Ordinance 1389ORDINANCE NO. 1389
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAP-
TER 1, TITLE XI, OF THE ALA -
MEDA MUNICIPAL CODE (ZON-
ING PRO'V'ISIONS), ALL RELAT-
ING TO BLAST AND /OR FALL-
OUT SHELTERS (EMERGENCY).
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUN-
CIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA
as follows:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 1, Title
XI, of the Alameda Municipal Code
is hereby amended by adding there-
to a new Section, 11 -14A9, which
shall read as follows:
SECTION 11 -14A9, BLAST AND /OR
FALL - OUT SHELTER, E X C E P-
TIONS.
NOTWITHSTATTDING anything
to the contrary contained within
the zoning laws and regulations of
this Chapter, blast and /or fall -out
shelters may be constructed and
utilized within the City of Ala -
meda subject only to the following
requirements:
1. Setbacks. If any part of said
shelter is constructed more than
three (3) feet above the natural
grade of the immediately sur-
rounding ground surface, all
set -back requirements of the
District in which such shelter is
located shall be met; otherwise
there shall be no set -back re-
quirements.
2. Lot Area (Coverage). If any
portion of said shelter is con-
structed snore than three (3)
feet above the natural grade of
the immediately surrounding
ground surface, all lot and area
and coverage requirements of
the District in which such shel-
ter is located shall be met;
otherwise there shall be no lot
area or coverage requirements.
3. For the purposes of this section
a blast and /or fall -out shelter
is defined as any structure or
device within or without a
building designed, constructed,
utilized, and maintained as a
protective structure or device
against the effects of fire, heat,
blast, concussion, or the fall-
out of radioactive elements re
suiting from nuclear or other
explosions ar any similar de-
vice; said shelter being con-
structed in conformance with
the Building Code of the City
of Alameda.
SECTION 2. This ordinance is here-
by declared to be an ordinance en-
acted in great urgency and necessity
for the public peace, health, and safe-
ty. This declaration is based upon
the fact that the City of Alameda is
immediately threatened with the
danger of a nuclear war, and that
for the preservation of the public
peace, health, and safety it is neces-
sary that provisions for the location of blast and /or fall -out shelters with-
in existing zoning districts be hn-
mediately provided for in the zoning
laws of the City of Alameda in order
that such protective structures or
devices may be so located without
delay.
SECTION 3. This ordinance being
enacted for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public peace, health, and
safety is being introduced and passed
at one and the same meeting, and
shall become effective immediately.
FRANZ S. COLLISCHONN
Presiding Officer of
the Council
Attest:
SHIRLEY H. TENNIER
City Clerk
I, the undersigned, hereby certify
that the foregoing Ordinance was
duly and regularly adopted and
passed by the Council of the City of
Alameda in regular meeting assem-
bled on the 3rd day of October, 1961,
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Godfrey, Me-
Call, Schacht and President Colli-
schorim (4).
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Councilman Dungan, (1).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the official seal of said City this 4th
day of October, 1961.
SHIRLEY H. TENNIER
(SEAL) City Clerk of the
City of Alameda
Publish Oct. 5, 1961.