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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. No. 1926-187ORDINANCE AN CRDINANCE REGULL ING THE NATTER OF PUBLIC DANCES IN THE CITY CF ELSINOPE. The Board of Trustees of the City of Elsinore do ordain as follows:- Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, association of persons or corporation to conduct or assist in conducting any public dance ha11, dancing club or any puulic dance in the City of Elsinore on Sunday or between the hourw of 12 o'clock midnight and six o'clock A.M. on other days unless under and by authority of a written permit from the Board of Trustees of said City and no permit issued under this ordinance shall be transferable except by the consent of the said Board of Trustees. Section 2: (a) Such permit shall contain the name and address of the applicant or applicants therefor, the name and address of any manager or employee who will be in charge of said dance, the date and time for which such dance is permitted, the place where said dance is permitted, and any conditions concerning the management of said dance which may be found to be comportable with the public welfare and imposed by said Board of Trustees. (b) Such permit shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises where the dance for which such permit is issued ig conducted and shall remain so posted during all the time dancing is taking place. (c) All permits issued under the terms of this ordinance shall be revok- able at the pleasure of the President of the Board of Trustees to take effect on notice to the applicant but may be reissued at any regular or called meet- ing of said Board by vote of three of its number and when so reissued shall not be revokable by said president. Section 3: (a) The Board of Trustees may make rules andregulations govern ing dances held under permits issued in accordance with the terms of this ordinance and the said dances shall be conducted in accordance with such rules and regulations and all the laws of the State of California and in such manner as will comport with the public welfare. (b) Said Board of Trustees before issuing any permit will first satisfy itself th.t the conduct of such dance gill comport with the public welfare and for such purpose any facts or evidence bearing on the place where such proposed dance is to be located, the character, reputation and moral fitness of those who will be in charge of it and any other facts or evidence tending to enlighten said Board in This respect and for that purpose said Board may by resolution design at the City Clerk, the City Marshall or any one member of the board to make such investigation and hear such evidence and a permit duly signed by such designated person and containing the required statements shall be prima facie evidence that the Board is satisfied as to the necessary facts and that said permit has been regularly issued. Section 4: The following license fee shall be charged and collected for permit granted as herein provided: (a) For a permit for a single dance $1.00 Section 5: For the purpose of this ordinance (a) A "Public dance Hail" is defined to be a place „here dancing is conducted whether for profit or not £or profit and to hich"ethe. public is admitted either with or Noithout charge or at which the public is allowed to participate in the dancing, either with or without charge. (b) A "Dancing Club" is defined to be any club or an associa- tion of persons which conducts dances for its members or guests more often than once per month or which is organized solely for the purpose of donduct- ing a single dance. (c) A "Public Dance" is defined to be a gathering of persons in or upon any premises where dancing is participated in either as the main u purpose for such gathering or as an incident to some other purpose and to which premises the public is admitted. Section 6: Any person violating any of shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor an be fined in the sum of not more than Three in the City Tail of said City for not more by both such fine and in,prescnment. the provisions of this ordinance i shall, upon conviction thereof, Hundred Dollars or be improsoned than three months or be punished Section y: ordinance No. 162 entitled "An Ordinance Regulating the ;latter of Public Dances in the City of Elsinore and Prohibiting Sunday Da Dancing Therein" and all ordinances or parts of ordianances in conflict herevr:th are hereby repealed. Section 8: This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage, approval and publication as provided by law. �'assed and adopted at a regular me -ting of the Board of Trustees held one the 25th day of August, 1926 by the following vote of the members of the Board of Trustees. Ayes: - L. B. Taylor, P.C.Graham, A.G.Keck and J.H.Bell Noes:- None Absent: I. L. Everett. Approved and signed this 25th day of August, 1926 i i r i Chairman of oaA of Trus At teat: ity Clerk. i E f i T�? M w_