HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Ord 96 1924-01-17
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The lesislative Body, kno~m as the Board of ~rustees of"~\e
Oity of Seal Beach ordains as follows:
S"'::C:.:'IO~: 1. "Public donce hall" c.s used herein is definod to
be any room, place, or sraoe, excepting a private residenoe or hO:10,
where dc.ncing is held or carried 'on; end "public danae" as used herein
is defined to be, a:ny dance not held or siven in a 1lrivcto ;lOr.::.e Ol' l.ed-
denoe.
SECTIffil 2. ITa person, as prinoipal, agent or other,nse, ~~all
carryon, maintain or conduct, or assist in carrying on, maintaininG
or conduoting. a public dance hall, or a publio danoe in the City of
Seal Beaoh on 0. S~ay; or at any time between the hours of 12:00 o'olock
midnisht and 6: 00 0' clock _..~:. of 1ob.e follo\!ing day, except on l~e\'7 YOC!.1"El
3ve; or ~li thout :first having filed ~n th the City I.:a.rshall a t1I'i tten
sohedule sho,dncr the time of commencing and the time of closing of evo~y
~d:lJ.1ce oarried on other thml re.3l1"lc.r dc.noes, at ,least forty-oicrht hO'lrs
previous to the holding of such donoe; every ~)ort of such public Llo.:nco
hall shall be so li~hted as to sharI, on uotuul lJeUSUrement of lizilt, _~ot
loss th:m throo-tueutieths (;:; !20ti..:.u j of ;:, :Loot c;:.l1IJlc i:.: 11111~li:,..;. ~::.o. "
~!hich nloa.lc'ilreuont Elho.ll ""0 tc.l::on c.t 0. point four (4) foet abovo tile S'll'-
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fuce or the floor.
:J.JC~IO~~ 3. ~=o ~'orr:on, as principc.l, agent or other\!ise,
carrying on, maintaining or conducting, or c.ssisting in carrying all,
maintaining or conduoting, 0. public dance hall, or a public dance in
the city of 3ec.l Beach, shall ~ermit any person under the acre of seven-
teen (17) years to be present in ony public dance hall or to participate
in any public donce at any time between 6:00 o'olock P.~. and midlli3ht
folloui.ng, unless accompanied by the parent or legc.l guardion of such
person; or to permit any persons to dance \"Ji th their oheeks or )'00.11 c
touching; Or to permit any person to indulge in boisterous conduct or
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use prOfanity, or other\7ise conduct himself or herself in c. vulgar or
indecent oo..'1l1er in suoh public dance hall or in o.ny of the hallr:ays
leading thereto; or to :geroit any mo.le person to danoe \nth his right
hand upon any portion of his female :!;lartner except her baok bet'.iGel.! 1:<:1"
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shoulder line and waist line, or \"lith his left hand in any position ox-
cept extended from the body and holding the right hand of his~~cinc
partner; or to permit any female person to dance \"lith her left hand Ul'lOi!
any portion of her male dancing partner except his right o.rm or ri3ht
shoulder, or ,lith her right hand in any position except extended frow tt:
body and held by the left hand of her dancing partner; or to permit ~!~
person or persons to dance any passion danoe, lewd or suti::;esti vc 6::....03,
indeoent dance, vulgar dance, sensual danoe, or :my danoe in\"ol'\;in..; ',:~IJ
jerking or shaking of the body; or to permit ony Imo\"/11 prostitute, or
ony knorm mc.le or female procurer, or kno'nl vo.B7'o.nt, or other knO\"i!1 or
dissolute person, or any person kno,/11 to have plead GUilty or to have
been convicted \Ii thin' the period of one year of being a vagrant or 0. le\!d
or dissolute person, or any intoxicated person, to be present in any pub-
lio danoe hall or at any public dance.
S20TIOll 4. 110 person shall, in any publio danoe hall or c.t c.ny
publio dance, danoe ,lith his or her oheek, or ,lith his or her head touch-
I ing the cheek or the head of his or her danoing partner; or to dance o.H~"
passion danoe, lm7d or sUBJestive dance, indeoent dance, sensual 6~loe,
or any danoe involving the jerking or sho.king of the body; or to im"iulco
in boisterous oonduct, or use profanity or other,lise conduot himself or
herself in a. vulgar or indeoent manner in suoh public dance hall or in
any of the hall,~ys leadincr thereto, or in any ante-room, or other ~b-
lic room adjunctive to and used as a part or in conneotion ,lith such
dance hall for the use or aocomodo.tion of GUests or patrons.
S:i:lC~HOlT 5. lIo person shall dance in any publio dQ.l1oe hall
or at any public dance in the Oi ty of Seal Beach on a Sunday. "SullCi~"
as used heroin is defined as the twenty-four hour )eriod, be~il~in3 nt.
12:00 o'olook P.W. Saturday and extending to 12:00 o'olook P.:.:. of tile
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day follo\"ling Saturday.
S:i!:OTIOlT 6. llo prosti tut, ,male or fer.lale !lrocurer, Vo.,:rc.;l t ('r_
ather leud or dissolute person, or any person ,no has plead GUilty to o~
been oonvicted, \n thin one yea.r, of being,a vo.crrant, shall be ,1roscl:t i._
any public dance hall or c.t any public danoe.
Si!lOTIOl: 7. :';very perDon, as principal, agent, or oth...r'.!i.Do,
violating any of tho l,rovisions of this ordinanoe, sh:l.11 be dceueO . Jil t~,
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of misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a
fine not exceeding fiv~ hundred dollars or by im~risonment not cAceed-
ing six mon~h8, or by both such fine and iD~risonment.
Seotion 8: That the City Clerk Shall certify to the passage of this Ord
inanoe and that thereafter the same shall be printed once in the Seal
Beaoh Post and Wave, a neW8pap!~ of general oiroulation published in th
the City of Seal Eeach, California, and thirty (30) d~s thereafter
this Ordinanoe shall take effect and be. in force.
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President of the Board of Trustees of the City of Seal Beach. Cal.
.' Attest:
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City Clerk and Ex-Offioio Clerk of the Board of Trustees of the
City of Seal Beach, California.
The above and foregoing Ordinance No.96 of said City of, Seal Beac
Beach is signed and approved by m~~~:::__:: o:_:~~:~, 1924.
President of the Board of Trustees of the City of
Seal Beach, California.
State of California, County of Orange, City of Seal Seal Beach--
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I, Ollie B. Padrick, the duly appointed, qualified and acting
Ci ty Clerk of the Ci ty of Silal Eea.ch, do hereby certify that .the
foregoing Ordinanoe was introduced and~read at a regular meeting of
the Board of Trustees of the City of S al Eeaah, California, on the
3rd d~ of January, 1924, and the same~was again read and thereupon
passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said Board of f.rustees
held on the 17th d~ of January, 1924, by the following stated vote
thereof:
Ayes: Trustees
Noes: None.
Absent: none.
Stortz. Graham, Smith, Burkhart, Richards.
City Clerk and Ex-Officio City
the City of Seal Beaah, California.
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