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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 1936-645 Business licenses, repeals Ord. 643 (Not codified)99 ORDINANCE NO. 645 OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY REPEALING ORDINANCE O. 64;3 ENTITLED, "AN ORDI- NANCE FOR THE LICENSING AND REGULATING THE CAR- RYING ON OF BILLIARD PAR- LORS, CARD ROOMS, CIR- CUSES, AND CERTAIN GAMES OF SKILL AND AMLSEMEN IS, PRESCRIBING A LICENSE THEREFOR; REGIi LA [INC; THE MANAGEMENT AND CON - DC CT OF PLACES WHERE SUCH GAMES ARE PLAYED AND FIXING TILE PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THERE- OF: PROVIDING FOR 'I'1IE LI- CENSING AND REGULATING THE MANAGEMENT AND CON- DUCT OF BILLIARD PARLORS, CARD ROOMS, AND CIRCUSES, AND FIXING THE 1'ENALfY FOR THE VIOLATION THERE- OF." THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOL- LOWS: SECTION 1. That Ordinance No. 64:3 entitled, "An Ordinance for the licensing and regulating the carry- ing on of billiard parlors card rooms, circuses, flash wheels, wheel games, chin games. bean games, card games, dart games, dice games, and games common,' known as Tango, K:no, Fortune. Quintain, Skill Ball, Fascination or Inspiration, Gold Diggers. Erie Diggers, penny machines, poker machines, marble games. ball ma- chines, skill •-ames. and all other similar games, devices, and "muse- men.s, prescribing a license there- for, regulating the managtment and conduct of places where such games are played and fixing the nznalty for the violation thereof," be and is hcr.by repealed. SECTION 2. The amount or rate of license fee to be • lid to the Cit.• of National City by anv person, firm, association or cor- poration engaged in or carr--.n- on anv billiard parlor, card room. circus, or pool room, is hereby fix:d and established as hereinaf- ter in this Ordinance provided; and such license fee shall be "uid bv every person, firm, association, or corporation engaged in or carrying on any billiard parlor, card room. circus, or similar business. or oc- cupation in the City of National City. SECTION 3. And provided furth- er that nothing herein contained in this Ordinance shall be in any manner whatever, at anv time, under any circumstance whatso- ever ever be construed as permit- ting any games of chance or lottery in connection with any such billiard parlor, card room, circus, or busi- ness.And that the said billiard par- lors, card rooms, and circuses shall be operated in a lawful manner and for amusement purposes only and in full conformity with and sub- ject to all provisions of the laws of the State of California and er the laws of the United States of America. SECTION 4. For every person, 1 firm, or corporation con'+••^tin -- manaving, or carrying on a circus 'or other simiiar exhibitions. having a seating ca"acity of more than 2,000 persons, the license fee shall be One Hundred ($100.001 Dollars per day payable in advance. For every per soli, firm, or cor- poration conducting, managing, or carrying on a circus or oth,•ir simi- lar exhibitions, having a seating capacity of 2,000 persons or less, One license fee shall be Five ($5.0U) Dollars per day payable in ad- vance. For every person, firm or cot- , poration conducting, managing, or carrying on a sideshow or after - show to a circus, the license fee shall he Five ($5.00) Dollars ner !day for each sideshow or after- ! show, payable in advance. 1 For every person, firm or cor- poration conducting or managing a circus procession or parade not havinv a license for conducting. managing or carrying on a circus within the city limits of National City, the license fee shall be 'twenty-tive ($25.00) Dollars for each such procession or parade, payabie in advance. F'or the purpose of this Ordi- nance a circus is hereby defined to be an exhibition or entertainment at which feats of holsemanshi" acrobatic feats, and trained or wild animals are exhibited or displayed in the City of National C'v, for which exhibition or entertajnmcnt is conducted, managed or carried Ion by person. firm. or corporation having no regularly establish-ri place of business in the nits of National Cit" for the exhibition thereof. ✓SECTION 5. The license fee for operating a pool hall or card room shall be Twelve 'g12.00) Dollars ner annum for each billiard or pool table or card table or other device used in the carrying on of card games or pool games, '"yable quarterly in advance. ✓ SECTION 0. It shall be unlaw- full for any person, firm, or cor- poration to operate or caul^ to be operated any billiard parlor. card room, or circus mentioned in each, every and anv section of his Or- dinance without first obtaining the license therein provided and therein described. The penalty for such violation is hereafter descried. SECTION 7. All applications for licenses for which provision is made in this Ordinance shall be di- rected to the City Clerk of the City of National City and filed with the City Clerk accompanied bv the amount of money requested for the period of time to he covered by the license with reference to the fees herein named for the particular billiard parlor. card room, or circus stated in such duplication. All an- plications for licenses for which provision is made in th'- Ordi- nance shall he in writing unon a form to be furnished the annlicant by the City Clerk, which form shall be a universal form adapted to the (facts, representations and data of any billiard parlor, card room, or circus comprehended in this Ordi- nanc_. he said form snarl be first apdroved by the City Council of said City of National City. All applications for licenses shall be offered to the Chief of Police of the City of National Gity for investigation, and such investiga- tion shall be completed within fourteen uuys from date an•ilica- tiou is tiled; after such investiga- tion, the Chief of Police shall re- port his findings to the t:it^ Clerk of the City of National City. if any application is denied, the amount of money deposited with City Clerk by the applicant shall be returned to the applicant. c iie City Clerk shall be orovided with but one printed form for all licenses with hnpropriate blank spaeLs thereon for all descriptions, names, locations, and other data to be derived by the Citv Clerk fiom the duplicate application. The City Cierk shall deposit -e• th the City Treasurer all monies c''ir^eted by him for licenses issued by hint, and shall on or before the loth day of each month report the amount thereof to Lite Treasurer. Pile City Council may at. ariv time, for any cause by it deemed sufficient, revoke any license here provided for which has been g. anted or issued. All licenses issued under this Ordinance are to be construed and held as licensing only the licensee named in the license and are not transferable, separable, or divisi- ble without the permission of the Chief of Police and the City Clerk. SECTION 8. The City Council shall have the right at anv time without notice, to cancel any such license issued if in its judo-nent li- e. nse:- has failed to connly with the laws and regulations of the City of National City or of the State of California, or if licensee in the opinion of the City Council has conducted said business or es- tablishment in a mariner harmful or detrimental to the public wel- fare or good morals of said City. or if said licensee is not a good moral character, or if in the opin- ion of the City Council of said City, the discontinuance of such license or abolishment of such bil- liard parlor, card room, or circus is for the beat interest of the City of National City. The City Council shall be the sole judg: in such matters, and its decision shall be final. SECTION 9. It shall be unlaw- ful for any person, firm, or cor- poration to permit, suffer or allow any person over the age of 18 years, or for any person over the age of 18 years, to frequent anv billiard parlor or card room until a license therefor has first hnen ob- tained from the City of National City by such person, firm. or cor- poration having the custody or pisssssion of the same as herein - before provided. SECTION 10. It shall he unlaw- ful for any person, firm or cor- poration managing, owning or con- duetinu any billiard parlor, pool room or card room in the City of National City to allow the same to remain open or allow any person or persons to play any games of bil- liards or pool or cards from 12:00 o'clock p. m. until 6:00 o'clock a. m. SECTION 11. Any such person, firm, or corporation violating anv provisions of this Ordinance at anv time shall be guilty of a misde- meanor, and upon conviction there- of shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Three Hundred ($300.00) Dollars or by imprisonment in the :City jail for a period not exceeding ,90 days or In, both such fine and imprisonment. Each day sty', bil- Wliard parlor, card room, or circus is conducted in violation of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be a separate offense thereunder. The licenses provided for herein shall he due and payable as aforesaid im- mediately upon any such billiard I narlor or card room, or circus be- ing open or displayed for . atron- age by the public. SECTION 12. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase. I or word of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not effect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordi- nance. The City Council bereh- declares that it will have passed this Ordinance in each section, i subsection, clause, phrase. or word 'thereof irre'-ective of the fact that anyone or more sections, sub- sections, sentences, clauses, or words be declared invalid or un- constitutional. SECTION 13. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 14. The City Clerk shall certify to the passaoe and adoption of this Ordinance by said City Council, shall cause the same to he published hw- one insertion in a newspaper published in National City; and therein and thereafter ;he same shall he in full force and effect 31 days after final nassage. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of National City. California. this 7th day of April, 1936, by the follow- ing vote., to•wit: AYES: Councilmen: Cordingly, I{ilcrease. Thatcher, Warner. Bird. NAYES: Councilmen none. ABSENT: None. D. W. BIRD, Mayor of the Ci'-- of National City, California. ATTEST: DALE SMITH, City Clerk. I hereby an'rove the foregoing Ordinance this 7th day of April, 1936. D. W. BiRD Mayor of the Chi- of National City, California. I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a full and true ropy of Ordinance No. 645 of the Ordinances of the City of National City, California, as adopted by the Ci-v Council of said City and ap- proved by the Mayor of said City, on the 7th clay of April, 1936. DALE SMITII, City Clerk of the City of National City, California.