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Home My WebLink AboutCC Ord 216 1937-08-02 ORDD!AFCF: Notll ~ ~. - J(1 ~~ A (.i ~. I I AN ORDlNAll'CB OF Tn'E CI'l'Y OF SEAL BEACH. CALIFORNIA) AMENDING sm. 2 OF ORDINAHOE HO. 152, ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL B1SACli, CALIFORlUA,PRO- VIDnTG 1o'OR LICENSING AifD lOOULAUNG CEH'l'AIN BUSIIms~ES AND PURSUI~S CARRIED 01-1 ',IITRIN SAID CITY" ,AND BY ADDlIm A SECTION 2A THERETO, El'l'.eITLlID:IIBILLBOARm AND SIGlffiOARDS", AIID HEPEALING ALl. ORDINANCBS OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT iiITH THIS ORDIHAllCE .'\IID FI:<I,~G PElfALTIES 1~0l1. ~'l!:::: VIOLATION llERLOF. ?hc City Ciunci1 of the City of Seal B~ach, California, do ordain; as folloWS: Section 1: That Sec.2.,of Ordinonce Ho.152,entit1od:"An Ordinance of the City of Seal Beach, California, providing for Liccnsing and Regulating certain Hu~1nesses ond pursuits carried on within said City, :lepea1ing Ordinances '7.53.55.91,94 llnd 1111 other Ordinances in con- flict with this Ordinance and fixing ~enalties for the violation hereofll. and which sec.2, reads liS follows: "Sec.2. ADV'JR'l'ISING-GElBHAL. j,,:very person cllrrying on the busincss of advertising, except as herein otherwise provided. shall pay a license tax of Fifty Dollllrs($.50.00) per year. For the purpose of this section lI~dvert1singll shall include advertising ogencies or the ~osting, sticking, af~ix1nB, tacking or painting of any bill or sign to or upon any post, fence, bill- board, advertising signboard, motion picture or theatre cnrtien, buildinG or other structure of any character whatsoever; or opera- ting or maintaining any bi11soard, signboard or window disp1l1Y; or distributing any posters, dodgers, circQlars; brochures, or other printed odvertiiements of any kind; or distributing any samples of any goods, wares or merchandise, except drugs or medi- cine, or advertising by means of any vehicle or stereopticon,bio- graph moving picture machine or other mechanical or e1eBt~ica1 device or contrivamce; or handing out printed matter of any kind to the public in the City of Seal Beach; ,provide~. that nothing in this section, shall be construed to effect or apply to any person, firm or corporation delivering handbills or posting, sticking, tacking, ~ffixing, pninting or erecting any business signs on t~e premises or buildings occupied ~nd used in the busi- ness of such person, firm, or corporation, within the City of Seal Beoch and which h~ndbi11s or signs advertise only the goods, wores, merchandise or business of such person, firm or corpo~- tion"; , shgll be llmended, to read os follows: Sec. 2. ADVERT31SING-G~I;J!:'..'1AL. Every person carrying on the business of advertising" except as herein otherwise provided, shall pay s license tax of Fifty Dollars(e50.00) per yeer. 10'01' the purpose of this section "Advertising" shell include lldver- tising llgencies or the ~osting, sticking, affixing, tacking or painting of any bill or sign to or upon Dny post, fence. bi11ho~rd ~nd advertBing , signbollrd except as hereinafter provided, motion picture or theatre curtain. building or other structure or\~ny character whatsoever; or operllting or maintQining nn~ billbogrd or signboerd except llS herein- ofter provided. or window display; or distributing any posters. dodeers, circulars, brochures, or other printed sdvertisements of ony kind; or distributing nny samples of gny goods, wares or merchandise. except drugs or medicine, or lldvertsing by means of nny vehicle or stereop- tican, biogrllph motion picture mllchine or other mechanical or e~ri- eel 'device or contrivance; or handinb'out printed matter of any kind to the public in the City of Selll Bellch; provided, that nothing in this section, shall be construed to erf~ct or apply to any p~rson, firm or corpora tion delivering handbil:lll or ,patini1;" .sticking, tacking, offixing, painting or erecting any business signs on t~e,premises or buildings occupied or used in the business of , such' person, firm, or corporation, within the City of Seal Beach and whieh handbills or signs lldvertise only the goods, wares, merchandise or business of such p~rson, firm or corporation; and, provided further, that this 'section shllll not apply to merch~nts,baving a fixed ~lsce of business in the City of Ses1 poge 1. I ~o ~() ,)oP I I Ordinance Number . , , . , Beach, distributing bills and/or posters or samp1es,advertising their own places of business; and, Provided tllrther, that this seotion shall not appJ:r to aD7 bill- board or advertising sign board with an advertising surfaoe in ex- cess of thirtyt30Jsquare feet, and to any person, tirm or oorpora- tion operating 01" maintdning aD7 billboard or signboard with an advertising surface in exoess of thirtyt3O)square teet, whioh bill- boards end signboards are more partioularly hereinafter proll'ided for. ", Seotion 2. That said Ordinance NO.152, entitled as above, be fur- ther amended, by adding Sec.2a.,thereto, to read as tollows: Seo.2a. BILLBOARDS AND SIGNBOARDS. Eve17 person erecting con- structing or maintaining or operating aD7 billboard or adver'ising signboard 10 the City ot Seal BeaOh, California, the advertidng surfaoe ot whioh is in exoess ot th11"ty(30)square teet, shall pay a lioense tax theretore; as follows; For the first billboard or signboard so ereoted 01" maintained a lioense taxI of One Hundred and Fitty DollarsHFl50.00),er year; For the seoond billboard 01" signboard so erected 01" maintained a license tax ot Seventy-five Dollarstf75.00)per year; and For the Third and each additional billboard or dgnboard so erected or maintained a license tax of Fifty Dollarslf50.00)per year tor eaoh of such boards. all of sdd l1cense taxes to be palld annually in advance and to expire~pon June 30th of eaoh year. Seo.3. Each YiOlation A Sepsrate Otfense. Eve17 ,erson violating or contributing in aD7 1I8y to the violation of a1l1 provision ot this ordinance spll be deemed guilty ot a separate offense for each day chlring which suoh violation continues and shall be punishable there- tor as hereinafter provided. Sec.4. Pemalty. Any person, firm or corporation, whether as priD- ciplal, agent, employee or otherwise, violating the' provisions here- ot shall be deemed guilty ot a misdElllleanor, and upon conviotion thereof shall be punished by a flne ot not more than '!'bree Hundred Dollars (,300.00) or bl imprisoDlllent for a term ot not exoeeding three(3) monthS, or by both suoh tine and 1mprisoDlllent, and eaoh days violation shall >>e deElllled a separate otfense. Seo.5. All Drdinances or parts ot ordinanoes in confliot with this ordinance are hereby repealed. . Seo.6. Ibe City Clerk shall oause this ordinanoe to be published onoe in the Seal Beaoh Post ~ Wave, a newspaper printed, published and generalll circulated in said City ot Seal Beaoh, end it shall thereppon take etfeot. Adopted, Signed and Appl-oved this 2nd dill of AUgust; 193'1. ~ uyor Attest:.u4~~LOf the 01ty ea eac, aUrornia. page 2.