California Lumbermen Circulate Initiative Petition for Adoption of New Roofing Ordinance in Berkely

' The California Lumbermen are circulating among the voters of the City of Berkeley an initiative petition foi the adoption of a new roofing ordinance to repEce the present ordinance that was adopted by the City Council of Berkeley on October 16. The lumbermenls campaign is being carried on by the California Redwood Asiociation, California White and Sugar Pine Association, California Retail Lumbermen's Association, and the Shingle Branch of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association. - The petition states that the present ordinance gives no added fire protection; that the undamaged roofs adjoining the Berkeley fire -area rvere 85 per cent wood shingled; that Berkeley is the only city on the Pacific Coast prohibiting all wood shingled roofs; and that the use of high grade wood shingles, carefully laid and nailed, will assure ihe citizens o{ Berkeley a wider choice of materials, keener competition, and lower prices.

According to the city charter of the City of Berkeley, 19,$4 signed petitions are required. Mr. R. F. Hammatt, of the California Redwood Association, states that at the present time there are fourteen verification deputies at work getting the signatures of the voters in Berkeley. As soon as the required number of signatures are secured, the petition will be filed with the City Clerk of Berkeley, who will verify the signatures. He will then present the petition to the City Council for action. The City Council has twenty days in which to pass the new ordinance; if