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RESOLUTION NO. 24
A RESOLUTION -'0PNVHE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ROLLING HILLS, CAEIFORNIA,
REQUESTING ENACTMENT OF LEGISLATION
AUTHORIZING LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO REGULATE
TRAFFIC ON PRIVATE ROADS.
WHEREAS, the City of Rolling Hills was incorpo-
rated as a general law city under and pursuant to the
laws of the State of California on January 24, 1957; and
WHEREAS, all streets and roads within said City
always have been and now are private roads, as defined
in Section 82 of the Vehicle Code of the State of
California, owned and maintained by the residents of
the City of Rolling Hills, without the expenditure of
public funds for that purpose; and
WHEREAS, with minor exceptions, the Vehicle Code
of the. State of California does not provide for, or
authorize, local regulation of traffic on private roads
as defined in said Section 82; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary, for the protection of
the health, safety and public welfare for the residents
of the City of Rolling Hills that ordinances be adopted
-regulating the regular traffic within said City;
NOW; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the State
Senator from Los Angeles County and the Member of the
California Legislature from the 46th Assembly District,
within which District the City of Rolling Hills is
located, be and they hereby are requested to introduce
and support emergency legislation in the current session
of the Legislature of, the State of California to amend
the Vehicle Code of the State of California by adding
thereto a section or sections providing substantially
as follows:
"The provisions of this Code shall not prevent
any local authority within the.reasonable
exercise of its police powers from. adopting
rules and regulations by ordinance or
resolution, regulating vehicular traffic°
on privately owned and maintained roads
located within the boundary of said local
authority, provided no such ordinance or
resolution be effective until signs giving
notice thereof are posted along the roads
affected."
AND BE IT run-in= RESOLVED that certified copies
of this resolution be forwarded to the Honorable Richard
Richards, State Senator from Los Angeles County, and to
the Honorable Charles Edward Chapel, Member of the
California Legislature from the 46th Assembly District;
and
r•U-nvnzh.. that the Mayor shall sign this resolution,
and the City Clerk shall attest and certify to the passage
and adoption thereof.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS '8th day of April, 1957•
ATTEST:
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