ORDINANCE
NO. 354
AN
ORDINANCE TEMPORARILY CLOSING TO PUBLIC
USE AND
TRAVEL A PORTION OF YORBA STREET
The Board of Supervisors of the
County of Riverside, State of California, do ordain as follows:
Section 1.
That the hereinafter described portion of Yorba Street, a County
highway, has been and is not being used as a dump for refuse and is now
impassable and in a dangerous condition, and that the public health, safety and
convenience demand that public use of and travel on said portion of said street
be prohibited.
Section 2.
That portion of Yorba Street, hereinafter described, be and the same is
hereby closed to public use and travel until other determination by ordinance
of the Board of Supervisors, during which time any person violating the
provisions of this Section by public use of or public travel on that portion of
Yorba Street therein and hereby ordered closed, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and punishable as by law provided.
That portion of Yorba Street referred to herein and hereby closed to public use and travel is described as follows, to wit:
A portion of Yorba Street as shown
on Map of the Rancho La Sierra showing parts allotted to Thomas Yorba and
recorded in Map Book 2, Page 7, records of the Recorder of San Bernardino
County, California, said portion beginning at the city limits of Corona on the
northwesterly boundary of Maple Street and extending northwesterly to the
boundary of the Prado Dam Flood Control Basin, being the property of The U.S.
Government, a distance of about 4000 feet.
Section 3.
That the County Road Commissioner immediately cause to be erected and
maintained at the extremities of that portion of Yorba Street by this ordinance
closed, a sufficient and adequate barricade 3 feet high and 30 feet in length,
and a sign 2 feet by 3 feet with the following words printed or painted
thereon: "Road Closed by Riverside
County Ordinance No. 354."
Section 4.
That this ordinance is an urgency measure, necessary for the immediate
preservation of public peace, health and safety, and that the facts
constituting such urgency are as follows:
That the portion of Yorba Street hereinabove described is presently being used as a dump for refuse and is, at the present time, impassable and in a dangerous condition, thus constituting a grave hazard to persons using this street.
ADOPTED: 05/09/49 (Eff.: Immediately)