HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 020 1984 0620ORDINANCE NO. _20
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 1,
SECTIONS 12.01.010 THROUGH 12.01.590 TO
TITLE 12 OF THE MOORPARK MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO TRAFFIC
The City Council of the City of Moorpark, California, does
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: Sections 12.01.010 through 12.01.590 are added
to the Moorpark Municipal Code to read as follows:
"Section 12.01.010. Scope.
For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise
apparent from the context, certain words and phrases
used in this chapter are defined in this article.
"Section 12.01.020. Vehicle Code definitions.
Whenever any words or phrases used in this
chapter are not defined in this article but
are defined in the Vehicle Code of the State,
such definitions are incorporated in this article
and shall be deemed to apply to such words and
phrases as used in this chapter as though set
forth in this article in full.
"Section 12.01.030. Alley.
"Alley" shall mean any highway, as defined in
Section 12.01.060 of this article, having a
width of twenty -five (25') feet or less and not
provided with sidewalks.
"Section 12.01.040. Commercial vehicle loading zone.
"Commercial vehicle loading zone" shall mean
that space adjacent to a curb reserved for
the exclusive use of vehicles during the
loading and unloading of passengers and
materials, marked and designated as provided
in this chapter.
"Section 12.01.050. Crosswalk.
"Crosswalk" shall mean that portion of the roadway
included within the prolongation of the curb and
property lines of an intersecting street. "Crosswalk"
shall include any cross strip of highway, not to
exceed twenty (20') feet in width, which is not a
crosswalk by reason of intersecting highways but
which shall be designated as a crosswalk by ordinance.
"Section 12.01.060. Highway.
"Highway" shall mean every way or place of whatever
nature publicly maintained and open to the use of
the public for purposes of vehicular.or pedestrian
travel. "Highway" shall include a street.
"Section 12.01.070. Intersection.
"Intersection" shall mean the area embraced within
the prolongation of the lateral boundary lines of
the roadways of two (2) highways which join one
another at approximately right angles, or the area
within which vehicles traveling upon different
highways joining at any other angle may come in
contact.
"Section 12.01.080. Operator.
"Operator" shall mean any person who is in actual
physical control of a vehicle.
"Section 12.01.090. Passenger loading zone.
"Passenger loading zone" shall mean that space
adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive
use of vehicles during the loading and unloading
of passengers, marked and designated as provided
in this chapter.
"Section 12.01.100. Park.
"Park" shall mean to stand a vehicle or allow a
vehicle to stand for a period of time longer than
actually or reasonably necessary for the loading
or unloading of passengers or materials.
"Section 12.01.110. Pedestrian.
"Pedestrian" shall mean any person afoot, or any
cyclist having dismounted a bicycle and then pro-
ceeding to move the bicycle afoot, or any person
who is using a means of conveyance propelled by
human power other than a bicycle.
"Section 12.01.120. Roadway.
"Roadway" shall mean that portion of a street between
the regularly established curb lines, or, when no
curbs exist, that portion improved, designated,
and ordinarily used for vehicular travel and parking.
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"Section 12.01.130. Safety zone.
"Safety zone" shall mean that portion of a roadway
reserved for the exclusive use of pedestrians,
marked and designated as provided in this chapter.
"Section 12.01.140. Sidewalk.
"Sidewalk" shall mean that portion of a street
between the curb lines or traversable roadway
and the adjacent property lines.
"Section 12.01.150. Vehicle.
"Vehicle" shall mean every device or animal by
which any person or property is or may be trans-
ported or drawn upon a street or highway, excepting
devices moved by human power or used exclusively
upon rails.
"Section 12.01.160. Bicycle.
"Bicycle" shall mean a device upon which any person
may ride, propelled by human power through a.belt,
chain, or gears, and having either two (2) or three
(3) wheels in a tandem or tricycle arrangement.
"Section 12.01.170. Bicycle lane.
"Bicycle lane" shall mean any lane within the roadway
designated by signs and /or markings for the operation
of bicycles.
"Section 12.01.180. Bicycle path.
"Bicycle path" shall mean any specifically designated
area for bicycle travel physically separated from
the roadway.
"Section 12.01.190. Bicycle route.
"Bicycle route" shall mean any route recommended for
bicycle travel. A bicycle route may include a
bicycle path, bicycle lane, and /or a public street
for accommodating bicycle riders.
"Section 12.01.200. Cyclist.
"Cyclist" shall mean any bicycle operator.
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"Section 12.01.210. Police officer.
"Police officer" shall mean any officer of the
Police Department of the City or any officer
authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to
make arrests for violations of traffic regulations.
"Section 12.01.220. Vehicle Code.
"Vehicle Code" shall mean the Vehicle Code of the
State.
"Section 12.01.230. Bicycle dealer.
"Bicycle dealer" shall mean any person, firm,
partnership, or corporation which is engaged
wholly or partly in the business of selling
bicycles, or buying or taking in trade bicycles
for the purposes of resale, or selling or offering
for sale or otherwise dealing with bicycles, whether
or not such bicycles are owned by such person or
entity. "Bicycle dealer" shall also include the
agents or employees of such person or entity.
"Section 12.01.240. Truck.
"Truck" shall mean any motor vehicle designed, used,
or maintained primarily for the transportation of
property or persons. "Truck" shall include a
semitrailer, trailer, truck tractor, or commercial
vehicle as defined by the Vehicle Code of the State.
"Truck" shall not include a pickup.
"Section 12.01.250. Official traffic control device.
"Official traffic control device" shall mean any
sign, signal, marking, or device, not inconsistent
with the Vehicle Code of the State or this Code,
place or erected by authority of a public body
or official having jurisdiction for the purpose of
regulating, warning, or guiding traffic.
"Section 12.01.260. Operation of electric carts.
Physically disabled persons and persons fifty (50)
years of age or older are hereby authorized to
operate electric carts on public sidewalks or
bicycle lanes within the City; provided, however,
any such person who owns an electric cart shall
apply to the Chief of Police for a permit and an
identification sticker to so operate the cart, and
such sticker shall be affixed to the cart in order
to operate it upon any public sidewalk or bicycle
lane within the City.
"Section 12.01.270. State authority.
Every person operating a motor vehicle shall have
all the rights and shall be subject to all the
duties applicable by the laws of the State or by
the laws of the City, except those provisions of
laws and ordinances which by their nature have
no application and except as otherwise provided
in this chapter. (See Vehicle Code Sections
21200 et seq.)
"Section 12.01.280. Obedience to official traffic
control devices.
It shall be unlawful for any person operating a
motor vehicle or handling an animal to fail to
obey any official traffic control device appli-
cable to him, unless otherwise directed by a
police officer or traffic officer.
"Section 21.01.290. Motor vehicle operation in
bicycle lanes.
(a) Whenever a bicycle lane has been established
on a roadway pursuant to Section 21207 of the Vehicle
Code, any person operating a motor vehicle on such
highway shall not drive in the bicycle lane, except
to park where parking is permitted, to enter or leave
the highway, or to prepare for a right turn.
(b) When it is necessary to make a right -hand
turn on a roadway which has a bicycle lane to the
right of the motor vehicle lane, the motorist shall
merge into the bicycle lane in accordance with
subsection (a) of Section 21658 of the Vehicle Code
and make his turn as closely as practicable to the
right -hand curb or edge of the roadway, in accordance
with Section 22100 of the Vehicle Code, after yielding
the right -of -way to all cyclists and pedestrians
within the bicycle lane who are so near as to consti-
tute a hazard.
"Section 21.01.300. Scope.
The provisions of the Vehicle Code and this Code
relative to traffic upon highways and official
traffic control devices upon highways shall be
applicable to the following:
(a) All highways;
(b) Those driveways, paths, roads, parking
facilities, and grounds owned, operated, or con-
trolled by the City as determined and designated
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by the City Engineer and when signs giving
notice thereof have been erected; and
(c) Those privately owned and maintained
roads and parking facilities as determined and
designated by the Council by resolution accord-
ing to the provisions of the Vehicle Code and
City policy and when signs giving notice thereof
have been erected.
"Section 12.01.310. Transporting hydrocyanic acid.
It shall be unlawful for any person to transport
liquid hydrocyanic (HCN), referred to in this
section as acid, over any street in the City in
or upon any vehicle or conveyance unless the
following provisions are each and all complied
with:
(a) The acid shall be securely enclosed in
a suitable container which will prevent the escape
of such acid in the event such container should
be upset or jarred.
(b) The vehicle shall be equipped with sub-
stantial sideboards and tailboards, each and all
of which are at least twenty (20 ") inches in height,
and the vehicle shall be equipped with a substantial,
tight, and solid bed.
(c) The vehicle shall not be of the type
designed for use as a passenger vehicle.
(d) The driver of the vehicle shall be
accompanied by at least one other male person of
the age of sixteen (16) years or more.
(e) The rear end of such vehicle shall be
painted white or carry a sign securely fixed,
upon which vehicle or sign there shall appear in
red letters not less than three (3 ") inches in
height the words "Danger - Inflammable - Keep
Your Distance ".
(f) Containers of acid in such vehicles shall
be firmly secured to the vehicle so that the
containers cannot overturn in the vehicle or fall
therefrom.
(g) Trailers used to carry such acid shall
be attached to the motor vehicle so as to prevent
side - whipping by the trailer.
(h) Vehicles carrying the acid shall come to
a full stop at all railroad and street railway
crossings and proceed only after making certain
that the crossing can be safely crossed.
(i) Vehicles containing such acid and con-
tainers or applicators containing the acid shall
not be allowed to stand within fifteen (15') feet
of the traveled portion of any public highway.
"Section 12,01.320. Transporting trash.
Every vehicle carrying trash upon a highway shall
be covered with a cover sufficient to prevent any
material from falling or being blown from such
vehicle; provided, however, when traveling from
house to house or from place to place to pick up
material, vehicles used in collecting trash or
garbage need not be covered so long as the distance
between such stops for loading is not more than
one -half (1/2) mile.
"Section 12.01.330. Damaging streets.
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride, drive,
or drag, or cause to be ridden, driven, or dragged,
any unlicensed vehicle, tractor, sled, or implement
over, along, or across any street in such a manner
as to cause injury or damage to such street.
"Section 12.01.340. Emergency vehicles.
The provisions of this chapter regulating the
moving, parking, and standing of vehicles shall
not apply to vehicles being used by any authorized
Police or Fire Department, the Street Department,
or the Division of Highways of the State while the
driver of any such vehicle is engaged in the neces-
sary performance of public emergency duties.
"Section 12.01.350. Vehicles for sale.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park any
vehicle, or cause any vehicle to be narked, on
any street for the purpose of displaying such
vehicle for sale.
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"Section 12.01.360. Loading zones.
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any
vehicle to park or stop such vehicle for any
purpose other than the loading or unloading of
passengers or materials; provided, however, no
stop for the loading of passengers shall be made
for more than three (3) minutes nor for the
loading or unloading of materials for more than
twenty (20) minutes in any of the following
places:
(a) In any alley within any business or
residence district; and
(b) In any loading
City Engineer; provided,
zone shall be designated
markings or signs.
zone designated by the
however, such loading
by yellow painted curb
"Section 12.01.370. Passenger loading zones.
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any
vehicle to park or stop such vehicle for any
purpose other than the loading or unloading of
passengers; provided, however, no stop for the
loading or unloading of passengers shall be made
for more than three (3) minutes in any of the
following places:
(a) For a distance of thirty (301) feet
along any curb at the main entrance to any hotel;
(b) At any curb in front of any portion of
the main entrance and outside vestibule of any
theater during any time such theater is open for
public performance; and
(c) In any passenger loading zone designated
by the City Engineer; provided, however, such
passenger loading zone shall be designated by
white painted curb markings or signs.
"Section 12.01.380. Bus zones.
The City Engineer is hereby authorized to establish
and locate bus zones within fifty (50') feet of
any intersection when such zones are found by him
to be necessary and will not cause a safety hazard.
"Section 12.01.390. Parallel parking.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 12.01.400
of this article, it shall be unlawful for the
operator of any vehicle to stop, stand, or park
such vehicle in a roadway other than parallel
with the curb or right -hand edge of the roadway
with the two (2) right -hand wheels of the vehicle
within eighteen (18 ") inches of the regularly
established curb line or, where no curb line
exists, as near to the right -hand edge of the
roadway as practicable.
"Section 12.01.400. Angle parking.
(a) Determination. The City Engineer shall
determine the location of streets, or parts of
streets, where angle parking shall be permitted.
(b) Method. When the City Engineer shall
determine the location of streets, or parts of
streets, where angle parking shall be permitted,
it shall be unlawful for any person to stop,
stand, or park, or cause or permit to be stopped,
stood, or parked, any vehicle in any roadway
otherwise than at an angle of approximately
forty -five (45) degrees with the curb thereof
with the nearest wheel not to exceed one foot
from such curb.
(c) White lines. The City Engineer shall
indicate the proper angle for such parking upon
the portions of such streets by the painting of
white lines upon the surface of the roadway
adjacent to the curb line thereof.
"Section 12.01.410. Prohibited parking or stopping.
No person shall park, stop, or leave standing
any vehicle, trailer, or camper, whether attended
or unattended, except when necessary to avoid
conflict with other traffic or in compliance with
the directions of a peace officer or official traffic
control device in any of the following places:
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(a) Within an intersection;
(b) On a crosswalk, except that a bus en-
gaged as a common carrier or a taxicab may stop
in an unmarked crosswalk to load or unload
passengers;
(c) Between a safety zone and the adjacent
right -hand curb or within the area between the
zone and the curb as may be indicated by a sign
or red paint on the curb;
(d) Within fifteen (15' ) feet of the drive-
way entrance to or exit from any fire station.
This subsection shall not apply to any vehicle
owned or operated by a fire department and
clearly marked as a fire department vehicle;
(e) Within fifteen (15`) feet of a fire
hydrant, except when such vehicle is attended
by a licensed driver who is seated in the front
seat and who can immediately move such vehicle
in case of necessity. This subsection shall
not apply in respect to any vehicle owned or
operated by a fire department and clearly
marked as a fire department vehicle;
(f) In front of a public or private drive-
way, except that a bus engaged as a common carrier,
school bus, or taxicab may stop to load or unload
passengers;
(g) On a sidewalk, except as permitted by
ordinance;
(h) Alongside, opposite, or within any
street or highway excavation, obstruction, or
construction when such stopping, standing, or
parking would obstruct traffic or construction
operations;
(i) On the roadway side of any vehicle
stopped, parked, or standing at the curb or
edge of a highway;
(j) In any "No Parking or Stopping Any
Time Zone" or emergency parking only zone
determined and designated by the City Engineer;
provided, however, such zone shall be designated
by red curb painted markings or signs; and
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(k) On any roadway in such a position as
to obstruct the normal movement of traffic or
in such a condition as to create a hazard to
other traffic upon the street.
"Section 12.01.420. Prohibited or restricted parking.
It shall be unlawful to park, stop, or leave
standing any vehicle, trailer, or camper, whether
attended or unattended, on any street or part of
a street, except as provided in this chapter.
Such prohibited or restricted parking may apply
to such vehicles, in such locations, during certain
hours or days as determined by the City Engineer;
provided, however, such restrictions shall be
designated by curb painted markings or signs.
"Section 12.01.430. Parking on hills.
No person driving, or in charge of, or in control
of a vehicle, trailer, or camper shall permit it
to stand on any street unattended when upon any
grade exceeding three (3 %) percent within any
business or residence district without blocking
the wheels by turning them against the curb or
by other means.
"Section 12.01.440. Seventy- two -hour limit.
No person who owns or has possession, custody,
or control of any vehicle, trailer, or camper
shall park upon any City right -of -way or alley
for more than a consecutive period of seventy -two
(72) hours.
"Section 12.01.450. Removal of vehicles.
Any member of the Highway Patrol of the State or
any member of the Police Department authorized
by the Chief of Police may remove a vehicle,
trailer, or camper from a street under the
circumstances noted in the Vehicle Code of
the State and under the following circumstances:
(a) When a vehicle is parked or left standing
upon a street for seventy -two (72) or more consecu-
tive hours;
(b) When a vehicle is parked or left standing
upon a street in such a position as to obstruct
the normal movement of traffic or in such a condi-
tion as to create a hazard to other traffic upon
the street;
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(c) When any vehicle is illegally parked so
as to block the entrance to a driveway;
(d) When any vehicle is illegally parked so
as to prevent access by firefighting equipment to
a fire hydrant; and
(e) When any vehicle is illegally parked in
any parking restricted zone designated by the City
Engineer to be a tow away zone; provided, however,
such zone shall be designated by signs.
"Section 12.01.460. Trains blocking crossings.
No person shall operate any train or train of
cars or cause or permit the same to remain stand-
ing so as to block the movement of traffic upon
any public street or highway within the City for
a period of time longer than five (5) minutes.
"Section 12.01.470. Commercial vehicles in residential
areas.
It shall be unlawful to park a commercial vehicle
of over 5,000 pounds gross weight on any street
or highway in any residential area for more than
five (5) hours or for more than the time reasonably
necessary to carry out such work or service
requiring the presence of the commercial vehicle
in the residential area, whichever is longer.
"Section 12.01.480. Commercial vending vehicles near
schools.
(a) Prohibited during certain hours. No
person operating or controlling a vehicle designed
for, or intended to be a vehicle for, the selling
of any merchandise consisting of food or other
commodity may stop or park within 500 feet of
the property line of any public school between
the hours of 7:00 a.m, and 4:00 p.m. on the days
the public school is in session; provided, however,
the principal of any school, or any person authorized
by him, may permit a person so prohibited from
engaging in such business by specifically waiving
the provisions of this section provided such
principal or authorized person finds that no
hazard to persons or property or interference
with traffic will result.
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(b) Residential areas near schools. The
provisions of this section shall not prevent com-
mercial vehicles from otherwise lawfully selling
or parking or delivering to residences within a
residential area adjacent to schools as long as
the school children are not affected thereby.
(c) Noise - making devices. During school
hours no noise - making device on a commercial
vending vehicle shall be utilized within 500
feet of the property line of a public school.
"Section 12.01.490. Time limited parking zones.
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any
vehicle to park or stop such vehicle in any
time limited parking zone designated by the
City Engineer in excess of the indicated time
limit; provided, however, such time limited
zone shall be designated by green painted curb
markings or signs.
"Section 12.01.500. Disabled persons parking zones.
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any
vehicle, other than a vehicle bearing a distin-
guishing license plate as defined by Section
22511.5 of the Vehicle Code of the State, to
park or stop such vehicle in a disabled persons
parking zone designated by the City Engineer;
provided, however, such disabled persons parking
zone shall be designated by blue curb markings
and signs.
"Section 12.01.510. Authority to place signs.
Whenever this Code designates and describes
any street, or portion thereof, as a street
the use of which is permitted by any vehicle
exceeding a maximum gross weight limits of
three (3) tons, the City Engineer is hereby
authorized to designate such street, or portion
thereof, by appropriate signs as truck traffic
routes for the movement of vehicles exceeding
a maximum gross weight limit of three (3) tons.
"Section 12.01.520. Obedience.
When any such traffic routes are established
and designated by appropriate signs, no person
shall drive or park any vehicle exceeding a maxi-
mum gross weight limit of three (3) tons on any
street, or portion thereof, except those streets
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so designated as truck traffic routes; provided,
however, the provisions of this article shall
not prohibit the uses set forth in Sections 35703
and 35704 of Article 4 of Chapter 5 of Division
15 of the Vehicle Code of the State. The provi-
sions of this article shall not apply to passenger
buses under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities
Commission of the State.
"Section 12.01.530. Repairing vehicles on highways.
Except as otherwise provided in this section,
it shall be unlawful for any person to repair
or modify any vehicle or install any part of
accessory on any vehicle while such vehicle
is on any public highway, street, or alley.
The provisions of this section shall not prohibit
emergency repairs to any vehicle located on any
public highway, street, or alley whenever the
mechanical condition of such vehicle is such
that it cannot be moved from the public highway,
street, or alley without such emergency repairs.
"Section 12.01.540. Use of vehicles regulated.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate
a vehicle upon any land in the City, except
upon a City, County, or State highway; a specif-
ically designated parking area; a well- defined
private roadway or driveway; or on private prop-
erty where express permission from a person in
lawful possession has been obtained.
"Section 12.01.550. Exemptions for official vehicles.
This article shall not apply to publicly -owned
or operated vehicles while engaged in official
business nor to vehicles engaged in an emergency
where the preservation or protection of life or
property is involved.
"Section 12.01.560. Exceptions for designated areas.
(a) This article shall not apply to trails
or areas which may be designated as open to use
by vehicles by resolution of the Council.
(b) Whenever a trail or area is designated
by resolution of the Council as open to the use
of vehicles, the trail shall be so posted. No
person operating a vehicle upon a trail or area
open to the use of vehicles shall cause the
vehicle to proceed cross country, use short cuts
on switchbacks or other turns of any trail, or
depart in any other way from the traveled portion
of any trail or area.
"Section 12.01.570. Operation of vehicles propelled by
internal combustion engines,
required equipment for such
vehicles, and emission of noise
within 300 feet of residential
areas prohibited.
(a) No person shall operate any vehicle pro-
pelled by an internal combustion engine on private
property within the City without a United States
Forestry Service or State approved spark arrestor
or a noise - muffling device approved by the State.
(b) No person shall operate any vehicle pro-
pelled by an internal combustion engine on private
property within 300 feet of the exterior boundaries
of any residential property, except where reasonably
necessary upon his own property or property of
others over which a lawful easement right is owned
for purposes of ingress or egress.
(c) No person shall operate within the City
any vehicle propelled by an internal combustion
engine beyond 300 feet of the exterior boundary
of any residential property (whether on his own
property or that of others) with equipment on
such vehicle (or in such a manner) that the volume
of the exhaust, sound, or motor noise is audible
to the extent that such noise volume is so loud,
raucous, or jarring as to be disturbing or a
nuisance to the peace or quiet of any adjacent
neighborhood or a person residing in an adjacent
neighborhood or conducting a lawful business
therein. There shall be a rebuttable presumption
of compliance with the equipment requirements of
this subsection if the vehicle is determined to be
in compliance with the provisions of subsection (a)
of this section.
"Section 12.01.580. Vehicle defined.
For the purposes of this article, "vehicle" shall
mean any device so defined by the Vehicle Code
of the State.
"Section 12.01.590. Violation: Penalties.
Any person violating any provision of this
article shall be guilty of a violation of
this Code pursuant to Section 1 -2.01 of
Chapter 2 of Title 1 of this Code."
SECTION 2: The City Clerk shall, within 15 days after
the passage of this ordinance, cause it to be posted in at least
the three public places designated by resolution of the City
Council; shall certify to the adoption and posting of this
ordinance; and shall cause this ordinance and its certification
together with proof of posting, to be entered in the book of
ordinances of this City.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 20 day of June 1984.
May f th of Moorpark,
Calif nia
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF VENTURA ) ss.
CITY OF MOORPARK )
I,
of the City of Moorpark,
foregoing Ordinance No.
the City of Moorpark, at
20 day of June
by the following vote, t
Doris D. Bank-us , City Clerk
Calfiornia, do hereby certify that the
20 was adopted by the City Council of
a regular meeting thereof, held on the
, 1984, and that the same was adopted
Z) wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Harper, Straughan, Prieto,
and Mayor Yancy- Sutton;
NOES: None;
ABSENT: None;
ABSTAIN: Councilmember Beaulieu.
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City
this 20 day of June , 1984.
(SEAL)