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ORDINANCE N0. 187 AN ORDINANCE OF TE TOVJi,~ OF PLEASAI~0N RELATING TO ::!~IR RAID PRECAUTIONS. The City Council of the Town of Pleasanton does hereby or- dain as follows: S~ECTION 1. As used in this ordinance the following words and phrases shall mean: "Air raid warning signal,, shall mean a signal, by siren, whistle, horn or other audible device, of two minutes duration consisting of either a fluctuating or warbling signal of varying pitch or a succes- sion of intermittant blasts of about five seconds duration separated by a silent period of about three seconds. "All clear signal" shall mean a continuous signal, by siren, horn or other audible device, of two minutes duration at a steady pitch. "Period of air raid alarm~, shall mean the interval of time be- tween the giving of the air raid warning signal and the givinE of the next succeeding all clear signal. i~Blackout structure" shall mean any space so enclosed that any illumination maintained or existing therein is not visible from any point outside such enclosure. SECTION 2. The Chief of Police is hereby authorized and directed to cause the sounding of an air raid warning signal and of an all clear signal when, and only when, the district in which the city is located is notified so to do by the United States Army Aircraft ~Varnin~ Serv- ice. SECTION 3. Any person who effects or maintains any illumination, or permits any illuminat ion under his control to be effected or main- tained, at any place within the Town of pleasanton during any period of air raid alarm in the hours of darkness, except within a blackout structure, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. S_ECTION 4. The maintenance or leaving of any illumination, ex- cept within a blackout structure, without provision for its extinguish- ment, within one minute after the commencement of a period of air raid alarm by a competent person over the age of eighteen years attendant at the place where such illumination is controlled, is hereby pro- hibited. SECTION 5. In order to enable the Chief of police to conform to the request of the United States Army Aircraft Warnir~-. ~ervice for the obseuration, diminution or extinguishment of any illumination, whether in or out of doors, which increases the vulnerability of the Town of Pleasanton, or any portion thereof, to air attack, or for the regula- tion of traffic during the period of air raid alarm, the Chief of Police may adopt and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for such purposes, and any rules or regulations so adopted by him shall be and remain in effect for thirty (30) days thereafter, but no longer unless approved within said time by resolution of the City Council; provided, however, that any rule or regulation so adopted by the Chief of Police may at any time be rescinded by resolution of the City Gouncil. Violation of any such rule or regulation so adopted and promulgated is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor.