" 72. Ratio of closets 126
" 73. Male and female 126
" 74. Closets named 126
" 75. Closets, ratio to tenants 126
" 76. Closets in hotels and lodging houses .... 126
" 77. Closets, family , 126
" 78. Urinals, supply 126
" 79. Group of urinals 126
" 80. Urinal supply floors 127
" 81. Hoppers ; grease traps 127
" 82. Hoppers ; traps 127
" 83. Hoppers on porches 127
" 84. Hopper stack 127
" 85. Basin waste traps 127
" 86. Dentists' cuspidors 127
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Sec. 87. Extension on inlet side of trap 127
; 88. Wooden fixtures 127
: 89. Bath tubs 127
' go. Fixtures not enclosed 127
' 91. Carriage wash rooms 128
' 92. Traps 128
' 93. Traps, restrictions .• 128
: 94. Traps relative to vent 128
' 95. Abutting- sink and tray 128
: 96. Trap, foot stacks 128
" 97. Size of traps 128
" 98. Range traps 128
" 99. Bell traps 128
" loo. Vents 128
" 101. Vents to roof 128
" 102. Vents, angles and sizes, table of sizes 128-129
" 103. Branch vents 129
" 104. Sediment 129
" 105. Three feet, six inches intersections 129
" 106. Vents for pipes 129
" 107. Soil stacks and vents 129
" 108. Yard fixtures, ten-foot limit 129
" 109. Double hubs on vents 129
" no. Combination waste and vent fittings. . . . 130
" in. Kitchen extensions and roofs 130
" 112. Vent terminations 130
" 113. Caps and cowls 130
" 114. Air shaft requirements 130
" 115. Air shaft restrictions 130
" 116. Air shaft enlargements 130
" 117. Air exhaust 130
" 1 1 8. Ventilation requirements 130
" 119. Water pipe ; inspection 130
" 120. Use of defective pipes, etc., prohibited. . . 131
" 121. Size of pipe:
(a) Openings 131
(b) One story building 131
(c) Two story building 131
(d) Large buildings 131
(e) Wash trays 131
(f) Galvanized iron or steel 131
(g) Faucets 131
(h) Piping, supporting, cutting, inspec-
tion 132
Valves 132
Water pressure . 132
122. Boilers 132
CONTENTS AND GENERAL INDEX 17
Sec. 123. Leaks, etc., exempt 132
" 124. Condemnation 132
" 125. Penalty 132
PART VI— PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS
Art. I. GOVERNING ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS
Sec. i. Definition of "company" 133
2. Definition of "meter" 133
3. City Electrician to test meters 133
4. Company to furnish all meters. . . 133
5. Rates classified 134
6. Establishing rates 134
7. Rates for power, heating and other pur-
poses 135
8. Governing rebates, drawbacks, etc. False
meters or meter readings 135
Meter measure at rates fixed 135
Separate offenses 135
9. Penalty 135
10. Changing rates 136
11. Electric energy furnished to the city. ... 136
Art. II. GOVERNING TELEPHONE SERVICE AND
RATES
Sec. i. Fixing rates 136
Business: 136
Single party 136
Two party 136
Residence: 136
Single party 136
Two party 136
Four party* 137
Extensions 137
Sec. 2. Apparatus 137
Five-minute rule 137
Service, seven-day rule 137
Present free exchange 137
Amendments 138
3. Penalty !38
Art. III. GOVERNING GAS SERVICE AND RATES
Sec. i. Fixing rates for meters at fifty cents per
month 138
2. Meters to be installed within five days
after receipt of written notice 138
3. Unlawful to collect deposit from tax-
payers 138
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Sec. 4. Fixing rate for installing meters after first
installation at 50 cents 139
" 5. Dials to be turned back or changed in
presence of consumer 139
6. Charge for laying pipe and providing for
even pressure . . . 139
" 7. Providing that owners may lay pipe and
that the company shall furnish gas. . . 139
8. Removal of meters from premises 139
9. Unlawful to charge in violation of rate. . 139
" 10. Penalty 140
Art. IV. PLACING, INSTALLING, OPERATING AND
REMOVING ELECTRICAL WIRES AND
APPARATUS
Sec. i. Certificate of registration 140
2. Certificate necessary 140
3. Installation of wires, etc 140
4. Bond 140
5. Suspension of certificate 141
6. Permit and certificate 141
" 7. Temporary permit 141
" 8. Rules 141
" 9. Inspection ; notice to repair 141
" 10. Fees 142
ii. Building permit to be issued before elec-
trical permit 142
" 12. Piping to be in place before inspection. . 142
" 13. Unlawful to remove buildings with elec-
trical wires without notice 142
" 14. Persons removing building to bear cost
of removal of wires 143
" 15. Penalty ! 143
" 1 6. Construction of article 143
Art. V. REGULATING THE ERECTION OF TELEPHONE,
TELEGRAPH AND ELECTRIC LIGHT
POLES AND THE STRINGING OF WIRES.
THROUGH AND ALONG THE STREETS OF
THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Sec. I. Erection of poles 144
2. Distance above ground 144
" 3. Distance from curb 144
" 4. Uniform painting 144
" 5. Mutilation of trees 144
" 6. Poles to conform to this article 144
" 7. Prohibition 144
CONTENTS AND GENERAL INDEX 19
Sec. 8. Consent of owner or agent 144
" 9. Penalty 145
Art. VI. ESTABLISHING RATES FOR WATER AND
POWER AND RULES FOR THE MANAGE-
MENT OF THE WATER AND < POWER
DEPARTMENT
Sec. i. Rules for consumers 145
2. Discontinuance of service 145
3. Connections 145
4. Plumber or electrician to give notice 146
5. Repairs to service connections 146
6. Disconnected service mains 146
" 7. Inspection 146
8. Fixed charges; estimated costs 146
9. Meters 146
10. Meters ; how set 146
1 1 . Meters ; price 147
" 12. Reports 147
13. Authority to shut off water 147
" 14. Prohibiting use of sprinklers 147
" 15. Use of hydrants 147
" 16. Repairs 147
17. Limiting water 147
18. Supplying water to others 147
19. Meter rates for water 147
'' 20. Meter rates ; power 148
; 21. Payment 148
; 22. Prepay meters 148
23. Requiring permits 148
" 24. Deposit 148
: 25. Discontinue use 149
" 26. Accounts 149
" 27. Reports 149
; 28. Notification of bills due 149
; 29. Amended rules 149
" 30. Penalty 149
PART VII— MISCELLANEOUS
Art. I. RATES FOR OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS AND
ADVERTISEMENTS
Sec. I. Fixing rates 150
2. Acceptance of rates 151
3. Official newspaper 151
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Art. II. CHANGING NAMES OF STREETS
Sec. i. Changes in names of streets 151
(a) Tasso street 151
(b) Kipling street 151
(c) Lytton avenue extension 151
(d) Pope street 151
(e) Little Kingsley 152
(f) Alleys closed 152
Art. III. CONFLICTING ORDINANCES REPEALED
Sec. I. Repealing clause 152
Art. IV. ENACTMENT
Sec. i. Enactment 152
" 2. Passage 152
PART VIII— ORDINANCE NO. 1, INITIATIVE
Sec. i. Theatres, etc., on Sunday 153
" 2. Penalty 153
3. Conflicting ordinances repealed 153
Certificate of City Clerk 154
Charter of the City of Palo Alto 155
Amendments to Charter 183
ORIGINAL INCORPORATION
By unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors of
Santa Clara County, at a regular meeting held on the
1 6th day of April, 1894, Palo Alto was duly declared
to be a Municipality of the Sixth Class under the provi-
sions of the General Municipality Act. The boundaries
fixed by the Board of Supervisors were the same as
those designated as the boundaries of the Town of Palo
Alto, formerly University Park, upon a map of said
Town filed by Timothy Hopkins in the office of the
Recorder of the County of Santa Clara on the 27th day
of February, 1889, and recorded in Liber D of Maps at
page 69. — (Records of the Board of Supervisors of Santa
Clara County).
FREEHOLDERS CHARTER
PREPARED BY A BOARD OF FIFTEEN FREEHOLDERS
Voted for and ratified by the qualified voters of the
Town of Palo Alto at a special election held on the 2ist
day of January, 1909, adopted by the legislature Febru-
ary 2Oth, 1909. In force and effect July ist, 1909.
Amendments thereto voted for and ratified at a
special election held in the City of Palo Alto on the ist
day of February, 1911. Adopted by the legislature
March 24th, 1911.
HISTORY OF TOWN ORDINANCES AS ORIGI-
NALLY ENACTED
No. i. Fixing bonds of Clerk, Treasurer and Marshal.
(Repealed.)
No. i A. Fixing Bond of Clerk. (Repealed.)
No. 2. Prohibiting the sale of liquor, etc. (Codified, see
Art IV, Part III.)
No. 3. Prohibiting discharge of firearms, etc. (Codified,
see Art. Ill, Part III.)
No. 4. Removal of grass and weeds. (Codified, see
Art. IX, Part III.)
No. 5. Fixing time and place of Board meetings. (Re-
pealed.)
No. 6. Prohibiting disorderly houses and gambling.
(Codified, see Art. V, Part III.)
No. 7. Assessment, levy and collection of taxes. (Codi-
fied, see Art. I, Part II.)
No. 8. Removal of macadam and laying of pipes. (Co-
dified, see Art. IV and Art. V, Part V.)
No. 9. Pound; duties of poundmaster. (Codified, see
Art. VII, Part III.)
No. 10. Powers of Health Officer. (Codified, see Art.
I, Part IV)
No. ii. Carriages at station. (Codified, see Art. VIII,
Part III.)
No. 12. To establish sewer system. (Not codified.)
No. 13. Fixing salaries of Clerk and Marshal. (Re-
pealed.)
No. 14. Appointing an Engineer. (Repealed.)
No. 15. Acquisition of sewer system. (Not codified.)
No. 1 6. Acceptance of dedication of street. (Not codi-
fied.)
No. 17. Bond election for sewers. (Not codified.)
No. 1 8. Prohibiting certain dogs running at large. (Co-
dified, see Art. VII, Part III.)
No. 19. Fixing time and place of Board Meetings.
(Repealed.)
No. 20. Relating to streets and sidewalks, regulating
awnings, street and sidewalk obstruction,
driving, etc. (Codified, see Art. VIII, Part
in.)
No. 21. Relating to preservation of the public health.
(Codified, see Art. I, Part IV.)
HISTORY OF ORDINANCES 2J
No. 22. Notice of election. (Not codified.)
No. 23. Amending No. 20 in regard to vehicles. (Codi-
fied, see Art. VIII, Part III.)
No. 24. Establishing water rates. (Repealed.)
Xo. 25. To establish water works. (Not codified.)
No. 26. Town Clerk to give notice of election. (Not
codified.)
No. 27. To establish water works. (Not codified.)
No. 28. Permit to Redwood City Electric Company to
furnish light and power currents. (Not codi-
fied, no action taken.)
No. 29. Bond election for water works. (Not codified.)
No. 30. Declaring result of bond election. (Not
codified.)
No. 31. Providing for the issue of bonds. (Not codi-
fied.)
No. 32. Fixing compensation of Town Clerk. (Re-
pealed.)
No. 33. Amending No. 31, relating to bonds. (Not
codified.)
No. 34. Fixing fees of Health Officer for inspecting
plumbing. (Repealed.)
No. 35. Establishing water rates. (Codified, see Art.
VI, Part VI.)
No. 36. Amending No. 9 as to fees of poundmaster.
(Repealed.)
No. 37. Relating to laundries and gas plants. (Codi-
fied, see Art. XIV, Part III.)
No. 38. Fixing rate of taxes. (Not codified.)
No. 39. Regulations of water department. (Codified,
see Art. VI, Part VI.)
No. 40. To establish sewer system. (Not codified.)
No. 41. To establish sewer system. (Not codified.)
No. 42. Town Clerk to give notice of election. (Not
codified.)
No. 43. Amending No. 9, relating to public pound.
(Codified, see Art. VII, Part III.)
No. 44. Calling special sewer election. (Not codified,.
Bonds defeated.)
No. 45. To establish sewer system. (Not codified.)
No. 46. Bond election for sewers. (Not codified.)
No. 47. Fixing tax levy. (Not codified.)
No. 48. Result of bond election for sewers. (Not codi-
fied.)
No. 49. Providing for bond issue for sewers. (Not
codified.)
No. 50. Providing for sale of bonds for sewers. (Not.
codified.)
24 THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
No. 51. Relating to bicycles on sidewalks. (Codified,
see Art. VIII, Part III.)
No. 52. Relating to bonds for sewers. (Not codified.)
No. 53. Requiring permits for sewer connections. (Co-
dified, see Art. V, Part V.)
No. 54. Prohibiting laundries in town. (Codified, see
Art. XIV, Part III.)
No. 55. Amending No. 7, relating to taxes. (Codified,
see Art. I, Part II.)
No. 56. Fixing tax rate for '99-00. (Not codified.)
No. 57. Providing system of house numbering. (Codi-
fied, see Art. VI, Part V.)
No. 58. Appointing engineer. (Repealed.)
No. 59. Fixing electric lighting rates. (Codified, see
Art. VI, Part VI.)
No. 60. Clerk to give notice of election. (Not codified.)
No. 61. Establishing rules for wiring houses. (Codi-
fied, see Art. IV, Part VI.)
No. 62. Fixing tax rate, '01-02. (Not codified.)
No. 63. Prohibiting interference with sewer, water and
light systems. (Codified, see Art. VI, Part VI.)
No. 64. Prohibiting slot machines. (Codified, see Art.
VI, Part III.)
No. 65. Relating to bicycles. (Codified, see Art. VIII,
Part III.)
No. 66. Establishing Board of Health and fixing powers.
(Codified, see Art. I, Part IV.)
No. 67. Providing for municipal licenses. (Codified, see
Art. II, Part II.)
No. 68. Prohibiting cesspools. (Repealed by Art. VII,
Part V.)
No. 69. Regulating plumbing and drainage ; specifica-
tions. (Codified, see Art. VII, Part V.)
No. 70. Fixing fees for inspection of plumbing. (Co-
dified, see Art. VII, Part V.)
No. 71. Fixing tax rate for '01-02. (Not codified.)
No. 72. Declaring it unlawful for children to be on
streets at certain hours. (Repealed.)
No. 73. Adopting sidewalk specifications. (Repealed.)
No. 74. Town Clerk to give notice of election. (Not
codified.)
No. 75. Requiring removal of rubbish. (Codified, see
Art. X, Part III.)
No. 76. Relating to bicycles. (Codified, see Art. VIII,
Part III.)
No. 77. Amending No. 66, relating to Board of Health.
(See Art. I, Part IV.)
HISTORY OF ORDINANCES 25
No. 78. Bond election for extension of electric light
plant and system of water works. (Not codi-
fied.)
No. 79. Providing for bond issue. (Not codified.)
No. 80. Prohibiting interference with streets, etc. (Co-
dified, see Art. VIII, Part III.)
No. 81. Establishing Public Library. (Not codified.)
No. 82. Fixing tax rate for '02-03. (Not codified.)
No. 83. Fixing time and place of Board meetings.
(Repealed.)
No. 84. Acceptance of roadways. (Not codified.)
No. 85. Acceptance of roadways. (Not codified.)
No. 86. Providing for imprisonment in County Jail.
(Codified, see Art. I, Part III.)
No. 87. Forbidding the tying of horses to trees ; re-
quiring animals to be placed in enclosures at
night. (Codified, see Art. VII, Part III.)
No. 88. Accepting certain lots for library site. (Not
codified.)
No. 89. Providing for municipal licenses. (Codified,
see Art. II, Part II.)
No. 90. Amending No. 77, relating to Board of Health.
(Codified, see Art. I, Part IV.)
No. 91. Regulating sale of milk. (Codified, see Art.
II, Part IV.)
No. 92. Amending No. 89, relating to licenses. (Codi-
fied, see Art. II, Part II.)
No. 93. Number not used.
No. 94. Granting street railway franchise. (Not codi-
fied.)
No. 95. Fixing rate of taxes, '03-04. (Not codified.)
No. 96. Requiring destruction of poison oak. (Codi-
fied, see Art. IX, Part III.)
No. 97. Town Clerk to give notice of election. (Not
codified.)
No. 98. Providing for use of ballot machines. (Not
codified.)
No. 99. Providing for execution of deed to certain
property. (Not codified.)
No. TOO. To preserve peace and good order in the
Town. (Codified, see Art. II, Part III.)
No. 101. Prohibiting starting fires in the rear of cer-
tain buildings. (Codified, see Art. X, Part
m.)
No. 1 02. Number not used.
No. 103. Concerning street work and the removal of
macadam. (Codified, see Art. VIII, Part III.)
26 THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
No. 104. Fixing time and place of Board meetings.
(Repealed.)
No. 105. Granting franchise for gas plant. (Not codi-
fied.)
No. 106. Fixing the fate of taxes for 'o4-'o5. (Not
codified.)
No. 107. Regulating use of bicycles, automobiles, etc.
(Codified, see Art. XVI, Part III.)
No. 108. Creating police department. (Repealed.)
No. 109. Fixing time and place of Board meetings.
(Repealed.)
No. no. Establishing office of City Electrician, and
providing regulations for the installation and
removal of electric wires. (Codified, see Art.
IV, Part VI.)
No. in. Regulating license taxes. (Codified, see Art.
II, Part II.)
No. 112. First codification.
No. 113. First codification.
No. 114. Fire limits. (Codified, see Art. II, Part V.)
No. 115. License taxes. (Codified, see Art. II, Part
II.)
No. 116. Aisles, passage ways in public buildings, etc,
(Codified, see Art. XV, Part III).
No. 117. Building permits and issuance of same. (Co-
dified, see Art. Ill, Part V).
No. 118. Children on the streets at night. (Repealed).
No. 119. License taxes. (Codified, see Art. II, Part II).
No. 1 20. Requiring property owners to make sewer and
water connections before streets are paved.
(Codified, see Art. V, Part V).
No. 121. Regulating the laying of sewer, water and
gas pipes. (Codified, see Art. V, Part V).
No. 122. Regulating the collection of water and light
bills. (Codified, see Art. VI, Part VI).
No. 123. Removal of grass, weeds, poison oak, trimming
trees, and hedges. (Codified, see Art. IXr
Part III).
No. 124. Redemption of property sold for taxes.
(Repealed).
No. 125. Right to purchase land for Town of Palo
Alto for Water Works. (Not codified).
No. 126. Management of Water Department. (Codi-
fied, see Art. VI, Part VI).
No. 127. Erection of telephone and telegraph and elec-
tric light poles. (Codified, see Art. V, Part
VI).
HISTORY OF ORDINANCES' 2/
No. 128. Placing contractor's name on sidewalk con-
structed by said contractor. (Codified, see
Art. I, Part V).
No. 129. Town Plumber; creating said office. (Re-
pealed).
No. 130. I Hock 98, accepting street through this block.
(Not codified).
No. 131. Regarding location of eating houses. (Re-
pealed).
No. 132. Amending Art. 3, Part VII, Ordinance 113.
(Repealed).
No. 133. Relating to sanitary inspection. (Repealed).
No. 134. Disposal of manure, straw, etc. (Codified,
see Art. X, Part III).
No. 135. Extension of fire limits. (Codified, see Art.
II, Part V).
No. 136. Changing title of ''Sanitary Inspector" to
"Health Officer." (Repealed).
No. 137. Amending Ordinance 133. (Repealed).
No. 138. Calling special bond election. (Not codified).
No. 139. Riding on sidewalks of accepted streets. (Co-
dified, see Art. VIII, Part III).
No. 140. Providing for bonded indebtedness of $75,000.
(Not codified).
No. 141. Placing electric light meters. (Codified, see
Art. VI, Part VI).
No. 142. Sale of excess water outside of town limits.
(Repealed).
No. 143. Election of Town Trustees and fixing com-
pensation of election officers. (Not codified).
No. 144. Salaries of Town Clerk and Marshal. (Re-
pealed).
No. 145. Alleyway through Block 13, accepting deed of
conveyance. (Not codified).
No. 146. Relating to fire limits. (Codified, see Art. II,
Part V).
No. 147. Meeting place of Town Trustees. (Repealed).
No. 148. Remitting penalty for delinquent taxes. (Not
codified).
No. 149. Building Inspector and cost of inspection.
(Repealed).
No. 150. Chimney inspection and cost of same. (Re-
pealed).
No. 151. Rate for publishing delinquent taxes and pro-
viding for sale to Town. (Codified, see Art.
I, Part II).
28 THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
No. 152. Ratification of all acts between April 18, 1906,
and June i, 1906. (Not codified).
No. 153. Amending Ordinance 113. (Codified, see Art.
VI, Part VI).
No. 154. Providing for water meters. (Codified, see
Art. VI, Part VI).
No. 155. Granting street railway franchise. (Franchise
lapsed. ( Repealed ) .
No. 156. Providing for water meters. (Codified, see
Art. VI, Part VI).
No. 157. Bonds required in case of continued violations
of ordinances. (Codified, see Art. XIX, Part
III).
No. 158. Collection and removal of garbage. Codified,
see Art. X, Part III).
No. 159. Electric light rates. (Codified, see Art. I,
Part VI, and Art. VI, Part VI).
No. 160. Patent medicine distribution. (Codified, see
Art. VIII, Part III).
No. 161. Number not used.
No. 162. Deposit required from water and light con-
sumers. (Codified, see Art. VI, Part VI).
No. 163. Changing fire limits. (Codified, see Art. II,
Part V).
No. 164. Acquisition of park grounds. (Not codified).
No. 165. Calling election for bonds for parks. (Not
codified).
No. 1 66. Governing billiard halls, bowling alleys, etc.
(Codified, see Art. V, Part III).
No. 167. Hopkins deed to Town of Palo Alto of land
along creek. (Not codified).
No. 1 68. Meeting places for Town Trustees. (Re-
pealed).
No. 169. Laying sewer and water pipes and making
connections. (Codified, see Art. VI, Part VI).
No. 170. Number not used.
No. 171. Spitting on sidewalks and in public places.
(Codified, see Art. VIII, Part III).
No. 172. Committee of public buildings, parks and
squares. (Repealed).
No. 173. Automobile ordinance. (Codified, see Art.
VIII, Part III).
No. 174. Number not used.
No. 175. Roller skating on sidewalks. (Codified, see
Art. VIII, Part III).
No. 176. Number not used.
HISTORY OF ORDINANCES 29
No. 177. Fixing tax rate for '07-08. (Not codified).
No. 178. Providing for acceptance of streets, avenues,
and alleys. (Not codified).
No. 179. Dogs, bulls, jacks or other animals in Town
limits. (Codified, see Art. VII, Part III).
No. 180. Number not used.
No. 181. Creating Park Fund. (Repealed).
No. 182. Relating to taxes. (Repealed by Ordinance
No. 196).
No. 183. Licensing skating rinks. (Codified, see Art.
II, Part II).
No. 184. Protecting trees and shrubs in parks. ( Codi-
fied, see Art. XVIII, Part III).
No. 185. Sale to minors of cigarettes, etc., and smoking
same. (Codified, see Art. XI, Part III).
No. i85A. Municipal elections. (Not codified).
No. 1 86. Salary of Clerk, Marshal and Treasurer. (Re-
pealed).
No. 187. Municipal elections. (Not codified).
No. 1 88. Prohibiting shows and entertainments on Sun-
day. (Repealed, see Initiative ordinance No.
I, Part VIII).
No. 189. Extension of fire limits. (Codified, see Art.
II, Part V).
No. 190. Declaring results of election. (Not codified).
No. 191. Standing committees of Board of Trustees.
(Repealed).
No. 192. Calling special election. (Not codified).
No. 193. Relating to meetings of Board of Trustees.
(Repealed).
No. 194. Fixing rate of Town taxes. (Not codified).
No. 195. Relating to rain water drains. (Codified, see
Art. VII, PartV).
No. 196. Repealing Ordinance No. 182. (Not codi-
fied).
No. 197. Designation of alley in Block 77. (Codified,
see Art. II, Part VII).
No. 198. Election on Freeholders Charter. (Not codi-
fied).
No. 199. Repealing curfew whistle. (Repealed).
*No. 200. Rates for day current, electric light. (Codi-
fied, see Art. VI, Part VI).
No. 201. Election of 15 councilmen. (Not codified).
No. 202. Special election for $57,000 bonds. (Not co-
dified).
30 THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
No. 203. Establishing gas rate. (Codified, see Art. IIIr
Part VI).
No. 204. Relating to fire limits. (Codified, see Art. II,
Part V).
No. 205. Election on tie vote for councilmen. (Not
codified).
No. 206. Incurring bonded indebtedness of $14,000.
(Not codified).
Xo. 207. Regulating bill posting, etc. (Codified, see
Art. XVII, Part III).
HISTORY OF CITY ORDINANCES AS ORIGI-
NALLY ENACTED
No. i. Providing rules governing the City Council of
Palo Alto. (Codified, see Art. I, Part I).
No. 2. Providing for City officers and salaries of each.
(Codified, see Art. iy, Part I).
No. 3. Providing rules for Board of Safety, Police
Department, salaries and appointing of Health
Officer. (Codified, see Art. IV, Part I) .
No. 4. Relating to duties of officials and departments
and fixing the amount of officers' bonds. (Co-
dified, see Art. IV, Part I).
No. 5. Regulating games of amusement. (Codified,
see Art. V, Part III).
No. 6. Relating to animals running at large. (Codified,
see Art. VII, Part III).
No. 7. Governing nickel-in-slot machines. (Codified,
see Art. VI, Part III).
No. 8. Establishing rates for official publications. (Co-
dified, see Art. I, Part VII).
No. 9. Establishing rates for water and power. ( Codi-
fied, see Art. VI, Part VI).
No. 10. Re-enactment of all ordinances of the Town of
Palo Alto that were in force and effect at
noon, July i, 1909. (See enacting clause, co-
dified ordinances).
No. II. Providing for connection with City sewer
system. (Codified, see Art. V, Part V).
No. 12. Relating to noxious weeds, brush, etc., and rub-
bish on City lots. (Codified, see Art. IX, Part
III).
No. 13. Ratifying and confirming bonded indebtedness
of $ 1 4,000. (Not codified ) .
No. 14. Imposing municipal license taxes. (Codified,
see Art. II, Part II).
No. 15. Amending Section 5 of ordinance No. I. (Co-
dified, see Art. I, Part I).
No. 16. Reimbursing the City for building supervision
by City Engineer. (Codified, see Art. Ill,
Part V).
No. 17. Regulating the establishment of laundries, etc.,
engines, storage tanks, spur tracks, etc. (Co-
dified, see Art. XIV, Part III).
32 THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
No. 1 8'. Reimbursing the City for street work inspec-
tion. (Codified, see Art. IV, Part V).
No. 19. Rules for City electric wiring. (Codified, see
Art. IV, Part VI).
No. 20. Regulating private contracts for street work.
(Codified, see Art. IV, Part V).
No. 21. Relating to fires and fire limits. (Codified, see
Art. II, Part V).
No. 21 A. Fixing rate for sale of gas. (Codified, see Art.
Ill, Part VI).
No. 22. Regulating speed of vehicles. (Codified, see
Art. XVI, Part III).
No. 23. Prohibiting sale of cigars and tobacco within
looo feet of public school buildings. (Codified,
see Art. XI, Part III).
No. 24. Calling special election. (Not codified).
No. 24A. Declaring results of initiative election on May
26, 1910. (Not codified).
No. 25. Prohibiting hypnotic exhibitions. (Codified,
see Art. XII, Part III).
No. 25A. Closing alley ways in Blocks 66, 67 and 71.
(Codified, see Art. II, Part VII).
No. 26. Allowing police officers to be on duty in citizens
clothes, but must wear star. (Codified, see
Art. IV, Part I).
No. 27. Prohibiting exhibition of prize fight pictures.
(Codified, see Art. XIII, Part III).
No. 28. Fixing rates for power and heating. (Codified,
see Art. VI, Part VI).
No. 29. Telephone rules and rates. (Codified, see Art.
" II, Part VI).
No. 30. Rules and regulations, Board of Public Safety.
(Codified, see Art. IV, Part I).
No. 31. Riding bicycles on sidewalks by officers, etc.
(Codified, see Art. VIII, Part III).
No. 32. Municipal Elections. (Codified, see Art. Ill,
Part I).
No. 33. Rate of taxes, 1910-11. (Not codified).
No. 34. Fixing rates for water and power. (Codified,
see Art. VI, Part VI).
No. 35. Relating to presentation of claims. (Codified,
see Art. I, Part I).
No. 36. Election on amendments to Charter. (Not co-
dified).
No. 37. Private contracts for street work. (Codified,
see Art. IV, Part V).
No. 38. Regulating sale of gas. (Codified, see Art.
Ill, Part VI).
HISTORY OF ORDINANCES 33
No. 39. Exits, aisles, etc. (Codified, see Art. XV, Part
III).
No. 40. Municipal elections. (Codified, see Art. Ill,
Part I).
No. 41. Stringing wires on premises of another. (Codi-
fied, see Art. V, Part VI).
No. 42. Calling election on bonds. (Not codified).
No. 43. Change of fire limits. (Codified, see Art. II,
Part V).
No. 44. Gas rates, 1911. (Not codified).
No. 45. Municipal elections. (Codified, see Art. Ill,
Part I).
No. 46. Issuance of bonds. (Not codified).
No. 47. Calling election for five councilmen. (Not codi-
fied)/
No. 48. Regulating sale of electricity. (Codified, see
Art. I, Part VI).
No. 49. Calling election for three councilmen. (Not
codified).
No. 5OA. Fixing rates for official publications. (Codi-
fied, see Art. I, Part VII).
No. 508. Prohibiting slot machines and dice. (Codified,
see Art. VI, Part III).
No. 51. Prohibiting sale of tobacco, etc., to minors.
(Codified, see Art. XI, Part III).
No. 52. Providing for sale of bonds. (Not codified).
No. 53. Prohibiting removal of gravel from San Fran-
cisquito Creek. (Not codified).
No. 54. An ordinance providing for the codification of
the ordinances of the City of Palo Alto.
No. 55. Providing for bonded indebtedness. (Not co-
dified).
No. 56. Fixing tax rate for 1911-1912. (Not codified).
No. 57. Prohibiting nickel-in-slot, dice, etc. (Codified,
Art. VI, Part III).
No. 58. Providing that violation of ordinances shall be
a misdemeanor; fines and imprisonment. (Co-
dified, Art. I, Part III).
No. 59. Providing for municipal license. (Codified, s?e
Art. II, Part II).
No. 60. Providing for salary of Police Judge. (Corli-
fied, see Art. IV, Part I).
HISTORY OF INITIATIVE ORDINANCES
No. i. Prohibiting the running of any theater, etc., on
Sunday. (See Part VIII).
ORDINANCE NO. 54
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO, CONTINU-
ING IN FORCE CERTAIN ORDINANCES OF SAID CITY,
AND FOR THE REVISION, AMENDMENT AND CODIFICA-
TION OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES OF SAID CITY.
The Council of the City of Palo Alto do ordain as follows:
SEC. i. The following ordinances of the City of
Palo Alto, heretofore passed by the Board of Trustees
of said Town and by the Council of said City, are hereby
amended, revised and codified, to wit:
All ordinances passed by the former Board of
Trustees of -the Town of Palo Alto from No. I to No.
207, inclusive, save and except Ordinances Nos. 12, 15,
1 6, 17, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 38, 40, 41, 42, 45,
46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 56, 60, 62, 71, 74, 78, 79, 81, 82,
84, 85, 88, 94, 95, 97, 98, 99, 105, 106, 125, 130, 138, 140,
143, 145, 148, 152, 164, 165, 167, 177, 178, i85-A, 187,
190, 192, 194, 196, 198, 201, 202, 205, 206; and
All ordinances passed by the Council of the City of
Palo Alto from No. I to No. 60 inclusive, save and except
Ordinances Nos. 13, 24, 24- A, 33, 36, 42, 44, 46, 47, 49,
52, 53, 54, 55 and 56. The ordinances above numbered
relate to elections, taxes, franchises, municipal bonds,
grants, dedications of land, etc., and are continued in
force without codification.
SEC. 2. This codification of general ordinances of
the City of Palo Alto shall not have the effect of repeal-
ing, altering, or amending any of the special ordinances
of said City relating to elections, taxes, franchises,
municipal bonds, grants, dedications of lands, or ordi-
nances creating vested rights.
SEC. 3. This Ordinance shall be printed and posted
according to law by the City Clerk and shall go into
effect immediately.
The foregoing ordinance was duly passed by the
unanimous consent of the Council of the City of Palo
Alto present at a regular adjourned meeting on the 26th
day of June, 1911, by the following vote:
Ayes: — Hettinger, Henry, Jordan, La Peire, Millis,
Mosher, Thoits, Umphreys, Vail.
Noes: — None.
Absent: — Congdon, Downing, Hyde, Spencer, Wil-
son, Wing.
Approved, July i, 1911, CHAS. B. WING, Mayor.
Attest: — FRANK KASSON, City Clerk.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was
duly passed as above set forth.
FRANK KASSON, City Clerk.
ORDINANCES
OF THE
CITY OF PALO ALTO
CODIFIED ORDINANCE No. i
Ax ( )RDINANCE TO CODIFY AND AMEND ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO, COUNTY OF SANTA
CLARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, TO RE-ENACT THE
SAME AS AMENDED, AND TO REDUCE THE SAME TO
ONE ORDINANCE.
The Council of the City of Palo Alto do ordain as follows :
SEC. i. All of Articles I, II. Ill and IV of Part
I, Relating to City Government;
All of Articles I and II of Part II, Relating to
Revenue ;
All of Articles I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX,
X, XI. XII. XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, and
XIX of Part III, Relating to Police Regulations;
All of \rticles I and II of Part IV, Relating to
Public Health;
All of Articles I. II, III, IV, V, VI and VII of Part
V, Relating to Construction ;
All of Articles I, II, III, IV, V and VI of Part VI,
Relating to Public Service Corporations ;
All of Articles I, II, III and IV of Part VII,
Miscellaneous, are hereby enacted and declared to be the
law of the City of Palo Alto in form, force and effect,
as follows:
PART I
CITY GOVERNMENT
ARTICLE I
CITY COUNCIL
Regular SEC. i. The regular meetings of the Council of the
meetings City of Palo Alto shall be held on the second Monday
of every month at the hour of eight o'clock p. m. at the
City Hall. Provided that during the months of Decem-
ber, January and February meetings shall be held at the
hour of 7 130 p.m.
Special SEC. 2. Special meetings may be called at any time
meetings by the Mayor or at the request of eight councilmen, by
a written or actual personal notice given to each member
at least four hours before the time specified for the
proposed meeting.
Meetings to SEC. 3. All meetings of the City Council shall be
be public held at the City Hall and shall be public.
Quorum SEC. 4- At any meeting of the Council eight council-
men shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business, but a less number may adjourn from time to
time and may compel the attendance of absent members
by subpoena ; disobedience of said subpoena may be
punished at the discretion of the Council by a fine not to
exceed five dollars.
Duties of SEC. 5. The Mayor shall take the chair precisely
The Mayor at the hour appointed for the meeting and shall at once
call the Council to order. In the absence of the Mayor
the City Clerk or other deputy shall call the meeting
to order, whereupon a chairman shall be elected from
among the councilmen to preside.
I fe shall preserve order and decorum, may speak
to points of order in preference to other members, rising
from his seat for that purpose ; and shall decide questions
of order, subject to an appeal to the Council by any
member, on which appeal no member shall speak more
than once, unless by leave of the Council.
CITY GOVKRN.MKNT 37
lie shall have general direction of the hall during
meetings. In case of any disturbance or disorderly
conduct in the hall, the Mayor or chairman pro tern
shall have power to order the same to be cleared.
lie shall have the right to name any member to
perform the duties of the chair, but such substitution
shall not extend beyond an adjournment.
All ordinances and resolutions shall be signed by
the Mayor and attested by the Clerk under seal of the
City.
It shall be the duty of the Mayor to appoint all
committees unless otherwise ordered by the Council, and
to refer all litigation and other matters not herein
specifically provided for to the proper committee.
SKC. 6. All contracts in excess of three hundred $300.00
dollars entered into by the Council or any of the Depart- limit
ments shall be signed by the Mayor if entered into by
authority of the Council, and shall be signed by the
Chairman of the Department, if entered into by authority
of the Department, and in all cases all contracts shall
be attested by the Clerk under seal of the City.
SEC. 7. The order of business, which shall not be Order of
departed from except by consent of eight members, shall Business
be as follows : —
1. Calling the roll.
2. Reading the minutes of the last meeting.
3. Presentation of petitions.
4. Communications.
5. Special orders of the day.
6. Reports of committees ; motions ; resolutions ;
orders and ordinances.
/. Disposition of street work.
8. Unfinished business.
<;. Presentation of bills and accounts.
10. Miscellaneous business.
11. Adjournment.
SEC. 8. On or before the first regular meeting after standing
the first of July of each year, the Mayor shall appoint committees
the following standing committees, consisting of five each,
from the members of the Council: —
1. Committee No. <i relating to Public Works.
2. Committee No. 2 relating to Public Safety.
3. Committee No. 3 relating to Public Library.
4. Committee No. 4 relating to Ways and Means.
5. Committee No. 5 relating to Auditing and Ac-
counts.
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Committee
Number 2
(duties)
Committee SEC. 9- It shall be the duty of Committee No. i
Number i with the aid of the City Attorney, to prepare ordinances
(duties) relating to public works ; to meet with the Board of
Public Works in July of each year for the purpose of
preparing an estimate of expenditures for the Depart-
ment for the ensuing year, which they shall present to
the Council ; to perform any other duties that may arise
from their relationship to the Board of Public Works.
SEC. 10. It shall be the duty of Committee No. 2
with the aid of the City Attorney, to prepare ordinances
relating to public safety; to ireet with the Board of
Public Safety in July of each year for the purpose of
preparing an estimate of expenditures for the Depart-
ment for the ensuing year, which they shall present to
the Council ; to perform any other duties that may arise
out of their relationship to the Board of Public Safety.
Committee SEC. ii. It shall be the duty of Committee No. 3,
Number 3 with the aid of the City Attorney, to prepare ordinances
(duties) relating to the Public Library ; to meet with the Library
Board in July of each year for the purpose of preparing
an estimate of expenditures for the Department for the
ensuing year, which they shall present to the Council ;
to perform any other duties that may arise from their
relationship to the Library Board.
SEC. 12. It shall be the duty of Committee No. 4 in
July of each year, to consider the estimates of the
several Departments and to prepare and submit to the
Council the annual budget for their consideration ; to
have charge of all City property not under the control of
the departments; to prepare, with the aid of the City
Attorney, all ordinances relating to taxes, licenses and
the creating of bonded indebtedness.
SEC. 13. It shall be the duty of Committee No. 5
to have charge of all questions relating to municipal
accounting; to prepare and recommend to the Council
any changes in the system of accounting that they deem
necessary to make; in July of each year to audit, or to
have audited, as directed by the Council, all the City
accounts including accounts of the several commissions,
Police Court and other officers ; to examine and verify
all accounts coming direct to the Council, and to certify
them by the signatures of at least three members of the
Committee, and to perfom any other duties that are
clearly implied by the words* ''Auditing and Accounts."
Additional SEC. 14. Said committees shall perform all other
duties duties assigned to them by the Council, whether such
duties are herein expressly enumerated or not.
Committee
Number 4
(duties)
Committee
Number 5"
(duties)
CITY GOVERNMENT
39
SEC. 15. All claims against the City of Palo Alto
arising1 out of contract, express or implied, shall be filed
with the Clerk within three (3) months after the debt,
liability or claim became due and payable.
SEC. 16. All claims against the City for damages
not arising out of contract shall be filed with the Clerk
within thirty (30) days after the time- or event out of
which the claim against the City arose.
SKC. 17. All claims against the City shall be itemized
and verified under oath, before an officer duly authorized
to administer oaths, before the same are filed with the
Clerk.
SEC. 1 8. Neither the Council nor any of the City
boards shall create, audit, allow or permit to accrue any
debt or liability in excess of the available money in the
treasury that may be legally apportioned or appropriated
for any specific purpose.
Xo claim shall be allowed by the Council or any of
the Departments unles the same shall comply with the
provisions of this ordinance.
SEC. 19. All votes of the Council relating to ordin-
ances, taxes, payment of money, and on all resolutions
passed pursuant to the provisions of any state law, shall
he by roll call.
Claims aris-
ing out of
contract
Claims not
arising out
of contract
Claims to be
itemized and
verified
The creating
of debts
Votes by
roll call
ARTICLE II
ORDINANCES AND PUBLICATIONS
SEC. i. All ordinances must be presented in writing
and read at a regular meeting at least two weeks before
they are finally acted upon. After the first presentation
and reading of an ordinance it must be filed with the
Clerk and must remain in his custody, subject to the
inspection of the public, for at least two weeks, and until
the next regular or adjourned regular meeting of the
Council, when it must be again read and finally voted
upon, or action postponed ; provided, that in cases of
emergency, and with the unanimous consent of all the
Councilmen present at any meeting, these rules may be
suspended and an ordinance adopted at any regular or
regular adjourned meeting.
SEC. 2. Every ordinance shall be signed by the pubiication
Mayor, attested by the Clerk, and published at least once
in a newspaper of general circulation, published in the
City of Palo Alto, or posted on a bulletin board at the
City Hall, provided that the Clerk shall file with each
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Rates
Acceptance
of work-
ordinance in the Ordinance T.ook his affidavit of the
publication or the posting of said ordinance.
SEC. 3. All publications and advertisements of the
City of Palo Alto required to be published in a newspaper
of general circulation, published and circulated in said
City, shall be printed and published at such rates as
shall be determined by the Council.
SEC. 4. Any newspaper of the City of Palo Alto
accepting any work ordered to be clone shall be deemed
to have accepted said work at such rates as shall have
been determined "by the Council, and no charge in excess
of said rates shall be allowed or audited for said work,
unless expressly authorized by the Council.
ARTICLE III
General
and special
municipal
elections
Precincts
Polling
places
Election
boards
ELECTIONS
SEC. i. This ordinance shall govern and be the law
of the City of Palo Alto as to all elections held in said
City, and the provisions hereof shall supersede all other
election laws inconsistent herewith. Elections shall be
known as general and special municipal elections. All
elections for the office of councilmen shall be known
as general municipal elections ; all other elections shall
be known as special municipal elections.
SEC. 2. For the purpose of holding municipal
elections, the City of Palo Alto is divided into two pre-
cincts which shall Le known and designated as Precinct
Number I and Precinct Number 2. Precinct No. i of
the City of Palo Alto shall consist of all that portion
of said City of Palo Alto lying southwest of the center
line of Waverly street; and Precinct No. 2 shall con-
sist of all that portion of the City of Palo Alto lying-
northeast of the center line of Waverly street.
SEC. 3. The polling place for Precinct No. i shall
be at the Fire Department Room at the City Hall. All
voters living in Precinct No. i shall vote thereat. The
polling place for Precinct No. 2 shall be upon the City
Lot at the corner of \Yaverly street and University
avenue, being Lot I of Block 30 according to Wade's
Subdivision thereof. All voters living in Precinct No.
2 shall vote thereat.
SEC. 4. The Board of Election for each such Precinct
shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall consist of
one inspector, one judge, one clerk and one ballot clerk.
CITY <;OVKR. \MK.\T
At each polling place there shall be one poll-list, one
tally list, and one book of original affidavits of registra-
tion. These shall be returned to the Clerk of the City
of I'alo Alto with the official returns, and the result of
all elections shall lie officially declared by the City
Council cither by ordinance or resolution.
SEC. '5. (i) The mode of nomination and election
of all coundlmen of the City to be voted for at any
municipal election shall be as follows and not otherwise :
(2) The name of a candidate shall be printed upon
the ballot when a petition of nomination shall have been
riled in his behalf in the manner and form and under the
conditions hereinafter set forth.
(3) The petition of nomination shall consist of not
less than twenty-five individual certificates, which shaH
read substantially as follows :—
State of California I
County of Santa Clara > SS
City of Palo Alto j
Precinct No
I, the undersigned, certify that I do hereby join in
a petition for the nomination of
whose residence is at No St.
for the office of councilman to be voted for at the
municipal election to he held in the City of Palo Alto on
the day of 19 and
I f uither certify that I am a qualified elector of said
City, that I have not signed more petitions than there
are places to be filled in the above named office ; that my
residence is at No Street, Palo
Alto, and my occupation is
(signed)
State of California I
County of Santa Clara / SS
City of Palo Alto
being duly sworn, deposes and
says that he is the person who signed the foregoing
certificate and that the statements therein are true and
correct.
( signed )
Subscribed and sworn to
1 eforc me this
day of 19
Notary Public or
Verification Deputy.
Nomination
and election
of officers
Requirements
of candidacy
Form of
nomination
petition
42 ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
The petition of nomination of which this certificate
forms a part shall, if found insufficient, be returned to
at No
Street, Palo Alto, Cal.
Forms
supplied by
City Clerk
Requirements
of certificates
Verification
deputies
Date of
presenting
petition
(4) It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to furnish
upon application a reasonable number of forms of
individual certificates of the above character.
(5) Each certificate must be a separate paper.
All certificates must be of a uniform size as determined
by the City Clerk. Each certificate must contain the
name of one signer thereto and no more. Each certifi-
cate shall contain the name of one candidate and no more.
Each signer must be a qualified elector, and must not at
the time of signing a certificate have his name signed
to more certificates for candidates for that office than
there are places to be filled in such office. In case an
elector does so sign, such additional certificates shall
be invalid. Each signer must verify his certificate and
make oath that the same is true before a notary public
or a verification deputy, as provided for in this section.
Each certificate shall further contain the name and
address of the person to whom the petition is to be
returned in case said petition is found insufficient.
(6) Verification deputies, under this section, must
be qualified electors of the City and shall be appointed
by the City Clerk upon application in writing, signed
by not less than five qualified electors of the City. The
application shall set forth that the signers thereto desire
to procure the necessary signatures of electors for the
nomination of candidates for municipal office at an
election therein specified, and that the applicants desire
to have the person or persons whose names and addresses
are given appointed as verification deputies, who shall
upon appointment be authorized and empowered to take
the oath of verification of the signers of petitions of
nomination. Such verification deputies need not use a
seal, and shall not have power to take oaths for any
other purpose whatsoever, and their appointments
shall continue only until all petitions of nomination,
under this section, shall have been filed by the City Clerk.
(7) A petition of nomination, consisting of not
less than twenty-five individual certificates for any one
candidate, nay be presented to the City Clerk not
earlier than thirty days nor later than ten days before
the election. The Clerk shall endorse thereon the date
upon which the petition was presented to him.
CITY GOVERNMENT
43
(8) When a petition of nomination is presented for
filing to the City Clerk, he shall forthwith examine the
same, and ascertain whether it conforms to the provisions
of this sect;on. If found not to conform thereto, he
shall then and there in writing designate on said petition
the defect or omission or reason why such petition
cannot be filed, and shall return the petition to the person
named as the person to whom the same may be returned
in acordance with this section. The petition may then
be amended and again presented to the Clerk as in the
first instance. The Clerk shall forthwith proceed to
examine the petition as hereinbefore provided. If
necessary, the Council shall provide extra help to enable
the Clerk to perform satisfactorily and promptly the
duties imposed by this section.
(9) Any signer of a petition of nomination and
certificate may withdraw his name from the same by
filing with the City Clerk a verified revocation of his
signature not later than fifteen days before the day of
election. He shall then be at liberty to sign a petition
for another candidate for the same office.
( 10) Any person whose name has been presented
under this section as a candidate may, not later than
fifteen days before the day of election, cause his name to
he withdrawn from nomination by filing with the City
Clerk a request therefor in writing, and no name so
withdrawn shall be printed upon the ballot.
(u) If either the original or the amended petition
of nomination be found sufficiently signed as herein-
before provided, the Clerk shall file the same ten days
before the date of election. No petition of nomination
shall be withdrawn nor added to and no signature shall
be revoked later than fifteen days before the day of
election.
(12) The City Clerk shall preserve in his office for
a period of two years all petitions of nomination and all
certificates belonging thereto filed under this section.
(13) Immediately after such petitions are filed, the
Clerk shall enter the names of the candidates in a list,
with the offices to be filled, and shall, not later than
eight days before the election, certify such list as being
the list of candidates nominated as required by this
article, and the Council shall cause said certified list of
names and the offices to be filled, designating whether
for a full term or unexpired term, to be published in
the proclamation ordinance calling the election, at least
six successive days before the election, in a daily news-
Examination
of petitions
by City Clerk
Withdrawal
of signature
Withdrawal
of candidate
Filing of
petitions
Preservation
of petitions
Election
proclamation
44
ORDINANCES OF THE CITV OF PALO ALTO
Form of
ballot
Requirements
of ballot
Every nom-
inee to be
on ballot
Space for
voting cross
Blank spaces
for addition-
al candidates
Sample
ballot
paper of general circulation published in the Citv of
Palo Alto,
( 14) The City Clerk shall cause the ballots to be
printed and* bound and numbered. The ballots shall
contain the list of names and the respective offices, as
published in the proclamation ordinance, and shall be
in substantially the following form :—
GENERAL (OR SPECIAL) MUNICIPAL ELEC-
TION, CITY OF PALO ALTO
( inserting date thereof)
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS. To vote, stamp a cross
(X) opposite the name of the candidate for whom you
desire to vote. All marks otherwise made are forbidden.
All distinguishing marks are forbidden and make the
ballot void. If you wrongly stamp, tear or deface this
ballot, return it to the inspector of election and obtain
another.
(15) All ballots shall be precisely the same size,
quality, tint of paper, kind of type and color of ink, so
that without the number it would be impossible to dis-
tinguish one ballot from another; and the names of all
candidates printed upon the ballot shall be in type of
the same size and style. A column may be provided on
the right hand side for charter amendments or other
questions to be voted upon at the municipal elections, as
provided for under the charter. The names of the can-
didates for each office shall be arranged in alphabetical
order, and nothing on the ballot shall be indicative of
the source of the candidacy or of the support of any
candidate.
(16) The name of no candidate who has been duly
and regularly nominated, and who has not withdrawn his
name as herein provided, shall be omitted from the
ballot.
(17) Half-inch squares shall be provided at the right
of the name of each candidate wherein to stamp the
cross.
(18) Half-inch spaces shall be left below the
printed names of candidates for each office equal in
number to the number to be voted for, wherein the voter
may write the name of any person or persons for whom
he may wish to vote.
(19) The clerk shall cause to be printed sample
ballots identical with the ballot to be used at the election
and shall mail a copy of the same to each registered
voter at least five days before the date fixed for such
election.
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45
(20) Those candidates for councilmcn equal in num-
ber to the number to be elected, who receive the highest
number of votes for such office shall be declared elected;
provided, however, that no person shall be declared
elected to any office at such first election unless the
number of votes received by him shall be greater than
one-half the number of ballots cast at such election.
(21) If at any election held as above provided,
there shall be any office to which the required number
of persons was not elected, then as to such office the
said first election shall be considered to have been a
primary election for the nomination of candidates, and
a second election shall be held to fill said office. The
candidates not elected at such first election, equal in
number to twice the number to be elected for any given
office, or less if so there be, who receive the highest
nu rber of votes for the respective offices at such first
election, shall be the only candidates at such second
election ; provided, that if there be any person who,
under the provisions of this subdivision, would have
been entitled to beco re a candidate for any office except
for the fact that some other candidate received an equal
number of votes therefor, then all such persons
receiving such equal number of votes shall likewise
become candidates for such office.
The candidates equal in number to the persons to be
elected who shall receive the highest number of votes at
such second election shall be declared elected to such
office; provided, however, that in case of a tie in said
second election, the Council shall decide which of the
persons tied shall hold the office.
( 22) The said second election, if necessary to be
held, shall be held one week after the first election.
(23) All the provisions and conditions above set
forth as to the conduct of an election, so far as they
may be applicable, shall govern the second election,
except that notice of election need be published twice
only.
(24) If a person elected fails to qualify, the office
shall be filled as if there were a vacancy in such office,
as provided by the charter.
(25) No informalities in conducting municipal
elections shall invalidate the same, if they have been
conducted fairly and in substantial conformity with the
requirements of this article.
SEC. 6. (i) The provisions of the State law
relating to the qualifications of electors, the manner of
voting, the duties of election officers, the canvassing
Votes neces-
sary for
election
Second
election
Date of
second
election
Rules cover-
ing second
election
Failure to
qualify
Informalities
in election
General elec-
tion regula-
tions
46
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Voting
machines
of returns, and all other particulars in respect to the
management of elections, so far as they may be appli-
cable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this
article, shall govern all municipal elections ; provided
that the Council shall meet as a canvassing board and
duly canvass the election returns within four days after
any municipal election.
(2) In case voting machines shall be used at
municipal elections, the Council shall have power, by
ordinance, to modify the provisions of section 5 as far
as may be necessary to adapt them to the use of voting
machines.
ARTICLE IV
Officials
boards or
departments
Enumeration
Purchases
to be made
by requisition
City Clerk
and
Assessor
OFFICIALS, BOARDS OR DEPARTMENTS
SEC. i. There shall be in the City of Palo Alto
the following officials, boards or departments: — A
Clerk and Assessor; an Auditor and Tax Collector; a
Deputy Auditor and Tax Collector; a City Treasurer; a
City Attorney; a Judge of the Police Court; whose ap-
pointment shall be made by and the tenure of office
and 'salaries fixed by the Council ; a Board of Pub-
lic Works, consisting of three members, to be
appointed by the Council ; a Board of Public Safety,
consisting of three members, to be appointed by the
Council; a Board of Public Library, consisting of three
members, to be appointed by the Council.
SEC. 2. All purchases of supplies for the City of
Palo Alto by the Council or by any of the Departments
thereof shall be made upon requisition. All department
requisitions shall he signed by the chairman of the
department. All other requisitions shall be signed as
the Council may direct. All requisitions shall be filed
with the Auditor and all purchases made only on order
first obtained from said officer.
SEC. 3. The City Clerk and Assessor shall perform
the duties prescribed by Section i and Section 5 of Article
IV of the Charter of 'the City of Palo Alto. The City
Clerk shall also furnish to the Auditor as needed, any
and all statements or accounts in connection with his
office or with the several departments. The clerk shall
perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the
Council. He shall be under a bond to the City of Palo
Alto to be approved by the Council and the City
CITY GOVERNMENT
47
Attorney, in the sum of One Thousand Dollars, for the
faithful performance of his duties.
SEC. 4. The Auditor and Tax Collector shall per-
form the duties prescribed by Section 2 and Section 3 of
Article IV of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto, and
such additional duties as may be prescribed by the City
Council. He shall be under a bond to the City of Palo
Alto, to be approved by the Council and the City
Attorney, in the sum of Five Thousand Dollars for the
faithful performance of his duties.
SEC. 5. The City Treasurer shall perform the duties
prescribed by Section 4 of Article IV of the Charter of
the City of Palo Alto, and such additional duties as
may be prescribed by the City Council. He shall be
under a bond to the City of Palo Alto, to be approved
by the Council and the City Attorney, in the sum of
Ten Thousand Dollars for the faithful performance of
his duties.
SEC. 6. The Deputy Auditor and Tax Collector
shall perform the duties prescribed by Section 4 hereof
as directed by the Auditor and Tax Collector, and such*
additional duties as may be prescribed by the Council.
He shall be under a bond to the City of Palo Alto, to be
approved by the Council and the City Attorney, in the
sum of Three Thousand Dollars for the faithful perform-
ance of his duties.
SEC. 7. The books and records of all city offices
shall be open at all times during office hours and any
taxpayer of the City may inspect the same provided such
taxpayer shall specify the book or record he desires to
see, and such book or record shall not be taken from the
office.
SEC. 8. The regular meetings of the several boards
of the City of Palo Alto shall be as follows : —
The Board of Public Works at the hour of 5 p. m.
on the first Monday of every month at the City Hall ;
The Board of Public Safety at 7 130 p. m. on the first
Monday of every month at the City Hall ;
The Board of Public Library at the hour of 7 130 p. m.
on the first legal day of every month at the Library
building.
SEC. 9. Special meetings of a board may be called at
any time by any member thereof by giving actual notice
to each n ember at least three hours before the time
specified for said meeting.
SEC. 10. Said boards shall elect one of their mem-
bers to preside over said meetings; in his absence one
of the other members may preside. Two members of a
Auditor and
Tax Collector
Treasurer
Deputy
Auditor aud
Tax Collector
Books and
records
Meetings of
boards
Special
meetings
Presiding
officer and
quorum
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Order of
business
Reports of
boards
Financial
statement
City Engineer
and ex-officio
superinten-
dent of
streets
Police
department
board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business.
SEC. ii. The order of business shall be as follows : —
1 Calling the roll.
2 Reading the minutes of the last meeting.
3 Presentation of petitions.
4 Communications and reports.
5 Special orders of the day.
6 Motions, resolutions, orders and ordinances.
7 Reports of officers.
8 Unfinished business.
9 Auditing of accounts.
10 New business.
11 Adjournment.
Provided, however, that the above order of business
may be changed by a board on motion when it shall be
deemed necessary by said board.
SEC. 12. Each of the several boards or departments
of the City of Palo Alto shall file with the City Clerk a
, monthly report showing the receipts and expenditures of
said board or department, and an annual report showing
in detail the receipts and expenditures of said board or
department for the past year, and the number of officers
and other employees employed by said board and the
salary or compensation paid such officers or employees.
SEC. 13. It shall be the duty of each of the said
boards, in co-operation with the proper committee of the
Council, during the month of July of each and every year
to prepare and present to the Council of said City a
statement showing approximately the amount of money
that will be required by it in the discharge of its duties
for the ensuing fiscal year, in order that the said Council
may pass upon said statement in determining the amount
of taxes to be raised for said year.
SEC. 14. The Board of Public Works shall appoint
an executive officer, as provided by the Charter, who
shall be known and designated as the City Engineer and
ex-officio Superintendent of Streets. They shall appoint
on his recommendation such additional officers or em-
ployees as are necessary for carrying on the work of
their department, as provided by the Charter of the City
of Palo Alto.
SEC. 15. The Police Department shall consist of a
Chief of Police and such number of policemen as the
Board of Public Safety may from time to time appoint.
In addition to such regular policemen, the Board shall
have power to appoint special policemen to hold office
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for such length of time as shall be designated in the
appointment, whenever said Board shall deem such
officers necessary.
The policemen shall be appointed by the Board of Policemen
Public Safety and shall hold office at the will of said
Board and until their successors in office are appointed,
and may be dismissed without notice. Each regular
policeman shall wear a metal badge conspicuously dis-
played with "Palo Alto Police" engraved upon the same.
Each regular policeman shall file a bond to the City of
Palo Alto with two good and sufficient sureties or a
bonding company, to be approved by the Board of
Public Safety, in the sum of One Thousand Dollars for
the faithful performance of his duties.
Each policeman shall have the powers that are now Powers of
conferred by law upon police officers of this State in policemen
all matters pertaining to the enforcement of the police
regulations of the City, and shall be entitled to the
same protection in all respects as is now afforded by
law to police officers of this State. It shall be his
duty to enforce the police regulations of said City, to
prevent the commission of any breach of the peace, to
suppress riots and disorderly assemblages, and to arrest
every person found violating any law or ordinance or
committing acts injurious to the quiet and good order
of the City, or to the person or property of any citizen
of the City. He shall have such further powers and
duties as may be prescribed by the City Council or the
Board of Public Safety by ordinance or order.
SKC. 1 6. The Board of Public Safety shall super- Sanitary
vise all matters pertaining to the sanitary condition of condition
the City, and shall make such rules and regulations c
relative thereto as are necessary and proper. They shall
report to the Secretary of the State Board of Health
at Sacramento at such times as the State Board of
Health may require, all matters and things required by
the laws of the State of California. Said Board shall
have all the powers and exercise all the duties required
of it by the laws of the State of California applying
to Boards of Health.
In the exercise of these powers and duties the said Health
Board shall appoint an executive officer, whose title (
shall be Health Officer. Said Health Officer of the City
of Palo Alto is hereby vested with full power to enforce
all the health and sanitary regulations provided by ordi-
nances of the City of Palo Alto, or by rules and regula-
tions of this Board, or by the laws of the State of
California.
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Salary of
Health
Officer
Violation
of sanitary
rules
Penalty
Powers of
appointment
and
removal
SEC. 17. The Health Officer shall receive as com-
pensation for the discharge of said duties an annual
salary to be fixed by the Board of Public Safety, payable
in twelve equal installments.
SEC. 1 8. It is hereby declared unlawful for any
person to interfere in any manner or form, or disobey
or refuse to comply with any of the ordinances of the
City of Palo Alto pertaining to health and sanitary
regulations, or of any orders or rules or regulations
prescribed or made by this Board, or by the said Health
Officer in the lawful discharge of his duties herein set
forth.
SEC. 19. Any person or persons violating the
provisions of the last section herein shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Three Hundred
Dollars, or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding
three months, or by both fine and imprisonment.
SEC. 20. All the above boards shall have the power
of appointment and removal of all officers in their
respective departments, and shall fix their compensation
and tenure of office.
PART II
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ARTICLE I
ASSESSMENT, LEVY AND COLLECTION OF
TAXES
SEC. i. Between the first Monday of March and the
first day of July of each year, the City Assessor shall Assessment
ascertain the names of all taxable inhabitants and all
property within the City of Palo Alto subject to taxation
by the City, and must assess such property to the persons
by whom it was owned or claimed, or in whose posses-
sion or control it was at twelve o'clock m. of such first
Monday of March; but no mistake in the name of the
owner, or supposed owner, of property shall render the
assessment thereof invalid. In assessing solvent credits
not secured by mortgage or trust deed, a reduction
therefrom shall be made of debts due to bona fide resi-
dents of this State. He shall proceed, so far as applic-
able in the same manner as provided for the action of
county assessors by Chapter III of Title IX of Part III
of the Political Code; and must prepare "an assessment
roll of persons and property subject to taxation, listed
by block number, in which must be specified, in separate
columns, under the appropriate heads, the several
matters and things respecting the City assessment
substantially as required by Section 3650 of the
Political Code of the State of California respecting
assessments for State and County purposes ; and must
sign and certify said assessment roll and take and sub-
scribe an affidavit therein substantially in the form
required of county assessors by Section 3652 of the
Political Code. The clerk shall*, after making out the
assessment roll, write in the tax receipt blanks the
description of property, block number, valuation and
names of owners.
SEC. 2. As soon as completed and on or before the
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Notice of
equalization
Penalty
Personal
property
tax
Sale of
personal
property
for taxes
first day of July of each year, the City Assessor shall
deliver his assessment roll, together with his map book
(if any) and statements to the City Council to be equal-
ized ; and the City Council must immediately give notice
thereof, and of the time when the Council will meet to
equalize assessments, by publication in some newspaper
published in said City, and, in the meantime, the assess-
ment roll must remain open for the inspection of all
persons interested.
SEC. 3. If the City Assessor shall fail to complete
and deliver his assessment roll within the time herein-
before specified, he shall forfeit to the City the sum of
five hundred dollars, and any other damages the City
may sustain by reason of such failure, and he is also
liable to the City for all taxes on property within the
City, which, through his willful failure or neglect, may,
at any time be unassessed ; and recovery for such penalty,
damages and loss of taxes, or either or any of such
matters, may be had by the City upon his official bond.
SEC. 4. The City Assessor must collect the taxes on
all personal property, when, in his opinion, said taxes
are not a lien upon real property sufficient to secure the
payment of the taxes. He shall pay to the Auditor
every three days all personal property taxes collected by
him and in his hands, taking the Auditor's receipt for
the moneys so paid.
The Assessor shall be governed, as to the amount
of taxes to be by him collected on unsecured personal
property, by the rate of the previous year.
SEC. 5. The City Assessor may, after making an
assessment, collect the taxes due on personal property,
(except when real estate is liable therefor), by seizure
and sale of any personal property owned by the delin-
quent. The sale must be at public auction, and of a suffi-
cient amount of the property to pay the taxes and costs.
The sale shall be made after one week's, notice of the time
and place thereof given by publication in a newspaper in
the city, or by posting in three public places. For seizing
or selling personal property the Assessor shall charge
in each case, for the use of the City, the sum of three
dollars, and the same mileage as is allowed by law to the
sheriff of the county. ,
On payment of the price bid for any property sold,
the delivery thereof, with a bill of sale, vests the title
thereto in the purchaser. All excess of the proceeds
over the taxes and costs of any such sale must be
returned to the owner of the property sold, and, until
claimed, must be deposited in the treasury of the City,
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subject to the order of the owner, his heirs or assigns.
The unsold portions of any property may be left at the
place of sale at the risk of the owner.
S F.r. 6. The City Council shall meet at their usual
place of holding meetings on the first Monday in August Board of
of each year, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day, Equalization
and sit as a Board of Equalization ; and shall continue in
session, from day to day, until all the returns of the
assessor have been rectified. They shall have power to
hear complaints, and to correct, modify or strike out any
assessment made by the Assessor ; and may, of their own
motion, raise any assessment, upon notice to the party
whose assessment is to be raised. They shall be governed,
so far as applicable, by the provisions of Chapter IV of
Title IX of Part III of the Political Code relating to
equalization of taxes.
SEC. 7. The City Clerk shall be the Clerk of the
Board of Equalization, and, as such, must record in a Clerk- to en-
book to be kept for that purpose, all changes, corrections ter changes
and orders made by the Board; and during the sessions
of the Board, or as soon as possible after its adjournment,
must enter on the assessment roll all changes and correc-
tions made by the Board, and having completed the
corrections in the assessment roll, must take and subscribe
an affidavit on said assessment roll substantially as
follows : —
"I, Clerk of the City
"of Palo Alto do swear that, as Clerk of the Board of
" Equalization of said City, I have kept correct minutes
"of all acts of the Board touching alterations of the
"assessment roll; that all alterations agreed to or
"directed to be made have been made and entered on the
"assessment roll, and that no changes or alterations have
"been made thereon except those authorized."
The assessment roll so corrected shall be certified by
the City Clerk as being the assessment roll for each tax
for the year, and shall be the assessment roll upon which
such tax is to be levied in said year.
SKC. 8. The City Council must, on the first day of Tax lery
September of each year, fix the rate of City taxes,
designating the number of cents on each one hundred
dollars of property levied for each fund ; and must then
levy such City taxes as may be necessary to raise revenue
for the maintenance of the City and the several depart-
ment^ during the ensuing fiscal year, but such tax levy, for
all municipal purposes, except the payment of interest
and principal on the bonded indebtedness, shall not
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Clerk to
enter in
assessment
book taxes
to be paid on
property
Tax Collec-
tor to give
notice of
time when
taxes must
be paid
Receipt for
taxes paid
exceed the sum of eighty-five cents upon each one hun-
dred dollars of assessed- valuation as the same appears
upon the assessment roll.
SEC. 9. When the assessments have been equalized
and the corrections made and the tax levied as aforesaid,
the Clerk must enter on said assessment roll in a separate
money column the respective sums, in dollars and cents,
so levied on each one hundred dollars valuation of taxable
property (rejecting the fractions of a cent), to be paid as
a tax levied on the property enumerated, and foot up the
column, showing the total value of property in the City
as corrected under the direction of the Board of Equaliza-
tion, and the total amount of taxes ; the whole to be done
and completed on or before the third Monday in Septem-
ber of each year.
SEC. 10. On or before the third Monday in Septem-
ber of each year, the assessment roll shall be delivered to
the Tax Collector of the City, who must publish
immediately a notice in some newspaper published in
said City, specifying:
1. That the taxes on all personal property secured by
ical property and one-half of the taxes on all real
property will be due and payable on the first Monday in
October, and will be delinquent on the last Monday in
November next thereafter, at five o'clock p. m., and that
unless paid prior thereto, fifteen per cent will be added
to the amount thereof; and that, if said one-half be not
paid before the last Monday in April next, at five o'clock
p.m., an additional five per cent will be added thereto ;
that the remaining one-half of the taxes on all real
property will be payable on and after the first Monday
in January next, and will be delinquent on the last Monday
in April next thereafter, at five o'clock p. m., and that,
unlesss paid prior thereto, five per cent will be added
to the amount thereof;
2. That all taxes may be paid at the time the first
installment, as herein provided, is due and payable;
3. The times and places at which payment of taxes
may be made.
On receiving the assessment roll, the Tax Collector
shall Le charged by the Assessor with the full amount of
taxes levied, chargeable to him.
SEC. ii. The Tax Collector must mark the date of
payment of any tax on the assessment roll opposite the
name of the person paying the same, and he must give a
receipt to the person paying any tax, specifying the
amount of the assessment and the tax paid, and the
amount remaining unpaid, if any, with a description of
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the property assessed; provided, that the receipt for the
last installment of taxes may refer, by number or in any
other intelligible manner, to the receipt given for the
first installment of taxes in lieu of a description of the
property assessed.
SEC. 12. It shall be the duty of the Tax Collector Tax Collector
to receive and collect all sums due the City for taxes (duties)
and licenses and from other sources, and he shall pay all
moneys received into the treasury of the City within
three days after the receipt thereof, taking a receipt
from the Treasurer for all moneys paid to him.
SEC. 13. On the last Monday of November of each Delinquent
year, at 5 o'clock p. m., all taxes then unpaid, except taxes
the last installment of the real property taxes, shall (Penalty)
become delinquent, and thereafter the Tax Collector
must collect, for the use of the City, an addition of
fifteen per cent thereon; provided, that if they be not
paid before the last Monday in April next succeeding,
at five o'clock p. m., he shall collect an additional five
per cent thereon for the use of the City.
On the last Monday in April of each year, at 5
o'clock p. m., all the unpaid portion of the remaining
one-half of the taxes on all the real property shall. become
delinquent, and thereafter the Tax Collector must collect,
for the use of the City, an addition of five per cent
thereon ; provided that the entire tax on any real property,
as above provided, may be paid at the time the first install-
ment is due and payable ; and provided, further, that
the taxes on all personal property, unsecured by real
property, shall be due and payable immediately after the
assessment on said personal property is made. The said
personal property tax shall become delinquent on the
thirtieth day of June of each year, at 5 o'clock p. m.
SEC. 14. On the 3rd Monday in December and May Delinquent
of each year, the Tax Collector must make, for the use Hst
of the City, a complete delinquent list of all persons
and the property upon which taxes have not, been paid,
in which list must be set out in numerical or alphabetical
order all matters and things contained in the assessment
roll and relating to delinquent persons or property.
SEC. 15. On or within five days before or after the Publication
first Monday in June of each year, the Tax Collector °.f delinquent
must publish the delinquent list,, which must contain the !
names of the persons and a description of the property
deli iquent, and the amount of taxes and costs due
opposite each name and description, with the taxes
dre on personal property added to taxes on real
estate, where the real estate is liable therefor, or the
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Copy of
publication
to be filed
with County
Recorder
Additional
costs
Tax sale
Certificate
of sale
several taxes due from the same persons. The Tax
Collector must append to and publish with said delin-
quent list a notice that unless the taxes delinquent,
together with the costs and percentage, are paid, the real
property upon which such taxes are a lien, shall be sold
by operation of law to the City of Palo Alto, as provided
by Section 3771 of the Political Code, of the State of
California, — (the words "sold to the State" in said
section of the Political Code being changed to read, "sold
to the City.")
This publication must be made once in a newspapei
of general circulation of said City, and such notice must
designate the time and place of said sale to the City.
SEC. 1 6. The Tax Collector, as soon as he has made
the aforesaid publication, must file with the County
Recorder of Santa Clara County, a copy of the publica-
tion, with an affidavit attached thereto, that it is a true
copy of the same, and that the publication was made in
a newspaper, stating its name and place of publication,
and the date of such appearance, which affidavit is prima
facie evidence of all the facts stated therein.
SEC. 17. The Tax Collector must collect, in addition
to the taxes due on the delinquent list and the penalties
and costs added thereto, an additional sum of two dollars
on each lot, piece or tract of land separately assessed,
for the use of the City.
SEC. 1 8. On the day fixed for the sale, at the hour
of ten o'clock a. m., the Tax Collector shall sell to the
City of Palo Alto, by operation of law, all property on
which taxes, penalties and costs remain unpaid.
SEC. 19. The Tax Collector must make out, in dupli-
cate, a certificate dated the day of sale stating (when
known) the name of the person assessed and a descrip-
tion of the land sold, the amount due thereon, including
all penalties and costs, that it was sold to the City for
taxes, giving the amount and the year of the assessment,
and specifying the time when the City will be entitled to
a deed. The certificate must be signed by the Tax
Collector, and one copy placed on file with the City Clerk-
to be kept in the archives of the City, and the other filed
in the office of the County Recorder.
The Tax Collector must, at this time, enter in a book
a description of the property sold to the City corres-
ponding with the description in the certificate, the date
of sale and amount paid, and regularly number the
descriptions on the margin of the book and put the
corresponding number on each certificate. Said book
must be open to public inspection without fee during
office hours when not in actual use.
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SEC. 20. On filing the certificate with the County
Recorder of Santa Clara County, the lien of the City
becomes vested in the City, and can only be divested by
the payment to the City, for its use, all sums due the City
against said property, as shown by the certificate ami
fifty per centum thereon.
A redemption of the property sold may be made by
the owner or any party interested within five years from
the date of purchase. Redemption must be marte in
lawful money of the United States.
SEC. 21. Thereafter, said property so sold to the
City for delinquent taxes shall be assessed upon the
assessment roll in the name of the City of Palo Alto, with
the name of the party to whom it was assessed at the
time of said sale to the City written thereunder ; and
before said property is redeemed, as provided by section
20 above, the redemptioner shall pay, in addition to all
sums hereinbefore provided, all sums due for yearly
assessments of taxes against said property, and the lien
of the City shall not be divested until these accumulated
taxes against said property shall have been paid.
SEC. 22. If the property is not redeemed, as provided
by sections 20 and 21, within the time prescribed by law
for such redemption, the Tax Collector must make to
the City or its assignee, a deed to the property, reciting
in the deed substantially the matters contained in the
certificate, and that no person has redeemed the property
during the time allowed for its redemption.
Before said deed is made and executed, the Tax
Collector shall publish a notice once in the official
newspaper of said City, describing the property and
stating therein the time when the right of redemption
will expire, and that the City will be entitled to a deed
to said property at said time unless the same is sooner
redeemed.
An affidavit of said publication shall be made and
filed with the Clerk and shall be received in all courts
as prima facie evidence that all things herein provided
have been complied with and that the title to said
property has become finally vested in the City.
SKC. 23. The City Assessor must, on the first day
of July in each year, attend at the office of the Tax
Collector with the personal property list, and the Tax
f-^ ,, , ,- 11 11- • i
Collector must then carefully compare the list with, the
assessments of persons and property not marked "paid"
on the assessment roll, and, when the taxes have been
paid, must note the fact in the appropriate column in
the assessment roll.' The City Assessor must then make
Filing
certificate
J|j£ redemp-
property
Property to
j^ ^m
the cit
Tax deed
Inspection oi
delinquent
list, per-
sonal proi--
erty
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Settlement
Assessor
Affidavit
Assessor
Errors in
collection
of taxes
Double
assessment
Land assessed
irregularly
not to be
sold for
Misnomer of
owner not
to invalidate
sale
an affidavit to be written and subscribed in the personal
property assessment list, that every person and all
property assessed in the delinquent list, on which taxes
have been paid, has been credited in the list with such
payment.
The Tax Collector must then foot up the amount of
taxes remaining unpaid and credit the City Assessor
with the amount, and have a final settlement with him,
and the delinquent list must remain on file in the Tax
Collector's office.
At the time mentioned in this section, the City
Assessor must make an affidavit, endorsed on the list,
that the taxes not marked "paid" have not been paid,
and that he has not been able to discover any property
belonging to or in the possession of the persons liable to
pay the same whereof to collect them.
SEC. 24. Any taxes, percentage and costs, errone-
ously collected, may, by order of the City Council, be
refunded by the City.
SEC. 25. When the Tax Collector discovers that any
property has been assessed more than once for the same
year, he must collect only the tax justly due, and make
return of the facts under affidavit to the City Council.
SEC. 26. If the Tax Collector discovers before the
sale that on account of irregular assessment or any
other error any land ought not to be sold, he must not
offer the same for sale ; and the City Council must cause
the City Assessor to enter the uncollected taxes upon the
assessment roll of the next succeeding year, to be
collected together with the other taxes thereon.
SEC. 27. When land is sold for taxes correctly
imposed as the property of a particular person, no
misnomer of the owner, or other mistake relating to the
ownership thereof, shall affect the sale or render it void
or voidable.
License
taxes payable
in advance
ARTICLE II
LICENSE TAXES
SEC. i. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm
or corporation in his or its name, as agent, clerk or
solicitor, or in any other capacity, to commence, engage
in or carry on, or aid or assist in carrying on, any
business, occupation or calling liable to a license tax by
this article, without first paying for and taking out a
proper license therefor in the manner hereinafter pro-
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vided, which license when procured, authorizes the party
named therein, at and in the particular place stated in
such license, and at no other, to transact and carry on the
business, calling or occupation described in such license.
A separate license must be procured and paid for each
branch establishment or separate house of business
located in the City of Palo Alto.
SEC. 2. The amount of any license tax, viz. : from Amount
the date of the commencement of any business, occupation
or calling, imposed under or by virtue of any section or
provision of this article, shall be deemed a debt owing
to the said City of Palo Alto at the time of the commence-
ment of any such business, occupation or calling
requiring such license tax and payment thereof, for the
collection of which an action may be maintained as in
this article provided ; and on the first day of each quarter
thereafter, should such business, occupation or calling
be continued, the further sum and amount of and for
one quarter year, or three months in advance, shall also
become and be a debt due and owing said City of Palo
Alto, the collection of which may be enforced as herein
mentioned ana provided.
SEC. 3. The Council of the City of Palo Alto shall Recovery
direct suit in behalf and in the name of the City of Palo by suit
Alto, as plaintiff, to be brought for the recovery of such
license tax against any person, firm or corporation,
required by this article to take out a license, who fails,
neglects or refuses to take out such license, or who
carries on or attempts to carry on, any business, occupa-
tion or calling in any form or manner whatever, without
such license, and in such case the Clerk of said city may
make the necessary affidavit for and a writ of attachment
may issue without any bond being given in behalf of the
plaintiff.
SEC. 4. Every person who shall commence, engage Penalty
in or carry on any business, trade, profession or calling,
whether as principal, agent, clerk, solicitor or otherwise,
for the transaction or carrying on of which a license is
required under or by virtue of any section or provision of
this article, without first taking out and procuring the
license prescribed by such section or provision, or who
shall otherwise violate any provision of this article,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding three hundred dollars or by imprisonment
for a period not exceeding three months, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
SEC. 5. The City Clerk shall make out and deliver
6o
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to collect
Term
Tax Collector to the Tax Collector an assessment roll of all licenses
for collection and enforcement. Said roll shall contain
the names of all persons, firms or corporations subject
to licenses herein provided, together with amounts
thereof. The Tax Collector or his deputy shall collect,
for the use of the City all sums due for licenses. Any
errors or omissions in the assessment roll shall not invali-
date sums due for licenses.
SEC. 6. Licenses may be issued for the term of three,
six or twelve months, and for such other terms as may
be required by this article. All licenses issued for three,
six or twelve months must commence at the beginning
of a quarter, to wit: —
On the first day of July, October, January and April ;
provided that when any business, occupation or calling
requiring a license shall have been commenced after the
commencement of the year, half year, or quarter year,
then, in that case, the Tax Collector shall issue a license
for only one quarter, and upon payment to the Tax
Collector of the license for the second quarter thereafter,
the person paying such license for said business shall
receive a credit thereon for the pro rata sum required for
such license for said unexpired term for which the first
quarter payment was made; provided, further, that no
license shall be issued to extend beyond the fiscal year
for which said license is issued.
SEd 7. It shall be the duty of the Tax Collector
to have printed license blanks for the City in substan-
tially the following form : —
Form of
license
blanks
State of California
County of Santa Clara
City of Palo Alto
No
;
) Palo Alto, Cal ............................ 19 .....
...................................................... is hereby entitled to transact the
business of ....................................... on ....................................... street for the
term of .......................... months, from ........................ 19 ...... to ........................
19 ...... having paid the sum of .............................. ($ ) Dollars
License expires ................................................ 19 .........
IX WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the Corporate Seal of said City.
Tax Collector
Deputy Tax Collector
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The license blanks shall he hound in hooks of suit- License
ahle size and shall have a stub corresponding thereto, stub
which shall remain in the book after issuance. On this
stub shall he noted the number of the license, the date
thereof, to whom issued, for what, the time when it
expires and the amount paid.
The Tax Collector shall, at the time of delivering Transient
the license, see that the stub is properly filled out. The
Tax Collector shall have the power to issue licenses
to persons, firms or corporations not having an estab-
lished or fixed place of business within the City of Palo
Alto. Such licenses shall be stamped "Transient." The
Tax Collector shall keep just and true accounts of all
licenses issued, to whom, and the sums of money
received therefor.
SEC. 8. Every person, firm or corporation having Exhibition
obtained a license under the provisions of this article of license
shall keep the same exhibited in some conspicuous part
of the place of business for which the same was procured ;
provided, that a peddler or other person who has no fixed
place of business in said City shall carry his license and
must exhibit the same when so requested. And all
vehicles and wagons used for peddling shall have a
number displayed thereon, which number must also be
written at the time of issuance by the Tax Collector on
the face of the license given.
No license granted or issued under any of the Not
provisions of this article shall be in any manner assign- transferable
able or transferable, nor shall it authorize any person,
firm or corporation other than the one therein mentioned
to do business. Any person violating this section shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than
twenty-five dollars nor more than three hundred
dollars or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding
three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SEC. 9. Words used in this article in the present Words in-
tense include the future tense as well as the present ; elude what
words used in the masculine gender include the feminine
and neuter; the singular includes the plural and the
plural, the singular ; the word "person" includes a part-
nership and a corporation as well as a natural person.
SEC. 10. License must be procured as aforesaid for Rates of
the business, occupation or calling hereinafter mentioned licenses on
for which license payment must be made to the Tax fixed
Collector of the City of Palo Alto or to his duly author- b«siness
ized deputy, in the following amounts, and the Tax
Collector must require payment therefor as follows, to
wit: — •
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ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Definition
of peddler
Amount of
peddler's
license
Peddler Sue. A. Every person who conducts the business of
peddling, or who from place to place offers to or does sell,
barter or exchange anything then in his possession in
said City of Palo Alto (excepting newspapers, periodi-
cals and publications and excepting those who sell only to
merchants and traders for resale), shall pay a license tax
per quarter year of $30.00.
SUB. B. Every person who, not having within said
City a fixed place of business, regularly kept open, with
some one in charge thereof for the transaction of the
particular business engaged in during the hours custom-
ary for the transaction of such business, travels from
place to place and offers to or does sell, barter or ex-
change anything then in his possession in said City of
Palo Alto (excepting the persons and articles in this sub-
division excepted) shall be deemed a peddler within the
meaning of this article. P>ut this section shall not apply
to persons offering for sale only fruit, vegetables or
other produce raised by themselves.
SUB. C. ( i ) Every person who conducts a business of
peddling as defined in subdivision B (and not being within
any of the exceptions of said subdivision) and maintain-
ing a wagon or wagons, vehicle or vehicles for this
purpose, shall pay a license tax of $30.00 per quarter year
for the first wagon or vehicle so maintained for peddling
and $15.00 per quarter year for each additional wagon or
vehicle so maintained for peddling within said City of
Palo Alto.
SUB. C. (2) Any person maintaining a regular ped-
dling route and engaged solely in the business of peddling
food products (and not being within any of the except-
ions of subdivision B above) shall pay a license tax of
$10.00 per quarter.
No peddler's license shall be issued for less than a
quarter year.
SUB. D. Every solicitor or order agent who shall
solicit or take orders for sale, barter, exchange or de-
livery of any goods, wares or merchandise not then in
his actual possession as a peddler, (excepting newspapers,
periodicals and publications and excepting those who sell
only to merchants and traders for re-sale, and excepting
those who have a fixed place of business in said City),
shall pay a license tax of $30.00 per quarter year. No
license shall issue for less than a quarter year.
Delivery SUB. E. Every person, firm or corporation (outside
of goods of those conducting regular places of business in said
City) selling or delivering different articles of apparel,
c'ry ^o- ds, fancy goods, notions, groceries, hardware,
Food
oroclucts
Solicitors
and agents
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tin \\are or merchandise of any class or character, to
persons not regularly engaged in or carrying on such
lines of business, whether by sample or otherwise, shall
pay a license tax of $30.00 per quarter. No license shall
issue for less than a quarter year.
SUB. F. Every person, firm or corporation engaged Auction
in keeping or conducting any auction store, bankrupt stores
store or place of business advertised to dispose of goods,
wares, or merchandise for less than original cost, or
selling bankrupt stock, shall pay a license tax of $200 per
quarter. No license shall be issued for less than one
quarter year.
SUB. G. Every person, firm or corporation, agent or Laundry
solicitor who maintains a laundry route, either for r°utes
himself or for others, or who shall solicit or take orders
for the washing, cleaning, dyeing or cleansing of articles
for hire, or who shall accept or receive articles to be
washed or dyed or cleaned for hire, or who conducts
or carries on a laundry business as an agent, solicitor,
representative or employee, shall pay a license tax of
$10.00 per quarter, unless the master or principal has paid
said license tax ; and it shall be unlawful to carry on or
solicit for such laundry business until such tax has been
paid. Provided, however, that nothing herein contained
shall apply to any person, firm or corporation having a
regular established laundry business, maintained and
operated in said City, which has been inspected from time
to time by the health officer under the rules and regu-
lations of the Board of Public Safety, and which has
received a permit from the Board of Public Safety to
carry on and conduct such business. No license shall be
issued for less than a quarter year.
SUB. H. Every person who collects, purchases or Junk
barters for old junk and second-hand articles shall pay a dealers
license tax of $2.00 per quarter year.
SUB. I. Each person engaged in any of the following Miscell-
businesses, occupations or callings shall pay a license tax aneous
as follows: occupations
Each sewing machine agent, $5.00 per quarter year.
Each agent for pianos or organs, $10.00 per quarter
year.
Each book agent, $5.00 per quarter year.
Each person selling goods, wares or merchandise on
the street, $5.00 per quarter year.
Each bill poster, $2.50 per quarter year.
Each person organizing or endeavoring to organize
a watch club, suit club, jeweler's club or similar scheme,
$10.00 per quarter year.
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ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF I'AU) A I /IT)
Billiard
and pool
tables
Nine-pin
and bowling
alleys
Menagerie,
circus, etc.
Trick rope
performer
Shooting
gallery
Merry-go-
round
Fortune
teller
Exhibition
or
performance
Each street musician, $1.00 per quarter year.
Each patent medicine vendor, $50.00 per day.
Each auctioneer making a sale in said City, $5.00 per
day.
Sale of tobacco in any form, $1.00 per quarter year.
SUB. J. Every proprietor or keeper of a billiard,
bagatelle or pool table contained in a public or billiard
hall shall pay a license tax of $2.00 per quarter year for
each table.
SUB. K. The proprietor, manager or lessee of each
nine- or ten-pin alley, bowling or box alley shall pay a
license tax of $2.50 per quarter year for each alley.
SUB. L. The proprietor or manager of each men-
agerie, circus or collection of animals shall pay a license
tax of $50.00 per day and $3.00 additional for each side
show or exhibition for which an entrance fee is charged,
except that a license tax of $5.00 for each performance
shall be collected for each show of trick horses, cats,
monkeys or other domestic animals only.
SUB. M. The proprietor or manager of any tight
rope or wire rope performance, panorama, show of figures
or sleight of hand, exhibited for gain or reward, shall
pay a license tax of $3.00 for each performance.
SUB. N. The proprietor or manager of each shooting
gallery shall pay a license tax of $3.00 per quarter year.
SUB. O. The proprietor, manager or lessee of flying
horses, so-called, or merry-go-round shall pay a license tax
for each ring or set of $5.00 for each day or portion of a
clay in which they are run ; or if a license is granted for a
month, a license tax of $25.00 shall be paid in advance by
such owner, manager or lessee.
SUB. P. Every astrologer, fortune teller, medium,
clairvoyant, or mind reader, doing business in the City of
Palo Alto, whether in connection with other exhibitions or
performances for which a license has been paid or
separately, shall pay a license tax of $10.00 per quarter
year.
SUB. Q. For each exhibition or performance for
which an admission fee is charged, for any theatrical
performance, or any performance given by minstrel, or
opera or concert singers, for any acrobatic performance
or show or exhibition of animal or animals, figures, jugg-
lers, necromancers, magicians, wire or rope dancing,
sleight of hand exhibitions, or any other performance or
entertainment for which an admission fee is charged, a
license tax of $2.00 shall be paid by the owner, manager
or lessee thereof ; provided, that this subdivision shall not
be construed to require any license to be paid for any
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church or school socials or entertainments given for
benevolent purposes.
Si'B. R. The proprietor, manager or lessee of a skat- Skatin-
ing rink so-called, including all exhibitions or perform- rinl<
ances in connection therewith, shall pay a license tax of
$10.00 per quarter year.
SUB. S. The proprietor, manager or lessee of a Theatre
theatre or moving picture show having a fixed place of c
business and giving exhibitions or performances for which plc
an admission fee is charged, shall pay a license tax of
$10.00 per quarter year.
SKC. ii. When any person, firm or corporation fails Penalty
to pay a license tax herein provided for during the
quarter for which the same is due, it shall be the duty of
the Tax Collector to publish a notice that said license
tax is delinquent, by one insertion in the official news-
paper, and that a penalty of 25 per cent shall be added to
the amount thereof unless the said license tax is paid to
the City within ten days after such publication, together
with the cost of the publication.
PART III
POLICE REGULATIONS
Imprison-
ment in
County
Jail
ARTICLE I
VIOLATION OF ORDINANCES AND IMPRISON-
MENT
SEC. i. Any person violating any ordinance, or part
of any ordinance, of the City of Palo Alto, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, or by both fine
and imprisonment.
SEC. 2. Any person sentenced to imprisonment for
the violation of an ordinance of the City of Palo Alto
may be imprisoned in the county jail of Santa Clara
County and the expense of such imprisonment shall be a
charge in favor of said County of Santa Clara, and against
the City of Palo Alto.
Disturbing
assemblages
Prohibition
of
Vulgar
language
Noise
Offensive
conduct
Fighting
Indecent
exposure
Using
weapons
ARTICLE II
PUBLIC PEACE AND ORDER
SEC. i. No person shall wilfully disturb any lawful
assemblage or procession of persons by noise, profanity,
or by rude, obnoxious or indecent conduct, or in any
other manner whatsoever.
SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful upon any street or in
any public place :
(a) To use vulgar, profane or indecent language;
(b) To make any loud or unusual noise ;
(c) To be guilty of tumultuous or offensive conduct;
(d) To fight, quarrel or challenge to fight;
(e) To make any indecent exposure of the person;
(f) To draw or exhibit any deadly or other weapon
in a rude, angry or threatening manner, and not in
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necessary self defense, or in any manner to use the same
unlawfully in any fight or quarrel ;
(g) For any person not a public officer to wear or Concealed
carry concealed any pistol, dirk, or other dangerous weapons
weapon ;
(h) To make use of, or have in his possession any Knuckles
slung shot, or metal knuckles, or any other instrument
of a similar character.
SKC. 3. It shall be unlawful : Begging
(a) To beg or solicit alms from house to house or (a) from
upon any street or sidewalk, or in any other public place ; house to
(b) To camp, lodge or tarry over night in any vacant house
lot or in any place where hay or straw is stored, or in Camping in
any building unless the permission of the owner or vacant lots
occupant of the premises first be obtained ;
(c) For any person not having visible means of Loitering
support to wander about the streets or loiter around (
street corners or public parks or public streets or other
places in said City.
SEC. 4. No person shall be upon any public high- Drunkenness
way, or in any public place, in a state of drunkenness
or be on any private premises or in any private house
in a state of drunkenness to the annoyance of any other
person.
SEC. 5. Every person who shall violate any of the Penalty
provisions of this article srjall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be pun-
ished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by
imprisonment for a period not exceeding thirty days, or
by both such fine and imprisonment.
ARTICLE III
GUNS AND EXPLOSIVES
SKC. i. It shall be and is hereby made unlawful' Discharging
for any person or persons, \vithri the corporate limits of
the City of Palo Alto, to discharge any cannon, anvil
or firearm of any kind or description, fire-cracker, bomb
nr fireworks of any Hnd, character or description, with-
out a permit, in writing, granted by the Board of Public
Safety upon written application ; to discharge any pistol,
firearm, air gun, musket gun, or any instrument of any
kind, character or description, which throws or projects
bullets or missiles of any kind, to any distance, by means
of the elastic force of air, or any explosive substance : to
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ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Shooting
jrallery
Penalty
make, use, or have in his possession, any slingshot, or
other instrument or device by which missiles of any kind
or description are hurled or projected, or in any manner
use the same to the danger or annoyance of any person
or injury to property.
Si-:c. 2. Nothing in this article shall be construed
so as to prohibit any person from shooting in any
licensed shooting-gallery.
SEC. 3. Any person violating any provision of this
article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be
punishable by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ; and,
if default be made in the payment of such fine imposed,
or any part thereof, then he may be imprisoned one day
f r each two dollars of such fine remaining unpaid.
Unlawful
places
Unlawful to
sell, deliver
or solicit
Clttb rooms
Medicinal,
etc.
ARTICLE IV
ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS
SEC. i. It shall be unlawful for an^ person or
persons, firm, corporation, club or association or member
of such club or association to establish, carry on, keep
or maintain a place where spirituous, vinous, malt, or
intoxicating liquors or any admixture thereof or any
alcoholic drinks whatsoever are sold, kept for sale,
offered for sale, furnished, distributed, divided, delivered
or given away.
SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, either
as owner, employer, agent, servant, clerk or employee, to
sell or deliver any of the liquors herein mentioned, or to
solicit the sale of or take orders for the same within the
limits of the City of Palo Alto.
SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person, directly
or indirectly, to keep or maintain, by himself or b^
associating or combining with others, or in any manner
to aid, assist or abet in keeping or maintaining any club
room or other place within the City of Palo Alto, in
which any intoxicating liquors are kept for the purpose
of gift, barter or sale, or for distribution among members
of any club or association.
SEC. 4. Nothing in this article shall be held or
construed to prohibit the sale or use of alcoholic liquor
for medicinal purposes by a regularly licensed druggist
upon the prescription of a physician entitled to practice
iredicine under the laws of the State of California ;
provided, however, said prescription shall not be refilled.
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Xor shall anything in this article be held or construed
t<> prohibit the sale or use of alcoholic liquor for indus-
trial, sacrament'd or scientific purposes.
SEC. 5. Any violation of the foregoing provisions Penalty
in this article shall constitute a misdemeanor, punishable
upon conviction by a fine of not more than three hundred
dollars, or by imprisonment in the City jail for a period
of not more than three months, or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
ARTICLE V
GAMBLING
SEC. i. It shall be unlawful for any person or Gambling
persons to deal, play, carry on, open, conduct, or cause unlawful
to be opened or conducted, as owner or employe, whether
for hire or not, or to play at or bet at or against any
game of billiards or pool, or any other game played with
billiard balls, or any game played with dice, cards, or
other device, for money, chips, checks, credits, drinks,
or other representative of value. It shall be unlawful
for any person to act as lookout, door-keeper, or game-
keeper for any such game played for money, checks,
chips, credits, drinks, or any representative of value.
Any building, room, lot, or other place, used or occupied
for the purpose of gambling or playing or carrying on
any of the games herein prohibited for money, checks,
credits, drinks, or other representative of value, shall be
deemed a disorderly house; and it shall be unlawful for
any person to resort to, visit, enter, or be in any room
or place where any such game is being played.
SKC. 2. All places to which the public resort for Games of
the lawful playing of the games in this article mentioned Amusement;
in, 11- • 1 11 r* • 1 now conauct-
sliall be conducted in a quiet and orderly manner. Said ed
gaires shall be carried on in a single room in plain view
of all persons and shall have an entrance or exit opening
upon the public street, and if any beverages permissible
by law are sold or consumed in such place, they must be
sold and consumed in plain view of all persons, unob-
structed by screens, blinds, stained windows, or other
device. The owner or person in charge of said place
shall not allow or permit any obscene or indecent
language, or obscene or impure decorations, inscriptions,
placards, pictures, or any such thing in such place. Such
place shall not be open, nor shall games be played therein
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Minors
forbidden to
play
or loiter
around
or be
employed
Duties of
owners,
agents or
managers
License
revoked
Enforcement
Witnesses
earlier than five a.m. nor later than eleven p.m. of any
day.
SEC. 3. No minor person under the age of 18 years
shall patronize or play any game of billiards or pool or
bowl in any public hall in the City of Palo Alto without
the written consent of parent or guardian of said minor
so to do.
SEC. 4. No minor person under the age of 18 years
shall loiter around or in, or frequent or remain in, any
billiard hall or bowling alley in said City where the
public play games for amusement, without the written
consent of parent or guardian of said minor so to do.
SEC. 5. No minor person under the age of 18 years
shall be employed by the owners, or manager or agent of
any billiard hall or bowling alley in said City, to work in
said billiard hall or bowling alley, without the written
consent of parent or guardian of said minor so to do.
SEC. 6. It shall be unlawful for any owner, manager
or agent or person having possession or charge or
control of any billiard hall or bowling alley in said
City, to permit any minor under the age of 18 years to
play any garre of billiards or pool or bowl therein, or
permit any such minor to remain or loiter around or in,
or to employ any minor to work in said billiard hall or
bowling alley without the written consent of the parent
or guardian of said minor so to do.
SEC. 7. In addition to the penalties hereinafter
provided, the license of any person, firm or corporation
violating the provisions of this ordinance may be revoked
1 y order of the Council, and thereafter said person, firm
or corporation shall not be entitled to a license without
the consent of the Council.
SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of the police officers
to enforce this article, and to seize and safely keep all
chips, checks, cards, boxes, tables, boards, dice, balls,
cues, and all other articles and devices used in or
pertaining to the gaires herein prohibited, and to produce
the same in court as evidence, and the same shall be
retained until the final disposition of any case prosecuted
under this article in which said articles may be used in
evidence, and the same shall not be released except on
order of the Court, after trial or disposition of any
case in which the same may be used in evidence ; the
same may then be returned to the owner thereof on
order of the Court.
SEC. 9. No person being duly subpoenaed as a
witness by and giving testimony for or on behalf of the
prosecution in any proceeding under this article, shall
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1 e afterwards prosecuted for any offense concerning
which he testified, or any other offense under this
aiticle committed by him prior to the giving of such
testimony.
SEC. 10. Any person violating any provision of Penalty
this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on
conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for not less
than two days nor more* than ninety days, or by a fine of
not less than five dollars nor more than three hundred
dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
ARTICLE VI
NICKEL IN SLOT
SEC. i. The maintenance or use, within the corpor- Use of slot
ate limits of the City of Palo Alto, of all machines or machines
apparatus of any kind or description is hereby prohibited, l
in which, on deposit of a five-cent piece, or any other
piece of money or article representing money, within,
or in connection with said machine or apparatus, certain
cards or combinations of cards are exposed, or certain
tickets, checks, numbers, names, or marks or combina-
tions thereof, are exposed or ejected from said machine
or apparatus, whereby the player or person operating
the machine or apparatus, or any other person, is
entitled to receive money or any other service or con-
sideration, upon the chance of the said machine or
apparatus exposing or ejecting certain cards, figures,
tickets, checks, numbers, names, marks or combinations
thereof.
SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or in connection
corporation within the corporate limits of the City of with any
Palo Alto to maintain or use in a place of business or in business
connection therewith any nickel-in-the-slot machine, or
similar machine as described in section I hereof, or
dice, or allow or permit any person to play or operate
any such machine or throw dice in any manner or form,
in any place of business conducted by or under the charge
or control of said person, firm or corporation, when said
dice is used in connection with said business.
SEC. 3. The license granted to any person, firm License
or corporation to conduct business may be revoked by the revoked
Council if any nickel-in-the-slot machine or similar
machine or device or dice is used in connection with said
business in any manner.
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Possession of
slot machine,
dice, etc.,
for chance
unlawful
Penalty
SEC. 4. Every person who has in his possession or
under his control, either as owner, lessee, agent, em-
ployee, mortgagee, or otherwise, or who permits to be
placed, maintained or kept, in any room, space, enclosure
or building owned, leased or occupied by him, or under
his management or control, any slot or card machine,
contrivance, appliance or mechanical device, upon the
result of action of which money or other valuable thing
is staked or hazarded, and which is operated, or played,
by placing or depositing therein any coins, checks, slugs,
balls, or other articles or device, or in any other manner
and by means whereof, or as a result of the operation of
which any merchandise, money, representative of articles
of value, checks, or tokens redeemable in or exchangeable
for money or any other thing of value, is won or lost,
or taken from or obtained from such machine, when the
result of action or operation of such machine, contrivance,
appliance or mechanical device is dependent upon hazard
or chance is guilty of a misdemeanor.
SEC. 5. Every person who has in his possession
or under his control, either as owner, lessee, agent,
employee, mortgagee, or otherwise or who permits to
be placed, maintained or kept, in any room, space,
enclosure, or building, owned, leased or occupied by him,
or under his management or control, any card dice, or
any dice, upon the result of action of which any money
or other valuable thing is staked or hazarded, or as a
result of the operation of which any merchandise, money,
representative of article of value, check or token, redeem-
able in or exchangeable for money or any other thing of
value, is won or lost or taken, when the result of action
or operation of such dice is dependent upon hazard or
chance, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
SEC. 6. Any person violating any provision of this
article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for
not less than two days nor more than ninety days, or by
a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than three
hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Public
pound
ARTICLE YTT
ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE
SKC. I. A public pound is hereby authorize;! and
established, which pound shall be located at a place to
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73
1 e designated from time to time by the Hoard of Public
Safety.
SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the Board of Public
Safety to take up, seize and impound all horses, mules,
asses, goats, cows, bulls, calves, sheep, swine, untagged
dogs, other domestic animals or fowls, or any of such
animals or fowls, found running at large or estrayed, or
herded in charge of any person, or staked, or in any
iranner grazing or being grazed or fed, upon any public
street, way, sidewalk, square, park or place in said City,
or any of said animals which is upon or being led or
driven upon any sidewalk in said .City.
SEC. 3. Any animal or fowl found trespassing upon
any private property in said City may be taken up by any
person and committed to the custody of the Board of
Public Safety, who shall hold the same subject to
reasonable demands for actual damage done by said
animal or fowl in addition to the fees prescribed herein ;
and it shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper, after
receiving written notice that an animal or fowl is tres-
passing upon any private property, to allow or permit
said animal or fowl to continue to trespass.
SEC. 4. The Board of Public Safety shall keep a
true and faithful record of the number and description of
all animals taken into its custody, with the date of their
receipt and the date and manner of their disposal, with
the fees and charges collected on account of said animals
and the disposition thereof. Said record shall be kept
by the Board of Public Safety in a book or books pro-
vided for that purpose, which shall be the record book
or books of said Board for this purpose and shall not
be removed therefrom. Said Board shall also keep
conspicuously posted at the entrance of the pound a list
of all animals therein detained. Said Board shall also
provide necessary subsistence for all animals while in
its custody.
SEC. 5. All animals, except dogs, taken into the
custody of the Board of Public Safety, if not reclaimed
within two (2) days thereafter, shall be advertised in
the official paper of the City as follows : —
Horses, cows, bulls, oxen, mules or asses for seven
(7) days; all other animals five (5) days;
Provided, that swine, sheep, lambs and goats, dogs
and other small animals or fowls, may be advertised by
written notice conspicuously posted on the pound gate,
and on the bulletin board at the City Hall for five (5)
days. Said notice shall describe the animals impounded
and give time and place of sale.
Animals
to be
impounded
Animals
trespassing
on lots
Board of
Public
Safety
to keep
record
Animals
to be
advertised
Proviso
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Balance of
proceeds
Redemption
Unlicensed
dogs not to
run at large
on streets
License
SEC. 6. At the time specified in and after said
advertisement, as provided in Section 4 of this article,
or at any postponement thereof, the Board of Public
Safety shall sell for cash all animals so advertised, and
out of the proceeds of the sale thereof shall pay their
proper fees and charges and all reasonable and proper
demands made under the provisions of Section 3 of this
article.
Any balance from the proceeds of a sale of any
animal remaining after the payment of such fees, charges
and demands, shall be paid into the City Treasury for the
use of the owner of such animal, if claimed within six (6)
months thereafter; if not, the same shall be turned into
the general fund of such Treasury.
SEC. 7. The owner or person entitled to the control
of any animal impounded, may, at any time before the
sale or other disposition thereof, redeem the same by
paying to the City all proper fees and charges thereon
made by virtue of any of the provisions of this article.
SEC. 8. No person owning or having possession of
any dog shall suffer or permit the same to be upon any
public street of the City without being held or led by a
cord, chain or other thing, or confined in a vehicle, unless
such dog has around its neck such a collar as is in this
article provided, having attached thereto such a metallic
plate or tag with such inscriptions thereon as are in this
article p'ovi 'ed, nor unless a license tax for the then
current year has been paid as herein stated ; provided
that any dog taken up by the Board of Public Safety
shall be released without charge upon its being shown
that such dog does not belong in the City and is not
kept or harbored here and that it has not been within the
City limits for more than twenty-four hours continuously
next preceding the time when it was taken up.
SEC. 9. An animal license of two dollars shall be
raid on every male dog, and of four dollars on every
female dog, over six (6) months old, owned or harbored*
in said City. Every person owning or harboring any dog
in said City shall pay such license tax therefor, which
shall be paid in advance, on or before the first day of
July of each year. Licenses herein provided for shall
be s'gned by the City Clerk and the Auditor, and issued
in the same manner as licenses are or may hereafter be
issued for doing business for which a license tax is or
may be required, and the money collected for such license
shall be paid into the General Fund of the City. The
license shall be numbered by the Clerk.
SEC. 10. Every dog over six months old, not having
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on such collar and tag, found or being in any public
street of said City, and not being held or led by a cord,
chain or other thing, nor confined in any vehicle, shall
be taken by the Board of Public Safety to and impounded
in the public pound, where it may be redeemed by the
owner or person theretofore entitled to the possession of
it within five days thereafter, on payment tto the City of
two dollars ; but if not so redeemed such dog shall be
killed and buried by the Board of Public Safety ; provided,
that the said Board is authorized to keep valuable dogs
and sell them, and its receipt for the sale thereof, en-
dorsed by the City Clerk, shall be a valid title to the
purchaser. If a license tax has not been paid for the
then current year, for any impounded dog, the party
redeeming must, before redemption, pay such license
tax ; provided, that in case of loss of tag, a duplicate of
the same may be obtained from the Board of Public
Safety as provided in Section 13 and on presenting said
duplicate tag, the owner of said impounded dog shall
be entitled to the possession of the same on payment to
the City of the sum of fifty cents and costs. Whenever
a dog is redeemed, the party redeeming must give to the
Board of Public Safety duplicate receipts for the same.,
o^e of which shall be delivered by said Board with its
monthly report to the City Clerk. The Board of Public
Safety must give to any person redeeming a dog, a receipt
for the redemption money.
In case it is satisfactorily proven to the Board of
Public Safety that a license tax for the then current year
has been paid upon any dog so impounded, said dog shall
be released upon the payment of a fee of fifty cents and
costs.
SEC. ii. A female dog in heat running at large
upon the public streets is hereby declared a public
nuisance, and the Board of Public Safety is hereby
directed to abate all such nuisances as soon as reported
by impounding such dog if she can be caught, and shoot-
ing the same if she evade capture. This shall apply to
all female dogs whether licensed or not.
SEC. 12. It shall be, and is hereby made, unlawful
for any person to keep or maintain more than one (i)
female dog at any place within the corporate limits of
the City of Palo Alto.
SEC. 13. It shall he, and is hereby made unlawful
for any person to carry on and conduct a dog fancier's
bus:ness within the corporate limits of the City of Palo
Alto.
SEC. 14. The Board of Public Safety is hereby
Unlicensed
does to be
impounded
Female
dogs
Number of
female dogs
to be kept
at any one
place
Dog
fancier's
business
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Dog collars
Tags
Duplicate
tags
Board of
Public Safety
to make
report
Care of
impounded
dogs
Bull or
jack
Badge of
officers
Interference
with
officials
require:! to procure, at the expense of the City, metallic
plates or tags having thereon the number of the license
and figures indicating the year for which the tax has
been paid, and shall register, in a book to be kept for
that purpose, the name of the owner or possessor and a
description of the dog for which the license is issued, and
the number of the license, and shall deliver such tag,
having thereon the number of the license, to the person
paying for such license.
The cost of such plates or tags shall not exceed
twenty-five cents each, unless the Council shall authorize
a larger expenditure.
SEC. 15. Every registered dog shall be provided by
the owner or possessor of such dog with a collar at least
three-fourths of an inch in width, and have attached to
such collar such a metallic plate or tag having such
inscription thereon as is specified in Section 14.
SEC. 1 6. Whenever a tag, issued for the then current
year by the Board of Public Safety, has been stolen or lost,
the owner or possessor of the dog for \vhich the same
was issued, may, on the payment of twenty cents to the
said Board, and on making and subscribing to an
affidavit of such loss, and filing the same with the said
Board, receive from the said Board a duplicate tag for
the remaining portion of the then current year.
SEC. 17. The Board of Public Safety shall make a
true and correct report to the Council on the first Mon-
day of each month, of the number of dogs impounded
during the preceding month, and of the disposition made
of them, and of the number redeemed and by whom
redeemed, and of the amount of money received for
redemption of dogs.
SEC. 1 8. The Board of Public Safety shall feed one
( i ) pound of meat each day to each dog impounded, at a
cost net exceeding five cents per day. It shall also pro-
vide sufficient water for all dogs impounded, and food
and water for all other animals impounded.
SEC. 19. It shall be and it is hereby made unlawful
for any person to keep or maintain a bull or jack at any
place within the corporate limits of the City of Palo
Alto.
SEC. 20. Officers appointed by the Board of Public
Safety shall each wear, while engaged in the discharge
of their duties, a plain badge designating their office,
except that so long as the policemen act as poundmaster
their badge as policemen shall be sufficient.
SEC. 21. No person shall resist or interfere with
any official of the Board of Public Safety in the discharge
of his official duties.
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SEC. 22. It shall be unlawful for the owner or
owners, or person or persons having the control of any
animal mentioned in Section 2 of this article, except
the owner or owners or person or persons having the
control of such horses or mules, or asses, or oxen,
harnessed or saddled, and at the same time in actual
custody of some person or persons, and of licensed dogs,
to permit or allow the animals or any of them not men-
tioned in said exception to run at large or to be found
grazing, or being grazed or herded, or in charge of any
person or persons upon any public street or square, or
public ground, or place, or court, or alley, or sidewalk
in the City of Palo Alto.
SEC. 23. No sheep, cattle, horses or other stock
shall be herded or corralled within the corporate limits
of the City of Palo Alto within five hundred (500) feet
of any residence.
SEC. 24. No person or persons shall tie any animal
or animals to any shrub or tree growing upon or along
any of the sidewalks or streets of the City of Palo Alto.
SEC. 25. All cows and horses within the City of Palo
Alto, when not in use, must be kept inside of enclosures
at night and no person shall stake or tie or leave staked
or tied during the night time any cow or horse in an open
lot in the City of Palo Alto.
SEC. 26. . The Board of Public Safety shall, within
twenty-four hours after the impounding of any animal
or animals, cause to be delivered to the owner or keeper
of the same, if a resident of said City and if known to
said Board, or cause to be left at the place of business or
residence of any such person if in said City, a written
notice that such animal has been impounded and with a
description of the animal or animals impounded and date
of impounding. If the owner or keeper of said animal
or animals is not known to the Board of Public Safety,
or is not a resident of said City, the Board of Public
Safety shall, within said period of twenty-four hours,
post up a like notice on the bulletin board at the
City Hall. If said owner or keeper is not a resident of
said City and his place of residence or of business is
known to the Board of Public Safety, it shall, within
said period of twenty-four hours, send him a like notice
by mail.
SEC. 27. The Board of Public Safety shall be en-
titled to charge and receive for services in impounding
animals the following rates : ( i ) For every horse, mule,
ass, bull, ox, cow or calf, the sum of two dollars and also
fifty cents per day or a fraction of a day for keeping
Unlawful to
allow animals
to run at
large
Herding
Tying horses
to trees
Cows and
horses to be
kept in enclo-
sure at night
Notice to
owners of
animals
impounded
Fees for im-
pounding
and
publishing •
notice
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Sale of
animals
impounded
Reclaiming
animals
Removal
of dead
animals
Escaping
animals
Penalty
each of said animals, to be paid by the owner
thereof; (2) For every sheep, goat, or hog impounded,
the sum of fifty cents and twenty-five cents per day or
fraction of a day for keeping each of said animals, to be
paid by the owner thereof; (3) For posting notice of
animals impounded other than the notice posted at the
pound, the sum of one dollar for each notice; (4) For
publishing notices, the sum of fifty cents for each notice,
in addition to the actual cost of publication ; ( 5 ) For
conducting sales, the sum of one dollar for each animal
sold; (6) For impounding any unlicensed dog the sum
of two dollars; (7) For impounding any licensed but
untagged dog, the sum of fifty cents; (8) For feeding
dogs, at the rate of five cents per day each, to be paid by
the owner.
All of said sums shall be deposited with the City
Auditor, to be placed in the Police Incidental Fund of
the Board of Public Safety.
SEC. 28. If sale is not made by the Board of Public
Safety at the time stated in its published or posted
notice, the sale may be postponed from day to day until
the animals offered are sold. Notice of such postpone-
ment shall be given in the same manner as provided for
the original notice of sale.
SEC. 29. Any animal may be reclaimed by the owner
or person entitled to its control before the sale thereof,
by paying all fees and charges that have been incurred or
accrued up to the time of reclamation, and any such
animal may be reclaimed after having been taken up by
the Board of Public Safety and before it has been placed
in the pound by paying the same fee that the said Board
would be entitled to if the animal were actually im-
pounded.
SEC. 30. It shall be the duty of the Board of Public
Safety to remove from any public street, square, public
ground, place, court, alley or sidewalk, any animal or
fowl found c'ead thereon, the cost of the removal to be
paid by the owner thereof.
SEC. 31. The Board of Public Safety may retake any
animal directly or indirectly conveyed or delivered out
of the pound without lawful authority, and again im-
pound and retain the same, and proceed as heretofore,
proceeding in the saire manner as if said animal had
never been released from the pound.
SEC. 32. Any person who shall violate any of the
provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be pun-
ished by a fine not exceeding three hundred doHars. or by
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imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
ARTICLE VIII
OBSTRUCTIONS ON STREETS AND SIDE-
WALKS
SEC. i. No owner or driver of a hack, automobile, Hacks
omnibus, coach, hackney coach, carriage, carry-all, truck carry -alls and
or job- wagon shall allow such vehicle to stand in front standi^agg°"n
of any house or place of business longer than is neces- streets
sary to take in or discharge passengers or freight, with-
out first obtaining the written consent of the owner or
occupant of such house or place of business ; and no such
vehicle shall be left standing upon any street crossing
or within ten feet thereof, or in such a manner that any
part of said vehicle shall be at a greater distance than
nine feet from the curb line of the sidewalk nearest there-
to. Wood and hay wagons shall not be allowed to stand
on any street for the purpose of selling wood or hay
therefrom, or for any other purpose, except when load-
ing or unloading. No vehicle shall be allowed to stand
upon any part of the Circle formed by the intersection of
Alma street and University avenue and the extension-
thereof, and drivers of such vehicles on the Cirlce shall
1 e subject to the orders of the Chief of Police and his
deputies.
SEC. 2. No person owning or occupying any Displaying
premises fronting on a public street shall place any goods, goods on
wares or merchandise, for the purpose of exhibition, dis-
play or advertisement, on any portion of the sidewalk in
front of said premises, nor suffer any such goods, wares
or merchandise to remain thereon, nor suspend any goods,
wares or merchandise, or any advertising banner or device
over any portion thereof. No person shall place any
crates, cases, barrels or boxes on the sidewalk, nor
suffer anything to remain thereon in front of premises
occupied by him which will in any manner restrict the
public use thereof. No business sign, both ends of
which are attached to any building, shall project more
than eighteen inches over the inner line of any sidewalk,
nor shall any such sign be placed at a less distance than
ten feet above the sidewalk. No flag, canvas, banner, nor
any advertising device of any description whatever shall
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ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Awnings
Horses
standing
unhitched
Restrictions
Fast
driving
Games
Obstructing
sidewalk
Crowding
Lounging
public
squares
Driving
animals
be stretched across any street or sidewalk without the
permission of the Street Superintendent given in writing.
SEC. 3. All awnings extending over the sidewalk in
front of any building must be suspended or placed upon
iron or wooden stays, fastened to said building, and shall
not extend beyond the outer or curb-line of the sidewalk,
and the said awning must be so constructed as to pre-
vent either accident or injury to pedestrians; and no
person shall, in front of his premises, permit, for any
length of time whatever, the lower edge of any drop
awning to remain suspended at an altitude less than
seven feet from the sidewalk.
SEC. 4. No person shall leave standing in any of
the streets, alleys or highways of this City any horse or
work animal attached or hitched to any wagon, cart,
carriage, buggy or other vehicle, unless attended by some
person of suitable age and discretion (who shall occupy
a ?eat in the vehicle and hold the reins, or shall stand
at the head of the animal or animals) or hitched in a
good and substantial manner. The provisions of this
section shall not apply to persons carrying on the business
or occupation of selling and furnishing regularly to the
citizens of said City, meats, vegetables, bread, ice, milk,
groceries or other goods, while actually engaged in the
delivery thereof.
SEC. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person :
1. To ride or drive any animal within the limits of the
City at a rate of speed sufficient to endanger the public
safety.
2. To play any game of football, town-ball or base-
ball upon any street or public square of the City, or to
engage in any sport or exercise tending to frighten
horses or to annoy persons passing upon the street or
being upon adjacent premises.
3. To stand in front of any theatre, public hall, church
or other place then being used as a place of public resort,
after being requested to move on by the police or the
person in control of such place of public resort.
4. To stand in a crowd of two or more persons so
as to obstruct the free passage of any part of a street or
sidewalk, after being requested to move on by the police.
5. To lie upon any of the benches, or upon the grass
plots, or pluck flowers from any grass plot or flower
bed in any of the public squares or parks in the City.
6. To lead, drive, ride or hitch any horse or mule
upon a sidewalk or in any public square within the City
or to lead or cause to be led or driven along any street
of the City any band of sheep, goats, cattle, hogs or
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81
horses exceeding five (5) in number, without a written
permit from the Chief of Police designating the route
to be traveled.
7. To discharge mucus from the nose or mouth or spit
upon any sidewalk of any public street or highway or
upon any part of any public building, stage, street car or
other vehicle used for the transportation of the public.
SEC. 6. It shall be unlawful to remove, break, ex-
tinguish or injure any light maintained for street lighting
or as a warning signal of any dangerous place in the
roadway or sidewalk of the street.
SEC. 7. No person shall deface, destroy or remove
any street sign placed to indicate the name of any street.
SEC. 8. Any person by whom, or under whose
immediate direction, or by whose immediate authority as
principal, or as contractor, or employer, any portion of a
public street may be made dangerous, shall:
(1) Erect, and, so long as the danger continues,
n aintain around the portion of the street or highway
so made dangerous, a good and substantial barrier.
(2) Cause to be maintained during every night,
from sunset until sunrise, a lighted lantern on that
portion of the street or crossing so made dangerous.
SEC. 9. No person shall destroy, injure or remove
any monument erected or placed by the City Engineer;
provided, if it shall become necessary for any person, in
pursuit of any lawful purpose, to have any such monu-
ment removed, notice of such necessity must be given
to such City Engineer, who shall proceed forthwith, at
the cost of the person requiring such removal, to remove
such monument, and replace the same in its original
position as soon as the object shall be attained for which
the removal shall have been made.
SEC. ID. It shall be unlawful to post, stick, stamp,
paint or otherwise affix, or cause to be done by another,
any notice, placard, bill, poster or advertisement, to or
upon any sidewalk, crosswalk, curbing, hydrant, shade
tree or tree box, fence, enclosure or building, or upon
any telegraph, telephone, electric lighting or electric
railway pole, without first obtaining the permission of
the owner, agent or occupant thereof; or to distribute
or cause to be distributed or thrown upon any street,
square or sidewalk, or upon any private premises any
handbill, dodger, circular or other advertisement.
SEC. ii. No person or persons shall throw, deposit
or leave upon any yard, doorstep or porch, within the cor-
porate limits of the City of Palo Alto, any patent
medicine or medicines, drugs or medicine of any des-
cription.
Spitting on
sidewalk
Injuring
street
lights
Removing
or defacing
street signs
Barriers and
lights where
work is
being done
Removal of
street
monuments
Posting
handbills
Throwing
dodgers
Patent medi-
cine, drugs,
etc., left in
yards, etc.
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Declared
to be a
nuisance
Business
stands on
sidewalks
Carrying
baskets on
sidewalk
Garbage and
street
sweepings
Street and
sidewalk
obstructions
Breaking up
streets
SEC. 12. The commission of any act prohibited by
Section n is hereby declared to be dangerous to public
health and shall be deemed a nuisance.
SEC. 13. No person shall place, erect, or maintain
any business stand or other obstruction on any portion
of any street or sidewalk of the City. Provided, however,
that the Street Superintendent may issue permits grant-
ing such privileges for special occasions.
SEC. 14. No person upon any sidewalk shall carry
a basket or baskets, bag or bags, suspended from or
attached to a pole upon or across the shoulder, and no
person upon any sidewalk shall carry, so as to be
offensive to pedestrians, any rubbish, garbage or -filth.
SEC. 15. It shall be unlawful for any person to
deposit any swreepings from shops or stores, or any paper,
feathers, straw, broken glass, crockery or rubbish, garb-
age, manure, or debris of any description from dwelling
houses or places of business upon any public street,
lane, alley or public place, or in the creeks of said City, or
to sweep any of the rubbish above mentioned into the
gutterways of said City.
SEC. 1 6. No person shall place or cause to be placed
anywhere, upon any public way, street or sidewalk, and
no person owning, occupying or having control of any
premises shall suffer to remain in front thereof, upon the
sidewalk of the street or way next to such premises,
anything which shall obstruct the free passage of any
portion of such street or sidewalk for more than one hour
at a time.
This Section shall not apply to :
Goods or merchandise in actual course of receipt,
delivery or removal;
Lamp posts or hydrants erected by permission of the
Board of Public Works ;
Ornamental trees planted along the outer line of the
sidewalk and within the curb, and barriers for the pro-
tection of the same;
Water troughs placed by permission of the Board of
Public Works upon sidewalks for the accommodation of
the public;
Materials used in the construction or repair of any
building during the existence of a written permit issued
by the Superintendent of Streets.
SEC. 17. No person shall dig up, remove, displace,
break, or otherwise injure or destroy any public street,
highway or sidewalk of the City of Palo Alto without
permission of the Board of Public Works of said City.
SEC. 1 8. No person, firm or corporation obtaining
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a ],enrit in accordance with the provisions of Section 17 Removal of
to remove any dirt or material composing the roadway dirt from
of any street of said City, shall dig up and remove such '
dirt or material out of the City or upon private property
without further permission from the Board of Public
Works.
Sic. 19. It shall be unlawful for any person to fill Condition of
any lot with dirt or material and allow or permit the lots
surface of the same to remain unlevel.
SKC. 20. No person shall lead, drive or hitch or Horses and
ride any horse or mule upon any sidewalk within the ^ewTlks11
City of Palo Alto, or drive or propel any wagon, buggy,
cart or automobile upon or over any sidewalk of said City,
except where proper crossings are provided for such
vehicles.
SKC. 21. It shall be unlawful for any person to Bicycles on
ride any bicycle or tricycle upon the sidewalks of the City sidewalks
of Palo Alto during the months of May, June, July,
August, September and October, except as hereinafter
provided.
SKC. 22. It shall be unlawful for any person to Dismounting
ride any bicyjle or tricycle upon any sidewalks of the
City of Palo Alto during the months of November,
December, January, February, March and April unless
the rider in every case dismount completely before meet-
ing or overtaking any pedestrian and remain dismounted
until he or she shall have passed such pedestrian.
SEC. 23. It shall be unlawful for any person at any Riding
time to ride upon any sidewalk along any improved and after dark
accepted street of the City of Palo Alto, or to ride upon
any sidewalk of said City after dark.
SEC. 24. It shall be lawful, however, for the police Exceptions
officers of the City of Palo Alto and the United States
mail carriers, when on duty, and newspaper carriers
when on regular routes to ride bicycles upon any
of the sidewalks of the City of Palo Alto on streets
which are unimproved; provided, that said officer, mail
carrier or newspaper carrier slow up and pass to the right
when meeting or passing a pedestrian.
SEC. 25. It is hereby declared unlawful for any Roller
person to skate with roller skates or propel any coaster- skates and
brake wagons or vehicles upon and along any sidewalk in coasters
the following limits:
Commencing at a point which would be on the center
line of the intersection of University avenue and Alma
street, and running thence northerly along the center line
of University avenue to a point of intersection of said
University avenue with Waverly street, and ex-
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tending back a depth of two hundred feet on either side
of University avenue, from the property line, including
two hundred feet on either side of Alma, High, Emerson,
Ramona and Bryant streets from University avenue.
Seizure of SEC. 26. Police officers may seize and hold the
bicycles, etc. bicycle, tricycle, roller skates, coaster-brake wagon or
vehicle belonging to any person violating the provisions
of this article, for a period of time not exceeding
thirty days.
Penalty SEC. 27. Every person who shall violate any of the
provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be pun-
ished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by
imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
ARTICLE IX
REMOVAL OF GRASS, WEEDS AND POISON"
OAK AND TRIMMING OF TREES AND
HEDGES
Grass,
weeds, or
poison oak
Trees and
hedges
Require-
ments
Failure to
comoly
SEC. i. No person owning or occupying any build-
ing, lot or premises fronting upon any street or sidewalk
shall suffer, allow or permit to remain upon said side-
walk or upon said street between said building, lot or
premises and the center line of said street any grass,
weeds or poison oak. '
SEC. 2. Any owner or occupant of a building, lot
or premises shall keep all sidewalk trees and hedges
properly trimmed in such a manner that the same shall
not interfere with the free use of sidewalks.
SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful for the owner, agent,
lessee or other person having charge or control of any
lot within the City of Palo Alto to suffer thistles, weeds,
mustard or any indigenous grasses, noxious trees or
brush, to grow, or remain thereon.
SEC. 4. Whenever the owner or occupant of any
property in the City of Palo Alto fails to remove grass,
weeds, or poison oak or to trim trees or hedges as here-
inbefore provided, it shall be the duty of the Superinten-
dent of Streets of said City to give written notice of such
failure to comply with the provisions of this article to
the owner, if known, or to the occupant if there be any,
or, if the owner is not known and there is no occupant,
to post such notice conspicuously on said property. Said
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notice shall briefly describe the work to be done and shall
refer to this article and shall contain a notification that
unless said work shall be done within ten days after the
service or posting of said notice the Superitendent of
Streets \\ ill do the same, and that the costs and expenses
thereof will !;e charged up and made a lien against said
property.
Tf said work be not done within ten days after the Duty of
service or posting of said notice, it shall be the duty of Supermtend-
the Superintendent of Streets forthwith to proceed to
do the same and put said property in the condition
required by this article.
He shall keep a record of said notices, and shall also
keep a separate record of the work done on each piece,
lot < r parcel of land, and the cost of the same.
SEC. 5. As soon as said work is completed, the Lien agai; st
Superintendent of Streets shall render a statement show- property
ing the cost thereof and deliver the same to the City
Assessor, who shall note the amount thereof on the
assessment roll against the property charged, and there-
after said amount shall be a lien against said property,
and shall be collected at the same time and in the same
manner as other City taxes.
SEC. 6. Any person willfully failing to comply with Penalty
or enforce the requirements of Sections i, 2 and 3 of this
article, or allowing any property owned or occupied by
him to be in a condition contrary to the provisions of
this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and"
upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for a
period not exceeding thirty days, or by both such fine
ar.d imprisonment.
ARTICLE X
GARBAGE
Si7-C. i. No person or persons shall dump or place Dumping of
on any lot, land or street, or in any water or waterway, refuse
within the corporate limits of the City of Palo Alto,
except such place or places as may be designated by
ordinance, and under and in accordance with and subject
to the rules and regulations of the Board of Public Safety
of said City, any house refuse, butchers' offal, garbage,
refuse, filth, sludge, bones, or other like matter, nor
putrid vegetable matter, manure, or any matter or sub-
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Accumula-
tion of
refuse
Refuse in
business
district
Not to be
burned on
premises
Duty of
Chief of
Police
Removal of
manure, etc.
from stables
Boxes for
manure
stance condemned by the Board of Health, or any other
deleterious or offensive substances.
SEC. 2. No person owning or occupying any build-
ing, lot, or premises in the City of Palo Alto shall suffer,
allow or permit to collect and remain upon said lot or
premises any paper, feathers, straw, broken glass, or
crockery, or rubbish, garbage or debris of any des-
cription, and no person shall dump upon any lot or
premises in said City, piles of paper, feathers, straw,
broken glass, crockery, old barrels, boards, brick, stone,
cement, plaster or rubbish of any description in such a
manner as to make a rubbish heap on said lot or
premises and allow or permit the same to remain there,
(provided that this provision shall not be construed as
interfering with building under a building permit, or
wood neatly piled for kitchen or household use).
SEC. 3. No person owning, occupying, or in charge
of any store or building situated upon University
avenue, Hamilton avenue or Lytton avenue, and between
Alma street and Waverly street, in the City of Palo
Alto, shall deposit or throw loose or waste paper, or
loose or waste straw or hay or excelsior, or rubbish of
any kind in the rear or about such store or building and
sutler the same to remain there for more than forty-
eight hours.
SEC. 4. No person owning, occupying, or in charge
of any store or building within the limits above described
shall set fire to, or cause to be burned, any paper, straw,
hay, boxes or rubbish of any kind in the rear of such
store or building.
SEC. 5. The Chief of Police of the City of Palo
Alto is hereby directed and required, in person or by
deputy, to notify all persons failing to comply with the
provisions of Sections I, 2 and 3 of this article, to remove
immediately from their lot or premises all such rubbish
or debris as is described in said Sections.
SEC. 6. Every owner, lessee, tenant or occupant of
any stable, stall, pen or apartment in which any horse,
cow, barnyard fowls, or other animal shall be kept, or
of any place in which manure or liquid discharge of any
such animal shall collect or accumulate shall cause such
manure or liquid to be removed to some other place, and
shall at all times keep, or cause to be kept such stables,
stalls, pens and appurtenances thereof in a cleanly and
wholesome condition. No swine shall be kept within
three hundred feet of any dwelling house.
SEC. 7. For this purpose, boxes for holding manure
shall be provided by each owner, lessee, tenant, or
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occupant of a stable, and such boxes shall be provided
with lids, and said boxes shall be kept closed, except
when manure is being placed therein or taken therefrom,
and in no instance shall manure be placed in or upon any
such box so as to prevent the closing of the lid.
SEC. 8. If said box is placed outside of the stable
and on an open lot, the same shall be made of galvanized
iron. The contents of the box are to be removed as often
as filled. All manure not utilized for the fertilizing of
gardens or lawns within the City, shall be disposed of
by the owner or occupant of the premises wherein such
material has accumulated either by conveying or causing
the same to be conveyed beyond the City limits or other
place, as directed by the Board of Public Safety or the
police officers of said City. Such manure in being
hauled shall be hauled in such manner as to prevent any
part of it being dropped upon the streets.
Any person keeping two or less horses, cows, or
other animals on the premises shall have the manure
removed at least once a week; any person keeping
more than two of such animals and not more than ten
shall have the manure removed twice a week ; any
person keeping more than ten of such animals shall
have the manure removed th*ree times a week.
SEC. 9. For the purpose of this article the word
"garbage" shall be held to include and mean kitchen
and table refuse and offal, swill, and also every accumu-
lation of animal and vegetable and other matter that
attends the preparation, consumption, decay or dealing
in or storage of meats, fish, fowl, birds, fruits or vege-
tables.
The term ''waste matter" shall include and be held
to mean crockery, bottles, broken brick, tin vessels, trim-
ings from lawns and flower gardens, pasteboard boxes,
berry boxes, paper,, straw, sawdust, packing material,
shavings, boxes, natural soil, street sweepings, earth and
stone, and all non-combustible waste matter. The term
"ashes" shall be held to include and mean the residue of
material burned.
SEC. 10. No garbage or manure, or manure and
straw shall be burned upon any street, alley, park, water-
way, highway, or pubilc place, or upon any premises, in
the open air within the corporate limits of said City.
SEC. n. It shall be the duty of every tenant, lessee,
or occupant of any private dwelling house in said City
to provide within such dwelling house or building, or
on the lot or premises, upon which such building or
dwelling house is situated, in a suitable place, a tin or
Regulating
removal of
manure
Number of
times per
week
Definition
of
"garbage"
"waste
matter"
"ashes"
Burning of
refuse
prohibited
Garbage
receptacle
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Garbage to
be placed in
receptacle
Garbage at
private
dwellings
Garbage at
hotels, etc.
Sanitary
condition of
receptacle
Garbage
wagon
Permit for
garbage
business
iron garbage receptacle with cover, for receiving and
holding all the garbage produced, created, or accumula-
ted upon such premises between the times for the col-
lection of garbage, as hereinafter provided ; and all such
receptacles shall be at all times located in such places
as to be readily accessible for removing or emptying the
same; but shall not be placed within the limits of any
street, in said City, or anywhere so as to constitute a
nuisance.
SEC. 12. It shall be the duty of each such tenant,
occupant or lessee to place in such receptacle, all garbage
created, produced, or accumulated upon the premises
occupied by him between the times established in this
article for the removal of the same. Nothing but gar-
bage as defined in this ordinance shall be placed in such
receptacle.
SEC. 13. All garbage accumulating at private dwell-
ing houses or residences shall be removed by the gar-
bage collector twice a week, or oftener if necessary.
SEC. 14. All garbage accumulating at hotels, board-
ing houses, restaurants or business houses, shall be re-
moved by the garbage collector as often as every other
day.
SEC. 15. All garbage cans or receptacles shall be
kept clean and sanitary by the owner or person using
the same, and covered at all times except when garbage
is deposited or removed therefrom.
SEC. 16. It shall be unlawful for any person to use
any cart or vehicle for the conveyance of "garbage" or
"waste material," filth, offal of any kind, or any offensive
or ill-smelling matter unless the cart or vehicle is staunch,
tight and closely covered with a wooden or metal cover
s-> as to wholly prevent leakage or smell; or to use any
cart or vehicle for the conveyance or removal of manure,
rubbish, or street sweepings unless the said cart or vehicle
1 e provided with a canvas cover securely fastened over
the top thereof, and be so constructed as to prevent the
deposit of such manure, rubbish or street sweepings, or
any portion thereof, in or upon the streets through which
such cart or vehicle may be driven.
SEC. 17. It shall be unlawful for any person to
engage in or carry on the business of hauling or re-
moving garbage or waste material in said City without
first obtaining a permit from the Board of Public Safety
of said City to engage in or carry on said garbage
business, and it shall be unlawful for any person to
engage in or carry on such business without first having
obtained from the Eoard of Safety of said City a certifi-
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cate to the effect that the provisions of this article in
regard to vehicles for said business have been complied
with. The permit and certificate herein provided for
shall be revoked unless the cart or wagon shall be kept
clean, \\ell painted on the outside and marked "Garbage
Wagon."
SEC. 1 8. The garbage collectors shall call regularly Regular
as provided in this article at all dwellings, residences, collections
boarding houses, restaurants, hotels and business houses
and other places where garbage is produced or created
in said City, and remove therefrom as promptly as
possible all garbage placed in the can or receptacle
provided for the same on the premises. All garbage shall
be removed in such manner as not to be needlessly
offensive or filthy in relation to any person, place,
building, premises or highway.
SEC. 19. In all cases of disputes or complaints Disputes or
arising as to or concerning the place where the recep- complaints
tacle containing garbage shall be put awaiting removal by
the garbage collectors, the Health Officer shall forthwith
designate the place, and his decision shall be final.
SEC. 20. Maximum rates for services to be charged Rates for
by garbage collectors are hereby fixed as follows: collection
For private dwelling-houses:
Garbage removal 75 cents per month
Ashes, one barrel 25 cents per month
Waste material, one barrel ... 25 cents per month
For hotels, business houses, restaurants, boarding,
houses, etc:
Garbage, ashes and waste material at the rate of
$1.25 per cubic yard, provided all garbage is
placed in one receptacle.
SEC. 21. No person or persons shall erect, maintain Distance of
or use any barn, stable, chicken or pigeon house or pen in outbuildings
which animals or fowl are kept within forty feet of the ™mises of
dwelling house of another. Provided, however, that any another*
person who finds that it is impossible from the size of his
lot or premises to so erect or maintain such outbuildings
for said purposes at a distance of forty feet from the
dwelling house of another may apply to the Board of
Public Safety of said City for a permit to erect or main-
tain such outbuilding at a less distance than above pro-
vided from the dwelling of another.
SEC. 22. Upon receiving such application, the Permit of
Health Officer shall go upon the premises and investigate Health
the proposed location of such outbuilding, and may grant officer
Misde-
meanor
Penalty
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a permit for the erection or maintenance of such out-
building under such rules and regulations for the pre-
vention of the escape of obnoxious odors and gases and
the maintenance of a sanitary condition as he may
prescribe in writing, to which the person applying must
consent in writing.
Thereafter, any person who, in the use of said out-
buildings, fails to comply with said rules and regulations
shall be deemed to maintain a nuisance and shall be sub-
ject to the fines and penalties hereinafter provided.
SEC. 23. Any person who refuses or neglects to
comply with the requirements of Sections I, 2 and 3 of
this article within five days after the notice provided in
Section 5 is given, shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor.
SEC. 24. Any person violating any of the provisions
of this article, either by act or omission, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars and
not exceeding three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment
ivot exceeding one hundred days or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
ARTICLE XI
GOVERNING THE SALE OF TOBACCO,, CIG-
ARETTES, OR CIGARETTE PAPERS OR ANY
PREPARATION OF TOBACCO IN THE CITY
OF PALO ALTO.
Sale of SEC. I. Every person, firm or corporation which
tobacco, etc. sells' or gives or in any way furnishes to another person
to minors wno is in fact under the age of eighteen years, any
and penalty tobaccOi cigarettes or cigarette papers, or any other prep-
aration of tobacco, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished for the first offense
by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more
than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not
more than sixty days ; and for the second offense by a fine
of not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred
dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than ninety
days ; and for each subsequent offense by a fine of not
less than one hundred dollars and not more than three
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than
ninety days, nor more than six months, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
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Sue. 2. Every person, firm or corporation which Ordinance
sells or deals in tobacco or any preparation thereof shall to be
post conspicuously and keep so posted in his or their P°ste<
place of business a copy of Section I of this article, and
any such person failing to do so shall, upon conviction,
he punished by a fine of five dollars for the first offense,
and twenty-five dollars for each succeeding violation of
this provision, or by imprisonment for not more than
thirty days.
SEC. 3. No tobacco, cigars, cigarettes or cigarette Sale ot-
paper shall be sold within one thousand feet of any public tobacco, etc.
school house or high school building in the City of Palo near school
Alto. houses
SEC. 4. Any corporation, company or person violat- penalty
ing the provisions of Section 3 of this article shall be
deeired guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred
dollars or 1 y imprisonment for a period not exceeding
ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
ARTICLE XII
GOVERNING HYPNOTIC EXHIBITIONS
SEC. i. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any Forbidding
person, other than a regularly licensed physician, to hypnotism
place another person under the influence of hypnotism
within the City of Palo Alto.
SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to expose Exhibiting
another person either publicly or privately under the hypnotic
influence of hypnotism, or while represented to be under subJects
the influence of hypnotism, in any place in the City of
Palo Alto.
SEC. 3. Any person violating the provisions of this Penalty
article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceed-
ing one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for a period
not exceeding thirty days, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
ARTICLE XIII
GOVERNING MOVING PICTURE SHOWS
SEC. i. It shall be unlawful for any person, com- Restrict;. >•
pany or corporation to exhibit at any entertainment,
ORDINANCES OF THE 1'ITY OF PALO ALTO
Misde-
meanor
Powers of
Board of
Public
Safety
Penalty
performance or show any moving pictures representing
prize fights, glove contests, assaults, lewd or obscene
conduct or acts, criives of violence, the enacting of any
crime or any act forbidden by the laws of the State of
California.
SEC. 2. The exhibition of any moving picture show
hereby declared to be unlawful shall constitute a mis-
demeanor.
SEC. 3. The Board of Public Safety or any member
or officer thereof shall have full authority to enter any
place of amusement in the City where moving picture
shows are exhibited and prevent the exhibition of any
moving picture hereby declared unlawful.
SEC. 4. Any person, company or corporation vio-
lating the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars
or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding ninety
days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
ARTICLE XIV
GOVERNING PUBLIC LAUNDRIES AND WASH
HOUSES, ENGINES, BOILERS, OIL STOR-
AGE TANKS, HOSPITALS, UNDERTAKING
ESTABLISHMENTS, PLANING MILLS,
STABLES, HALLS FOR PUBLIC ENTER-
TAINMENTS, MACHINE SHOPS, JUNK
YARDS, STORAGE YARDS AND SPUR
TRACKS.
Permit SEC. i. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm
or corporation to establish and maintain on any premises
within the City limits of Palo Alto, any public laundry or
wash house, engine, boiler, oil storage tank, hospital,
undertaking establishment, planing mill, public stable, hall
for public entertainment for which an admission fee is
charged, junk yard, storage yard, machine shop or spur
track without first obtaining a permit therefor from the
Board of Public Works, specifying the name of the
permittee and the location of the premises to be used
for such purpose.
Purposes of SEC. 2. Whenever application is made to the
setrmforth hi Board of Public Works of the City of Palo Alto by any
application *" person, firm or corporation for any of the above purposes,
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93
the same shall be in writing setting forth in detail the
purposes for which the permit is to be granted. Said
written application must be signed by the owners of the
property to be used for said purposes.
The applicant shall also cause to be posted con-
spicuously in front of his premises a notice to the effect
that application has been made to the Board of Public
Works for the granting of such permit, and setting forth
the purposes for which said premises are to be used, said
notice to be posted immediately after the filing of the
application and kept posted for at least two weeks. This
provision shall not apply to the temporary erection,
maintenance or use of any steam engine and boiler or
steam boiler for building or construction purposes.
SEC. 3. If the application is for the erection or
use of any steam engine or boiler or steam boiler, said
application shall be accompanied by a Board of Under-
writers Inspector's Certificate of the soundness of such
steam engine and boiler or steam boiler.
SEC. 4. Permits for the erection, maintenance and
use of steam engines and boilers or steam boilers are
not transferable and may be revoked by the Board of
Public Works, when defective, unsound, or a menace
to public safety.
SEC. 5. Any person, company, or corporation
making application as aforesaid and failing to comply
with the provisions hereinbefore specified, shall be denied
the permit sought in said application.
SEC. 6. No gas works, electric lighting plant,
laundry, factory, foundry, or manufactory requiring
steam, lumber mill or yard, planing mill, or engine or
boiler in connection with the foregoing establishments,
oil storage tank in excess of fifteen hundred gallons, junk
yard, veterinary hospital, storage yard where lumber,
building material, poles, wires, ties, rails and similar
materials are kept, or spur track, shall be built or main-
tained at any place within the corporate limits of the City
of Palo Alto, except in blocks 102, 105, 106 and 109, and
those blocks or portions of blocks of Palo Alto bounded
by Hamilton avenue, Ramona street, Addison avenue,
and Alma street, and being the southwesterly half of
blocks n, 10, 9 and "E" and all of blocks "A," 8, 7
and 6.
The above shall constitute a district within which
said places or businesses may be erected and maintained,
and rio rermit shall be granted for the erection or main-
tenance of ^aid places outside of said district and within
the corporate limits of the City.
Posting of
application
Permit for
steam engine
or boiler
Permits
to be
revoked
Non-
compliance
Restrictions
upon
location
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Penalty SEC. 7. Any person, firm or corporation that shall
violate any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall
be punished by a fine not to exceed three hundred dollars,
or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or
by both such fine and imprisonment.
Number of
exits
Compliance
Locking exit
doors during
assemblage
Obstructing
aisles, etc.
ARTICLE XV
EXITS, AISLES, PASSAGEWAYS, CORRIDORS
AND STAIRWAYS IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS
SEC. i. All theatres and public halls now con-
structed, or hereafter to be constructed in the City of
Palo Alto, shall be provided with at least two means of
exit from the assembly hall to the sidewalk, one of which
may be a fire escape.
SEC. 2. All doors to exits leading from such build-
ings shall swing freely outward; provided, however,
that where such doors are so constructed as to swing
freely outward and inward to their full extent during all
the time of the assemblage of persons in such bulding, so
that a free passageway shall be open at all times to the
street, then the provisions of this article shall be deemed
complied with.
SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful for the lessee, manager,
owner or person in charge of any church, assembly hall,
or other public building within said City to permit any
exit door to be locked or fastened immediately preceding,
during or immediately after any service, performance,
lecture, exhibition, concert, ball or other public gather-
ing.
SEC. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person to
obstruct any aisle, passage-way, corridor or stairway of
any church, assembly hall or other public building in
said City, and used for the purpose of worship, instruc-
tion, entertainment or public assemblage, by standing
in or occupying said aisles, passage-ways, corridors
or stairways during or preparatory to any service, per-
formance, exhibition, lecture, concert, ball or other public
gathering, or by placing therein any chair, settee, camp
stool or other obstruction. And it shall be unlawful for
the lessee, manager, owner or person in charge of such
building to suffer, allow or permit any such obstruction.
Aisles shall be defined as the space between seats, or
between the seats and wall, which shall not be less than
32 inches.
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SEC. 5. Any person violating any of the provisions Penalty
of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine
not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment
for a period not exceeding thirty days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
ARTICLE XVI
(lOYERNrNG VEHICLES OF EVERY DESCRIP-
TION
SEC. i. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive, Speed Of
operate or propel any wagon, carriage, vehicle, motor vehicles
vehicle, automobile, bicycle, motor cycle or motor bi-
cycle, or other riding machine within the corporate limits
of the City of Palo Alto at a greater rate of speed than
one mile in six minutes, and any person operating, pro-
pelling or driving any such vehicle at any higher rate of
speed than one mile in six minutes shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor.
SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive, signals
operate or propel any motor vehicle, automobile, motor
cycle or motor bicycle, within the corporate limits of the
City of Palo Alto without having attached to the same
a bell, gong or horn in good working order and sufficient
to give warning of the approach of such vehicle to pedes-
trians, and to riders and drivers of other vehicles and to
horses and other animals, and to persons entering or
leaving the street cars. Such bell, gong or horn shall be
sounded when approaching pedestrians who may be on
or passing over the roadway of any street, such sounding
or ringing to begin a reasonable time before reaching
such person or persons, and such bell, gong or horn
shall be sounded clearly from any street crossing at any
street intersection before passing over the same.
SEC. 7. It shall be unlawful for any rider or riders „
j • i . - .... J ,., The law of
or driver or drivers of any vehicle or motor vehicle men- the road
tioned in Section I, to ride upon any street, lane or alley
of the City to the left side of the center line of said
highways, except to cross over said highways for the pur-
pose of stopping upon the left-hand side of said highways,
it being ordered that the custom or usage known as "The
Law of the Road" and obtaining among the American
people relative to riding, to the overtaking and passing of
vehicles and ridden animals, shall obtain for all vehicles
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Driving
from streets,
lanes,
alleys, etc.
Lamps on
autos. etc.
Railway cars
speed
Sounding
gongs on
cars at all
crossings
referred to and described in this article, and for the rider
or riders, and driver or drivers thereof, and be the law
in the City of Palo Alto.
SEC. 4. It shall be unlawful for any rider or riders,
or driver or drivers of any vehicle or motor vehicle
mentioned in Section i, to ride or drive any of said
vehicles from any street, lane or alley into any intersect-
ing street, lane or alley, by turning nearer to the curb-
corner than four feet. It shall be unlawful to ride or
propel any vehicle or motor vehicle mentioned in Section
I, so that in turning from any street, lane or alley into
any intersecting street, lane or alley, the vehicle will be
ridden or driven upon the left hand of the said last named
highway, except for the purpose of stopping and dis-
mounting within fifty feet from the curb-corner referred
to. In all such changing of direction, where the change
requires a street or way to be crossed to reach the right
hand side of the new direction, the rider or riders, driver
or drivers, must make the change of direction at or
beyond the junction of the center line of such intersecting
highways and not before, as prevailing conditions will
permit, except as hereinbefore provided.
SEC. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive
or propel any automobile or motor vehicle within the
corporate limits of the City of Palo Alto without having
attached to the front of said automobile or motor vehicle
one or more lamps, which shall show a light during the
period from one hour after sunset to one hour before
sunrise, and also at least one lamp on the rear of said
automobile or motor vehicle, which shall show a light
during the same period.
A motor cycle or motor bicycle shall have at least
one lamp on said machine, which shall show a light
during the same period, while being propelled upon any
street or highway.
SEC. 6. It shall be unlawful for any person as
motorman or conductor or otherwise, to run or operate
any street railway car across or around street intersec-
tions in the City of Palo Alto at a greater rate of speed
than ten miles per hour.
SEC. 7. It shall be unlawful for any person as
motorman, conductor or otherwise, having charge of any
street railway car to allow it to be propelled across any
street within the City of Palo Alto without having
sounded said car's alarm gong or bell while within a
distance of not more than one hundred feet nor less than
fifty feet from the street about to be crossed.
SEC. 8. It is hereby declared unlawful for any
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motorman, gripman, conductor, or other person oper- passing
ating, controlling or having charge of any street railway another car
car or cars, operating in the streets of the City of Palo
Alto, to cause, permit or allow the same to pass another
car or cars within the intersection of any cross street or
within twenty-five feet of either side of the intersection
of any cross street.
SEC. 9. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive Reckless
or propel any wigon, carriage, car, vehicle, motor vehicle, driving
automol ile, bicycle, motor cycle or motor bicycle in the
City of Palo Alto in a manner reckless and dangerous to
cither person or property.
SEC. 10. The violation of the provisions of this Penalty
article by any person, motorman, conductor, owner,
chauffeur, or operator or driver of any wagon, carriage
vehicle, street car, motor vehicle, automobile, bicycle,
motor cycle or motor bicycle shall be deemed a misde-
meanor, punishable upon conviction thereof by a fine of
not less than ten dollars nor more than three hundred
dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding ninety 'days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
ARTICLE XVII
BILL POSTING, PLACING OF SIGNS, PAINT-
ING AND POSTING OF ADVERTISING
MATTER
SEC., i. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for Bill-board
any person, firm or corporation to paint, post, put up or advertising
display any sign, bill poster, picture, lithograph, map,
plat, sample or other device for advertising purposes of
any kind, upon any bill board, fence, post, pole or tree
within the corporate limits of the City of Palo Alto, ex-
cept as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 2. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any Regulation
person, firm or corporation, to paint, post, put up or of same
display any sign, bill poster, picture, lithograph, plat,
map, sample or other device for any advertising purposes
of any kind upon any wall or building without the express
permission of the occupant, owner, lessee or person
having possession thereof, except as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 3. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any Erection of
person, firm or corporation to construct, erect or permit bill-boards,
to exist, use or permit to be used, any bill board or bulletin etc'
board for advertising purposes, upon any lot, piece or
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Construction
of article
Penalty
parcel of land within the City of Palo Alto, except where
said bill board or bulletin board is fixed or located on a
place of business conducted in said City of Palo Alto, and
is used solely for advertising said business.
SEC. 4. The provisions of this article shall not be
construed to prohibit or include any notice or advertise-
irent prescribed or required by law in any case, or any
notice posted by any lawful officer.
SEC. 5. Any person, firm or corporation violating
any of the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars,
or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days or by
both such fine and imprisonment.
ARTICLE XVIII
Destruction
of trees,
shrubs, etc.
Penalty
PROTECTION OF TREES, SHRUBS AND
PLANTS
SEC. I. No person, unless duly authorized so to do
by the Board of Public Works, shall in any manner
destroy, tear up, break or injure in any manner, any
tree, ornamental shrub or plant growing upon any of the
public lands, streets, avenues, alleys or sidewalks of
the City of Palo Alto.
SEC. 2. Any person violating the provisions of this
article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not
exceeding thirty days, or by both such fine and imprison-
ment.
ARTICLE XIX
PROVIDING FOR A BOND IN CASE OF VIO-
LATION OF AN ORDINANCE
SEC. i. When any person is arrested for violating
ofTrrestlor any ordinance of the City of Palo Alto, the Police Judge
violating or magistrate before whom the person charged with the
any violation of the ordinance is brought, may require of the
of defendant a bond in a penal sum of not less than twenty-
Palo Alto five dollars or more than three hundred dollars, payable
Bond in case
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to the City of Palo Alto, and conditioned to the effect that
the defendant will not violate or continue to violate
the ordinance under which he is charged by committing
the same act or similar acts during the pendency of the
trial. The fact that the defendant is required to give said
bond shall not in any way affect the rights of the defend-
ant at the trial of the case.
PART IV
PUBLIC HEALTH
General
provisions
Nuisance
denned by
Board of
Public
Safety
Misde-
meanor
Notice to
non-resi-
dents and
others
ARTICLE I
GENERAL HEALTH REGULATIONS
SEC. i. The Board of Public Safety shall have
charge of the public health of the City, and for this
purpose shall establish all needful rules and regulations
necessary to preserve the health of the City, and shall
exercise the powers and perform the duties of boards of
health of cities as prescribed by the laws of the State of
California, which laws are made a part hereof insofar as
they do not conflict with the ordinances of the City of
Palo Alto.
SEC. 2. The Board of Public Safety is hereby vested
with power to act upon, define, determine and adjudge
what shall constitute a nuisance in said City, and to re-
quire the same to be abated in a summary manner. Any
person who maintains, permits or allows a nuisance to
exist upon his or her property or premises, after the
same has been determined by the said Board to be a
nuisance, and after notice to remove the same has been
served upon such person, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and shall be punished accordingly; and
each day of the existence of s-uch nuisance after notice
shall he deemed a separate and distinct offense, and it is
the duty of the Health Officer to prosecute all persons
guilty of violating the provisions of this section by con-
tinuous prosecutions until such unlawful nuisance is
abated or removed.
Whenever a nuisance shall exist on the property of
any non-resident, or on any property, the owner or owners
of which cannot be found by the Health Officer, after
diligent search, or on the property of any owner or
owners upon whom due notice may have been served, and
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who shall, for three days, refuse or neglect to abate the
same, or on any City property, it shall be the duty of the
Board (if Public Safety to cause the said nuisance to be
at once removed or abated, and to draw upon the Health
Incidental Fund for such sums as may be required for
its removal or abatement, not to exceed one hundred
dollars ; provided, that whenever a larger expenditure is
found necessary to be made for the removal or sup-
pression of any nuisance, the Council of said City shall,
upon written application of the Board of Public Safety,
transfer from the General Fund to the Health Incidental
Fund, such sum or sums as may be necessary for that
purpose. Said sum or sums so paid shall become a lien
upon the property from which said nuisance has been
removed or abated, in pursuance of this section, and may
be recovered by an action against such property.
And it shall be the duty of the City Attorney to fore- Duty of
close all such liens in the proper court, in the name of and the City
for the benefit of the City of Palo Alto, and, when the Attorney
property is sold, enough of the proceeds shall be paid into
the City Treasury to satisfy the lien and costs (such sums
to be accredited to the fund from which the expenditure
was made) and the overplus, if any there be, shall be paid
to the owner of the property, if he be known, and if not,
then into the court for his use when his identity is estab-
lished.
SEC. 3. Whenever it shall be certified to the Board
of Public Safety by the Health Officer that any building,
or part thereof, is unfit for human habitation by reason of
its ^eing so infected with disease as to be likely to cause
Mckiiess among the occupants, or has become dangerous
to life by reason of its want of repair, said Board may
issue an order and cause the same to be affixed conspicu-
ously on the building, or the part thereof which is unfit for
human habitation, and to be personally served upon the
owner, agent or lessee, if the same can be found in this
State, requiring all persons therein to vacate such
building, for reasons to be stated in said notice as afore-
said. Such building, or part thereof, shall be vacated
within ten days thereafter, or within such shorter time,
not less than twenty-fours hours, as in said notice may
be specified; but said Board if it shall become satisfied
that the danger from said house or part thereof, has
ceased to exist, may revoke said order, and it shall thence-
forward become inoperative.
SEC. 4. (a) Every physician in said City shall report
immediately to the Health Officer, every patient he shall
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ORIu NA tf.CFS OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Physicians
to report
patients who
have contag-
ious diseases
Diseased
lodgers to
be reported
Confinement
of persons
afflicted with
dangerous
diseases
Rules and
regulations
concerning
quarantine
Vaccination
Certificate of
death
Supervision
of death
record by
Board of
Public
Safety
have suffering from an infectious or contagious disease,
and report to said officer every case of death from such
disease immediately after it shall have occurred.
(b) The head of every household in said City, shall
forthwith report to the Health Officer the name of
every boarder or inmate whom he shall have reason to
believe sick of any infectious or contagious disease, and
any deaths occurring therein from such disease.
SEC. 5. Whenever a case of infectious or conta-
gious disease shall exist in any house or tenement, and
it shall be deemed inexpedient to remove the person or
persons so affected to the proper hospital, it shall be the
duty of the Health Officer to require all such persons to
be kept closely confined in their respective dwellings, or
places of abode, and he shall immediately cause to be
erected in a conspicuous place in front of such dwelling
or place of abode, a suitable notice, setting forth the fact,
and it shall be unlawful for the occupants thereof, or
any other person to remove such notice so long as, in the
opinion of the Health Officer, the same ought to remain
on the said premises.
SEC. 6. Section 13 of "an act to amend sections
2, 3, 13 and 21 of an act entitled 'an act for the preserva-
tion of the public health of the people of the State of
California, and empowering the State Board of Health to
enforce its provisions, and providing penalties for the
violation thereof" approved April i, 1911, shall be and
the same is hereby adopted and made the rules and
requirements to be observed in all cases of quarantine in
the City of Palo Alto, and said section 13 is hereby made
a part of this article.
SEC. 7. The Board of Public Safety shall enforce
compulsory vaccination whenever in their judgment it
may become necessary.
SEC. 8. It shall be unlawful for any person to
bury within the City of Palo Alto, or to remove beyond
the City limits for burial, the body of any deceased per-
son without first having filed with the Health Officer
a certificate of death signed by the attending physician.
SEC. 9. The Board of Public Safety must exercise
a general supervision over the death records of said
City and may adopt such forms and regulations for the
use and government of physicians, undertakers, and
superintendents of cemeteries as in their judgment may
be best calculated to secure reliable statistics of the mor-
tality in the said City and prevent the spread of disease.
SEC. 10. It shall be unlawful for any person to
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103
resist or attempt to resist the entrance of any member of
the Board of Public Safety or the Health Officer into
any railroad car, stage, vehicle, room, lot or other place
in said City in the performance of his duty, or for any
person to lease any house or premises where any person
is or has been sick with quarantinable, contagious or
infectious disease, as mentioned in section above, without
having first obtained permission so to do from the Board
of Public Safety, or for any person to refuse to obey any
lawful order of the Board of Public Safety when made
in the performance of duties or powers conferred by law
or by Charter, or by this article.
SEC. ii. No person shall expose or offer for sale,
or sell for human food, any blown, meager, diseased or
bad meat, poultry or game, unsound, diseased or un-
wholesome fish, meat, vegetables or other market pro-
duct, or bring within the City for sale, or sell, any sick
or diseased animal that died a natural or accidental
death.
SEC. 12. Any article or animal that shall be offered
for sale or exhibited in any market or elsewhere as
though it were intended for sale, shall be deemed offered
and exposed for sale within the intent and meaning of
this article.
SEC. 13. Any person who, in violation of the pre-
ceding sections of this article, shall bring within the City,
slaughter or sell or expose for sale any article or animal
which is unfit or unsafe for human food shall forfeit
the same to the City, and the Chief of Police or his
deputy shall seize and forthwith remove the same, at
the expense of the owner, in such manner and under
such directions of the Board of Public Safety as will
insure the safety and protection of the public health.
SEC. 14. Every person who shall violate any of the
provisions of this article or any of the rules and regu-
lations made and established by the Board of Public
Safety under and by virtue of this article, or shall fail
or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction
of the Board of Public Safety or Health Officer without
delay, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceed-
ing one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for a perio'd
not exceeding thirty days, or by both such fine and im-
prisonment.
Resisting
Board of
Public
Safety
Unwhole-
some
foodstuffs
Goods
offered
sale
for
Chief of
Police to
seize un-
wholesome
foodstuffs
Penalty
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ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
ARTICLE II
MILK AND CREAM
Permit
Application
Regulation
of permits
Milk from
diseased
cows
SEC. i. No person shall sell, expose or offer for
sale, in the City of Palo Alto, any milk or cream with-
out a permit so to do from the Board of Public Safety
of said City, except as provided in Section 3 hereof.
SEC. 2. Application for such permit shall be made
on a blank furnished by said Board and shall be accom-
panied by such information as said Board may require,
of the premises which are used or intended to be used in
connection with the production, storage and shipment of
such milk or cream, and of the cows which are used, or
intended to be used for the- production of such milk or
cream.
The Board shall, upon receipt of such application in
clue form, make or cause to be made, an examination
of the premises and milk cows, and if after such examin-
ation the said Board shall approve of such premises and
cows, the Board of Public Safety shall issue, without
charge, such permit as is hereinbefore specified.
SEC. 3. It is hereby provided that no applicant shall
be restrained from conducting business until his applica-
tion has been acted upon by the Board of Public Safety,
but that no applicant whose application has been rejected
shall be permitted to file a new application within ten
days after the date of such rejection, and any such new
application shall not be considered by the Board of Public
Safety unless accompanied by the payment of five dollars
to the City of Palo Alto ; and it is provided further that
any permit may be suspended or revoked at any time
without previous notice by said Board, whenever in the
judgment of the Board of Public Safety the applicant
neglects or refuses to comply with the provisions of this
article.
SEC. 4. No person shall sell, exchange or deliver,
in said City, or have in his possession, with intent to
sell, exchange or deliver, any milk or cream taken from
any cow less than fifteen days before or ten days after
calving, or from any cow which is suffering from any
general or local disease, condition or injury which is
liable to render the milk or cream from said cow
unwholesome, or from any cow insufficiently fed, or fed
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on any substance liable to injuriously >affect the milk or
cream from such cow ; and the presence, on any premises
on which milk or cream is produced for sale in said City,
of any cow which is suffering from any general or local
disease, condition or injury which is liable to render the
milk or cream from said cow unwholesome, or of any
cow which is insufficiently fed or has been fed on any
substance liable to injuriously affect the quality of the
milk or cream, shall be prima facie evidence of intent to
sell such milk or cream and of producing, holding and
offering such milk or cream for sale.
SEC. 5. No person shall in said City sell any milk Unwhole
or creim, or hold or offer any milk or cream for sale, some miik
which is not clean and wholesome and free from foreign
substances, nor unless the same has been cooled im-
mediately after coming into his possession sufficiently to
remove the animal heat by a process satisfactory to the
Board of Public Safety, nor under any misrepresenta-
tion in respect thereof as to name or quality, or as being
what the same is not as respects wholesomeness, sound-
ness or safety.
SEC. 6. No person shall, in the City of Palo Alto, f
sell or exchange or expose or offer for sale or exchange, ^i^1 3
any milk or cream unless the same be pure, and free from
preservatives ; nor any milk from which a part of the
cream has been removed, or milk containing less than
three-and-one-half per centum of butter fat, unless the
same be plainly marked and sold as skimmed milk.
SEC. 7. No person shall, in said City; sell, exchange Q lit of
or deliver, or have in his custody or possession, with creamy
intent to sell, exchange or deliver, cream containing
less than eighteen per centum of butter fat.
SEC. 8. Every person in said City selling, ex-
changing or delivering milk or cream, or having the same 5
in his custody or possession to sell, exchange or deliver,
shall furnish to said Board of Public Safety, or its duly
authorized representative, who shall apply to him for the
purpose, a sample sufficient for the purpose of testing.
SEC. 9. No person shall sell, exchange, deliver or
buy any cow to be used for the production of milk or and° sate of
creim for sale in said City, knowing that such cow is diseased
unfit for that purpose by reason of disease or injury; cows
and whenever any veterinary surgeon duly authorized by
said Board of Public Safety to act as its inspector, shall
in the course of inspections made under authority of
this act, find any cow on any premises on which milk
or cream is produced for sale in the City of Palo Alto in
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ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Board to
notified
such condition as to be permanently unfit for the pro-
duction of such milk or cream, he shall mark such cow
so as to enable it to be permanently identified as inspected
and condemned by said Board, and no person shall
remove or deface such mark or cause any such mark to
be removed or defaced without written authority from
the said Board.
Diseased SEC. io. No person suffering from any communi-
persons cable disease, or who is liable to communicate any such
disease to other persons, shall assist in or about the pro-
duction of milk or cream for sale in said City, or in or
about the sale thereof. No person having power and
authority to prevent shall knowingly permit any person
aforesaid to work in or about the production or sale of
milk.
be SEC. ii. Every person holding a permit to sell milk
or cream, or to hold, offer or produce milk or cream for
sale in said City, shall notify the Board of Public Safety
of the occurrence of any communicable disease what-
soever among the persons employed by him in connection
with the business authorized by such permit, or among
'persons dwelling on premises where such business is
conducted, and of the occurrence of any communicable
disease among cattle on the premises on which the milk
or cream sold by him is produced, such notice to be for-
warded to said Board immediately after the person
holding such permit shall become aware of the existence
of any such disease aforesaid.
SEC. 12. No person shall, in said City, use any
wagon or other vehicle for the delivery of milk or cream
unless such wagon or vehicle has painted on or affixed
to the outside thereof, plainly and legibly, and so that
the same may be easily read by passersby, the name of the
dairy. No person shall use any wagon or other vehicle
for the delivery of milk or cream, which is not clean
and free from garbage or other material or thing liable
to contaminate such milk or cream.
Sanitation .SEC. 13. The Board of Public Safety is hereby
authorized to make rules and regulations to secure the
proper sanitation of all premises on which milk or cream
is sold, held, offered or produced for sale, and to secure
the proper care of such milk or cream, and to secure
the isolation on such premises of cattle suffering from
contagious disease.
SEC. 14. It shall be the duty of the Board of Public
Safety and of its duly authorized representatives to
enforce the provisions of this article and of all regula-
1 Delivery
wagons
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tions made by authority thereof. And said Board and Powers
representatives are hereby authorized, in the performance of the
of such duty, to enter and inspect all places in said City |°£|£ c
where milk or cream is sold, or held, offered or pro- Safety
duced for sale, and to board and examine all wagons and
other vehicles and to stop all wagons and other vehicles
for that purpose. No person shall interfere with any
such representative in the performance of his official
duty, nor hinder, prevent or refuse to permit any in-
spection or examination aforesaid.
SEC. 15. No person shall, in said City, counter-
,. ., i • •*.*• 11-1 1 • 1 • Counterfeit
feit, or make any imitation of, or publish, or have in his permits
possession any counterfeit or imitation of any permit
authorized by this article.
SEC. 1 6. The presence in or about the place of
business of any person dealing in milk or cream, or in or
about any vehicle used by any such person for the delivery
of the same, of any milk or cream which is forbidden
by law to be sold shall be prima facie evidence of an
intent on the part of such person to sell the same and of
the fact that he is holding or offering the same for sale.
SEC. 17. Every person selling milk or cream in the
City of Palo Alto shall, upon request of the Board of List
Public Safety, furnish said Board, on a blank to be
supplied by it, with a list of the names of his customers
and their places of residence by street and house number,
and with a list of dairymen who supply him with milk
or cream and their addresses.
SEC. 1 8. Any person violating any of the provisions
of this article, whether acting for himself or as the agent Penaity
or servant of another person, or of a firm, company or
corporation, or as an officer, agent, employee or repre-
sentative of any municipal corporation or of the State,
shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five
nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment
for a term of not more than ninety days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation of any
of the provisions of this article shall continue, and each
day that any thing forbidden by the terms hereof to be
erected, constructed, maintained, operated or permitted,
shall continue to exist or be maintained, operated or per-
mitted, shall constitute a separate offense.
PART V
REGULATING CONSTRUCTION,
ETC
Sidewalk
space
Specifica-
tions
Name
stamped or
imbedded in
cement
Non-com-
pliance
ARTICLE I
SIDEWALKS
SEC. i. The width of the space for sidewalks in
the streets of the City of Palo Alto is hereby established
as follows :
(a) In all streets seventy-five feet wide, at fifteen
feet, except that the sidewalk space on University avenue
from Alma street to Waverly street shall be twelve feet
wide.
(b) In all streets sixty feet wide, at twelve feet.
(c) In all streets fifty feet wide or less, at ten feet.
SEC. 2. All sidewalks, curbs and culverts shall be
constructed according to the specifications adopted by
the Board of Public Works.
SEC. 3. Every person, firm or corporation doing
cement work in the City of Palo Alto shall have the
name of said person, firm or corporation plainly imbed-
ded or stamped on the cement of each separate sidewalk
laid by him.
SEC. 4. The permit granted to any person, firm or
corporation to lay cement sidewalks in the City of Palo
Alto shall be revoked in case such person, firm or cor-
poration shall fail to comply with the requirements of
of this article.
REGULATING CONSTRUCTION, ETC. 1 09
ARTICLE IT
CREATING FIRE LIMITS
SEC. i. T*hat portion of the City of Palo Alto in- Defining
eluded in the following limits shall be known as, and is fire dlstnct
hereby established and created as the fire district :
Commencing at a point of intersection of the center
line of Alma street and the center line of Lytton avenue,
running thence southeasterly along said center line of
Alma street 1290 feet to the center line of Forest avenue,
thence northeasterly along the center line of Forest
avenue to a point midway between the northeasterly
line of Alma street and the southwesterly line of
High street, thence at right angles northwesterly and
parallel with Alma street 230 feet to a point midway
between the northwesterly line of Forest avenue and the
southeasterly line of Hamilton avenue, thence at right
angles and parallel with Hamilton avenue northeasterly
697^ feet to the center line of Ramona street, thence
northwesterly along the center line of Ramona street
460 feet to a point midway between the northwesterly
line of Hamilton avenue and the southeasterly line of
University avenue, thence at right angles and parallel
with University avenue northeasterly 840 feet to the
center line of Waverly street, thence at right angles
northwesterly along the center line of Waverly street 475
feet to a point midway between the northwesterly line of
University avenue and the southeasterly line of Lytton
avenue, thence at right angles ancl parallel with
L^niversity avenue southwesterly 840 feet to the center
line of Ramona street, thence northwesterly along
the center line of Ramona street 230 feet to the center
line of Lytton avenue, thence southwesterly along the
center line of Lytton avenue to the point of commence-
ment.
SEC. 2. No buildings or structures, or additions Building
thereto, whose exterior walls are of any other material
than brick, stone, concrete or artificial stone, shall be
erected, built, constructed or placed within the fire limits.
All buildings hereafter erected within the fire limits of
the City of Palo Alto shall be constructed under the plans
and specifications which shall be in accordance and com-
ply with the latest adopted building code of the National
Board of Fire Underwriters.
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ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Penalty SEC. 3. Every person, firm, company or corporation
violating any of the provisions of this article shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for a period not
exceeding three months, or by both such fine and im-
prisonment.
ARTICLE III
Building
permit
Cost of
building
permit
Building
permits
outside fire
limits
SUPERVISION OF PRIVATE BUILDING CON-
STRUCTION; FEES AND PERMITS
SEC. i. No person, company or corporation shall
erect a building or structure of any kind, remodel or
enlarge, add to or extend any building or structure al-
ready erected within the City of Palo Alto without first
obtaining a permit from the Board of Public Works.
The applicant for such permit shall state the exact
site to be occupied, the material, dimensions and esti-
mated cost of the proposed building or structure, and the
probable time to be occupied in building.
All applications shall be filed in duplicate.
The person, company or corporation applying for
such permit shall file with the Board of Public Works
the complete plans and specifications of the proposed
building or structure, or in lieu of said plans and speci-
fications a statement in writing setting forth what
repairs, alterations or improvements are contemplated,
and describing the general character, nature and extent
of the same and particularly describing the material and
size of chimneys and flues.
SEC. 2. The applicant or applicants for each build-
ing permit for buildings erected within the fire limits of
the City shall pay to the Auditor the sum of five dollars
when the estimated cost of the building does not exceed
the sum of ten thousand dollars. When the estimated
cost is over ten thousand dollars, one dollar additional
shall be paid for each one thousand dollars or fraction
thereof over ten thousand dollars.
SEC. 3. The applicant or applicants for each build-
ing permit for buildings outside the fire limits of said
City shall pay to the Auditor, one dollar when the esti-
mated cost of the building does not exceed one thousand
dollars, and fifty cents additional shall be paid for the
REGULATING CONSTRUCTION, ETC.
I I I
permit for each additional one thousand dollars or frac-
tion thereof of cost of said building.
SEC. 4. Before a permit is issued for the construe- Twenty-five
tion of any building or structure facing upon any im- dollar
proved street in said City, a deposit of twenty-five dollars deP°sit
shall he made with the Auditor, which deposit shall be
returned upon certificate of the Superintendent of Streets
that all rubbish has been removed and the street left in
the same good condition as it was in before the construc-
tion of said building or structure was commenced.
SEC. 5. No building shall be moved upon or along Movjng
the public streets of said City unless a permit be first permit
obtained therefor from the Board of Public Works, which
permit will be issued upon the payment of the sum of five
dollars to the Auditor. The moving of buildings shall be
subject to the provisions of Section 13 and Section 14 of
Article IV of Part VI hereof.
SEC. 6. All buildings shall be subject to the inspec- inspection
tion of the Board of Public Works to ascertain if the con-
struction of said buildings complies with the ordinances
of the City of Palo Alto relating thereto.
SEC. 7. Every person, firm, company or corporation Misde_
violating any of the provisions of this article shall be meanor
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for a period not
exceeding three months, or by both such fine and im-
prisonment.
ARTICLE IV
RELATING TO STREET WORK
SEC. i. Whenever a street or sidewalk is improved incidental
by private contract, an estimate shall be made by the expenses for
City Engineer of the necessary incidental expenses of the Jmprovement
Board of Public Works, and covering all expenses of the °
City, including the laying of sewer and water pipes, en-
gineer, street inspection and supervision of street work.
SEC. 2. The contractor or person desiring to make Deposit for
said improvement shall deposit with the City Auditor a estimated
sum equal in amount to the estimate made by the City expense
Engineer for the necessary incidental expenses. If said
sum of money so deposited with the City Auditor is not
sufficient to cover cost of the incidental expenses on said
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Permit
revoked
Soliciting
private
contracts for
street im-
provements
Application
for permit
Granting
of permit
street, the contractor shall pay to the City Auditor for
the City, an additional sum to cover said cost. If the
sum so deposited should be more .than the actual cost
for incidental expenses on said stret, then the difference
in cost shall be returned to the contractor or person
making such deposit.
SEC. 3 If the contractor or person desiring to make
said street improvement does not deposit such sum with
the Auditor as estimated by the City Engineer, then, any
permit granted to him by the Board of Public Works shall
be revoked.
SEC. 4. Whenever a contractor or person desires to
solicit for private contracts with property owners to im-
prove any roadway of the streets or avenues of the City
of Palo Alto, said contractor or person shall file with the
Board of Pubilc Works before signing up any contract
for improvement of said street or avenue with property
owners, a statement in writing naming the street or
avenue on which and between what points the proposed
improvement is to be made, the contract for the work,
and under what plans and specifications, and the pro-
posed cost of each item of the street improvement.
SEC. 5. Thereafterwards, and upon application for
a permit to improve said street or avenue, the Board of
Public Works shall require of the contractor or person
a statement in writing showing the names of the property
owners and the number of front feet contracted for, and
the items of the proposed improvement and the prices
of each item as stated in the contract, and the contractor
or contractors shall be required, before a permit is grant-
ed, to agree with the Board of Public Works on a time in
which such work shall commence and a time when the
same shall be completed.
SEC. 6. Before any permit is granted to any con-
tractor to improve the roadway of any of the streets or
avenues of the City of Palo Alto, a contractor must file
with the Board of Public Works a statement in writing
verified under oath before an officer authorized to admin-
ister oaths, showing that property owners owning at least
eighty (80) per cent of the front footage of any portion
of the street or avenue proposed to be improved, have
signed contracts or have requested in writing that said
improvement 1 e made, and no permit shall be granted in
any event to do any roadwork unless the consent of the
property owners owning at least eighty per cent of said
front footage of the street or avenue between the points
to be improved has been obtained.
REGULATING CONSTRUCTION, ETC.
Filing
bond
of
SEC. 7. Any contractor proposing to do roadwork
upon any of the streets or avenues of the City of Palo Alto
before obtaining a permit shall file a bond for. a sum not
less than twenty-five per cent of the cost of the work pro-
posed to be done with the Board of Public Works. Said
bond shall be conditioned that the said contractor will
commence the work within a certain time, and that he will
complete the same within a certain time after the permit
is granted, said time for commencing and completing the
work to be fixed by the Board of Public Works. Said
bond shall also provide that the work will be completed
according to the plans and specifications and to the satis-
faction of the Street Superintendent.
SEC. 8. Not more than four blocks on any street or Portion
avenue shall be torn up at any time during the progress a^ anyone
of street work, or remain torn up for a longer period of time
time than four weeks.
SEC. 9. Unless the above requirements are complied ComPhance
with by the contractor or person seeking to improve any
street or avenue of the City, the Board of Public Works
shall refuse to grant any permit for the proposed work.
SEC. 10. Any person violating the terms of this Penalty
article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined in the sum of not more
than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not
more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprison-
ment.
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ARTICLE V
CITY SEWER CONNECTIONS AND COST OF
SAME
SEC. i. No new street, avenue or alley other than
those already officially accepted by the City shall hereafter
be accepted by the City of Palo Alto until sewer and water
pipes have first been laid in and upon said proposed street,
avenue or alley, to the satisfaction of the Board of Public
Works of the City of Palo Alto.
SEC. 2. The Board of Public Works shall make all
connections to the public sewer. Notice must be given in
writing to the Board of Public Works at the office of the
City Clerk by the person intending to connect to the City
sewer, fixing the day on which he wishes to make the con-
nection. Such notice must be given at least forty-eight
Sewer and
water pipes
to be laid
in all streets
before
acceptance
Notice of
intention to
make
connection
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Cost of
making
connection
Owners to
lay all
sewer, water
and gas
pipes, mains,
connections,
etc.
Every
separate lot
to be so
connected
Superintend-
ent of Streets
to give
notice
Records
kept by
Superintend-
ent of
Streets
Liens
hours previous to the time when the connection is to be
made.
SEC. 3. A sewer connection shall be made for the
applicant on an unimproved street for the sum of nine
dollars. A connection on an improved street shall be made
at the actual cost of making said connection, and the sum
estimated for the purpose shall be deposited with the
City Tax Collector before such connection is made.
If the estimated cost for making a connection on an
improved street should not prove to be a sufficient sum to
pay for said work, then the additional cost shall be
charged against the applicant. If said estimated sum de-
posited shall be in excess of the cost, then the difference
shall be returned to the applicant.
SEC. 4. All property owners owning or controlling
property facing upon any of the streets or avenues of
the City of Palo Alto shall lay or cause to be laid all neces-
sary sewer and water pipe connections with the mains and
all gas mains and connections before said streets or ave-
nues are bitumenized, macadamized or otherwise perma-
nently improved. Gas companies shall comply with the
above provisions in laying gas mains and making con-
nections.
SEC. 5. Every separate lot of twenty-five or fifty
feet shall be connected with the sewer and water mains as
provided by Section 4.
SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent
of Streets of the City of Palo Alto to give written notice
to the property owner or his agent, if known, or to the
occupant of the property, if there be any, or if the owner
or his agent is not known and there is no occupant, to post
said notice conspicuously on said property, that sewer or
water pipe connections shall be made. Said notice shall
briefly describe the work required, referring to this article,
and shall contain a notification to the effect that unless
said work shall be done within ten days, the Superintend-
ent of Streets will do the same, and the costs and expenses
of said work will be charged up and made a lien against
the property. If said work be not done within ten days,
after the service or posting of said notice, it shall be the
duty of the said Superintendent of Streets forthwith to
proceed to do the same.
SEC. 7. The Superintendent of Streets shall keep a
record of such notices. He shall also keep a separate
record of the work done upon each piece, parcel or lot of
land and the costs and expenses of the same.
SEC. 8. As soon as said work is completed, the
Superintendent of Streets shall render a statement of
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the costs thereof and deliver the same to the City Assessor
who shall note the amount thereof upon the margin of the
assessment roll against the property charged, and there-
after the said amount shall be a lien against the said
property and shall be collected at the same time and in
the same manner as City taxes.
SEC. 9. Any owner or person who desires to build Of jjen
upon any property affected by such a lien shall first pay
the lien before he will be allowed to make any house con-
nection with any of the sewer or water pipes so laid.
Every property owner who fails to make any such street
connection when so notified by the Superintendent of
Streets shall pay, in addition to the lien for the costs and
expenses of making such street connection, the sum of ten
dollars before he will be permitted to make any house con-
nection with the sewer or water pipes so laid.
ARTICLE VI
HOUSE NUMBERING
SEC. i. All houses within the City of Palo Alto al-
ready constructed, and all houses in said City hereafter
constructed, as soon as completed, must be numbered in
accordance with the following system :
Beginning at the Palo Alto tree near the railroad
bridge crossing the San Francisquito creek, the first full
block on Alma street, shall be the 100 block, the second,
the 200 block, and so on ; and the corresponding blocks
on all streets parallel with Alma street shall have cor-
responding numbers.
Beginning at the point of intersection of Alma street
with University avenue, the first full block on Univer-
sity avenue shall be the 100 block, the second, the 200
block and so on ; and the corresponding blocks on all
streets running parallel with University avenue shall have
corresponding numbers.
Every twelve and one-half feet shall have a separate
number.
The odd numbers shall be on the northwest and the
even on the southeast side of all streets parallel with
University avenue ; the odd numbers on the northeast
side and the even on the southwest side of all streets
parallel with Alma street.
System of
numbering
Streets
parallel with
Alma street
Streets
parallel with
University
avenue
Number
each 12
feet
Odd and
even
numbers
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Size and
material
Penalty
SEC. 2. The numbers must be of the style, size and
material adopted by the Board of Public Works.
SEC. 3. Any violation of this article shall be pun-
ished by a fine of five dollars.
Publication
Licenses
ARTICLE VII
PLUMBING REGULATIONS
Registration SEC. i. Every master or journeyman plumber carry-
ing on his trade or business, or laboring as a master or
journeyman plumber, in the City of Palo Alto, shall
register his name, age, nativity and place of residence
at the office of the City Clerk of said City. It shall not
be lawful for any person to carry on the trade of plumb-
ing in the City of Palo Alto unless he fulfills the require-
ments of registration as above provided.
SEC. 2. A list of the registered plumbers shall be
published in the yearly report of the Board of Public
Safety.
SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to carry on the business of, or to labor as
a master or journeyman plumber, in the City of Palo Alto,
unless said person, firm or corporation shall first have
obtained from the Board of Public Safety of said City
a license authorizing such person, firm or corporation
to carry on said business, or to labor as such plumb-
er. A license so to do shall be issued only after a satis-
factory examination of each applicant by the Board
of Public Safety as to his or its qualifications to conduct
such business or to so labor; provided, however, that
when a firm or corporation is an applicant for such license,
such examination shall be taken by some member of the
firm or corporation or by some duly appointed and
authorized agent of said firm or corporation who shall
act as its master plumber, and every such firm or corpora-
tion must, at all times, have at least one (i) master
plumber in actual charge of its plumbing business. When
any agent is authorized to take the examination as above
provided, the authorization must be in writing and filed
with the application.
Examination SEC. 4. Examination of plumbers shall be held by the
Board of Public Safety at the City Hall and at such time
or times as the Board may determine. It shall not be
necessary for any plumber having successfully passed one
REGULATING CONSTRUCTION, ETC. 117
examination in the City of Palo Alto to be again
examined.
SEC. 5. Every master plumber, before he shall regis- Bonds
ter, must give a bond to the City of Palo Alto in the sum
of five hundred dollars, with good and sufficient surety,
conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties
as master plumber, which said bond shall be approved by
the Board of Public Safety and filed with the City Clerk.
SEC. 6. All licenses shall expire on the first day of Expiration
July of each year, unless sooner revoked. Upon the ex-
piration of the yearly license, every master plumber carry-
ing on the business of plumbing in the City of Palo Alto,
shall be required to again register and file a new bond as
above provided.
SEC. 7. All licensed plumbers shall be held strictly Correction
responsible for any and all acts of agents or employees after notice
done under this ordinance by virtue of his or their
licenses, and upon being notified by the Plumbing Inspec-
tor of any defect in the plumbing system of a building
or violation of this ordinance, the person or persons
having charge of the work shall immediately correct the
same.
SEC. 8. When any plumbing or drainage work shall Filing of
have been commenced in any building now erected or plans and
hereafter to be erected in the City of Palo Alto, or in any *"
addition to any building now erected in said City, and
before the rough work is ready for inspection, the per-
son, firm, association or corporation doing the same
shall submit to the Plumbing Inspector of said City, plans
and specifications accurately and correctly describing in
detail the plumbing work to be done, and, at the same
time, shall pay to the City Auditor a fee of fifty cents for
each and every fixture up to six in number, and ten cents
for each and every fixture over and above six in number.
Upon the payment of said fees, the City Auditor shall
give receipt for same, and the Plumbing Inspector shall
issue a permit for the proposed work, and shall file the
plans and specifications with the Board of Public Works.
The word "fixture" means any plumbing device having
a waste pipe to carry the waste water to the sewer.
SEC. 9. When any changes are made in waste, soil Work in old
or drain pipes in old houses, the said waste, soil or drain buildings
pipes shall, in all cases, be run and vented in accordance
with the provisions of this ordinance. Plans and specifi-
cations for such work shall be submitted to the Plumb-
ing Inspector, the fees provided in section 8 of this article
shall be paid to said City Auditor, proper receipts and
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ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Buildings
moved,
raised or
altered
Installation
or alteration
in old or
new
buildings
Notice of
completion
Tests
Sectional
and final
tests
Smoke tests
Testing
plugs
Test
certificates
Inspector,
notice
permit shall be given, anl the plans and specifications
shall be filed with the Board of Public Works.
SEC. 10. When a building is removed from one part
of the City to another, or when an addition is made to a
building or to any drainage in connection therewith (ex-
cept in case of repairs, which are herein defined to con-
sist of leaks in drain, soil, waste or vent pipes and repairs
on faucets, valves or water supply pipes), the rules and
regulations herein set forth must be followed.
SEC. ii. The installation or alteration or change in
the plumbing work or fixtures in any old or new build-
ing or buildings, shall not be made until the provisions
of this article are complied with.
SEC. 12. When the rough plumbing in any building
is completed, it shall be completely filled with water and
the Plumbing Inspector notified that the same is ready for
inspection. Any person, firm or corporation doing work
under the provisions of this article shall, at the request of
the Plumbing Inspector, remove one or more pieces of
pipe, or one or more fittings, in order to facilitate the
thorough inspection of said work. Immediately upon the
completion of the plumbing system of a building, notice
must be given the Plumbing Inspector to that effect by
the plumber in charge of the work, and the work must
he ready for the final inspection.
SEC. 13. All sewer, drains, soil, waste, vent and
leader pipes (except sheet metal leaders), which are
not of ironstone, must have all openings stopped and
be filled with water. The Plumbing Inspector shall have
the right to demand such water or other test applied to
ironstone pipes as he may deem necessary.
SEC. 14. When a system of plumbing has been test-
ed in sections, then final tests shall be made with a water
pressure equal to a column ten feet above the highest
point of the sewer or drain located within the premises.
SEC. 15. The smoke or peppermint test shall be
made wherever demanded by the Plumbing Inspector.
SEC. 16. Wooden plugs shall not be allowed in the
testing of a plumbing system.
SEC. 17. The testing of a plumbing system must be
made in the presence of the Plumbing Inspector, and, if
the test prove satisfactory to him, he shall issue a proper
certificate for the same.
SEC. 1 8. In all cases twenty-four hours' notice must
be given the Plumbing Inspector when the work is suffi-
ciently advanced for inspection.
REGULATING CONSTRUCTION, ETC.
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR PLUMBING
AND DRAINAGE OF BUILDINGS
SEC. 19. All material must be of good quality and Material
free from defects. The work must be done in a thorough
and workmanlike manner. The interior of all fittings
and cast-iron pipe and ironstone pipe shall be free from
obstructions, and all wrought metal pipe shall have ends
reamed out and be free from burrs.
SEC. 20. Where under these rules it is not requisite Standard
to use extra heavy cast-iron pipe and fittings, then either P'Pe
standard cast-iron pipe or galvanized wrought iron pipe
may be used ; provided, however, that in waste lines, gal-
vanized wrought iron or steel pipe may be used of a bore
not smaller than one and one-half inches in diameter, and
of the average weight and thickness provided for in
section twenty-two hereof.
SEC. 21. Where under these rules it is requisite to Extra heavy
use heavy cast-iron pipe, then the pipe, inclusive of the cast P'Pe
hub, shall average the following weight to each five-foot
length :
Diameter Weight per Lin. Ft.
Ibs.
2 Inches 5.50
3 Inches 945
4 Inches 13
5 Inches 17
6 Inches 20
7 Inches 27
8 Inches 34
WThere heavy pipe is required, all fittings used in
making connections with such pipe must correspond in
weight and quality and all such pipes and fittings must
have the extra heavy stamp exposed to view for the
Plumbing Inspector.
SEC. 22. As laid down in these rules, galvanized In ueu of
wrought iron or steel pipe may be used in lieu of cast-iron cast iron
pipe. The pipe shall not be less than the following pipe
average thickness and weight per lineal foot:
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ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Table of
various
kinds of
pipe
Sewers
separate
Sewers
Old
sewers
Diameter
Inches
i^'. .
Thickness
14.. .
Wt. per Lin. Ft.
Ibs.
2 68
2
i1^. .
^ 61
21/. -
«. 20
• o>vy
57/1
^- •
22
•/4
7 ^4
3^
.2^. .
. Q OO
A
24.
10 66
4.l/2- •
2C .
12 ^4.
5
^o
26
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14. =10
6
28
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7- • •
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Intermediate
sections
SEC. 23. Every house and building must be separ-
ately and independently connected with the sewer; pro-
vided, however, that where there are two or more build-
ings on the same lot, the total street frontage of which
does not exceed fifty feet, separate sewer connections
need not be made with the main sewer.
SEC. 24. Every house or building hereafter erected
must have the house drain, except as provided for in
these rules for the use of galvanized wrought iron or
steel pipe, constructed of cast-iron pipe when the drain
lies unc'er the building and for three feet beyond the
front wall or of any area wall or any wall of adjoining
premises, where it shall connect with not less than four
inch ironstone pipe, classed as No. I Grade. The cast-
iron drain pipe shall leave the building at a point nearest
to the street sewer connection.
Where any section of the cast-iron sewer is below the
surface of the ground, or where the joists of the first
floor are two feet or less, from the ground, or in places
that have been excavated, such as basements or sumps, the
said sewer shall be constructed of extra heavy cast-iron.
Ironstone pipe must be laid in accordance with specifi-
cations for such work adopted by the Board of Public
Works.
SEC. 25. When either an old or new building is
placed upon a lot, or when an alteration is made in a
building which has an old sewer or drain in a defective
or unsanitary condition lying within the lines of any part
of the foundation, then the said sewer or drain must be
replaced with cast-iron pipe and be run in accordance with
these rules and regulations.
SEC. 26. The use of intermediate sections of pipe
of different quality or kind, such as the introduction of
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121
sections of ironstone pipe between cast iron pipe, or of
standard cast iron pipe between extra heavy sections,
or of cast-iron pipe between ironstone pipe, or of wrought
iron or steel pipe between ironstone and similar pipe, will
not be allowed.
SEC. 27. In plating works, chemical works, acid
works and manufactories where chemicals are used, the
waste of same shall discharge into the main sewer in the
street through a separate vitrified ironstone pipe, which
shall be laid in a manner conforming to all the require-
ments of this article.
SEC. 28. All surface drains, soil and waste pipes dis-
charging below the sewer line of any building, and all
sumps receiving drainage or wastage, must be connected
in a sanitary manner satisfactory to the Board of Public
Works and receive the approval of the Plumbing In-
spector prior to use.
SEC. 29. All joints on cast-iron pipe and the fittings
for same must be made with suitable packing of oakum,
properly caulked and run full with molten lead, properly
caulked; and all cast-iron pipes must be coated both
inside and outside with coal tar pitch applied hot.
SEC. 30. When possible, all sewer, drain, soil, waste
and leader pipes shall have a continuous fall of not less
than one-quarter of an inch to the foot, and, if practical,
more. When not possible to secure one quarter inch fall
to the foot, provision shall be made for regular and effi-
cient flushing.
SEC. 31. Where practical, iron sewers, drains, soil
and waste pipes running in a cellar or lowest story of a
building shall run along the wall of the building, or, if
this is not practical, be hung on iron hangers securely
fastened to the floor joists. Straps or hangers shall be
placed at intervals not exceeding five feet.
SEC. 32. When it is not practical to run and fasten
the iron sewer, drain, soil or waste pipes as above di-
rected, then they may be run in a trench cut to a uniform
grade and shall be subject to the provisions of section 24
as to weight of pipe.
SEC. 33. No openings shall be provided in the sewer
pipes of any building for the purpose of rain-water drain-
age, except by special permission by the Board of Public
Works, in writing. A copy of such permit, together with
the area drained, shall be filed by the Plumbing Inspector
with the Board of Public Works.
SEC. 34. Heavy brass-made threaded "clean-outs" of
at least one-eighth of an ich in thickness in the ferrule
Sewers for
chemical
works
Sumps and
surface
drains
Caulked
joints
Fall of pipes
Hanging
pipes
Trenching
Rain water
drainage
Clean-outs
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ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Clean-outs
to be
accessible
Pipes
Lead pipe
and joints
Fastening
pipes
Fastening
outside
Size of soil
pipe
Galvanized
pipe and
angle
fittings
Steam
exhaust
part and with three-sixteenths of an inch thickness in the
cover, the cover to have a solid cast square head of one
inch square and one inch in height, shall be placed at the
end of each horizontal line of sewer or waste pipe and its
contributory laterals of five feet or longer.
SEC. 35. All clean-outs shall be the same size as the
pipe they serve and must be so placed as to be accessible.
SEC. 36. Except as provided for in these rules, every
sewer, drain soil, waste and leader pipe must be of either
cast-iron or of galvanized wrought iron or steel, and the
fittings to same must be of the same material.
SEC. 37. Waste pipes may be of lead, but only for
branches not exceeding five feet in length and where used
to connect with cast or wrought-iron or steel ; provided,
however, that no lead pipe shall be allowed outside of a
building or in the ground. Whenever practical, and
where under these rules and regulations lead waste pipe
is used, it must intersect at the same angle as given by
Y's 1-16, 1-6 or 1-8 bends.
All connections of lead pipe with either cast-iron or
wrought iron pipe must be made with brass ferrules of
the same size as the receiving opening, and be connected
to same by a wiped joint, and be properly caulked with
oakum and molten lead.
SEC. 38. All iron sewers or drains not trenched, and
ajl soil, waste and leader pipes, shall be properly fastened
and secured with either heavy bands, wrought iron straps
or hooks, forged out of one piece of iron, and not welded.
SEC. 39. All horizontal and vertical lines of soil,
waste and leader pipes shall be secured with heavy bands,
wrought iron straps with four screws to each strap and
the straps placed at intervals not exceeding five feet.
SEC. 40. No soil pipe of an inside diameter less
than four inches shall be permitted.
SEC. 41. When galvanized wrought iron or steel
pipe is used for sewer, drain, soil, waste or leader pipes,
it shall be of the quality known as 'Standard' thickness,
and all changes of direction shall be made with Y's, 1-16,
1-6 or 1-8 fittings, threaded on the inside, and so con-
structed as to form a bore uniform with the pipe without
any burrs or recesses. All fittings shall be either cast-
iron, hot tar dipped or galvanized, or galvanized mal-
leable iron.
SEC. 42. No steam exhaust shall connect with any
sewer, drain, soil, leader or waste pipe. A steam con-
denser, however, may be permitted to receive the steam
exhaust and the condensation pipe be connected to the
sewer system.
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SEC. 43. All of the provisions of the various sec- Outside and
tions of this article relating to pipes, including sections inside P1?68
15, 1 6, 17 and 39, shall apply to both outside and inside
pipes of the plumbing system of building.
SEC. 44. Except as provided for in the next section, Reveals and
no sewer, drain, soil, waste, leader or vent pipe of any recesses
kind shall be built in brick, stone or concrete walls.
When necessary to conceal pipes of this class, they must
be run in suitable reveals or recesses.
SEC. 45. When and wherever any sewer, drain, soil, passing
waste, leader, vent or supply pipe passes through any through
foundation, wall or partition and there is a surrounding walls
space, then this space shall be satisfactorily filled or
guarded with the same material as that of which the
foundation, wall or partition is made, or it may be cov-
ered with suitable metal flashing or collars, so as to
effectually prevent leaving an avenue for the entrance
of vermin into the premises.
SEC. 46. Water filters, ice boxes or refrigerators Refriger-
shall in no case be directly connected to or with the ators;
sewerage or drainage system, but they may be indirectly filters
connected, provided the manner of connecting be ap-
proved by the Plumbing Inspector.
SEC. 47. No brick or sheet metal or earthen flue Flue
shall be used as a sewer or drain ventilator, nor shall any restrictions
chimney flue be used for this purpose.
SEC. 48. In every building where the drop exceeds Extra heavy
fifty feet, reckoning from the top of the floor on which
the highest fixture is located to top of the first floor, the
entire soil and waste pipe shall be of extra heavy cast-
iron pipe, and the fittings to same shall be extra heavy;
or standard galvanized wrought iron or steel pipe and
cast iron tar dipped threaded fittings may be used.
SEC. 49. The term "soil pipe" is that applied to Soil pipe
any pipe receiving the discharge from one or more water
closets, with or without other fixtures.
SEC. 50. All vent pipes, including soil pipe stacks Standard
continuing above the highest fixture and serving as a stacks
vent pipe, may be of standard cast-iron pipe or of gal-
vanized wrought iron or steel pipe, but there shall not
be intermediate sections of different materials or
qualities.
SEC. 51. " Waste pipe" is the term applied to any
pipe receiving the discharge of any fixture except water
closets. The waste pipe, either vertical or horizontal,
receiving the discharge of sixteen or more fixtures shall
not be less than two and one-half inches internal
diameter.
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ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Alignment
of pipes
Angle of
fitings
Offsets
Prohibitions
Heel
outlets
Leader
restrictions
Leaders
Leaders,
inside
Leader
connections
Leaders on
street lines
Roof water
Deck and
light-well
drains
Safe
wastes
SEC. 52. The arrangement of sewer, drain, soil,
waste, vent, and leader pipes must be as direct as possible.
SEC. 53. Except as provided for in these rules, all
changes in the direction of sewer, drain, soil, waste
and leader pipes shall be made with Y branches, 1-16,
1-6, or 1-8 bends.
SEC. 54. Offsets may be used, provided the angle
they present is not more acute than that presented by a
1-16 bend.
SEC. 55. Straight crosses, bands and saddles are
prohibited.
SEC. 56. No heel outlet will be allowed to act as a
waste or vent pipe on either vertical or horizontal lines.
SEC. 57. Except as provided for in these rules, rain
water leaders must never be used as a soil, waste or vent
pipe, nor shall a soil, waste or vent pipe be used as a rain
water leader.
SEC. 58. Excepting outside leads or leader pipes
exceeding fifty-five feet perpendicularly reckoning from
the roof's outlet to the point where the leader emerges
from a building shall be of either extra heavy cast-iron
or of standard galvanized wrought iron or steel pipe from
top to bottom. Outside leaders, however, may be of
standard cast-iron pipe or of sheet metal.
SEC. 59. When rain water leaders are placed inside
of a building, they must be of cast-iron or steel, and be
properly caulked with oakum and molten lead, just as
if they were to be used as soil or waste pipes.
SEC. 60. The connection between sheet metal and
cast-iron leader pipes must be made by caulking the sheet
metal with oakum and molten lead into the cast-iron.
Brass sleeves are prohibited. If the leader connects to
galvanized wrought iron or steel, then a satisfactory
soldered connection must be made.
SEC. 61. When a building is erected on a street line,
or when it is desired to run the roof water to the gutters,
the same shall be run in a cast-iron pipe from a point
five feet above the curb level to and under the sidewalk
to the gutter. The running of roof or surface water
on sidewalks is hereby prohibited.
SEC. 62. All decks and light-wells must be provided
with adequate drainage.
SEC. 63. Every safe waste under a bath, basin, tank
or other fixture must be drained by a special pipe of lead
or galvanized wrought iron or steel pipe of a diameter
not less than one inch bore, and in no case shall it be
connected directly to any soil, waste, drain, sewer, or
vent p'pe, but made to discharge outside the building.
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125
SEC. 64. Urinals and water closet floor drains may
be connected to and with main waste soil or sewer pipe,
provided said floor drain be properly trapped and vented
and supplied with water, but no urinal waste shall act as
the feed to any floor drain. All shall be done to the satis-
faction of the Plumbing Inspector.
SEC. 65. Excepting flushometer closets, all water
closets within a building must be supplied from separate
tanks or cisterns, the water of which should not be used
for any other purpose.
Excepting flushometer, a group of water closets may
be supplied from one tank, but water closets located on
different floors must not be supplied from one tank.
SEC. 66. Plug, pan valve closets and common hop-
per closets are strictly prohibited in any part of a build-
ing or premises.
Flush rim hopper closets, offset and washout closets
are not allowed, excepting they are located outside the
building proper.
SEC. 67. When water closets are supplied from
tanks, the down or flush pipe shall in no case be less than
one and one-quarter inches inside diameter.
No rubber connection shall be allowed between water
closets and vent pipes, nor shall any closet be set in
plaster or similar substance.
SEC. 68. When a water closet is connected to the
soil pipe, by and through a lead bend, then the outlet side
of the bend must be properly wiped to a brass ferrule
and the ferrule be properly caulked into receiving hub.
SEC. 69. When a water closet is not connected to
the soil pipe by a lead bend, then it may be connected by
and through a lead pipe lengthening piece, which shall
be properly wiped to a heavy brass ferrule, and the
ferrule be properly caulked into receiving hub.
SEC. 70. When under the two preceding sections,
closets are connected by and through lead pipes, then suit-
able brass floor flanges shall be used, or when the closet
is connected to either cast-iron or galvanized wrought
iron or steel and regular brass ferrules, lead pipe and
wiped joints are not used, then the connection between
the closets and the soil pipe must be made with an ap-
proved adjustable and threaded, or threaded and caulked
floor flange connection.
Sec. 71. When water closets are so constructed that
the trap is a part of the closet, then they must be of
all earthenware, or enameled iron, or of a combination of
these materials.
Urinal and
closet safes
Closets,
flushometers
Closets
prohibited
Closets,
flush pipes
and
connections
Closet
lead bend
Closet lead
connections
Closets,
flanges, etc.
Materials
for closets
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ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Ratio of
closets
Male and
female
Closets
named
Closets,
ratio to
tenants
Closets in
hotels and
lodging
houses
Closets,
family
Urinals,
supply
Group of
urinals
All water closet receivers must be made of earthen-
ware or of enameled iron ; no stone, cement, brick,
wooden or other porous substance will be permitted. This
shall apply to both single water closets built in series or
ranges.
SEC. 72. Each tenement, flat or store shall be por-
vided with not less than one water closet.
SEC. 73. In all places of employment where men and
women are employed, separate and sufficient water
closets shall be provided for males and females as re-
quired by these rules and regulations.
SEC. 74. The water closets provided for males shall
be plainly marked "Men's Toilet" and water closets pro-
vided for women shall be plainly marked "Women's
Toilet."
SEC. 75. In all places of employment mentioned in
this article, not less than one water closet shall be pro-
vided for every twenty-five males, or less number, and
not less than one water closet shall be provided for every
twenty-five females, or a less number, and these water
closet facilities shall be provided upon at least every
second story. Where there are employees in a basement,
such basement shall be considered as being one story.
SEC. 76. In lodging houses or hotels, hereafter
erected or altered, there shall be provided not less than
one water closet for every twenty-five females, or less
number, and not less than one water closet for every
twenty-five males, or less number. The number of water
closets required shall be determined from the number of
lodging quarters provided in said lodging houses or
hotels.
SEC. 77. In all buildings used jointly for residence
and business purposes, separate and sufficient water
closets shall be provided for the use of families, em-
ployees and patrons of the place.
SEC. 78. Except in private residences, urinals must
be supplied from an automatic tank flush. A group of
urinals may be supplied from one tank, the capacity of
which is to be proportionate to the number of urinals
supplied, but in no case shall the capacity be less than
one gallon for each urinal served. The flush pipes must
be sufficiently large.
SEC. 79. More than two urinals shall be construed
as being a group of urinals, and the flush pipe or pipes
thereto must be so arranged as to provide an equalized
pressure and volume of water to all and each urinal on
the range.
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127
SEC. 80. Except flushometer urinals, urinals situated
on different floors or stories of the same building must be
supplied by tanks located on the same floor or story as
that on which the urinals are respectively located.
SEC. 81. Slop hoppers and scullery sinks, when set
upon a floor, must be connected to the waste pipe with
lead pipe wiped on to a brass ferrule, the same to be
caulked with molten lead, or they may be connected with
an approved iron or brass connection. Sinks of hotels,
restaurants and boarding houses must be supplied with
grease traps where required by the Plumbing Inspector.
Such traps must be of approved design and water- jacket-
ed and cooled by running cold water through the jacket.
SEC. 82. All slop hoppers and slop sinks shall be
provided with suitable traps of not less than two inches
internal diameter. They must be provided with a water
faucet.
SEC. 83. When located upon a porch, four enameled
slop hoppers or slop sinks may be wasted into a three inch
pipe, and provided the crown of the trap is within two
feet of the stack waste pipe, it shall not be necessary to
back vent these fixtures, but the waste stack shall be
carried full bore to above roof line.
SEC. 84. When and where, under these rules and
regulations, it is required that the size of the waste be
increased, as, for instance, in the maximum number of
hoppers and of slop sinks, then the increased size shall
be run up to above the roof line of undiminshed bore.
SEC. 85. Basins may be wasted by one and one-half
inch trap.
SEC. 86. Dentists' cuspidors shall waste through a
one and one-quarter inch trap, and the trap shall have
a one and one-quarter inch vent pipe. The trap shall be
within two feet of the vent pipe.
SEC. 87. On the inlet side of the trap an extension
of one inch waste pipe may be run to a length not exceed-
ing six feet, reckoning from the trap's seal to the end
of the one inch extension.
Five or more cuspidors must be wasted and vented by
not less than a two inch main waste pipe and vent.
SEC. 88. No wooden sink or wash tray shall be
allowed on any premises.
SEC. 89. Bath tubs, the frame of which is wooden,
and which said frame is lined with sheet metal, are not
allowed.
SEC. 90. All fixtures must be open to the free circu-
lation of air and not enclosed.
Urinal
supply,
floors
Hoppers ;
grease traps
Hoppers ;
traps
Hoppers on
porches
Hopper
stack
Basin waste
traps
Dentist's -
cuspidors
Extension on
inlet side of
trap
Wooden
fixtures
Bath tubs
Fixtures
not enclosed
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ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Carriage
wash rooms
Traps
Traps,
restrictions
Traps
relative to
vent
Abutting
sink and
tray
Trap, foot
stacks
Size of
traps
Range
traps
Bell traps
Vents
Vents to
roof
Vents,
angles and
sizes
SEC. 91. All carriage wash rooms connected with
the sewer system must be provided with means of inter-
cepting mud and constructed in a manner satisfactory to
the Plumbing Inspector.
SEC. 92. As provided for in these rules, all fixtures
must be effectively trapped and vented, and the traps and
vents must be placed as near to the outlet of the fixtures
served as practical, all in conformity with this article.
SEC. 93. Excepting as provided for ranges of closets
and urinals, and for sectional basins, every fixture must
be separately trapped.
Excepting as specified in these rules, in no case shall
the trap of one fixture connect with the trap of another
fixture.
SEC. 94. Excepting as provided in these rules, in no
case shall the trap serving a fixture be placed at a distance
greater than one foot from the outlet of the fixture it
serves, nor shall the vent pipe serving a trap be placed at
a distance greater than two feet from the trap it serves.
SEC. 95. When a sink and a wash tray or a range of
laundry tubs abut on one another and they are practically
one fixture and are in the same room, then they or it may
be served by one trap.
SEC. 96. No traps shall be placed at the foot of any
vertical soil or waste pipe.
SEC. 97. No fixtures shall have a trap of less than
one and one half inches internal diameter,, provided,
however, that dental cuspidors may have one and one-
quarter inch traps.
SEC. 98. A range of closets, or a range of urinals,
or a range of basins, may be served by one trap, provided
the arrangement thereof receives the approval of the
Plumbing Inspector.
SEC. 99. Bell traps are strictly prohibited in every
and all cases.
SEC. 100. Vent pipes and all fittings shall be of gal-
vanized wrought iron, steel or cast-iron and, excepting as
provided in this section and section 97, they shall be of a
bore not less than that of the trap served, and if to serve
a water closet or slop sink or hopper, not less than two
inch bore.
SEC. 101. All vent pipes shall be run separately or
combined through the roof, and for one foot above, and
are to be left open.
SEC. 102. Vent pipes must be run with as few bends
as possible, and, excepting as provided for, must connect
to and with the main vertical vent at an angle of 45 or
60 degrees. When combined, the vent pipes must be in-
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129
creased in size according to the following table. Branch
vents serving water closets shall not be of a size less
than described in the following table :
2 basins or dental cuspidors, into a il/2 inch vent;
i to 3 water closets or 7 small fixtures, into a 2 inch
vent ;
4 to 5 water closets or 10 small fixtures, into a 2.y2
inch vent ;
6 to 8 water closets or 16 small fixtures, into a 3 inch
vent;
9 or more water closets or 16 or more small fixtures,
into a 4-inch vent ;
SEC. 103. The term "branch vent" as here applied
shall be construed to mean all that vent pipe located
1 etween the fixtures served and the point where the vent
joins and intersects the main vertical vent.
SEC. 104. All vent pipes and the fittings to same must
be so arranged that no sediment shall discharge into the
waste pipes so as to be carried ofT by the waste discharge,
and, where architectural conditions require, the bottom
of the vent shall be carried to and below the lowest fix-
ture on the line.
SEC. 105. In no case shall a vent pipe serving any
fixture intersect with a main or a branch vent at a point
of intersection less than three feet six inches above the
floor upon which the fixture to be vented shall be located.
SEC. 106. Water closets, located either within the
building or upon any portion of the premises (excepting
as provided for yard fixtures in eection 108) if the soil
drop does not extend ten feet, may be vented by a two
inch vent pipe for a distance of thirty-five feet, then the
entire vent shall be two and one-half inches. Single
water closets may be vented by a two inch vent pipe.
SEC. 107. In each and every building to be used as
a residence, or otherwise, and where a water closet, or
closets, is or are, situated, either within the building or
upon any portion of the lot outside of said building, it
shall be required, in any and all cases, that at least one
four inch .vent pipe shall be continued to a point one foot
above the roof line, and this irrespective of the location
of the closet or closets or drop.
SEC. 108. When a fixture is located in a yard, and
it is ten or more feet from any building and the room
in which the fixture is located is not connected with any
buildirg, then the fixtures, trap or traps, need not be
vented.
SEC. 109. Where, under these rules, cast-iron vent
pipe is allowed, then double hubs are allowed, but on the
vent pipe only.
Table of
sizes of
vents ;
branch ;
sizes of
vents and
fixtures
allowed
Branch
vents
Sediment
Three feet
six inches
intersections
Vents for
pipes
Soil stacks
and vents
Yard fixtures,
ten-foot
limit
Double hubs
on vents
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ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Combination
waste and
vent fittings
Kitchen
extensions
and roofs
Vent
terminations
Caps and
cowls
Air shaft
requirements
Air shaft
restrictions
Air shaft
enlargements
Air exhaust
Ventilation
requirements
Water pipe ;
inspection
SEC. no. Combination waste and vent fittings
which are tapped at all openings, or tapped and belled
for caulking, are allowable.
SEC. in. When fixtures are located within kitchen
and similar extensions or when a roof is used for yard
purposes, or when an opening in the main building is to
be guarded, vents must be carired over to the main
building to a point not less than one foot above the line
of the main roof, and where any vent extends more than
four feet through the roof, the vent stack must be of
galvanized wrought iron or steel.
SEC. 112. No soil or vent pipe shall terminate at
a point within ten feet of the bottom of any door or win-
dow or house tank of main structure.
SEC. 113. No cap or cowl shall be affixed to the top
of any ventilating pipe.
SEC. 114. Each and every compartment wherein a
hath, water closet, urinal or slop or scullery sink is situ-
ated, shall be ventilated by means of a window opening
directly to -the external atmosphere, or by means of an
air shaft having an area of at least two square feet. This
air shaft shall continue of undiminished size to the roof,
and at this point its opening shall equal in area not less
than that of the shaft.
Every gas water heater shall be properly vented
through a conductor leading to outside air, said vent pipe
to have an inside end area of at least six and three-
quarters square inches.
SEC. 115. No air shaft or window ventilating either
a bath, water closet, urinal, slop or scullery sink com-
partment shall discharge into or ventilate any other
compartment whatsoever.
SEC. 116. The provisions of section 114 shall not
prevent the enlargement of air shafts to a size suitable
and adequate to ventilate a series of closets, urinals, slops
or scullery compartments.
SEC. 117. The requirements of these rules shall not
apply to a ventilating system of sufficient capacity to
exhaust to a point above the roof all the air in the com-
partment, or compartments, referred to in this section,
every ten minutes.
SEC. 1 1 8. In all cases covered by this article, the
manner and system of ventilating must meet with the
approval of and be installed to the satisfaction of the
Plumbing Inspector.
SEC. 119. All water pipe work done in any building
in the City of Palo Alto shall be subjected to the inspec-
REGULATING CONSTRUCTION, ETC.
tion of the Plumbing Inspector and tested as hereinafter
described. Notice must be given the Plumbing Inspec-
tor in writing, when the water piping is ready for inspec-
tion, and the work must be uncovered and convenient
for examination. All necessary tools, labor and assist-
ance for the requisite tests and inspections shall be
furnished by the person, firm or corporation having
control of the work.
SEC. 1 20. When upon examination by the Plumbing
Inspector, it appears that any water pipe work is de-
fective, either in construction or material, the same
shall be altered or repaired to conform to the regula-
tions set forth in this article. It shall be unlawful for any
person, firm or corporation to use any water through or
by means of any piping or fittings in any building until
the same shall have been inspected and approved by the
Plumbing Inspector and a certificate shall have been
issued by him approving the work.
SEC. 121. The size of the water pipe used must vary
with the length of the pipe, the height of building and
the number of openings :
(a) Not more than two openings shall be made on a
half-inch branch pipe, nor shall any one- half-inch branch
be more than ten feet long.
(b) The service pipe to a one story building having
not more than fourteen openings within the building and
about the grounds shall be at least three-quarter inch
pipe. No faucet or opening larger than three-quarter
inch shall be permitted.
(c) For a two-story building having plumbing fix-
tures on the second floor, a one inch service pipe must
be laid from the street main to the first second-story
riser within the building. A total of not more than
twenty-four openings shall be made on a one inch service,
and no opening shall be larger than three-quarter inches.
(d) For large buildings and for cases where the
openings in the piping system are more than one hundred
feet from the house meter, the size of pipes shall be deter-
mined by the Plumbing Inspector.
(e) All wash trays shall be supplied through three-
quarter inch pipe and have three-quarter inch openings
and faucets.
(f) All piping and fittings shall be of standard gal-
vanized iron or steel. Short lengths of lead piping
known to the trade as (A. A.) or brass piping may be
used to attach plumbing fixtures.
(g) All faucets on the inside of a building shall be
Use of
defective
pipes, etc.,
prohibited
Size of pipe
Openings
One story
building
Two story
building
Large
buildings
Wash trays
Galvanized
iron or
steel
Faucets
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ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Piping,
supporting,
cutting,
inspection
Valves
Water
pressure
Boilers
Leaks, etc.
exempt
Condemna-
tion
Penalty
provided with air chambers consisting of a section of
pipe equal in size to the riser supplying the opening, and
not less than eighteen inches long.
(h) All piping shall be firmly supported by strap-
ping same to building with approved straps placed not
more than five feet apart. After cutting, or where the
pipe is found contracted, it shall be reamed out to full
bore, and it must be thoroughly cleared of cuttings and
dirt on the inside before being used in the work. The
Plumbing Inspector shall have the right to order one or
more fittings, or any part of the piping system, to be
opened up for inspection at any time during the progress
of the work.
(i) There shall be one gate valve provided on the
main service at the house line, also an approved valve
at each water closet and on the inlet pipe to each boiler.
(j) All water piping shall be made perfectly tight
and suitable for a water pressure of 100 pounds to the
square inch. The person, firm or corporation installing
the piping shall subject the system to a water test of 125
pounds per square inch when requested so to do by the
Plumbing Inspector.
SEC. 122. All range boilers installed shall be of the
style known as "extra heavy."
SEC. 123. The requirements of these rules and regu-
lations shall not be construed to include leaks, the repair
of faucets, breaks in pipes or stoppages of pipes.
SEC. 124. When a building has been inspected and
the plumbing work condemned by the Plumbing Inspector
as being in an unsanitary condition, then the Board of
Public Safety shall give a written notice to that effect,
infonring the agent or owner to repair the defective
plumbing therein, so as to place the building in a sanitary
condition, and it shall be unlawful for the owner or agent
to suffer, allow or permit an occupied building to remain
in an unsanitary condition.
SEC. 125. Any person who shall violate any of the
provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be pun-
ished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, or
by imprisonment not exceeding ninety days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
PART VI
PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORA-
TIONS
ARTICLE I
GOVERNING ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS
SEC. i. By the term "company" as used in this
article is meant any corporation, co-partnership, asso-
ciation or person engaged in the business of furnishing
or selling electricity for lighting, power and heating
purposes in the City of Palo Alto.
SEC. 2, For the purposes of this article, a "meter"
is defined to be an instrument or appliance for measuring
quantity of electric energy, so adjusted and maintained
as to correctly register, in kilowatt hours, within two per
cent, plus or minus, the amount of electric energy
measured by it, when compared with and tested by a
standard wattmeter. Whenever a meter is required by
this article it shall conform to the definition and require-
ments of this section.
SEC. 3. The City Electrician may at any time ex-
amine and test any electric meter installed or about to be
installed in the City of Palo Alto for measuring electric
energy, and for such purpose may disconnect and remove
any ir.eter from any place where installed or placed to
the testing place selected by him. It shall be unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation to hinder, impede or inter-
fere with the City Electrician in making examination or
test of any meter.
SEC. 4. Every company shall install and maintain
at or upon the premises of each of its customers a meter
for the purpose of measuring and determining the amount
of electric energy furnished to such customer. It shall
be unlawful for any company, or any officer, agent, ser-
Definition of
"company"
Of "meter"
City Electri-
cian to test
ineters
Company to
furnish all
meters
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ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Rates
classified
Establishing
rates
vant or employee of any company, to sell or furnish
electric energy to any consumer or person in the City of
Palo Alto unless such energy be measured by a meter so
installed and maintained. It shall be unlawful for any
company or any officer, agent, servant or employee of
any company, directly 'or indirectly, in any form or man-
ner, to charge, demand, collect or receive payment or
compensation for electric energy furnished which is not
based upon and proportioned to the amount of energy
actually furnished and determined and measured by a
meter installed and maintained as herein provided.
SEC. 5. For the purpose of fixing and establishing
rates, electric energy sold or furnished in the City of
Palo Alto by any company, for lighting, power and
heating shall be classified as follows, beginning July i.
1911 :
For lighting: From a maximum of 7^ cents per
Kw. hour to a minimum of 4 cents per Kw. hour, depend-
ing upon the monthly consumption as indicated by the
rate curve diagram on file in the office of the City Clerk.
For motor and poiver loads : Any quantity at 4 cents
per Kw. hour.
For heating, cooking and household electrical appli-
ances: Any quantity at 3 cents per Kw. hour.
Provided, however, that a minimum monthly charge
may be collected for electric service, which charge shall
be one dollar ($1.00) per meter.
SEC. 6. Any company desiring to establish rates
for electric energy by it furnished in the City of Palo
Alto less than the rates fixed by Section 5 of this article
may do so by filing with the City Clerk of the City of
Palo Alto, and publishing for a period of thirty (30'
days, commencing with the day of said filing, in a news-
paper of general circulation published at least six (6)
days a week in said City, a schedule of rates it desires
and elects to establish. The rates thus established must
he based upon and proportioned to the amount of electric
energy actually furnished as measured and registered by
a meter. They must follow and conform to the classifica-
tion established by Section 5 of this article. No rate shall
he higher than the rate fixed by Section 5 of this article
for the corresponding class of energy, and the minimum
monthly charge in said section provided shall not be
increased.
SEC. 7. All electric energy sold or furnished for
power, heating or purposes other than lighting, when not
measured by a separate meter installed and maintained
ITBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS 135
for the purpose of measuring such energy, shall he Rates for
deemed ard considered as electric energy furnished for power, heat-
lightirg purposes, and the furnishing and sale thereof
and the rates therefor, shall be in all respects subject to
the conditions and provisions of this article.
SEC. 8. It shall be unlawful for any company which Governing
has not, as provided by Section 6 hereof, established rebates,
rates different from those fixed by Section 5 hereof, or ™^
for any officer, agent, collector or employee of such
company, directly or indirectly, by the use of false or
inaccurate meters, or by false or inaccurrate reading of
meters, or by any special rebate, drawback or other de-
vice, or in any manner or form, to charge, demand, col-
lect or receive any rate or rates, or payment or compensa-
tion or consideration for electric energy furnished for
lighting purposes in the City of Palo Alto, greater or less
than or different from the rates herein fixed.
It shall be unlawful for any company which has, as False meters
provided by Section 6 hereof, established rates different or meter
from those fixed by Section 5 hereof, or for any officer,
agent, collector or employee of such company, directly
or indirectly, by the use of false or inaccurate meters,
or by false or inaccurate reading of meters, or by any
special rebate, drawback or other device, or in any
manner or form, to charge, demand, collect or receive
any rate or rates, or payment or compensation or con-
sideration for electric energy by it furnished for lighting
purposes in the City of Palo Alto, greater or less than
or different from its said rates so established.
The furnishing to each customer or person of electric Meter meas-
energy other than by meter measurement as herein pro- ure at rates
vided, or at rates other than as herein fixed or established
as herein permitted, shall be deemed unlawful, and
a separate and distinct offense, and each such offense
shall be punished as herein provided.
For each customer or person to, or upon whom, any Separate
charge or demand is made, or from whom any money or offenses
thing of value is collected or received, as, or for, rate,
payment, compensation or consideration for electric
energy at rates other than, or different from, those herein
fixed or established as herein permitted, a separate and
distinct offense shall be deemed committed and each
such offense shall be punished as herein provided.
SEC. 9. Any person, firm, corporation, whether as Penalty
owner or lessee, principal, agent, clerk or employee,
either for himself or itself, or for any other person,
firm or corporation, which, or who, shall violate any of
the provisions of this article, shall be guilty of a mis-
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ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Changing
rates
Electric
energy furn-
ished to
City
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be pun-
ished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding six
months, or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SEC. 10. Nothing herein contained, nor any action
or circumstance taken or arising hereunder, shall be
deemed a waiver of, or abridge, the powers of the City
to, at any time, fix or change rates or regulate the furn-
ishing or sale of electricity for any purpose.
SEC. ii. Nothing in this article contained shall
apply to the furnishing of electric energy to the City of
Palo Alto for lighting its streets, alleys, or parks, or for
operating its Public Ltilities.
ARTICLE II
GOVERNING TELEPHONE SERVICE AND
RATES
Fixing rates SEC. i. The maximum rates or compensation to
te collected by any person, company or corporation for
telephonic service supplied to the City of Palo Alto or
to the inhabitants thereof, subject to change by the
Council, shall be as follows:
Business Business and Professional Rates:
The following maximum charges shall be made for
business and professional service :
Single party For a single-party line telephone, business or profes-
sional, including all exchange switches as per present
schedule of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Com-
pany, $3.25 per month;
Two party For a two-party line telephone, business or profes-
sional, including all exchange switches as per present
scheiule of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Com-
pany, $2.25 per month.
Residence Residence Rates:
The following maximum charges shall be made for
residence flat rate service :
Single party For a single-party line residence telephone, including
all exchange switches as per present schedule of the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, $2.00 per
month ;
Two party For a two-party line residence telephone, including
all exchange switches as per present schedule of the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, $1.75 per
month ;
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For a four-party line residence telephone, including Four party
all exchange switches as per present schedule of the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, $1.50 per
month.
For each extension of a residence telephone the Extensions
maximum charge shall be a sum not to exceed 50 cents
per month.
For each extension of a business telephone the maxi-
mum charge shall be a sum not to exceed $1.00 per
month.
SEC. 2. The term "telephone" as used in this article Apparatus
is hereby defined to mean both a transmitter and a
receiver. It shall be optional with the person demand-
ing telephonic service to elect to take or use either
portable or stationary telephonic apparatus and it shall
be the duty of the person, company or corporation supply-
ing telephonic service in the City to furnish such appa-
ratus without additional cost, except as in this article
provided.
Single conversation on party lines shall not exceed Five-minute
five minutes. rule
Upon the application in writing of the owner or occu-
pant of any building or premises distant not more than Service
three hundred feet from any underground conduit or se^en da^
pole line of the person, company or corporation furn-
ishing telephonic service, and payment by the applicant
of all money due from him, the person, company or cor-
poration must within seven days supply telephonic ser-
vice as required for such building or premises, and can-
not refuse on the ground of any indebtedness of any
former owner or occupant thereof, unless the applicant
has undertaken to pay the same. No deposit shall be
required for service requested by any taxpayer of the
City of Palo Alto.
It shall be unlawful for any person, company or ,
corporation furnishing telephonic service in the City of
Palo Alto to refuse to give said service to any applicant
or subscriber upon any party line herein designated, or
to charge a greater monthly rental than provided by this
article for any service given ; and
It shall be unlawful for any person, company or cor-
poration to discontinue any service on party line or lines
herein designated so long as any demand for said service
is made by any inhabitant or inhabitants of said City.
Provided, that the rates herein established and fixed Present free
for service on any of the party lines herein designated exchange
are expressly fixed at said maximum charge on the con-
sideration that said rates shall include the present free
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Amendments
Penalty
exchange telephone service with Stanford University,
Mayfield, Menlo Park, Fair Oaks, Redwood City, and
all other points to which free exchange is now given
to the inhabitants of the City of Palo Alto.
This article may be amended by the Council at any
time a change is made by any person, firm or cor-
poration doing a telephone business in the City which
affects the value of the service rendered, or the present
free exchange telephone service above stated.
SEC. 3. Any person, company or corporation, or any
officer or agent of any person, company or corporation
violating any of the provisions of this article shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic-
tion thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
three hundred dollars ($300.00), or by imprisonment
not exceeding three (3) months, or by both such fine
and imprisonment, and such person, company or corpor-
ation, or officer or agent of any such person, company or
corporation, shall be guilty of a separate offense for
every day that such violation shall continue, and shall
be subject to the penalty imposed by this section for
each and every separate offense.
Fixing rates
for meters
at fifty cents
per month
Meters to be
installed
within five
days after
receipt of
written
notice
Unlawful to
collect de-
posit from
taxpayers
ARTICLE III
GOVERNING GAS SERVICE AND RATES
SEC. i. The minimum charge for gas consumed by
consumers, independent of reading, is hereby fixed at
the sum of fifty cents per month, and it shall be unlaw-
ful for any person, company or corporation selling gas to
consumers in the City of Palo Alto to make or collect
any sum in excess of said minimum charge unless the
meters of said company show that the company is entitled
to a larger sum for the actual amount of gas consumed at
the rates fixed by ordinance.
SEC. 2. Any person, company or corporation furn-
ishing gas to consumers in the City of Palo Alto shall
install meters at the request of the consumer within five
days after receiving written notice requesting said instal-
lation ; provided that this rule shall not apply where
new pipes have to be laid on streets or avenues and until
existing bills for gas against the applicant have been
paid.
SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person, com-
pany or corporation furnishing gas to consumers in the
City of Palo Alto to require any deposit from consumers
who are tax payers in the City of Palo Alto.
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SEC. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person, com- Fixing rate
pany or corporation to make a greater charge than fifty for installing
cents for the installment of any meter in any house after j
the first installation in said house has been made. ati0n at
SEC. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person, com- 50 cents
pany or corporation to turn back or change the dial or
dials of any meter unless same is done in the presence of Dials to be
the consumer or his agent. turned back
SEC. 6. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, £ JJ52S
company or corporation supplying gas for light or fuel Of consumer
purposes to the City of Palo Alto, or any of the inhabi-
tants thereof, or any consumer therein, to charge for charge for
making any connection between his, their or its pipes, laying pipe
and to those of any person applying for gas, more than ?"d
the actual cost of doing the same. Gas shall be delivered pressure
into the consumer's pipes at an even pressure, which
shall not be less than two inches water pressure, and
such gas shall be supplied promptly and in sufficient
quantity to all paying consumers thereof and to all per-
sons applying therefor on or adjacent to any street,
avenue or alley along which the mains of said person,
firm, company or corporation shall have been extended.
SEC. 7. The owner of any premises in the City of Providing
Palo Alto shall have the right upon obtaining a permit that owners
from the Board of Public Works so to do, to lay gas ™^ tha/the
pipes from his premises to the curb in any street, avenue company
or alley in this City. After said pipes have been so laid shall furnish
by said owner, and he has had the same properly inspect- sas
ed by the City Engineer and received a certificate from
the City Engineer to the effect that said pipes have been
properly and safely laid, it shall then be unlawful for
any person, firm, company or corporation supplying gas
in said City, to refuse to connect said pipes with his,
their or its main and deliver gas to said owner or con-
sumer requesting the same.
SEC. 8. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm. Removal of
company or corporation to remove any meter from the meters from
house, store, factory or premises of any consumer of gas, F
in this City, against the will and consent of any such con-
sumer of gas, who is willing to pay for gas furnished
him, and tenders the amount due at the price estimated
and fixed by ordinance of this City and in accordance
with this article.
SEC. 9. It shall be unlawful for any person, com- Unlawful to
pany or corporation to take, collect or accept any charge charge in
for gas or meters which does not comply herewith or ^eatlon c
with the ordinances of this City, fixing the charge per
thousand feet for the use of gas for the fiscal year.
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Penalty SEC. io. Any person, company or corporation vio-
lating the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall
te punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred
dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding ninety days
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
ARTICLE IV
Certificate
of registra-
tion
Certificate
necessary
Installation
of wires, etc.
Bond
PLACING, INSTALLING, OPERATING AND RE-
MOVING ELECTRICAL WIRES AND AP-
PARATUS
SEC. i. Every person, firm or corporation engaged
in conducting the business of placing, installing or oper-
ating* electrical wires, appliances, apparatus or construc-
tion in or on any buildings in the City of Palo Alto shall
appear in person, or by a duly authorized representative,
at the office of the City Electrician, and shall there
register his name and place of business in said City,
which act, upon his being sworn, shall entitle him to
a certificate of registration ; provided, however, that
no certificate of registration shall be granted for a
period of time of more than one fiscal year or the unex-
pired portion thereof.
SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm
or corporation to engage in conducting the business of
placing, installing or operating electrical wires, appli-
ances, apparatus or construction in or on buildings in the
City of Palo Alto without first obtaining a certificate of
registration from the City Electrician, and said certifi-
cate shall be renewed, as provided for in Section i of
this article, within thirty days after the first day of July
of each year.
SEC. 3. The placing, installing or operating of elec-
trical wires, appliances, apparatus or construction in
or on buildings in the City of Palo Alto shall be exe-
cuted in accordance with the provisions of this article
and under the supervision of the City Electrician.
SEC. 4. Every person, firm or corporation engaged
in conducting the business of placing, installing or oper-
ating electrical wires, appliances, apparatus or construc-
tion in or on buildings in the City of Palo Alto, shall
hefcre registration, give a bond to the City of Palo Alto
in the sum of three hundred dollars, with good and
sufficient sureties, for the faithful compliance with the
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141
provisions of this article, and said bond shall be approved
by, and filed with, the City Electrician.
SEC. 5. The failure, neglect or refusal on the part
of any person, firm or corporation, after due notification
by the City Electrician, to correct, obviate or remove
any fault, error or deficiency in placing, installing
or operating electrical wires, appliances, apparatus or
construction in or on buildings, in the City of Palo Alto,
shall be deemed sufficient cause for the City Electrician,
and he is hereby authorized, to suspend said certificate
of registration for a period not exceeding thirty days.
SEC. 6. No person, firm or corporation shall supply
electric current to, equip with wiring, fixtures or appara-
tus, or make any alterations of, or changes in, or addition
to, any electrical wiring or apparatus in any building
without first notifying the City Electrician in writing,
and receiving from him a written permit to do the work.
Such permit shall state the kind of work to be done, and
shall cover only the kind of work so designated. Such
permit shall also state the location by street and number
of the building where such work is to be done, and
shall he valid only for the location so stated. And when
an equipment is found to conform to the rules and regu-
lations adopted herein, the City Electrician shall issue
a certificate that such rules and regulations have been
complied with ; but no certificate shall be granted until
the equipment is made to conform to the rules prescribed
herein, and it shall be unlawful to use any current for
such building until a certificate has been furnished
according to the terms of this article.
SEC. 7. The City Electrician may, before such certi-
ficate is issued, grant a temporary permit to furnish and
use electric current through any wires, apparatus and
appliances, for a period not exceeding ten days if, in his
judgment, such wires, apparatus or apppliances are in
such condition that current may be safely used therein,
and there exists an urgent necessity for such use.
SEC. 8. The rules and regulations of the National
Board of Fire Underwriters as embodied in their Nation-
al Electrical Code, as amended and published from time
to time, are hereby adopted as the rules and regulations
of the Department of Electricity, and this Section shall
be construed as a continual adoption of the latest rules
and regulations of said Board of Fire Underwriters.
SEC. 9. It shall be the duty of the City Electrician
to inspect all electrical equipment from time to time,
and if any part of any electrical equipment in or about
Suspension
of certifi-
cate
Permit and
certificate
Temporary
permit
Rules
Inspection
notice to
repair
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Fees
Building
permit issued
before elec-
Piping to be
in place
before
inspection
Unlawful to
remove
buildings
with electri-
notice
any building in the City of Palo Alto shall be found to
he dangerous to life or property the City Electrician
shall have the right and power, and it shall be his duty,
to notify the owner of the building or equipment to
cease using electric current in such dangerous equip-
ment, and to have the defects in such equipment repaired
within a reasonable time, not exceeding ten days from
the date of notice. The City Electrician is also
authorized to give written notice to the company furnish-
ing the electric current to any such dangerous equipment
to cease to supply the same until the defects are repaired.
In a prosecution for a violation of the provisions of this
Section each day's neglect to comply herewith shall be
considered and taken as a separate violation.
SEC. io. When an application for a permit for wir-
ing in or about any building is made, the person, firm or
corporation desiring to install such equipment shall,
before the permit is given, pay to the City Auditor the
following fees :
For each outlet at which current is to be controlled
or issued, five cents. Provided, however, as a minimum,
the total amount of any bill of fees to be charged shall
not be less than seventy-five cents.
For inspection of electrical apparatus for which no
fee is herein prescribed, or for any inspection service
rendered, a fee of seventy-five cents per hour shall be
charged for the time actually consumed in making the
inspection.
SEC. ii. In cases where a building permit is neces-
sary, the electrical permit shall not be issued until after
fa^ building permit has been issued.
SEC. 12. All plumbing and other piping or tube work
must be in place on work to be concealed before the elec-
, . « . . L . . j j . . . ... i
tncal wiring is inspected, and no such wiring will be con-
sidered as completed until such piping is in place. Upon
making an inspection of any electrical equipment, the in-
spector shall leave a notice at a conspicuous place on
the building stating that the electrical work has been in-
spected by the Department of Electricity. It shall be
unlawful to lath, seal or in any manner conceal any
electrical wiring or other work until the same has been
inspected as herein required.
SEC. T3- ^ sna^ ^e unlawful for any person, firm
or corporation to remove any building, where such remov-
al will require the removal or displacement of any over-
head electrical wires, until after forty-eight hours after
notice in writing has been given by the person, firm, or
corporation proposing to remove such building to the
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person, firm or corporation owning or operating such
electrical wires or appurtenances.
SEC. 14. Upon receipt of such notice the person, Persons
firm or corporation owning or operating such electrical removing
wires or appurtenances shall, within twenty-four hours £
thereafter, furnish the person, firm or corporation pro- rem0val of
posing such removal an estimate showing the maximum wires
cost of removal and displacement of such wires; and
such wires shall be removed and replaced in such manner
as the person, firm or corporation owning or operating
them shall determine to be necessary for the safety of
the public; and the entire expense of such removal and
replacement shall be borne by the person, firm or corpor-
ation proposing such removal.
SEC. 15. Any person, firm or corporation who shall Penalty
do, or attempt to do, electrical installation, fixture or
service connection work, whether original work or altera-
tions, without giving notice in writing to the City Elec-
trician, and without first obtaining a permit to do such
work, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in the sum
of not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hun-
dred dollars, or by imprisonment for a period not exceed-
ing fifty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment
for each offense ; and any person, firm or corporation
who shall violate any of the provisions of this article
for which a penalty is not otherwise provided herein,
and any occupant or owner of premises where electrical
wiring or apparatus is used, who shall prevent or inter-
fere with any inspector in the discharge of his duties
under this article, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine
of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars, or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding
fifty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SEC. 1 6. This article shall not be construed to re- construction
lieve any party owning, operating, controlling or install- of article
ing any electrical equipment from responsibility for dam-
ages to any person injured by any defect therein, or to
lessen the liability of such party for such damages, nor
shall the City be held as assuming any such liability by
reason of the inspection authorized herein or certificate
issued hereunder.
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ARTICLE V
REGULATING THE ERECTION OF TELEPHONE,
TELEGRAPH AND ELECTRIC LIGHT POLES
AND THE STRINGING OF WIRES THROUGH
AND ALONG THE STREETS OF THE CITY
OF PALO ALTO.
Erection
poles
of
Distance
above ground
Distance
from curb
Uniform
painting
Mutilation of
trees
Poles to
conform to
this article
Prohibition
Consent of
owner or
agent
SEC. *• ^° person, firm or corporation having
a permit for such work, shall erect telephone, telegraph or
electric light poles and string wires through and along the
streets of the City of Palo Alto on said poles, unless said
poles conform in size and shape to the poles in use by
the City of Palo Alto for electric light wires, and unless
said poles are so placed as to be perpendicular to the line
of the sidewalk.
SEC. 2. No telephone, telegraph or electric light
wires shall be strung upon any poles at a distance of less
than twenty-five feet above the surface of the ground.
SEC. 3. All telephone, telegraph and electric light
poles shall be placed within the curb line of the street at
a distance of twelve inches from the outside line of the
curb.
SEC. 4. Ml telephone, telegraph and electric light
poles shall be painted a uniform color of green.
SEC. 5. No telephone, telegraph or electric light
wires shall be so strung in the City of Palo Alto as to
cause injury or mutilation to any tree in said City, with-
out the consent or upon a permit from the P>oard of
Public Works so to do.
SEC. 6. All telephone, telegraph and electric light
poles erected upon improved streets which do not con-
form to the provisions of this article are hereby declared
to be a nuisance, and shall be removed at the expense of
the person, firm or corporation owning said poles and
replaced by poles conforming to this article.
SEC. 7. It shall be unlawful for any person, com-
pany, or corporation, its agent or employees, to attach
or string wires (electric or telephone wires) upon or
over the building or premises of another without the
consent of the owner or agent of said building or
premises.
SEC. 8- Jt sna11 be unlawful for any person, corn-
pany or corporation, its agents or employees, to go on
the roof of any building for the purpose of doing any
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work in connection with the electric or telephone business
without the consent of the owner or agent of said
building.
SEC. 9. Any person, firm or corporation who, after Penalty
having been duly notified, refuses to comply with the
terms of this article, shall be punished by a fine of not
less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding
thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
ARTICLE VI
ESTABLISHING RATES FOR WATER AND
POWER, AND RULES FOR THE MANAGE-
MENT OF THE WATER AND POWER DE-
PARTMENT
SEC. i. Every person taking the City water and Rules for
power, or either, shall be considered as having expressed consumers
his consent to be bound hereby, and whenever any one
of the rules and regulations is violated, the right is
reserved to shut off the water and power, or either,
without notice, and the person whose water and power,
or either, is thus shut off, shall forfeit all payments and
deposits made to the extent of his indebtedness, and the
water and power, or either, shall not be turned on again
until all unpaid rents and charges are paid, together
with the additional charge of one dollar for turning
it on again.
SEC. 2. In case the owner of premises on which Discontinu-
water or power is used, desires to discontinue the use of ance. of
same, he must make an application for that purpose to s
the Board of Public Works, and after the date of said
application, the rents accruing for said service shall cease
for the period during which said service shall be shut
off, provided the period of such discontinuance be not
less than one month.
SEC. 3. No persons except the duly appointed repre- Connections
sentatives of the Board of Public Works will be per-
mitted to tap any of the water mains or power lines of the
distributing systems.
Service connections to the inside of the curb line
of the street for water or to the building for power,
will be made by the Board of Public Works in such
manner as they shall determine.
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Plumber or
electrician to
give notice
Repairs to
service
connections
Disconnected
service
mains
Inspection
Fixed
charges
Estimated
costs
Meters
Meters,
how set
Power meters shall be placed in or at all dwellings
so that the meters can be read from the outside without
entering the main building.
SEC. 4. Notice must be given in writing to the
Board of Public Works by the plumber or electrician
intending to connect to a service main, fixing the day on
which he wishes to make the connection. Such notice
must be given at least forty-eight hours previous to the
time when the connection to the service main is to be
made.
SEC. 5. The City of Palo Alto will maintain and
keep in repair each service connection as above; pro-
vided the failure of said service or the injury thereto
rendering repairs necessary does not result from some
improper act or omission on the part of the owner or
tenant of the premises supplied with water or power.
SEC. 6. Where services are found disconnected they
may be reconnected only by application to the Board of
Public Works.
SEC. 7. Duly authorized representatives of the
Board of Public Works shall have the right of access at
all reasonable hours to any premises where water or
power is used, for the purpose of inspection and exam-
ination.
SEC. 8. On unimproved streets taps will be made,
corporation and curb cocks and boxes for the curb cocks
will be furnished, and three-quarter inch pipe laid one
foot inside the curb line for the sum of six dollars.
All water connections of larger size or on improved
streets shall be made at the actual cost of making said
. connections, and the sum estimated for this purpose shall
be deposited with the City Tax Collector before such
connections are made.
If the estimated cost for making connections for
improved streets should not prove to be a sufficient sum
to pay for said work, then the additional cost shall be
charged against the applicant. If said estimated sum
deposited should be in excess of the cost then the dif-
ference shall be returned to the applicant.
SEC. 9. The Board of Public Works shall have full
authority to set water meters and to charge for the use
of water at meter rates. All meters thus set shall be
and shall remain the property of the City of Palo Alto,
and may be removed at any time by the Board of Public
Works.
SEC. 10. One meter shall be allowed and set for
each fifty foot lot and all premises shall be metered.
Consumers demanding more than one meter shall pay for
the same at the cost price of the meter.
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SEC. ii. All persons, firms or corporations requir-
ing a meter larger than a three-quarter inch meter
shall pay the difference in cost of the larger meter.
SEC. 12. It shall be the duty of the Board of
Public Works to keep track of all houses vacated and
promptly report such vacated houses to the Tax Collector
of said City, and to shut off water and power on premises
which have been vacated, and make prompt reports of all
matters coming to their knowledge in connection with
the water and power departments which will enable the
Tax Collector to promptly enforce the collection of fees
or water and power bills due the City.
SEC. 13. In case of fire or an alarm of fire, or in
making repairs, or construction work, the Board of
Public Works through its duly authorized agents, shall
have the right to shut off water from any consumer, or
any number of consumers, without notice and to keep it
shut off as long as it may be necessary.
SEC. 14. In case of fire or an alarm of fire, the
use of fountains or yard or street sprinklers or house
faucets is prohibited.
SEC. 15. No person shall, except in case of fire,
use water from or tamper with any City hydrant without
a permit from the Board of Public Works.
SEC. 16. The owners of premises taking water must
keep their service pipe, stop-cocks, and all apparatus con-
nected therewith on said premises in good repair at
their own expense ; and no claims shall be made against
the City of Palo Alto, by reason of bursting or any other
disarrangement of any service pipe or any apparatus
or any appliance connected therewith.
SEC. 17. The Board of Public Works shall have
the right to limit the amount of water furnished to any
consumer should circumstances seem to warrant such
action, although no limit may be stated in the application
or permit for such use.
SEC. 1 8. No hydrant, gooseneck, hosebit or hose
attachment shall be placed in any yard or area of any
premises situated so as to be accessible to persons living
in or occupying neighboring premises; nor shall water
takers be allowed to supply water to others, or to other
premises owned by themselves, except by special permit
from the Board of Public Works.
SEC. 19. All water shall be sold to consumers by
meter rates at the following schedule :
For any quantity not exceeding twenty thousand gal-
gallons, twenty cents per one thousand gallons.
For all amounts used in excess of twenty thousand
Meters,
price
Reports
Authority to
shut off
water
Prohibiting
use of
sprinklers
Use of
hydrants
Repairs
Limiting
water
Supplying
water to
others
Meter rates,
water
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Meter rates,
power
Payment
Prepay
meters
Requiring
permits
Deposit
gallons, fifteen cents per one thousand gallons ; provid-
ed that the minimum rate in all cases shall be one dollar
per month.
The reduction for quantity used shall not apply to
consumers outside the City limits.
SEC. 20. All electric current sold and delivered to
consumers in the City of Palo Alto by any person, firm
or corporation, shall be in accordance with the following
schedule of rates-meter measurements :
For Lighting Purposes. From a maximum of 7^
cents per kilowatt hour to a minimum of 4 cents per
kilowatt hour, depending upon the monthly consumption
as indicated by the rate curve diagram on file in the office
of the City Clerk.
For Motor and Power Loads. Any quantity at 4 cents
per kilowatt hour.
For Heating, Cooking, and Household Electrical
Appliances. Any quantity at 3 cents per kilowatt hour.
Provided, however, that a minimum monthly charge
may be collected for electric service, which charge shall
be one dollar per meter.
SEC. 21. Water and power bills commence to accrue
when water or power is turned on, and all water and
power bills shall be paid at the office of the Tax Collector
on or between the first and fifteenth day of each month,
and if not paid by the twentieth day of that month,
power and water, or power or water shall be shut off.
SEC. 22. Whenever the Board of Public Works so
directs, a prepay meter for water and light shall be
installed upon the premises of any consumer.
SEC. 23. No person, except a duly authorized offi-
ical of the City, shall in any manner interfere with the
water system or power system of the City of Palo Alto
or make or sever connections with such systems, except
as provided by this article.
SEC. 24. All tenants of buildings and lots within
the City of Palo Alto, or transient consumers of water
and power, or water or power of said City, upon filing
their application for the City to supply them with water
and power, or water or power, shall make a deposit of
five dollars with the Tax Collector; provided that in
lieu of said deposit, the owner of the premises may give
a written guarantee to pay for water and light used on
the premises in the event of delinquency or the tenant
may give a bond in the sum of twenty-five dollars, with
two good and sufficient sureties who are tax-payers of
the City. Said bond shall be conditioned to pay all sums
due the City for water and light.
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SEC. 25. Such tenant or transient consumer shall Discontinue
give notice when he desires to discontinue the use of use
water and power, or water or power, and thereupon, if
all sums of money due to the City of Palo Alto for the
use of water and power or water or power have been
paid, the Tax Collector shall return to the said tenant or
transient consumer the amount of his deposit. Said
deposit shall he placed to the credit of said tenant or
transient consumer by the Tax Collector.
SEC. 26. The Board of Public Works of the City of Accounts
Palo Alto shall keep a set of accounts showing the names
of persons to whom water and power are furnished by
said City, the amounts due and the disposition of said
accounts.
One working day before the first of each month, the
Board of Public Works of the City of Palo Alto shall
deliver to the Tax Collector, receipts numbered conse-
cutively for amounts due from consumers, and charge
him therewith. Three working days before the end of
each month, the Tax Collector shall return to the Board
of Public Works all stubs of receipts, and all receipts
which have not been issued, including those which have
for any reason been cancelled. The Board of Public
Works shall credit the Tax Collector with all moneys
collected for receipts issued, and for all unissued or can-
celled receipts returned, and charge the consumer on the
following month with any arrearage due on water or
power.
SEC. 27. At the end of each month the Board of Reports
Public Works shall make complete reports of the water
and power business for the month to the City Council.
SEC. 28. No other or further notice need be given
the water and power consumers as to the manner of pay-
ment or the amount due for water and power bills than
that contained in this article.
SEC. 29. These rules and regulations are subject Amended
to amendment and alteration at any time without special rules
notice to consumers, in such matters as may be deemed
expedient by the City of Palo Alto.
SEC. 30. Any violation of this article shall con- Penalty
stitute a misdemeanor and each offense shall be punished
by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, or by im-
prisonment not exceeding three months, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
Notification
of bills due
PART VII
MISCELLANEOUS
ARTICLE I
RATES FOR OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS AND
ADVERTISEMENTS
Fixing rates SEC. i. All publications and advertisements of the
City of Palo Alto required to be published in a news-
paper of general circulation, published and circulated in
said City, shall be printed and published at the following
rates, to wit :
For Publication in a Daily Newspaper
1 Insertion per line $0.05
2 Insertions per line .07^2
3 Insertions per line .10
4 Insertions per line
5 Insertions per line .15
6 Insertions per line
10 Insertions per line .25
12 Insertions per line .26
20 Insertions per line .28
30 Insertions per line .30
For Publication in a Weekly Newspaper
1 Insertion per line $0.09
2 Insertions per line .12
3 Insertions. per line .15
4 Insertions per line .18
6 Insertions per line .21
9 Insertions per line .25
Publication to be printed in 8 point type, single leaded
and single column.
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SEC. 2. Any newspaper of the City of Palo Alto Acceptance
accepting any work ordered to be done shall be deemed of rates
to have accepted said work at the rates specified in Sec-
tion i hereof, and no charge in excess of said rates shall
be allowed or audited for said work, unless expressly
authorized by ordinance so to do.
SEC. 3. Any newspaper designated and authorized 9fficial
to make said publication shall be deemed the official newsPaPer
newspaper for the work so ordered.
ARTICLE II
CHANGING NAMES OF STREETS
SEC. i. Those certain streets and that certain alley changes in
as shown on a map of the City of Palo Alto, prepared names of
August 5th, 1907, by J. F. Byxbee, Jr., City Engineer, streets
and adopted by an ordinance of the City of Palo Alto,
and thereafter recorded in the office of the County
Recorder, shall hereafter be known and designated and
are hereby established as public streets by the names set
forth in this article.
(a) Midway street intersecting Block 34 of the City Tasso
of Palo Alto, shall be known and designated hereafter street
as Tasso street, and the uniform name of Tasso street
shall be given to all of said street as now extended
through Blocks 34, 37, 92 and 99, of the City of Palo
Alto.
(b) All that certain street sometimes known as Kipling
Margarita street in Block 32, shall hereafter be known street
and designated as Kipling street, making the street of
the uniform name of Kipling street as at present extend-
ed through Blocks 32, 31, 30 and 26 of the City of Pak>
Alto.
(c) That certain street extending through Block 51 Lytton
between Guinda street and Seneca street of the City of avenue
Palo Alto, and now known as Chauburn place, shall be e
hereafter known and designated as Lytton avenue, of
which said avenue it is properly an extension.
(d) That certain street of the City of Palo Alto now Pope street
known as Chaucer street shall hereafter be known and
designated as Pope street, the said Chaucer street being
properly an extension of Pope street, as said Pope street
is now laid out between Pope street bridge and Hamilton
avenue.
(e) That certain alley running between Bryant and
152
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Little
Kingsle}
Alleys
closed
Waverly streets in Block 77 of the City of Palo Alto
shall be known and designated as Little Kingsley.
(f) On recommendation of the Board of Public
Works, it is hereby declared and ordained that those cer-
tain alleys in Blocks 66, 67 and 71 are private alleys, and
that the same shall be and are hereby closed at the request
of the property owners of said blocks.
Repealing
clause
ARTICLE III
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES REPEALED
SEC. i. All ordinances or parts of ordinances, in so
far as they conflict with any of the provisions of this
ordinance, are hereby repealed.
Enactment
Passage
ARTICLE IV
ENACTMENT
SEC. i. A copy of this ordinance shall be posted by
the City Clerk on the Bulletin Board at the City Hall, and
shall take effect and be in force from and after the date
of its passage.
SEC. 2. The foregoing Codified Ordinance No. i.
of the City of Palo Alto, and being a codification of
ordinances that had been previously duly and regularly
passed, was introduced and read by parts from time to
time at regular or regular adjourned meetings, and was
finally passed at a regular adjourned meeting of the
Council on the 26th day of June, 1911, by the following
vote:
Ayes: Hettinger, Henry, Jordan, Millis, Mosher,
Thoits, Umphreys, Vail.
Noes: La Peire.
Absent: Congdon, Downing, Hyde, Spencer, Wil-
son, Wing.
Approved by me this 1st day of July, 1911,
CHAS. B. WING, Mayor.
I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was
duly passed at a regular adjourned meeting of the
Council held on the 26th day of June, 1911, and there-
after duly posted on the bulletin board at the City Hall.
FRANK KASSON, City Clerk.
PART VIII
ORDINANCE NO. 1. INITIATIVE
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE RUNNING OF ANY
THEATRE (WHEREIN is ENACTED ANY OPERA, DRA-
MA, MELODRAMA OR VAUDEVILLE PERFORMANCE),
MERRY-GO-ROUND, CIRCUS, CIRCUS PARADE, WILD
WEST SHOW, SKATING RINK, PATENT MEDICINE
SHOW OR DANCE HALL ON SUNDAY IN THE CITY OF
PALO ALTO, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLA-
TION THEREOF.
The People. of the City of Palo Alto do ordain as follows:
SEC., i. No theatre (wherein is enacted any opera,
drama, melodrama or vaudeville performance), merry-
go-round, circus, circus parade, wild west show, skating
rink, patent medicine show or dance hall, to which an
admission fee is charged, shall be run or given at any time
on Sunday in the City of Palo Alto.
SEC. 2. Any person or persons violating any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished
by imprisonment not exceeding ninety days, or by a fine
not exceeding three hundred dollars, or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
SEC. 3. Ordinance Number 188 of the City of Palo
Alto entitled: "An ordinance prohibiting certain enter-
tainments, shows and exhibitions on Sunday" is hereby
expressly repealed and all other ordinances and parts of
ordinances inconsistent with the provisions of this ordi-
nance are hereby expressly repealed."
Duly passed at an election held on Thursday, the
26th day of May, 1910.
Theatres,
etc, on
Sunday
Penalty
Conflicting
ordinances
repealed
154 ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK AS TO RE-
ENACTMENT OF "CODIFIED ORDINANCE
No. I" OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO.
State of California }
County of Santa Clara > SS
City of Palo Alto )
This is to certify that "Codified Ordinance No. i"
was re-enacted and duly adopted by the Council of the
City of Palo Alto as printed in book form as the existing
laws and ordinances of the City of Palo Alto, at a
meeting of the said Council held on the day
of '. 1911.
Attest
Clerk of the City of Palo Alto.
CHARTER OF
THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
1909
Senate concurrent resolution No. 6, approving the
charter of the City of Palo Alto, State of California, and
the additional proposition submitted therewith, voted for
and ratified by the qualified voters of said town of Palo
Alto at a special municipal election held therein for that
purpose on the 2ist day of January, 1909.
[Adopted February 20, 1909.]
Whereas, The town of Palo Alto, a municipal corpor-
ation of the county of Santa Clara, State of California,
now is and was at all times herein referred to a city
containing a population of more than three thousand
five hundred inhabitants; and
Whereas, At a special municipal election duly held
in said town on the 24th day of August, A. D. 1908,
under and in accordance with the laws and with the pro-
visions of section eight of article eleven of the Con-
stitution of the said State of California, a board of
fifteen freeholders, duly qualified, was elected in and by
said town, by the qualified electors thereof, to prepare
and propose a charter for the government of said city;
and
Whereas, Said board of freeholders did, in accord-
ance with law, and within ninety days after said election,
prepare and propose a charter for the government of the
said City of Palo Alto, and
Whereas, Said board of freeholders did, at the same
time and place prepare and propose with said proposed
charter the following additional proposition I, article X
alcoholic liquors ; and
Whereas, The said proposed charter and the said
.additional proposition were, on the 2Oth day of Novem-
ber, A. D. 1908, signed in duplicate by the members of
156 THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
said board of freeholders, and one copy thereof was, on
the 2 ist day of November, A. D. 1908, duly returned and
filed with the president of the board of town trustees of
the town of Palo Alto, and the other copy thereof was
duly returned and filed with and in the office of the
county recorder of said county of Santa Clara ; and
Wheras, Such proposed charter and said additional
proposition were thereafter published in the Palo Alto
Daily Times, a daily newspaper of general circulation
in said town of Palo Alto, for a period of twenty days
and more, the first publication thereof having been made
within twenty days after the completion of said proposed
charter and said additional proposition ; and
Whereas, Said proposed charter and said additional
proposition were, within thirty days after the completion
of said publication, submitted by the board of town trus-
tees of the town of Palo Alto, to the qualified voters of
said town at a special municipal election previously duly
called and therein held on the 2ist day of January, 1909;
and
Whereas, At said last mentioned special municipal
election a majority of said qualified electors of said town
voting at such special municipal election, voted for and in
favor of the ratification of such proposed charter as pro-
posed as a whole, and also voted in favor of the ratifi-
cation of the said additional proposition; and
Whereas, Said board of town trustees of the town
of Palo Alto, after canvassing said returns, duly found
and ('eclated that the majority of said qualified electors
voting at such special municipal election had voted for
ratifying said proposed charter and had voted in favoi
of and for ratifying said additional proposition ; and
Whereas, The same is now submitted to the legisla-
ture of the State of California for its approval and ratifi-
cation as a whole without power of alteration or amend-
ment, in accordance with section eight of article eleven
of the constitution of the State of California; and
Whereas, . Said proposed charter and said additional
proposition are in the words and figures following, to wit :
CHARTER PREPARED AND PROPOSED FOR
THE CITY OF PALO ALTO BY THE BOARD
OF FREEHOLDERS, ELECTED ON THE
TWENTY-FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST, A. D.
1908.
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
ARTICLE I
BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY
The boundaries of the City of Palo Alto shall be as
follows :
All that certain land situated in the county of Santa
Clara, State of California, included in the townsite map
of the town of Palo Alto (formerly University Park) as
laid down and designated upon a map of said town filed
by Timothy Hopkins on the 27th day of February, A. D.
1889, in the office of the county recorder of said Santa
Clara county, in book "D" of maps, page 69, and the pro-
posed boundaries of the said municipal corporation are
the boundaries of the said University Park (now Palo
Alto) as set forth and particularly described upon said
map, to wit:
Commencing at the point of intersection of the center
line of the San Francisquito creek with the northeasterly
line of the right of way of the Southern Pacific Railroad ;
thence southeasterly along said northeasterly line of said
right of way of the Southern Pacific Railroad to the
northwesterly line of the Embarcadero road; thence-
northeasterly along said line of the Embarcadero road
to the easterly line of block number one .hundred eight
(108) as designated upon said map; thence northerly
along said easterly line of said block number 108 and the
easterly line of block number 109 as laid down upon said
map to the northerly line of block number 109: thence
westerly along the northerly line of blocks numbers 109,
106, 105, 102 and 101 as laid down on said map to a point
on the said northerly boundary line of block 101, being
upon an extension southerly of the easterly lines of blocks
numbers 96 and 97 as laid clown upon said map ; thence
northerly along the easterly lines of blocks numbers 97
158 THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
and 96 aforesaid to the northerly line of a road (now
known as ^Channing lane); thence westerly along the
northerly line of said road as laid down on said map and
parallel to the northerly lines of blocks numbers 95 and
87jto the northeasterly line of Guinda street as laid down
on said map; thence along said line of Guinda street
northwesterly to the easterly line of block number 83 as
laid down on said map ; thence northerly along the east-
erly lines of blocks numbers 83, 84, 85 and letters "H"
and "G" as laid down on said map to the center line of
the San Francisquito creek; thence southwesterly mean-
dering the center line of said creek to the point of com-
mencement.-
SEC. 2. The boundaries above described may be al-
tered, and the territory embraced therein may be added
to or diminished in accordance with the laws of the State
of California governing the annexation and exclusion ot
territory by municipalities.
ARTICLE II
POWERS
The City of Palo Alto shall have and exercise the
following powers :
1. To have perpetual succession.
2. To have and use a corporate seal and alter it at
pleasure.
3. To sue and to be sued in all courts and places, and
in all actions and proceedings whatsoever.
4. To purchase, receive, have, take, hold, lease, use
and enjoy property of every kind and description, both
within and without the limits of said City, and to control
and dispose of the same for the public benefit.
5. To receive bequests, devises, and donations of
property of every kind, either absolutely or in trust for
any purpose, and to do all acts necessary to carry out
the purposes of such bequests, devises and donations, and
to manage, control, sell or otherwise dispose of such
property in accordance with the terms of such bequests,
devises or donations.
6. To exercise police powers and make all necessary
police and sanitary regulations, and to adopt ordinances
and prescribe penalties for the violation thereof.
7. To levy and collect taxes and assessments, impose
license fees for revenue or regulation, and provide all
means for raising the revenue necessary for the City.
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8. To borrow money, incur municipal indebtedness
and provide for the issuance of bonds or other evidences
of such indebtedness.
9. To acquire, construct, maintain and operate all
necessary works for the supplying of the city and its in-
habitants with water, light, heat, power, telegraphic and
telephonic communication, and for the conveyance of
passengers and freight over, under and upon public
streets and rights of way secured therefor; to fix rates
for all commodities furnished or services rendered, and
to dispose of commodities produced or render service in
connection with such works outside of the boundaries of
said City.
10. To improve the rivers, streams, bays, inlets and
channels flowing through the City or adjoining the same ;
to widen, straighten and deepen the channels thereof,
and remove obstructions therefrom ; to control and im-
prove the water front of the city ; to construct and main-
tain embankments and other works to protect the City
from overflow ; and to acquire, own, construct, maintain,
and operate on any lands bordering on any navigable
bay, inlet, river, creek, slough or arm of the sea, within
the limits of the City or contiguous thereto, wharves,
chutes, piers, breakwaters, bath houses and life saving
stations.
11. To establish and change the grade and lay out
open, extend, widen, change, vacate, pave, re-pave, or
otherwise improve all public streets and highways and
public places, construct sewers, drains and culverts, to
plant trees, construct parking, and to remove shrubs and
weeds ; to levy special assessments to defray the whole or
any part of the cost of such works or improvements.
Also to provide for the repair, cleaning and sprinkling
of such streets and public places.
12. To acquire, construct and maintain all works
necessary for the disposition of sewage, garbage and
waste; and to define and abate nuisances.
13. To establish and maintain hospitals, indigent
homes, and all other charitable institutions.
14. To acquire and maintain parks, play-grounds,
theaters, and places for recreation, and to establish boule-
vards and regulate traffic thereon.
15. To acquire and maintain markets, baths, and
public halls.
1 6. To establish and maintain schools, libraries,
museums, gymnasiums, and to do all things to promote
the education of the people.
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17. To equip and maintain a fire department and to
make all necessary regulations for the prevention of fires.
1 8. To acquire, construct and maintain all buildings
necessary for the transaction of public business.
19. To exercise the right of eminent domain for the
purpose of acquiring real and personal property of every
kind for any public use.
20. To grant permits to use the streets or public
property, revokable at any time without notice.
21. To regulate and establish rates and charges to be
imposed and collected by any person or corporation for
commodities or services rendered under or in connection
with any franchise, permit or license heretofore or here-
after granted by the tpwn or city or other authority.
22. To exercise such other powers as are now or
may be hereafter granted by the legislature to the munici-
palities within the state unless the exercise of such powers'
is contrary to the provisions of this charter.
23. To exercise all other needful powers for the effi-
cient adminstration of the municipal government, whether
such powers are herein expressly enumerated or not.
24. Lastly, this grant of power is to be liberally con-
strued for the purpose of securing the well being of the
municipality and its inhabitants.
ARTICLE III
COUNCIL
SEC. i. All powers herein granted to and vested in
the City of Palo Alto shall, except as herein otherwise
provided, be exercised by a council to be designated the
Council of the City of Palo Alto ; and said council shall,
except as herein otherwise provided, have the power to
fix and establish the method and manner in which such
powers shall be exercised.
SEC. 2. Said council shall be composed of 15 mem-
bers, each of whom shall have been an elector of the City
of Palo Alto for at least three years next preceding his
election.
The members of said council shall be known as coun-
cilmen, and their terms of office shall be six years, com-
mencing on the first day of July next succeeding their
election, except that the terms of those first elected and
designated to serve as councilmen shall be as herein pro-
vided.
CHARTER l6l
SEC. 3. On the second Monday of May, 1909, an
election shall be held within said City for the purpose of
electing 15 members of said council.
The 15 members elected at such election shall, at the
first regular meeting in July, 1909, so classify themselves
by lot that five of said members shall hold office for the
term of two years ; five for the term of four years, and five
for the term of six years.
Thereafter on the second Monday in May of each odd
numbered year, an election shall be held at which coun-
cilmen shall be elected to succeed the members whose
terms expire on the first day of July next following.
SEC. 4. All elections called and held in said City,
shall be held and conducted in manner and form as re-
quired by the general laws of the state governing elections
within municipalities, provided, that after the first election
the council may provide that said elections may be held
in such manner as said council may by ordinance deter-
mine, or as may be provided by an ordinance adopted by
the electors of said City as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 5. Said council shall fix a time and place for
its regular meetings and adopt rules to govern its pro-
ceedings.
SEC. 6. Eight members of the council shall be neces-
sary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi-
ness; but a less number may adjourn from time to time
and compel the attendance of absent members, and impose
such fines as it may deem proper upon members refusing
or neglecting to attend such meetings.
SEC. 7. No ordinance shall be passed, no appoint-
ment made, nor officer removed, no contract shall be
awarded and no obligation incurred in excess of three
hundred dollars ($300.00) without the affirmative vote
of at least eight members of the council.
SEC. 8. Said council shall elect one of its number
as its presiding officer, who shall be known as mayor, and
who shall serve for one year after his election.
The said mayor shall preside at all meetings of the
council, shall be the chief executive of the said City, and
perform such other duties as may from time to time b£
assigned to him by the council. In all other respects he
shall exercise the same duties as any other member of the
council.
SEC. 9. The council shall appoint or provide for the
appointment of a clerk, treasurer, auditor, tax collector,
assessor, attorney, and except as otherwise provided,
such other officers as may be necessary for the trans-
action of the affairs of the municipality.
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SEC. 10. A vacancy in the council shall be filled by
the remaining members of the council, and the appointee
shall hold office until the first day of July succeeding the
next election at which councilmen are to be elected. At
the next election succeeding any vacancy a councilman
shall be elected to serve for the unexpired term.
SEC. ii. The council shall by ordinance provide for
the assessment, levy and collection of taxes, and shall act
as a board of equalization in equalizing the value of pro->
perty listed upon the assessment roll. During the month
of September in each year, it shall levy such tax as may
be necessary to raise revenue for the maintenance of the
City and the several departments during the fiscal year,
but such tax levy, for all municipal purposes, except the
payrr.ent of interest and principal on the bonded debt,
shall not exceed the sum of 85 cents upon each $100.00
of assessed valuation as the same appears upon the assess-
ment roll. If in the judgment of the council it should be
necessary to provide a revenue in excess of the sum
realized from the levy herein provided, the question of the
levy of an additional tax shall be submitted to the electors,
and a special election may be held for that purpose. The
additional sum or rate required to be raised by such ad-
ditional tax levy shall be expressed upon the ballot. If a
majority of the votes cast upon such proposition shall
be in favor of authorizing the council to levy such ad-
ditional rate, then the council may levy the additional tax
so authorized.
SEC. 12. The council shall annually appropriate for
the use of the several offices and departments, such sums
as may be necessary to support the same during each year.
Additional appropriations may be made from time to time
in case of urgent necessity, by a vote of two-thirds of the
members of the council.
ARTICLE IV
DUTIES OF OFFICERS
SEC. i. Clerk.— It shall be the duty of the clerk to
keep a true record of the proceedings of the council and
of th2 several boards established by this charter and
record the same in proper books kept for that purpose.
He shall have power to administer oaths in connection
with all matters relating to the municipality.
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SEC. 2. Auditor. — It shall be the duty of the auditor
to act as bookkeeper and accountant of the municipality
and to record all financial transactions in books kept for
that purpose. He shall draw warrants upon the treasurer
for all claims against the City which have been allowed
by the council and the several department boards. He
shall render each month a statement to the council show-
ing the financial condition of the City, and annually a
like statement covering all of the financial transactions of
the City during the year previous.
SEC. 3. Tax Collector.— It shall be the duty of the
tax collector to receive and collect all sums due the City
for taxes and licenses and from other sources, and he shall
pay all moneys received into the treasury of the City,
within three days after the receipt thereof.
SEC. 4. Treasurer. — The treasurer shall receive and
safely keep all moneys belonging to the City and shall pay
the same only upon warrants drawn by the auditor for
claims which have been previously allowed either by the
council or the several department boards, provided that
the approval of the council or department boards shall not
be necessary to pay the monthly salaries of officers and
employees. The treasurer may deposit all or such por-
tion of the public moneys as may be determined by the
council, in any bank within the City authorized by law to
receive deposits of public money, in accordance with the
provisions of the constitution and act of the legislature
entitled : "An act to provide for and regulate the deposit
of county and municipal moneys in banks and banking
corporations, limiting the amount of public moneys that
may be deposited therein and providing a penalty for the
illegal deposit and use thereof." (Approved March 23,
1907). And the provisions of such act, except as herein
otherwise provided, are hereby made applicable to the
government of the City of Palo Alto.
SEC. 5. Assessor. — It shall be the duty of the assessor
to make annually, between the first Monday of March and
the first day of July next succeeding, a complete assess-
ment of all property within the City, and shall upon said
last named date turn over to the City council the assess-
ment roll so prepared by him. He shall act as tax collector
for the purpose of collecting taxes upon personal property
when the same are unsecured by a lien upon real estate.
Si?c. 6. Attorney. — The attorney shall act as the legal
advisor of the council, the several boards, and any officer1
of the City who requests his advice. He shall prepare all
orJina ces and contracts whenever required so to do by
164 THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
the council or the several department boards. He shall
prosecute all violators of the City ordinances and shall
represent the City in all actions at law.
SEC. 7. The council may require any of the above
officers to give official bonds in such sums as it may deem
proper, and the council shall pay all premiums upon surety
bonds when such bonds are given. It may provide for the
appointment of such deputies and assistants as may be
required, and shall fix the compensation of such officers
and such deputies and assistants. All of the above officers
shall perform such other services as the council may
require and shall serve during its pleasure.
SEC. 8. Whenever the public interest may require,
the council may consolidate the following officers :
(a) Clerk and auditor;
(b) Clerk and tax collector;
(c) Clerk and assessor;
(d) Clerk, auditor and assessor;
(e) Auditor and assessor;
(/) Auditor and tax collector;
(g) Assessor and tax collector;
(h) Treasurer and tax collector.
Until the council shall by ordinance otherwise provide,
the following offices are hereby consolidated:
(a) Clerk, auditor and assessor;
(b) Tax collector and treasurer.
ARTICLE V
THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS
SEC. i. The administration of the affairs of the
City shall be divided among three departments, viz :
(1) The department of public works;
(2) The department of public safety;
(3) The department of public library.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
SEC. 2. The department of public works shall be
under the management and control of a board of public
works, which shall consist of three members, to be ap-
pointed by the council. They shall serve for the term
of six years from and after their appointment unless
sooner removed by a majority of said council ; provided,
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that the members first appointed shall classify themselves
by lot so that the terms of the members shall expire,
respectively, two, four and six years after their appoint-
ment. Vacancies are to be filled by the council for the
unexpired terms. The members of the board of public
works shall receive no compensation. The board of public
works shall have and exercise the powers and perform
the duties herein enumerated, to wit :
1. To construct, maintain and operate all necessary
works for the supplying of the City and its inhabitants
with water, light, heat, power, telegraphic and telephonic
communication, and for the conveyance of passengers
and freight over, under and upon the public streets and
rights of way secured therefor; to fix rates for all com-
modities furnished or services rendered and to dispose of
commodities produced or render service in connection
with such works outside of the boundaries of said City.
2. To improve the rivers, streams, bays, inlets and
channels flowing through the city or adjoining the same;
to widen, straighten and deepen the channels thereof, and
remove obstructions therefrom ; to control and improve
the water front of the City; to construct and maintain
embankments and other works to protect the City from
overflow; construct, maintain and operate on any lands
bordering on any navigable bay, inlet, river, creek, slough
or arm of the sea, within the limits of the City or contigu-
ous thereto, wharves, chutes, piers, breakwaters, bath
houses and life-saving stations.
3. To establish and change the grade and to lay out
open, extend, widen, change, vacate, pave, re-pave, or
otherwise improve all public streets and highways and
public places, to construct sewers, drains, culverts thereon,
to plant trees, construct parking and remove shrubs and
weeds. Also to provide for the repair, cleaning and
sprinkling of such streets and public places.
4. To construct and maintain all works necessary for
the disposition of sewage, garbage and waste.
5. To establish and maintain hospitals, indigent homes
and all other charitable institutions.
6. To maintain parks, playgrounds, theaters and places
tor recreation, and to establish boulevards and regulate
traffic thereon.
7. To construct and maintain markets, baths and
public buildings other than school and library buildings.
SEC. 3. Whenever any street work or other improve-
ment is to be done or performed and the cost of the whole
or any portion thereof is to be paid by any special as-
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sessment levied upon property, all such proceedings shall
be had and carried on by the council upon the recom-
mendation of the board of public works.
SEC. 4. The board of public works shall appoint as
its executive officer a competent engineer, and upon the
latter's recommendations such other employees as are
necessary to supervise, manage and construct, operate and
maintain the properties and things under the control of
said bQard, and shall fix the compensation for all em-
ployees.
The engineer so appointed shall be the City engineer
and street superintendent, and shall, in addition to his
other duties,
1. Advise the council and the several department
boards upon all matters of an engineering nature.
2. Supervise the construction and have charge of ad-
ditions and repairs of all public buildings irrespective of
departments.
SEC. 5. Board of public safety. — The department of
public safety shall be under the management and control
of a board of public safety, which shall consist of three
members, to be appointed by the council. They shall serve
for the term of six years from and after their appointment
unless sooner removed by a majority of said council;
provided, that the members first appointed shall classify
themselves by lot so that the terms of the members shall
expire respectively two, four and six years after their
appointment. Vacancies are to be filled by the council for
unexpired terms. Members of the board of public safety
shall receive no compensation.
SE:. 6. The board of public safety shall have and
exercise the powers and perform the duties herein en-
umerated, to wit :
1. To enforce all police and sanitary ordinances and
regulations adopted by the council.
2. To have charge of the police department.
3. To maintain and have charge of the fire depart-
ment and provide rules for its government; to establish
all needful regulations necessary to preserve the health of
the City, and to exercise the powers and perform the
duties of boards of health as prescribed by the laws of
the State of California.
4. To establish and maintain a public pound.
5. It shall appoint such officers and employees as
may he necessary, determine their duties and fix their
compensation.
SEC. 7. Library board.— The department of public
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library shall be under the management and control of a
library board, which shall consist of three members, to
be appointed by the council. They shall serve for the
term of six years from and after their appointment, unless
sooner removed by a majority of said council ; provided,
that the members first appointed shall classify themselves
by lot so that the terms of the members shall expire
respectively two, four and six years after their appoint-
ment. Vacancies are to he filled by the council for unex-
pired terms. Members of the library board shall receive
no compensation. The library board shall have and exer-
cise the powers and shall perform the duties herein en-
umerated, to wit:
1. To manage and control public libraries, reading
rooms, museums and art galleries that are now or may
hereafter be established, to maintain buildings necessary
for the purposes above set forth.
2. To employ librarians, assistants, and such other
employees as may be deemed necessary.
SEC. 8. All of the above boards shall have authority
to make all contracts necessary for the full exercise of
the powers respectively conferred, but shall have no
authority to incur a debt or obligation in excess of any
fund or appropriation made by the council.
SEC. 9. Said boards shall perform all other duties
assigned to them by the council, whether such duties are
herein expressly enumerated or not.
SEC. 10. In case the council shall for a period of
twenty days fail to appoint the boards provided for in this
article, or any member thereof, then it shall be the duty
of the mayor to make such appointment.
ARTICLE VI
BOARD OF EDUCATION
SEC. i. The school department of the City of Palo
Alto shall comprise all the schools within the town of
Palo Alto, the Palo Alto school district, and all the terri-
tory that is now or may hereafter be annexed for school
purposes and shall consist of primary, grammar, and high
schools as now established and such other schools as may
hereafter be established, under the provisions of this
charter; and shall be known as "Palo Alto City School
District," which shall succeed to all the obligations, prop-
erty rights, and privileges of the Palo Alto school district.
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SEC. 2 All territory included within the limits of the
Palo Alto City school district, but not within the City
limits, shall be deemed a part of said City for the purpose
of holding the general municipal elections and shall con-
stitute one or more separate election precincts, and the
qualified electors therein shall vote only for the board of
education and on questions submitted to a vote of the
people pertaining to school matters ; and said outside
territory shall be deemed a part of said City for all matters
connected with the school department and with the levy-
ing and collecting of all taxes for school purposes.
SEC. 3. The board of education shall consist of five
irembers, who shall have been residents of the school
district for at least three years immediately preceding
their election, and who shall serve without compensation ;
provided, the board of trustees of the Palo Alto school
district shall be and constitute the board of education
herein provided for and shall exercise the powers hereby
conferred thereon until the election of their successors at
the election provided for in section 4 of this article.
SEC. 4. The board of trustees of Palo Alto school
district shall order and provide for an election to be held
in said district on the third Saturday of April in the year
1909, for the election of a board of education. The mem-
bers so elected shall classify themselves by lot so that the
terms of the members shall expire respectively one, two,
three, four and five years after the first day of May, 1909.
SEC. 5. The term of office* of the members of the
board of education, excepting as provided in section 4
of this article, shall be five years from and after the first
day of May succeeding their election.
SEC. 6. An election shall be held on the third Satur-
day of April, 1910, and on the third Saturday of April
of each year thereafter for the election of a member of
said board for the full term and for any unexpired term
that may exist.
SEC. 7. Said board of education shall have and exer-
cise all the powers conferred upon boards of trustees and
boards of education by the laws of the State of California,
and in addition thereto shall have power:
1. To annually appoint a superintendent of schools,
define his duties and fix his compensation.
2. To provide a system of tenure of employment and
compensation of teachers, but teachers shall be liable to
removal at any time when the welfare of the schools
demands such removal.
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3. To provide for the establishment of kindergartens,
manual training schools, night schools, technical schools,
and to prescribe the studies to be taught therein.
4. To construct school buildings when necessary, and
no special election need be held to authorize such con-
struction.
5. To provide free text-books when authorized so to
do by the electors voting on such proposition.
6. To prescribe the requirements for graduation from
the public schools and issue certificates of graduation.
7. To provide the manner in which all elections shall
be held and conducted for the election of members of said
board and such special elections as may be authorized by
law.
8. To receive bequests, devises and donations of prop-
erty of every kind, either absolutely or in trust for any
purpose, and to manage, hold or dispose of such property
in accordance with the terms of , any bequest, devise or
donation.
9. To fill any vacancy in the membership of the board
by appointment, the person appointed to hold office until
the first day of May following the next election held for
the election of members of such board. At the next
election succeeding any vacancy a member shall be elected
to serve for the unexpired term.
SEC. 8. The board of education shall determine an-
nually the amount of money necessary to be raised by
taxation for the maintenance of the public schools, in ad-
dition to the amount of money to be received from the
state and county; and the board shall, on or before the
first day of September of each year, submit in writing to
the board of supervisors of Santa Clara County, a careful
estimate of all money required to be raised by taxation in
addition thereto, and said estimate shall state separately
the amount required to be raised by taxation upon prop-
erty within the school district for the support of high
schools, and the amount required to be raised by taxation
upon the property of the school district for the support of
the schools other than high schools; and the board of
supervisors of Santa Clara County shall, and they are
hereby authorized and directed, in each year when fixing
the annual tax rate to levy and assess as a school tax
for the maintenance of high schools, such amount as the
board of education shall report necessary for that pur-
pose, and shall levy and assess as a school tax for the
support and maintenance of the schools other than high
schools, such amount as the board of education shall
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report to be necessary for that purpose. In addition to
the taxes levied for the support and maintenance of the
schools, the board of supervisors shall annually levy
a tax sufficient to pay the principal and interest on all out-
standing bonds of the Palo Alto school district.
ARTICLE VII
POLICE COURT
SEC. i. There is hereby created, in and for the City
of Palo Alto, a court which shall be known as the police
court of the City of Palo Alto. Said court shall consist
of one judge, who shall be appointed by the council, and
who shall serve during its pleasure and who shall receive
such compensation as the council shall determine.
SEC. 2. Said court shall have exclusive jurisdiction:
1 I ) In all prosecutions for violations of the City ordi-
nances.
(2) In all actions for the recovery of any fine, penalty
or forfeiture, and the enforcement of any obligation or
liability prescribed or created by the City ordinances and
in which the sum sued for does not amount to three
hundred dollars.
SEC. 3. Within the City limits said court shall have
concurrent and co-ordinate jurisdiction with township
justices' courts in all matters and things in which said
justices' courts now or may hereafter have jurisdiction;
and the judge of said police court shall have as aforesaid
like authority, power and jurisdiction as the justices of
said justices' court.
SEC. 4. Appeals may be taken to the superior court
of the State of California, in and for the county of Santa
Clara, from the judgments and orders of said police court,
in all cases in which appeals now are or may hereafter be
provided by law to be taken to said superior court from
said justices' courts and police courts.
SEC. 5. In all proceedings in and appeals from said
police court, the pleadings, practice, procedure and laws,
now applicable or that may hereafter be made applicable
to said justices' or police courts, are hereby adopted and
made applicable to said police court.
SEC. 6. All fines and other moneys received or col-
lected by the judge of said police court, for or on account
of the City of Palo Alto, shall be paid into the City
treasury on the first Monday in each month.
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SEC. 7. All actions and proceedings pending and
undetermined in the existing recorder's court of the town
of Palo Alto shall be proceeded with, heard, tried, and
determined in said police court hereby provided for,
before said judge, the same as if said actions or pro-
ceedings had been originally commenced in said police
court.
ARTICLE VIII
THE RECALL, INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
SEC. i. Any elective officer may be removed by the
electors qualified to vote for the successor of the officer
sought to be removed. The procedure to effect the re-
moval of an incumbent of an elective office shall be as
follows: A petition signed by electors entitled to vote
for a successor to the incumbent sought to be removed,
equal in number to at least twenty per centum of the en-
tire vote cast at the last preceding general municipal elec-
tion, demanding an election of a successor of the incum-
bent sought to be removed shall be filed with the clerk,
and said petition shall contain a general statement of the
grounds for which the removal is sought.
The signatures to the petition need not all be appended
to one paper, but said petition may be presented in sec-
tions. The number of signatures to each section shall
be at the pleasure of the person soliciting signatures to
the same. Any qualified voter or taxpayer of the muni-
cipality shall be competent to solicit said signatures.
Each section shall have attached thereto the affidavit of
the person soliciting signatures to the same, stating that
all the signatures to the attached section were made in
his presence, and that to the best of his knowledge and
belief each signature to the section is the genuine sig-
nature of the person whose name purports to be thereunto
subscribed, and no other affidavit thereto shall be re-
quired. Each signature, the genuineness of which is not
called in question by the sworn affidavit of the alleged
owner thereof, shall be presumed to be genuine. Unless
and until it be proven otherwise by official investigation,
it shall be presumed that the petition presented contains
the signatures of the requisite number of qualified voters.
Each signer of said petition shall add to his signature
his place of residence, giving the street and number.
Within ten days from the date of filing such petition.
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the clerk shall examine and ascertain from the records
of registration whether or not said petition is signed by
the requisite number of electors entitled to vote, and if
necessary the council shall allow the clerk extra help for
that purpose, and the clerk shall attach to said petition
his certificate showing the result of said examination.
If, by the said certificate, the petition is shown to be in-
sufficient, it may be amended by additional signatures
within ten days from the date of said certificate. The
clerk shall, within ten days after such amendment, make
like examination of the amended petition, and if his cer-
tificate shall show the same to be insufficient, it shall be
returned to the person filing the same without prejudice,
however, to the filing of a new petition to the same effect.
If the petition shall be found to be sufficient, the clerk
shall submit the same to the council without delay, and
the council shall thereupon order and fix a date for hold-
ing the said election, not less than thirty days nor more
than forty days from the date of the clerk's certificate
to the council that a sufficient petition is filed.
All arrangements for said election shall be made and
the same shall be conducted, returned, and the results
thereof declared, in all respects as are all other municipal •
elections ; provided, that if there be any conflict of pro-
visions, this charter shall control.
Any person sought to be removed may be a candidate
to succeed himself, and, unless he requests otherwise, in
writing, the clerk shall place his name on the official
ballot without nomination. In any such removal elec-
tion, the candidate or candidates receiving the highest
number of votes shall be declared elected. At such elec-
tion, if some person other than the incumbent receives
the highest number of votes, the incumbent shall there-
upon be deemed removed from his office upon qualifi-
cation of his successor. The successor of any officer
so removed shall hold office during the unexpired term
of his predecessor. In case the party who receives the
highest number of votes should fail to qualify within
ten days after receiving notification of election, the office
shall be deemed vacant. If the incumbent receives the
highest number of votes he shall continue in office. In
case more than one councilman is sought to be removed,
whose terms shall not expire at the same time, there
shall appear on the ballot the date of the expiration of
the respective terms and the offices to be filled for such
different terms shall be deemed separate and distinct
offices to be filled at such election.
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SEC. 2. Any proposed ordinance may be submitted
to the council by a petition signed by qualified and regis-
tered electors of the city equal in number to the percent-
age hereinafter required. The petition shall set forth a
copy of the proposed ordinance, and the form of such
petition, signatures, verifications, and duties of the clerk
in respect thereto, provided in section i of this article
for petitions for recall shall apply to petitions of initiative.
If the petition accompanying the proposed ordinance
be signed by qualified and registered electors equal in
number to ten per centum of the entire vote cast at the
last preceding general election, the council must either
pass such ordinance without alteration or submit the
same to the electorate at the next general municipal elec-
tion that shall occur at any time after thirty days from
the date of the clerk's certificate of sufficiency. But if
such petition is signed by qualified and registered elect-
ors equal in number to twenty per centum of said vote
and contains a request that such ordinance be submitted
to a vote of the people at a special election, then the
council must either pass the ordinance without alteration
or submit the same to the electorate at a special election
to be called within sixty days from the riling of such
petition.
The ballots used when voting upon such proposed
ordinance shall contain the words "For the Ordinance,"
and "Against the Ordinance" (stating the nature of the
proposed ordinance). If a majority of the qualified
electors voting on said proposed ordinance shall vote in
favor thereof, such ordinance shall thereupon become a
valid and binding ordinance of the City. The council
may at such election submit any amendment thereto that
it may deem proper, and the ballots used at such elec-
tion shall contain the words "For the Amendment," or
"Against the Amendment," or ordinance (naming the
ordinance) and also stating the nature of the proposed
amendment. If a majority of the qualified electors
voting on said proposed amendment shall vote in favor
thereof, such ordinance shall thereupon be deemed
amended in accordance therewith. The council may also
propose and submit any ordinance to the electors, and
such ordinance, upon receiving a majority of the votes
of the electors, voting thereon, shall be deemed to have
been adopted and shall be the valid and binding ordinance
of the City. Any ordinance adopted by the electors un-
der the provisions of this article can not be repealed or
amended, except by a vote of the people obtained in the
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manner hereinbefore stated, unless such ordinance shall
otherwise provide.
Any number of proposed ordinances may be voted
upon at the same election in accordance with the pro-
visions of this section ; provided, that there shall not be
held under this section of the charter more than one
special election in any period of twelve months.
SEC. 3. Any ordinance or resolution, other than
such as may be required to be passed at a particular time
or for the purpose of complying with a charter or statu-
tory law and excepting such ordinances or resolutions as
may be declared by the council to be necessary as emerg-
ency measures for the immediate preservation of the
public peace, health or safety, shall be subject to a refer-
endum as herein provided ; provided further that the pe-
tition for such referendum be filed within sixty (60)
days from the final passage of such ordinance or reso-
lution.
Whenever a petition shall be presented to the coun-
cil, asking that a particular ordinance or resolution named
therein be submitted to a vote of the electors, and signed
as required for an initiative petition in section 2 of
this article, it shall be the duty of the council to submit
the question of the approval or rejection of such ordi-
nance or resolution to the electors at a regular or special
election, and until such election is held and the ordinance
approved by the electors the provisions of such ordi-
nance or resolution shall be suspencfed and be inoper-
ative.
All the proceedings relative to the submission of or-
dinances by initiative shall apply to ordinances submitted
by a referendum petition, and the vote thereon shall be
of the same force and effect as provided in section 2.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SEC. i. The ordaining clause ,of ;all ordinances
adopted by the council shall be, "The council of the City
of Palo Alto do ordain as follows," and the ordaining
clause of all ordinances adopted in accordance with the
provisions of article VIII shall be, "The people of the
City of Palo Alto do ordain as follows."
SEC. 2. No franchise shall be granted by the council,
but may be granted by the electors by ordinance proposed
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and adopted as provided in section 2 of article VIII of
this charter; provided, that the petition therefor shall be
signed by qualified and registered voters equal in number
to at least twenty per centum of the votes cast at the last
preceding general municipal election ; and provided fur-
ther, that no franchise shall be granted for a longer
term than twenty-five years.
SEC. 3. No officer of the City shall be interested in
any contract entered into by the City, and the general
laws of the state forbidding city officials to be so inter-
ested is hereby made a part of this charter.
SEC. 4. The council shall publish annually a finan-
cial report of the City and furnish a copy thereof to each
taxpayer residing therein.
SEC. 5. The revenue of each public utility shall be
kept in a separate fund from all other receipts and shall
be used for the purposes and in the order as follows :
1. For the payment of the operating and maintenance
expenses of such utility.
2. For the payment of interest on the bonded debt in-
curred for the construction or acquisition of such utility.
3. For the payment of the principal of said debt, as it
may become due.
4. The remainder shall be paid into the general fund.
SEC. 6. No ballot used at any municipal election
shall contain any reference to a political party, and no
designation or symbol shall be placed in connection with
the name of any candidate. Any person otherwise quali-
fied may be a candidate for an elective office at any elec-
tion, regular or special, by filing with the clerk, not less
than ten days prior to the day of election, a petition
signed by qualified and registered voters equal in number
to three per centum of the votes cast at the last general
municipal election.
SEC. 7. No member of the council shall hold any
other municipal office, or hold any office or employment,
the compensation of which is paid out of the municipal
moneys ; or be elected or appointed to any office created
or the compensation of which is increased by the council
while he was a member thereof, until one year after the
expiration of the term for which he was elected.
SEC. 8. No person, firm or corporation shall ever
exercise any franchise, license, permit, easement, privil-
ege or other use,, except in so far as he or it may be en-
titled to do so by direct authority of the constitution of
the State of California, or of the constitution or laws of
the United States, in, upon, over, under or along any
street, highway or other public place in the City unless
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he or it shall have first obtained a grant therefor in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this charter.
SEC. 9. Liens for taxes levied shall attach to the
property charged therewith on the first Monday in March
at 12 o'clock M.
ARTICLE XI
AMENDMENTS
SEC. i. This charter may be amended at intervals of
not less than two years by proposals therefor, submitted
by the council to the qualified electors of the City at a
general or special election, held at least forty days after
the publication of such proposals . for twenty days in a
daily newspaper of general circulation in said City and
ratified by a majority of the electors voting thereon, and
approved by the legislature as provided in the constitution
of the State of California. Whenever fifteen per centum
of the qualified voters of the City shall petition the coun-
cil to submit any proposed amendment or amendments
to this charter to the qualified voters thereof for approval
the council must submit the same. In submitting any
such amendment or amendments to the charter any alter-
native article or proposition may be presented for the
choice of the voters and may be voted on separately with-
out prejudice to the others.
SEC. 2. The petition herein provided for must be
made, presented, examined, and certified to in the man-
ner and form required for petitions in section I of article
VIII of this charter.
SEC. 3. The council must make all necessary pro-
visions for submitting proposed amendments to the elect-
ors, and shall canvas the votes in the same manner as in
other elections.
SEC. 4. The ballots used at such elections shall con-
tain the words "For the Amendment" and "Against the
Amendment" ( stating the nature of the proposed amend-
ment).
ARTICLE XII
This charter shall take effect at noon on July i, 1909;
provided that all provisions relative to public schools, to
elections, the qualifications of candidates, the nomination
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of candidates for public office shall be operative upon the
approval of this charter by the legislature, and the board
of trustees of the town of Palo Alto are hereby directed
to provide for all elections provided herein to be held
prior to the first day of July, 1909, and to issue certificates
of election to the persons elected to the office of coun-
cilmen.
All the present officials of the town of Palo Alto shall
continue to perform the duties now required of them
until their successors are appointed and qualified as in
this charter provided.
CERTIFICATE
WHEREAS, The town of Palo Alto, a city of more than
three thousand five hundred inhabitants, did on the
twenty-fourth day of August, A. D. 1908, have a special
election, and under and in accordance with the provisions
of section 8, article XI of the constitution of the State
of California, elect the undersigned, a board of fifteen
freeholders, to prepare and propose a charter for said
City;
BE IT KNOWN, That in pursuance of said provisions
of the constitution of the State of California, and with-
in a period of ninety days after such election, we, the
members of the said board of freeholders, have prepared
and do hereby propose the foregoing articles signed in
duplicate, as and for the charter of the said City of Palo
Alto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our
hands, at the town of Palo Alto, county of Santa Clara,
in the State of California, this twentieth day of Novem-
ber, A. D. 1908.
MARSHALL BLACK, President
C. E. JORDAN, Secretary
WALTER E. VAIL
E. C. THOITS
S. W. CHARLES
BENJAMIN P. OAKFORD
A. N. UMPHREYS
H. W. SIMKINS
STANLEY FORBES
CHAS. B. WING
JOHN T. COULTHARD
C. S. DOWNING
C. B. STINSON
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ADDITIONAL PROPOSITION SUBMITTED TO
A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE AND PROPOSED
TO BE INCORPORATED IN THE CHARTER
FOR THE CITY OF PALO ALTO.
PROPOSITION I
ARTICLE X
ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS
SEC. i. It shall be unlawful for any person or per-
sons, firm, corporation, club or association or member of
such club or association to establish, carry on, keep or
maintain a place where spirituous, vinous, malt or in-
toxicating liquors or any admixture thereof or any al-
coholic drinks whatsoever are sold, kept for sale, offered
for sale, furnished, distributed, divided, delivered or
given away.
SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, either
as owner, employer, agent, servant, clerk or employe,
to sell or deliver any of the liquors herein mentioned, or
to solicit the sale of or take orders for the same within
the limits of the city of Palo Alto.
SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person directly
or indirectly, to keep or maintain, by himself or by as-
sociating or combining with others, or in any manner to
aid, assist or abet in keeping or maintaining any club
room or other place within the City of Palo Alto, in
which any intoxicating liquors are kept for the purpose
of gift, barter or sale, or for distribution among the
members of any club or association.
SEC. 4. Any violation of the foregoing provisions
in this section shall constitute a misdemeanor, punishable
upon conviction by a fine of not more than $300.00 or by
imprisonment in the City jail for a period of not more
than three months, or by both such fine and imprison-
ment.
SEC. 5. The council may by proper ordinance pro-
vide additional penalties, not inconsistent with the law,
for the violation of the provisions of this section and
may adopt such further restrictions as will make the said
provisions effective.
SEC. 6. Nothing in this article shall be held or
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construed as prohibiting the sale or use of alcoholic
liquor for medicinal, industrial, sacramental or scientific
purposes, but the council shall impose such regulations
governing such sale and use of such liquors as will pre-
vent the violation or evasion of the provisions of this
article.
CERTIFICATE
WHEREAS, The town of Palo Alto, a city of more
than thirty-five hundred inhabitants, did on the twenty-
fourth day of August, A. D. 1908, have a special election,
and in accordance with the provisions of section 8, article
XI of the constitution of the State of California, elect
the undersigned, a board of fifteen freeholders, to pre-
pare a proposed charter for said City ;
BE IT KNOWN, That in pursuance of said provisions
of the constitution of the State of California and within
a period of ninety days after such election, we, the mem-
bers of said board of freeholders, have prepared and do
hereby propose the foregoing additional article signed in
duplicate as and for a part of the charter of the said City
of Palo Alto, to be presented for the choice of the voters
of the City of Palo Alto and to be voted on separately
without prejudice to said proposed charter or to any or
either of the articles or propositions herewith presented.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our
hands, at the town of Palo Alto, county of Santa Clara,
in the State of California, this twentieth day of Novem-
ber, A. D. 1908.
MARSHALL BLACK, President
C. E. JORDAN, Secretary
WALTER E. VAIL
E. C. THOITS
S. W. CHARLES
BENJAMIN P. OAKFORD
A. N. UMPHREYS
H. W. SIMKINS
STANLEY FORBES
CHAS. B. WING
JOHN T. COULTHARD
C. S. DOWNING
C. B. STINSON
Filed November 21, 1908, at 8:30 a.m., with Charles
D. Marx, president of the board of trustees of the town
of Palo Alto.
l8o THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
MEMORANDUM
The first official publication of the foregoing charter
was made in the Daily Palo Alto Times, a daily news-
paper of general circulation, on Tuesday, December 8,
1908, in accordance with a resolution adopted by the
board of trustees of the town of Palo Alto on Tuesday,
December i, 1908, and by direction of the president of
said board and the town clerk as provided for in said
resolution.
State of California, ( ss
County of Santa Clara j
I, Charles D. Marx, president of the board of town
trustees of the town of Palo Alto, California, do hereby
certify that I now am and at all of the times herein men-
tioned was the duly elected, qualified and acting president
of said board of town trustees of the, town of Palo Alto ;
that the board of freeholders whose names appear signed
to the foregoing proposed charter and the alternative
proposition were, and each of them was, on the 24th
day of August, A. D. 1908, at a special municipal elec-
tion held in said town of Palo Alto, on said last named
day, duly elected by the qualified voters of said town as
such freeholders, to prepare and propose a charter for
said town ; that each of the persons so elected was a free-
holder and was at the time of said election, and had been
continuously for more than five years immediately prior
thereto a qualified elector of the said town of Palo Alto ;
that said board of freeholders, in accordance with law,
prepared and proposed a charter and prepared and pro-
posed the foregoing alternative proposition for said town,
in duplicate ; that the foregoing is a full, true and correct
copy of said proposed charter of the said town of Palo
Alto, including the said alternative proposition I, which
were prepared and proposed by said board of freehold-
ers, one copy of which said proposed charter and of said
proposed alternative proposition was duly returned to me
as president of the said board of town trustees of the town
of Palo Alto, and the other copy thereof was duly re-
turned to and filed with the recorder of the county of
Santa Clara, all within ninety days after said election, as
required by section eight of article eleven of the consti-
tution of this state ; that such proposed charter and the
CHARTER l8l
said alternative proposition I, were then published in the
Daily Palo Alto Times (the same being a daily newspaper
of general circulation in said town) for more than
twenty days, and the first publication thereof was made
within twenty days after the completion of said proposed
charter and said alternative proposition ; that within
thirty days after the publication of said proposed char-
ter and said alternative proposition I as aforesaid, and
as required by said section eight of the constitution, to
wit: On the 2ist day of January, A. D. 1909, said pro-
posed charter and said alternative proposition I, were
submitted to a special municipal election duly held in
the said town of Palo Alto, for the purpose of ratifying
or rejecting said proposed charter and the said alter-
native proposition.
That said proposed charter as a whole and the said
alternative proposition were duly ratified at said last
mentioned election by the majority of the votes of the
qualified electors of said town voting thereon, and that
the returns of said last mentioned election were duly
canvassed by the board of town trustees of said town
of Palo Alto on the 2nd day of February, A. D. 1909,
and the result thereof declared as above set forth.
And I further certify that all the times herein men-
tioned said town of Palo Alto contained a population of
more than three thousand five hundred, and that in all
matters and things pertaining to said proposed charter
and the said alternative proposition, the provisions of
section eight of article eleven of the constitution and of
the laws of the State of California pertaining to the
adoption of said proposed charter and the said alternat-
ive proposition have, in every particular, been fully com-
plied with.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the corporate seal of said town this 2nd day of
February, A. D. 1909.
CHAS. D. MARX,
President of the Board of Town Trustees
[SEAL] of the Town of Palo Alto.
Attest : C. H. JORDAN,
Town Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the Board
of Town Trustees of the Town of Palo Alto.
1 82 THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATURE
OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, APPROV-
ING THE FOREGOING CHARTER OF THE
CITY OF PALO ALTO
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the
Assembly thereof concurring (a majority of all the mem-
bers elected to each house voting for the adoption of
this resolution and concurring therein), That said char-
ter of the City of Palo Alto including said additional
proposition No. I, as presented to and adopted and rati-
fied by the electors of said town of Palo Alto as herein
above set forth, be and the same is hereby approved as
a whole, as and for the charter of said City of Palo Alto
as aforesaid.
AMENDMENTS TO CHARTER OF
THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
APPROVING TEN CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO THE CHAR-
TER OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO, COUNTY OF SANTA
CLARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, VOTED FOR AND RATI-
FIED BY THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE SAID CITY
OF PALO ALTO, AT A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
HELD THEREIN FOR THAT PURPOSE ON THE FIRST
DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1911. (ADOPTED MARCH 24, 1911)
WHEREAS, The City of Palo Alto, in the County of
Santa Clara, State of California, contains a population
of more than thirty-five hundred inhabitants, and has
been ever since the year 1909, and is now, organized and
acting under a freeholders' charter, adopted under and
by virtue of section eight of article eleven of the consti-
tution of the State of California, which charter was duly
ratified by a majority of the qualified electors of said
City, at a special election held for that purpose on the
2 ist day of January, A. D. 1909, and approved by the
legislature of the State of California on the 2Oth day of
February, 1909 (Statutes of 1909, page 1175) ; and
WHEREAS, The City council of the said City of Palo
Alto did by ordinance duly adopted by said City council
and approved by the mayor of said City on the 22nd day
of November, 1910, and pursuant to section 8 of article
ii of the constitution of the State of California, duly
propose to the qualified electors of said City of Palo Alto,
certain amendments to the Charter of said City of Palo
Alto, to be submitted to the said qualified electors at a
special municipal election to be held in said City on the
first day of February, 1911 ; said amendments being six-
teen in number ; and
WHEREAS, Said proposed amendments were, and each
of them was, published for twenty days in a daily news-
paper printed and published in said City of Palo Alto,
and having a general circulation therein, to wit: The
Daily Palo Alto Times ; said publication beginning on
the 23rd day of November, 1910, and ending the i6th
day of December, 1910 ; and
184 THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
WHEREAS, The City council of said City did by said
ordinance, duly adopted by said City council and approv-
ed by the mayor of said City, order the holding of a spe-
cial municipal election in said City of Palo Alto on the
first day of February, 1911, said day being at least forty
days after the publication of said proposed amendments
for twenty days in said daily newspaper of general cir-
culation in said City of Palo Alto, to wit: The Daily-
Palo Alto Times ; and did provide in said ordinance for
the submission of the proposed Charter Amendments
numbers I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, n, 12, 13, 14, 15
and 1 6, and alternative amendments numbers 3, 4 and 5,
to the qualified electors of said City for their ratification
at said election ; and
WHEREAS, Said election was duly called and held on
said ist day of February, 1911, and at said election a
majority of the qualified electors voting thereon voted in
favor of the ratification of and did ratify ten of the pro-
posed amendments to said charter ; and
WHEREAS, The City council of the said City of Palo
Alto in accordance with the law in such cases made and
provided, did meet on Wednesday, the 8th day of Feb-
ruary, 1911, at their usual time and place of meeting, and
duly canvas the returns of said election as certified by
the election boards, and duly found, determined and de-
clared that a majority of the qualified electors of said
City voting thereon had voted for and ratified ten of said
proposed Amendments to the Charter of said City of
Palo Alto; and
WHEREAS, The council of the City of Palo Alto are
in doubt as to the legality of the ratification and adoption
of Amendment number seven, owing to an error in the
instructions to voters on said specific Amendment num-
ber seven ; therefore said Amendment number seven is
herein set forth as a distinct and separate amendment
for the consideration of the legislature without prejudice
to the nine other amendments herein set forth ;
That said Amendment number seven is in words and
figures as follows, to wit:
CHARTER AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN
Section 7 of article 9 of the Charter of the City of
Palo Alto shall be amended to read as follows :
No member of the council shall hold any office or
employment the compensation for which is paid out of
municipal moneys ; or be elected or appointed to any
AMENDMENTS TO CHARTER 185
office created, or the compensation of which is increased
by the council while he was a member thereof, until one
year after the expiration of the term for which he was
elected.
WHEREAS, The said nine subsequent amendments to
the charter so ratified by a majority of the qualified elect-
ors of said City voting at said election are in words and
figures as follows, to wit:
CHARTER AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT
Article 9 of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto shall
be amended by adding thereto a new section, to be known
as section 10, and to read as follows :
SEC. 10. In the erection, improvement and repair
of all public buildings and works, in all street and sewer
work, done under and by authority of the laws of the
State of California creating a bonded indebtedness of
the municipality, or done under and by authority of any
of the street laws of the State of California, which laws
are hereby made a part of this Charter, the work shall
be let to the lowest responsible bidder; provided, how-
ever, the council may reject any and all bids if deemed
excessive, and readvertise for bids or provide for the
work to be done by the Department of Public Works.
In case no bid is received, the council may likewise
provide for the work to be done by the Department of
Public Works.
When the estimate of the cost of said work by the
City engineer shows that said work can be done for an
equal or less cost than that of the lowest bid, then any
of the work herein mentioned may be done by the Depart-
ment of Public Works, and the said department shall be
deemed the contractor, with the right to enforce all liens,
and with the same powers, rights, duties and obligations
as are made and provided by the laws of the state for
contractors who have entered into contracts to do such
work as the lowest responsible bidder.
The council shall have power to adopt ordinances for
the purpose of carrying out these provisions, and such
ordinances shall be supplemental to the existing laws of
the State, and shall have the same force and effect.
CHARTER AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE
Article 9 of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto shall
be amended by adding thereto a new section to be known
as section n, and to read as follows:
1 86 THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
SEC. ii. Upon a petition of the owners of the ma-
jority of the frontage abutting upon any street or part
thereof, the council shall have the power by ordinance to
require, or provide, or adopt general law or laws for the
planting, maintenance, or care of grass plots between the
sidewalk and roadway in such street or part thereof, and
to make the cost thereof a lien and charge upon the abut-
ting property, and to make provisions for the enforce-
ment of such liens by the sale of property or otherwise.
CHARTER AMENDMENT NUMBER TEN
Article 9 of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto shall
be amended by adding thereto a new section, to be known
as section 12, and to read as follows :
SEC. 12. The council shall have power, by ordi-
nance, to require or provide for the removal of grass,
weeds or other obstructions from the sidewalks, park-
ings or streets and to make the cost of same a lien or
charge against the abutting property, and to make pro-
vision for the enforcement of such liens by the sale of
property or otherwise.
CHARTER AMENDMENT NUMBER ELEVEN
Article 9 of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto shall
be amended by adding thereto a new section to be known
as section 13, and to read as follows:
SEC. 13. The council shall have power, by ordinance,
to require or provide for the removal from property,
lands, or lots, all weeds, rubbish or other material which
may endanger or injure neighboring property, or the
health or welfare of the residents of the vicinity, and to
make the cost thereof a lien or charge upon such proper-
ty, lands, or lots, or otherwise.
CHARTER AMENDMENT NUMBER TWELVE
Article 9 of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto shall
be amended by adding thereto a new section to be known
as section 14, and to read as follows :
SEC. 14. The council shall have the power, by ordi-
nance, to enforce the laying of sewer, water or gas pipes
or other mains or conduits on streets to be improved be-
fore the same are improved ; and to require the owners
of real property fronting upon any street, lane, alley, or
other public place, in which there are or in which it is
AMENDMENTS TO CHARTER 187
proposed to be constructed, sewer, water or gas pipes,
or other mains or conduits, to connect their several prem-
ises therewith, or to cause such connection to be made,
and to make the cost of same a lien upon the property so
connected, and to make provision for the enforcement
of such lien by the sale of property or otherwise.
CHARTER AMENDMENT NUMBER THIRTEEN
Article 9 of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto shall
be amended by adding thereto a new section to be known
as section 130, and to read as follows:
SEC. 130. The City of Palo Alto shall have the
power to repair or improve all streets or avenues in said
city upon which street railway tracks are laid between
the rails of said tracks and for two feet on either side
thereof ; said City shall also have the power to repair all
excavations made in streets by any public service cor-
poration, company or person.
All said work done by the City on account of street
railways or excavations to be a lien upon any property
of the corporation, company or person on whose account
the work is done.
The person, company or corporation owning or oper-
ating any street railway in said City shall pay to the City
one-third of the annual cost of watering, oiling, or other-
wise treating such streets for laying dust thereon.
The council shall have power to adopt ordinances for
the purpose of carrying out and enforcing this provision.
CHARTER AMENDMENT NUMBER FOURTEEN
Article 8 of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto shall
be amended by adding a new section thereto to be known
as section 4, and to read as follows :
SEC. 4. The majority vote of the electors required
to pass an initiative ordinance, as provided by section 2
of this article, shall be not only a majority of the votes
cast on the ordinance, but shall be an affirmative vote on
such ordinance equal to a majority of the total number of
those cast at the last preceding general municipal election.
CHARTER AMENDMENT NUMBER FIFTEEN
Article 7 of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto shall
be amended by adding thereto a new section to be known
as section 8, and to read as follows:
l88 THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
SEC. 8. The judge of said police court shall have
power to administer oaths, take and certify affidavits in
the same manner and like effect as justices of peace. He
shall have and use a seal, on which shall be engraved
the arms of the State and the words "Judge of the Po-
lice Court of the City of Palo Alto."
He shall have power to issue warrants, writs and
summons in all respects as if issued by the justice of
peace.
Any warrant, writ or summons issued out of said
court may be served in any county -of the state provided
that there is attached to it a certificate under seal by the
county clerk of Santa Clara County to the effect that the
person issuing same was the acting judge of said court
at the time of the issuance of said process.
Any justice of peace of Palo Alto township shall pos-
sess the same powers herein conferred upon the police
court of said City, and in case of the disability or ab-
sence, or upon the request of the judge of said court,
shall act as judge of said court; but the authority herein
conferred upon said justice of the peace shall not be
construed as impairing, reducing or taking from the
police judge any right, power or jurisdiction vested in
him.
CHARTER AMENDMENT NUMBER SIXTEEN
Article 7 of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto shall
be amended by adding thereto a new section, to be known
as section 9, and to read as follows :
SEC. 9. The chief of police shall be appointed by
the Board of Public Safety. He shall have the same
powers that are now, or may be hereafter, conferred up-
on sheriffs by the laws of the State, and shall in all re-
spects be entitled to the same protection. He shall serve,
and is hereby authorized to execute and return all pro-
cesses, both civil and criminal, issued and directed to
him by any legal authority; and
WHEREAS, The said proposed Amendments to the
Charter of the City of Palo Alto so ratified are now sub-
mitted to the legislature of the State of California, for
approval or rejection without power of alteration or
amendment in accordance with section eight of article
eleven of the State of California.
AMENDMENTS TO CHARTER 189
State of California ")
County of Santa Clara >• ss-
City of Palo Alto }
This is to certify that we, Charles B. Wing, mayor of
the City of Palo Alto, and Frank Kasson, clerk of the
City of Palo Alto, have compared the foregoing proposed
and ratified Amendments to the Charter of the City of
Palo Alto with the original ordinance proposing such
Amendments and submitting the same to the qualified
electors of said City at a special municipal election, call-
ed for that purpose on Wednesday the ist day of Febru-
ary, 1911, and find that the foregoing is a full, true, cor-
rect and exact copy thereof and of each of them ; and we
further certify that the facts set forth in the preamble
preceding such Amendments to said Charter are and each
of them is true, save^nd excepting that as to Amendment
number seven, hereinbefore separately set forth, Charles
B. Wing, as mayor of said City, refuses to certify said
Amendment number seven as having been duly and legal-
ly adopted at said election by the voters of said City of
Palo Alto, on the ground that said electors were misled
in casting their vote on said Amendment number seven
by reason of the fact that in the "Instructions to Voters"
an error was made as to said Amendment number seven
only, at said election ; that this reservation or refusal to
certify as to Amendment number seven is made without
prejudice to Amendments numbers eight, nine, ten, elev-
en, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen and sixteen herein-
before set forth ;
That as to all of said amendments, except Amendment
number seven, this certificate shall be taken as a full and
complete certification as to the regularity of all proceed-
ings had and done in connection therewith.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have hereunto set our
hands and caused the corporate seal of the City of Palo
Alto to be attached, this 9th day of February, 1911.
[SEAL] CHAS. B. WING,
Mayor ;
FRANK KASSON,
City Clerk of the City of Palo Alto.
THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
AND WHEREAS, The said ten amendments so ratified
as hereinbefore set forth have been duly presented and
submitted to the legislature of the State of California, for
approval or rejection without power of alteration or
amendment, in accordance with said section 8 of article
XI of the constitution of the State of California; now,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California,
the Assembly concurring (a majority of all members
elected at each house voting for the adoption of this
resolution and concurring therein), that the said ten
amendments to the said Charter of the City of Palo Alto
hereinbefore set forth as presented and submitted to,
and adopted and ratified by the qualified electors of said
City, be and the same are hereby approved as a whole
for, and as amendments to the said Charter of said City
of Palo Alto.
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