HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Ord 421 1952-05-05
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ORDINANCE NO.4..:&1
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE SALE OF SAFE AND
SANE FIREWORKS WITHIN THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH;
PROVIDING FOR RE~AL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CON-
FLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING PENAL~~ FOR VIOLA-
TION THEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION
THEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EMERGENCY
section 1: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm
or corporation to sell. or display for the purpose of selling,
any fireworks of any kind or description within the City of
Seal Beach without first having procured a license for such
sale as hereinafter provided.
section 2: Every person, firm or corporation desiring
to sell or engage in the business of selling safe and sane fire-
works shall first make a written application for a license
directed to the City Council of the City of Seal Beach, stating
the name of such person or individual or firm or corporation
making such application as well as the street and number of the
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proposed location of said business. This application shall be
accompanied by cash or certified check for the amount of the
annual license tax hereinafter stated.
The City Council reserves the right to reject any and
all such applications which, in the discretion ,of the City
Council, would be detrimental to the public health, morals or
safety of the residents of the City of Seal Beach and in the
event any such application shall be rejected then the license
tax shall be returned to the applicant.
section 3: The licenses provided for by the terms of
this Ordinance shall be issued only, to established places of
business and to fraternal, patriotic, charitable, religious or
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other non-profit organizations. No application for a city
license hereunder shall be considered bj the City of Seal Beach
unless the same is filed with the City Clerk of the City of
Seal Beach on or before June 1st of each year, commencing with
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the year 195~. All applications for license hereunder shall be
first approved by the Chief of the Fire Department of the City
of Seal Beach before such license shall be issued by the City
of Seal Beach.
No license shall be issued for the sale ~~ display of
fireworks until the applicant therefor has furnished a detailed
statement of each and every kind of fireworks to, be sold or dis-
played under said license.
Section 4: A fee of ONE-HUNDRED ($100.00) DOLLARS per
year shall be paid by each applicant to the City of Seal Beach
for such license.
The owners of established places of business within the
City of Seal Beach shall not be required to pay such license fee;
o\voers of such established places of business shall be required,
however, to make application for license as herein provided.
An established place of business within the City of
Seal Beach shall be construed to
in a room or bui'lding containing
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be a Pl~C~ of business', located
a stock-of merchandise which
has been regularly displayed for the purpose of retail sale, and
has been in operation for a period of not less than three (3)
months, and the City Council shall have sole discretion to deter-
mine whether or not such applicant owns'and operates an established
place of busi~ess.
Section 5: It shall be unlawful for any person, fi~, or
corporation to sell any fireworks prior to July 1 or subsequent
to July 5 in any year, commencing with the year 195~; further it
shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to dis-
charge any fireworks before the 1st day of July or subsequent to
the 5th day of July in any year, commencing with the year 1952.
Section 6: The City Council does hereby declare that an
emergency exists and it is necessary that this ordinance be en-
acted as an emergency measure affecting the public health, wel-
fare and safety of the City of Seal Beach. The following is a
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statement of facts constituting such emergency.
There is no adequate license now in effect in the City of
Seal Beach regulating sale and display of safe and sane fire-
works before and during Independence Day in the year 195~. It
is necessary that investigations be made of such applicants and,
unless this ordinance is passed and adopted as any emergency
measure, there will be insufficient time with~n which to inves-
tigate such applicants.
Section 7: Every person, firm or corporation violating
any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to
a fine in any sum not to exceed THREE-HUNDRED ($300.00) DOLLARS
or jail sentence of not to exceed thirty (30) days or may be
punished by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 8: The City Clerk shall cause this ordinance to
be published once in the Seal Beach "Post and Wave", a newspaper
of general circulation printed end published in the City of
Seal Beach, California, and said ordinance shall t ake effect
immediately upon such publication as provided by law.
PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this ~~ day of May, 1952.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ss
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) .
CITY OF SEAL BEACH )
I, John W. Mulcahy, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach,
California, do hereby certi~ that the foregoing ordinance was
adopted as an emergenc1~g~""t'ne City Council of the City of seai';{
Beach at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the ~
day of May, 1952, and that the same was adopted by the following
vote: '
AYES: Councilmen
NOES: Councilmen
ABSENT: Councilmen
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