BOOK 18_1939-01-03 to 1942-08-10

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H1 i Y P' z An ordinance to be known as, "The Redwood City Electrical Code' regulating the placing) i f installing, operating and removing of electrical wire and electrical apparatus in the City of Redwood City, County*of San Mateo, State of California, and pro- viding inspection and inspection fees and penalties for violations of this code' and repealing conflicting ordinance was -offered for introduction on motion of L Councilman Fletcher, seconded by Councilman McNulty, and carried. The report of the City Manager on flood conditions on Oxford Street was continued until the next meeting. In connection with the alleged dancing school conducted at 221 Hudson Street, a pro- test filed by John H., D. Peters, agent for Clara M. Chambers and Laura C. Joyce, owners of property at 229 Hudson Street, was read. Dorothy Roberts spoke in a defense of her school and denied the statements made in protests. Councilman Werder advised that he had investigated the premises during the time a class was being instructed and in his opinion there was no objectionable noise. After discussion, the matter was ordered dropped. There was read a letter from Antone Petersen & Sons, Building Contractors, asking that abatement proceedings against'the building located at Spruce and Main t t Streets and'oirned by Miss Lillian Kuck be continued until the next meeting of the Council in order that they may have time to complete plans and specifica- tions for remodeling same. Permission granted on motion of Councilman Fletcher, seconded by Councilman Christensen, and carried. The City Clerk was instructed i r` to inform the contractors that the plans and specifications must be delivered 6 to the City Building Inspector not later than March 14, 1941. The matter of the Redwood City Bus Line Franchise was ordered placed on the agenda for the next meeting. . In connection with the proposed ordinance defining nuisances and prohibiting their. maintenance in the City of Redwood City a protest against paragraph four of section one of the ordinance as introduced, filed by L. and M. Chappelle, 337 Lotiell Street, was read. Mr. L. Chappelle addressed the Council relative to the ordinance and asked that the above paragraph and section be changed to per - mit the maintenance of animals kept as pets within a distance'of 20 feet mom the street curb or dwelling inhabited by the owner of such pets and 40 feet from dwelling of anyone except the owner. He further explained that the: size of his property, on which two pet monkeys dere kept, was not sufficient to allow placing the cage in which the pets are kept a distance of 40 feet from i the residence as required by the ordinance and that present location of the cage at 27 feet from the house did not constitute a nuisance and was not