HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Ord 186 1934-06-07
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ORDIl'lANCE NO. /8 I>
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA,
PROVIDING FOR THE LIC ENSING AND RIDULATION OF PUBLIC
DANCE HALLS AND RESTAURANTS AND CAFES,WITH DANCING
AND ENTERTAINi\IENT,CARRIED ON UITHIN SA:J:D CITY,AIdEND-
ING ORDINANCE NO.152,BY ADDING t NEW SE:JTIONSNO.79-a and NO.79-b
THERliIlrO, FIXING P ENALTI BE FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF
AND REPEALING ORDINUl'JE NO.182 AND ALL ORDINANCES
OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN COl'lFLICT HERE\'lITH.
The Clty Council of the City of Seal B.each,Callfarnia,do ordain;
as tollows:
Section 1. PUBLIO....DANCE HALL. That Ordlnance No.152,entitled,"An
Ordinance of the Oity or ~eal Deach,Californla,Providing For Licensing
and Regulating irertain Businesses and Pursuits Carried On \flthin Said
City,Repealing Ordinances Nos.7,53,55,9l,94 and All Other Ordinances
In Conflict With This Ordinance And Fixing Penalties For the Violation
Hereot" ,be amended by addling thereto a section to read;as follows:
Sec.79-a.Every person,as defined in said Ordinance No.152,conduct-
tng,managing or carrying on the business of a public dance hall, shall
first secure a permlt from the City Council,as hereinafter provided,
to conduct or carry on such buslness, and in addition thereto shall
pay a license tax ot Twenty-five Dollars(~25.00}per month, or Two Hun-
dred and Fitty Dollarsl~250.00)per year In advance,it payable yearly.
The term"public dance hall"as used herein is defined to
be any place where public dances are regula~ly carried on tor either
a tixed charge or a charge tor each dance, with or without entertain-
ment,and other than a restaurant or cafe with dancing and entertainment.
Sec.2. RESTAURANTS AND CAFES WITH DAll'JING.
~hat Ordi~ance No.152,above entitled,be amended by adding
thereto a section to read; as follows:
Sec.~9-b. Every person,as detined in said Ordinance No.152,con-
ducting,managing ~ carrying on the business of a restaurant and cats
with dancing and entertainment, shall first secure a permit from the
City Council,as hereinafter provided, to cobduct or carry on such busi-
ness,and in addition thereto shall pay a license tax of One tlundred
and Fifty Dollars(~150.00}per year in advance.
Sec.3. The holder of a license hereunder shall not operate such
a public dance hall or dancing in restaurantl or cafe as designated
in Section 1 and 2 hereof without keeping present and on duty at all
times when dancing is carried on a special police officer commissioned
by tae-Chief ot Police of the City ot Seal Beach but to be compensated
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for such services by the person, firm or corporation carrying on or
operatlng such public dance hall or restaurant or cafe.
Sec.4.APPLICATION ~ LICENSE. Application tor such License or
Licenses to operate or carry on dancing as designated in Sections 1
and 2 hereot shall be made to the City Council pf said City in Writlng,
statlng the name or names of the person,tirm or partnership, or corpor-
ation,making the appllcation,with the place of residence ot each, the
street number of the proposed location of said business;the application
shall be presented with the annual or monthly license tax,as the BaSe
may be,in cash or cashier's check drawn in tavor of said City upon a
Los Angeles or an Orange County bank, and the City Council hereby re-
serves the right to reject any and all such applications should it,
after such investigation as may seem sufticient,determine that such
lice8se or licenses, or the conduct of such business thereunder, would
be detrimental to the public welfare, in which event the annual license
tax shall be refunded or the cbBck returned.
Sec.5.REVOCATION OF LICENSE. 5hodld such license be granted then
the llcense clerk sUSll issue a license hereunder; and, provided further,
that any license issued hereunder shall be non-transterable from the ~
place of business designated therein to another and/or from the person
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to whom issued to another, and that said license shall be revocable by
the City Council ot sald city at any time after the lssuance thereof,
should the City Council,atter such investigation as lt may deem suf-
ficlent,determine that the holder thereof has violated any of the terms
and conditions of this ordinance or other ordinances ot the city and/or
that the conduct of the business thereunder has become detrimental to
the public weltare.
Sec.6.PEMAL CLAUSE. It shall be unlawful tor any person, whether
as principal,agent,clerk,emplluee or ptherw14e, either for himselt,or
tor any other person, firm or eorporatlon, or otherwise,to commence,
carry on, conduct or operate any public dance hall or restaurant and
cafe with dancing as herein defined without first having procured a
license from said City so to do, or Vlithout complying with allot the
regulations herein contalned,and a failure so to do,shall constitute
a separate violation of this ordinance for each and every day that
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such business shall be operated in said city and any such person violating
any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punlshed by a fine of not
mpre than Three rlundred Dollars(~300.00),or py imprisonment tor a term of
not exceeding three(3}months, or ny both such flne and imprlsonment.
Sec. 7.REP~. That Ordinance No.1B2 and all other ordinances or parts
of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Sec.B. That Clty Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance
by the City Cmuncil of the City ot Seal Beach,Callfornia, and cause the
same to be published once in the Seal Beach Post & Wave, a newspaper of
general circulation, prlnted, published and circulated ~n said City,and it
shall thereupon take effect.
APPROVED thls 7th day of June,1934.
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I,Ollie B.Padrick,City Clerk ot the Clty of Seal Beach,California,and
Ez-Officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby certify that
the foregoing ordl~ance was duly adopted by the City Councll of sald City
at a regdlar meeting thereot held pn the 7th day of June,1934, by the
tollowlng vote; towlt:
AyeS;COUncilmen:~""~...{ UJIJ..I~"'~~
Noes;Councilmen: ~. .
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