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ORDINANCE # 3~t3'~
AN ORDINANGE REGULATING TAE AONDUCT OF PUbLIC
D~1~EE5 IN TNE CITY QF ELSINORE AND SETTING A
FEE TO BE CCLLECTED ~'OR PERMCTS TO HOLD SIICH
~ DANCES.
The City Council of the City of Elsinore does hereby ordain as follews:
Section 1: A"Public Dance Hall" is defined as a place where daneing is
c~nducted or permitted, £or profit or not, and to which the public is admitted
with or without charge. :
B- A dancing club is defined to be any club or association
of persons the principal purpose and activity o£ which is to c nduct or oause
to conducted dances for its members or guests, or which ~OS. organized £or the
purpose of conducting a single dance. No Sraternal organization whose prin-
cipal activity is other than dancing or cenducting danaes sh~ll be considered a
dancing club.
~-A public dance is,defined to be a gathering of persons in
or uoon any premises"where daricing is particapated in either as the main purpose
of such"gathering or incident thereto and to which'the public is admitted or,
invited with"or without charge.
Section 2: It shall be unlawful for any person or association of persons,
a corporation or company t6 c nduct` or assist,in conducting any public dance
hhTl danci.ng club, or a public dance in the City of ~lsinore on any Sunday or
betwe~n the hours'of 1:00 A M and 6:00 A M on any other day of the week. =
Section 3~ It shall be unlawful for any person~ association o£ persons,
company"or corporation'to coriduct or assist in conducting ang public dance hall~
dancing club, or any;'public''dance in the ~3ty oY Elsinor~ ~.at~oth~r.:,t~~res than
those speciYied in se"ction I her`eof except uader thn aubhority of a written!
permit of the city council over'tkie signature of the city Clerk.
~-pplication For such permit shall be made to the city clerk
of the ~ity of Elsinore not less th:3n forty eight hours prior to the planned start-
ing time of such dance, shzYl contain the names and address of the a~aplicant
and the anem and aaaress o£"the person to be charge af such dance, as well as
the date, tirae and place where sucti dance is to be held.
Section 1~; Such permit shall not be transferrable to another, permittee`or
to another location without the consent of the council, and ahall be posted-in
a conspicious place at the location where dance is held~ ~nd shall be revokzble
for cause at the pleasure of the chie£ of police.
Section $; lhe city council may make rules and xegulations governing dancea
held nnder this ordinance, and shall require that a police`officer be in
attendance during`the hours such dance ia in progress, the amount paid such officer
shall be set by the council and shall be deposited with the city clerk at the
time such permit is issued,,,-su~h dances shall be conducted at all tiraes in
- accordance with laws; rule's and regulations of the state <of California and
` in such manner as will comport with the public welfare.
Section 6; A permit fee of $2.00 shall be collected by'the city clerk for
each permit issued under the terms of this ordinaxice in a3dition to the amount
deposited to defray the expense of a police officer to be in attendance, each
permit shall bear the date, hcurs~ and addross of such dance, and will not be
issued for more than one dance:
Section 7; ~ny person, associat on of persons or company guilty of violating
any oP the terms of this ordi.nance, shall upon ccnviction theroof be f'ined not
more than throe hundred ($3~0.00) or imprisoned in the city jail not more than
three months or both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 8: Ordinance nwxiber 253 and 3].!~ and all other ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed .
Z, Robert W. Goodwin duly appointed`~nd acting in the capacity of ~ity
~lerk of the City of ~lsinore do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance
Kas first presenied tc the ~ity ~ouncil of the ~ity of "lsinore on the 9'~h day of
~'larch 1953, and was upon vote passed to the second reading, and was presented
and read the second time on the 23rd day of March 1953, and was passed add adopted
by the following vote;
AYES: Johnaon-Hull-Washburn-Nelson-~Iorgan
NOES: None
Absent: None
I hereby approve the foregoing ordinance on the 2~tth e
Robert W.
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