BOOK 19_1942-09-08 to 1945-05-07

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C 1 11 1 E a YYfWa.; NOTICE OF PUBLIC NEARING ON ORDINANCE ORDINANCE No.:.480 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE EXTINGUISHING OR CONTROL FROM SUNSET TO SUNRISE OF ILLUMUYA- TION 1FVARIOUS HIND'S; PROVIDING FOR THE SHIELDING OF ILLUMINAT- ED NItr,FNS AND S I G N A Ii S MAINI!AINED BY GOVERN- MENT' AUTHORITY; EXEMPT- ING NtLVIGATION AND RAID ROAD �L I G H T S; DEFINING THE TERM "VISIBLE "FROM THE SEA"; ADOPTING SUB- SEQUENT PROCLAMATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AS AUTOMATIC AMENDMENTS HEREOF; AU- THORIZiNG THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO PROMULGATE RULES. AND REGULATIONS TO CABBY OUT THIS ORDI- NANCE; REPEALING ORDI- NANCES AND-PABTS,1rHFRF i, OF IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; 4�PROVIDING SEVERABI L I T Y OF PARTS HEREOF; PBOVH4- a r ING PENALTIES FOB VIOLA. TION HEREOF;, AND DECLAR- E ING THIS ORDINANCE TO BE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE. , ,r THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY DOES OR- DAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. J. U. DeWitt, Lleu, tenant General, U. S. Army, Com- manding Western Defense Com- mand and Fourth Army, by,virtue of the authority vested In .him 'by the President of the United_ States and Executive Order No. 9088, dated February 19, 1942, and pur- suant to P u b l i c Law W3 -77th Congress, approved March 21, 1942, and by virtue of his powers and prerogatives as Commanding Gen- eral of the Western Defense Com- mand, has Issued Public Proclama- tion No. 20, dated August 5, 1942, and effective August 20, 1942, which as 'amended by Public Proclama- tion No. 12, dated October 10, 1942, and issued by virtue of the, same authority, reads as follows(omit- tingExhibits Incorporated' there - In): HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEFENSE COMMAND AND FOURTH ARMY Presidio of San Francisco, California PUBLIC PROCLAMATIOMWO. 10 August 9, 1942 TO: The people within the States of Washington, Oregon and Cali- fornia, and to the Public General- ly: WHEREAS, by Public Proclama- tion No. 1, dated March 2, 1942, this Headquarters, there were desig- nated and established Military Areas Nos. 1 and 2; and WHEREAS, the armed forces of the enemy have made attacks upon vessels of the United States travel - Ing along the Pacific Coastal waters and upon land installations with - In said Military Areas, and it is expected that such attacks will con- tinue; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide maximum protection for war utilities, war materials and war premises located within the States of Washington, Oregon and California against enemy attacks by sea and by air; NOW, THEREFORE, I, J. L. De- WITT, Lieutenant General, U. S. Army, by virtue of the authorlty vested In me by the, President of the United States and by the Sec- retary of War and my powers and prerogatives as Commanding Gen- eral of the Western Defense Com- mand,'do hereby declare that: 1. Thb,present situation requires as a matter of military necessity that a Zone of -Restricted Light- ing be established within Military Areas Nos. 1 and 2, and that Illumi- nation within said Zone of Re- stricted Lighting be 'extinguished or controlled in such manner and to such extent as may be naces- sary to prevent such illumination from aiding the operations of the enemy. 2. Pursuant to the determina- tion and statement of military ne- cessity In Paragraph 1 hereof, a, Zone of Restricted Lighting, as par- ticularly described `in Exhibit A hereof, and as generally shown on the map made a part hereof and marked Exhibit B, is hereby des- Ignated and established. Illumine. - tion within the entire area of said Zone of Restricted Lighting shall be extinguished or controlled at all times at night from sunset to sun- rise, as follows: (a) Signs, Floodlighting, Dis- play and Interior Lighting. Dlum- inated signs and ornamental light- ing of every description which are located outof-doolre, }nd 'flood- lighting which : /lluminates build- ings or signs i(inclnding -but not limited to all exterior tidvertlsing signs, billboards, -display ' lighting, theatre marquee signs, illuminated poster panels; and building outline lighting), and all interior light sources (as hereinafter defined) which emit direct .riya above the horizontal out-of-doors, shall be ex- tingpished. The words "light sourcu;14s used heroin are Intend- ed and shall be construed to mean and include any light generating elements and -the bright portion of any reflector, leas,luminaire, transparency, or other equipment associated herewith for the control or diffusion of light. This Section 2 (a) shall not apply to illumina- tion forinduetrhd�or protective pur- poses except to the extent provid- ed for in Section 2 (b) hereof. (b) Illumination of Outdoor Areas; Street and Highway Lights. Illumination of outdoor areas and Industrial and protective illumina- t1cn, shall be controlled as follows: (1) Except as provided in Sec- tion 2 ,(b) '(2) hereof, illumination on.all outdoor areas (including but not limited to automobile service station yards, outdoor parking areas, recreation sirens and outdoor structures and roots) shall not exa ceed one foot candle ai any point when 'measured on a horizontal plane at any level of such outdoor areas, and all outdoor light; sources shall be shielded so ,that no direct rays from the light source are emit- ted above the horizontal. All In- terior lighting of every description shall be reduced -or controlled so that it does not, contribute more than one foot candle of Illumina- tion upon any 'outdoor area. All street and highway lights shall also be shielded so tot each light source emits no more than ten, per cent of Its total lamp lumens at angles above the horizontal. Pro- vided the foregoing requirements ve6 are met, any further reduction or suspected violator of the law, or extinguishment of street or high- when going to or transporting a way illumination which would un- person who Is in apparent need of necessarily aggravate traffic haz- immediate emergency medical or ards to not required. surgical care, or when responding (2) Variations from the forego- to, some other emergency. Involving, Ing requirements shall be permitted the -protection of life or property, In the came of illumination for In- shall be excepted from the forego- dustriai apd protective purposes, Ing provision. and from• industrial processes, (d) Industrial °and ,Protective whether (ntbrior or exterior, but not Illlumination: Light sources for In - including d4eet br highway lights, dustrial purposes and light from only when lnd to the extent that Industrial processes within areas It Is necessaky to vary from such visible from the sea, shall comply requirement's in order.to achieve with the requirements of Section and maintain maximum efficiency; 2 •(b) hereof, and shall also be but only with. the written approval shielded so that they are not vis - of the Ninth Regional Civilian De- Ible from the sea at night;" pro- fense Board, obtained in advance. vlded, that variations from these (c) Traffic Signs and _Signals. requirements may be permitted in Illuminated signs and signals which the case of Illumination for Indus - are authorized or maintained by trial,. and protective purposes, and governmental authority for the pur- from industrial processes, whether pose of controlling or directing Interior or exterior ,(but not )nclud- street or highway traffic'shali be Ing street or highway lights),.only shielded so that no direct rays from when and to the extent that it is the light source are emitted above necessary to vary from such re - the horizontal in respect to lights quirements in order to achieve and mounted ten feet or more above the maintain maximum efficiency; but ground, or above an angle of more only with the written approval of then six degreesabove the horl- the Ninth Regional Civilian De- zontal in respect to lights mounted fence Board, obtained In advance. lees than ten but more than three (e) Other Illumination. Except as feet above the ground, or above an 'hereinabove provided in this Sec - angle of more than twelve degrees tion 3, all other lights visible from above the horizontal In. respect. to the sea are prohibited at night, in - lights mounted less than three feet eluding but not limited to light above the ground. Relative varla- from fire, bonfires, parked care, tioin the upward limit of light ns flashlights and lenterns. are permissible to compensate, for (f) Definition.'of "Visible From grades. the Sea." The phrase "visible from (d) Navigation and Railroad the sea," as used herein, is intended Lights. Authorized lights neves- and shall be constrhed'to mean and eery to facilitate air or water navl- Include the following;, gallon, authorized railroad signal Visible, at any time from the lights, and headlights of railroad waters.. of the Pacific .Ocean, or locomotives when in motion, are from the waters of 'the Straits of hereby excepted ,from all •the pro- Juan de Fuca lying south of a line visions of this Proclamation. extending due, east from, the most 3. In addition to the restrictions -.,southerly point of Vancouver Is - he relabetore imposed, fllumlastlan land and west of a line Within that part of the Zone of ,running due noitif and south through the Restricted Lighting,, Thich is. vis- easternmost point 'of the easterly ible from the sea; as hereinatter .boundary line of fhb' Clty pf Port defined, shall be further diminished Townsend, Washingfon, or visible or obscured at all times at night from any of those bodies of water from {unset or sunrise, se follows: located on the shore line of the (a) Street,: Highway and Trat- . State of California generaly known fie Lights: -Street -aud�:hlghway and described as toliows: lights, and. Illuminated signs (but Santa Maul ca Bay; not signals) which are authorized Santa BarbalraChannel; or maintained by governmental au- San Luis Obispo Bay; thority for thepurpose of contrail- Estero Bay; .and Ing or directing street or highway Monterey Bay; traffic and .which are visible from Provided, however`, that the wa- the sea, shall be so ablelded that ters of San Franclaeo'Bay, lying .they are�not visible from .the sea easterly. of a line extending from at night and so that,no direct rays Point Bonita through Mile Rock, from the light source are emitted is not Intended and shall not be above the horizontal. construed to be a part of the sea; (b) Residential, Commercial and and solely for the purposes of Sec - Industrial Windows. No lighting tion 3 (o) hereof, concerning street shall be permitted behind windows and highway traffic, the phrase, or glazed doors visible from the sea "areas visible from the sea," is also unless they are covered by drapes Intended grid shall be construed to or shaded. mean an¢ include that portion of (c) Street and Highway Traffic. streets or highways which may not Within areas visible from the sea, in fact. be "visible from the sea but subject to the exceptions here- but which is within -areas gen- inafter stated, vehicles shall oper- eraily visible from the sea ate at night with no more than two 4. Any person violating any of lighted driving lamps, regardless, of the provisions of this Proclama- the direction of travel; and each tion, or orders issued pursuant such lamp shall provide a maxi- thereto, Is subject to immediate mum of not more than 250 beam _ exclusion from -the territory of the candlepower. Normal rear lights, Western Defense "Command, and to license plate lights and clearance the criminal penalties provided in lights (where required by law) are Public Law No. 503, 77th Congress, permitted. Vehicles which are approved Hatch 21, 1942, entitled classified as authorized emergency "AwActdo,prgvideaVenaltytorthe vehicles under the applicable Fed- violation of restrictions or orders eral, State, or local law, when op- with respect to persons entering, erated by authorized personnel, remaining In, leaving, or commit - and when displaying an illuminated ting any •act in military areas or red spotlight, and when responding zones." to a fire alarm, or when in the 5. The* Ninth,' -Regional, Civilian immediate pursuit of an actual or Defense•'•8oavil as :hereby desig-