HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Ord 195 1935-11-07
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ORDINANCE NO .195
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING AND REGULATION OF CARD
TABLES AND GAMES CARRIED ON WITHIN SAID CITY,AMEND-
ING SlroTION 21 OF ORDIBANCE NO.152,FJXING PENALTIES
FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN OONFLICT HEREI'iITH.
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The City Counoil of the City of Seal Beaoh' California, do
ordain; asffollows:
Section 1. CARD TABLES AND GAMES. That Seotion 21 of Ordinanoe
NO.152, entitled, II An Ordinanoe of the Oity of Seal Beach, California,
Providing for ~dcenBing and Regulating Certaim BusineBses and Pursuits
Carried on Uithin said City, Repealing Ordinances Nos.Ii!, 53, 55, 91, 94,
and All Ordinances in Oonfl1oj \\lith This Ordinance and Fixing Penalties
for the Violation Hereofll,and Seetion 21, entitled, "OARD TABLES~ be
amended to read; as follows:
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Section 21. CARD TABLES AND GAMES. Every person, as defined in said
ordinance No.152, engaged in, ma1a8ging or oarrying on the business of
maintaining a plaoe where tables are used by the public for playing oards
and for the use of whioh a fee or oompenBation is oharged the players,
shall first make application to and seoure a permit therefor, as herein-
after provided, and in ~~dit~i nli;~reto shall pay to the City of Seal
Beach, a lioense tax Of~ ---.:.. ~Dollars($..;j't~ )per year for eaoh
suoh table, whether or no t me is in actua use.
Section 21&. Application For Lioense. Application for suoh lioenBe
or licenses to operate card tables and gameB as designated in the pre-
vious seotion shall be made to the City Council of SBid City in writing,
stating the name or names of the persons,firm or partnership,or oorpor-
ation, making the application, with the plaoe of residence of each. the
street number of the proposed looation of said business; the application
shall be presented with the annual license tax heretofore Btated for suoh
08~d tables and games in caBh or oashier's check drawb in favor of said
City upon a Los Angeles County or Orange County Bank, and the City Odlun-
oil hereby reBerVes the right to reject a~ and all suoh applioations
Bhould it. after such investigation aB may seem suffioient, determine
that such license or licenses, or the oonduct of suoh business thereunde~
would be detrtmental to the publio welfare or morals, in whioh event the
annual license tax. p~eBented with suoh applioation shall be refunded or
the cashier's oheok returned.
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Se~tion 2lb. Revooatdon Of License. Should such applioation for a
lioense be granted then the l!oenBe olerk shall issue a license here-
under deBignating the plsoe of business by Btreet looation therein and
the names of the licensees; and, provided further, that a~ lioense
issued hereunder shall be non-transferable from the plaoe of businesB
designated therein to another and/or from the person to whom issued to
another;and, that the holder of a lioense to operate such oard tables
and games shall carry on and oonduot suoh business in suoh a manner that
i' shall not oonstitute an offense or violation under Seotion 330 of the
Pebal Code of the State of California,'prohibiting the operati~n of oer-
tain games designated therein and of a barucing or percentage game for
money, oheokB, oredit or other representative of value; and, that said
lioenBe shall be revocable by the Oity Counoil of said City at any time
after the issuanoe thereof. should the City Counoil, after such inveBti-
gation as it may deem suffioient, determine that the holder thereof has
violated any of the termB and conditionB of thiB ordinance and/or that
the oonduot of the business thereunder has become detrd.mental to the
publio welfare or morals.
Seotion 210. Penal Olause. It shall be unlawful for any person,
whether as prinoipal, agent, clerk, emplopee or othe~vise, either for
himself, or for a~ other person, ft!m or oorporation, or otherwise, to
commenoe, carry on. conduct or operate any such oard tables or games
without first having prooured a license from said City so to do, or
without oomplying with all of the regulations herein oontained, and a
failure so to do, shall constitute a separate violation of this ordinaftOe
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for each and every day that such business shall be operated in said
Oity and any suoh perBon violating any of the provisions of this
ordinanoe shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviotion
thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exoeed Three HUndred Dollars
($300.00), or by impriBonment for a term of not exoeeding three(3)
months in the City jailor County Jail, or by both such fine and im-
prisonment.
Seotion 2ld. Repeal. That Seotion 21 of Ordinanoe Ko.152 and all
ordinanoes or parts of ordinanoes in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
Seotion 2le. That the City Clerk shall oertify to the adoption of
this ordinance by the Coty Cou~oil of the City of Seal Beach, California,
and oause the same to be published onoe in the Seal Beaog Post & Uave,
a newspaper of general ciroulation, printed, published and oiroulated
in said City, and it Bhall thereupon take effeot.
Adopted and approved this 7th day of November, 1935.
Attest:
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Mayor.
I, Ollie B.Pa~ick, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, California,
do hereby certify that the fpregoing ordinance was duly adopted by the
City Counoil of said City at a regular meeting thereof held on the 7th
day of November, 1935, by the ollowing vote; towit:
Ayes;Counoilmen:
Noes;Councilmen: None
Ab sent ;Councilmen: J.i)n~ ''''~(.I
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