HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Ord 376 1949-04-04
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The City of Seal Beach, by and through its City Council, does
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4 SECTION 1: Ordinance No. 320 of the City of Seal Beaoh, be-
5 1ng IIAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, PROHIBIT,g
6 ING THE PLAYING OF CERTAIN GAMES AND PROHIBITING THE MAINTENANCE
7 OR OPERATION OF PLACES FOR PLAYING SUCH GAMES, PROHIBITING THE
8 POSSESSION OF SAID DEVICES AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION
9 THEREOF, DECLARIrm CERTAIN DEVICES TO BE NUISANCES AND PROVIDING
10 FOR THE ABATEMENT THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR EXCEPTIONS, AND REPEALING
11 ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS
12 ORDINANCE," is hereby amended by adding new sections thereto, to
13 be known as SECTIONS B-A, 8-B, B-C, 8-D, a-E, B-F, B-G, B-H and
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15 .. SECTION 8-A: It shall be and is hereby declared unlawful
16 for any nonprofit bonaf1de organization, aesociat1on, olub
17 or nonprofit oorporat1on defined by SECTION 8 hereof, to
18 operate, oonduct or to permit to be operated or oonduct~d,
19 any game or games mentioned in Ordinance No. 320 of the
20 City of Seal Beach, without having a permit or license 1s-
21 sued by the City Counoil of said City to do so.
22 II SECTION B-B: That no permit for the playing of lawful
23 games mentioned in Ordinance No. 320, by a nonprofit, bona-
24 fide organization, association, club or nonprofit associa-
25 t1on, club or nonprofit corporation defined by SECTION 8
26 hereof, to operate, conduct or to permit to be operated
27 or oonducted, any game or games mentioned in Ordinance No.
28 320, by a nonprofit oorporat1on defined in SECTION 8 hereof,
29 shall be granted except upon the payment of an annual permit
30 or license fee in the sum of $20,000.00. In the event a
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license or permit shall be granted for the balance of th1s
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fiscal year, the permit fee shall be $ 000 ~. Thereafter
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the permit fee shall be as herein provided for, to-wit,
$20,000.00 per annum.
LAW OFFICii:. OF
ROLAND THOMPSON
208 SPURGI:ON BLDG.
SANTA ANA. CALIF.
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"SECTION B-C: No license or permit shall ever be
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or conduct any of the lawful games herein in this Ordinance
mentioned, except in that part and portion of the City
5 of Seal Beach described as follows:
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LAW O....ICE8 01"
ROLAND THOMPSON
208 SPURGEON BLDO
SANTA ANA. CALIF
Beginning at a point of intersection of the
northeasterly line of the California State Highway,
Route 60 and the northwesterly City Limits of
the City of Seal Beach; thenoe from said point of
beginning along the aforesaid northeasterly line of
the State Highway in a southwesterly direction a
distance of two thousand (2000) feet to a point in
aforesaid northeasterly line of the State Highway:
thence northeasterly along a line radial to the curve
of the highway at the last point, a distance of five
hundred feet to a point; thenoe in a northwesterly
direotion along a l1ne five hundred (500) feet distant
from and parallel to the aforesaid northeasterly l1ne
of said state Highway to a point of intersection with
the northwesterly City Limits of the City of Seal
Beaoh; thence southwesterly along said line of the
'C1ty Limits to an intersection with the aforesaid
northeasterly line of the State Highway to a point,
which point is also the point of beg1nning,. oontain1ng approx-
imately 23 acres.
"SECTION B-D: That no license or permit shall be
granted to any operator, as aforesaid, which shall per-
mit or authorize the operation or conduct of any game
or games prohibited by any ordinance of the City of
Seal Beach or by any law of the State of California.
"SECTION B-E: That no l1cense or permit shall be
granted by the City Couno11 of the City Of Seal Beaoh to
operate or to conduct any game prohibited by this Ordinanoe,
to any person, firm, copartnership or corporation, exoept
as provided for by SECTION 8 hereof, and except as here-
inafter provided.
"SECTION B-F: All applications by nonprofit bonafide
orgenizatione, aesoo1at1ons, cl~bs, and/or any nonprofit
corporation now organized under the laws of the State of
Californla for a permit or license to conduct games not
prohibited by the laws of the State of California and
the Ordinances of the City of Seal Beach, shall be in form
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1 required by the City Council and the City Council shall have the
2 right to deny any such application for such license without giving
3 any grounds therefor, except that the granting thereof would be
4 inimical to the best interests and welfare of said City, and the
5 inhabitants thereof.
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IISECTION 8-G: The City Council shall not issue or permit
7 to be issued more than one license for each 3000 in population, or
8 fraction thereof. The issuance of licenses hereunder shall be
9 based on the last official census of the United States Government.
IISECTION 8-H: In the event any license or permit is granted
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nonprofit corporation defined by SECTION 8 hereof, to operate,
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conduct or to permit to be, operated or conducted, any game or games
14 mentioned in this Ordinance, the City Council shall have the right
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15 to proYide for the proper policing thereof at the expense of the
16 operator or owner thereof.
17 II SECTION 8-1: The City Council shall have ~he right and
18 privilege of granting a license to operate any of the games men-
19 tioned in this Ordinance to any church, fraternal organizations,
20 veteran organizations or civic organizations of the City of Seal
21 Beach, for a limited time, without the payment of any license fee
22 whatever; but no license or permit shall be issued to such organi-
23 zations in this paragraph mentioned, except on application to the
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26 SECTION 2: This Ordinance shall be printed and published
27 once in the SEAL BEACH NEWS, a legal newspaper printed, published
28 and circulated in the City of Seal Beach, and shall take effect
29 and be in force 30 days from and after its final adoption by the
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ROLAND THOMPSON
.208 SPUIIGIION SLDG
SANTA ANA. CALIF.
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The above and foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a
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the City ot Seal Beach,
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LAW OFFICE. OP'
ROLAND THOMPSON
208 SPUllClEON BLDG.
SANTA ANA. CALIF.
The foregoing Ordinance is signed and approved by me this
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City Clerk
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