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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5.44
OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO PUBLIC DANCES AND
DANCEHALLS.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 5.44 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
CHAPTER 5.44
PUBLIC DANCES AND DANCEHALLS
Sections:
5.44.010
5.44.020
5.44.030
5.44.040
5.44.050
5.44.060
Definitions.
Permit required.
Application -- Issuance -- Fee.
Regulations.
Revocation.
Appeal.
5.44.010 Definitions.
Whenever used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the
context, the words set out in this section shall have the following meanings:
A. "Public dance" means any dance to which the public generally may gain
admission, but does not include dancing in a licensed cabaret.
B "Dancehall" means and includes any room, place or space in which a public
dance as defined in subsection A of this section may be conducted.
C. "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation or association of any
nature whatsoever.
D. "Teenage center" means a facility operated by a nonprofit, charitable,
philanthropic, social service, benevolent, educational, civic, or religious organization,
providing recreation and related activities to persons not less than thirteen nor more than
nineteen years of age.
ORIGINAl.
5.44.020 Permit required.
A. It is unlawful for any person to conduct any public dance in the city, in
violation of this chapter, or without having a valid permit therefor in accordance with the
provisions of this chapter.
B. It is unlawful for any person to operate a public dancehall in the city in
violation of this chapter or without having a valid permit therefor in accordance with the
provisions of this chapter.
public dance
7.
ever revoked
B.
finds:
2.
5.44.030 Application -- Issuance -- Fee.
A. Applications for either permit under this chapter shall be made on forms to
be furnished by the city manager or designee, shall be submitted no less than thirty days
prior to commencement of the dance, if for a dance permit, and no less than thirty days
prior to the commencement of business, if for a dancehall permit, shall be signed under
penalty of perjury by the applicant and shall require the following information:
1. The name, mailing address, title, telephone number, previously used names,
previous addresses for the past five years, employment history for the past five years, date
of birth, sex, height, weight, eye color, hair color, driver's license number, social security
number, and arrest record, if any, of the applicant.
2. The name, mailing address and location of the dancehall, or the place where
the public dance is to be held.
3. Whether a license from the California Alcoholic Beverage Control Board has
been issued for the dancehall or location where the public dance is to be held.
4. If the person operating the dancehall or conducting the public dance is not
tax exempt, the business tax certificate number of the business.
5. If the person operating the dancehall or conducting the public dance is a tax
exempt entity, a statement that the applicant is an organization exempted from the
payment of the bank and corporation tax by Section 23701(a), 23701(b), 23701(d),
23701 (e), 23701(f), 23701(g), and 23701 (I) of the California Revenue and Taxation Code.
If the application is for a public dance permit, the date and time at which the
is to be held, such time not to exceed twelve hours.
Prior permits held in the past three years and whether such permits were
or suspended, and the reasons therefor.
The city manager or designee shall, in his discretion, issue a permit if he
The application is complete and truthful;
The applicant has not in the past three years been convicted of a crime
substantially related to the qualifications, functions or duties of the business for which
application is made, including, but not limited to, possession, sale or use of controlled
substances, prostitution, pandering, unless a certificate of rehabilitation has been
obtained;
3.
three years
substantially
That neither the applicant nor any manager of the business has in the past
done any act involving dishonesty, fraud or deceit with the intent to
benefit himself or another, or substantially injure another;
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ORIGINAL
4. The business and the building for which the application is made will be
maintained and conducted in accordance with all laws of the city and the state, including,
but not limited to health, structural soundness, fire safety and zoning;
5. That a valid business tax certificate has been issued for this business, or that
tax-exempt status has been granted to the applicant;
6. The applicant has not had a permit, issued under this chapter, revoked in the
past three years, unless the city manager or designee finds that the reasons for such
revocation are unrelated to this application;
7. That a license from the California Alcoholic Beverages Control Board has not
been issued for the dancehall or place where the public dance is to be held.
C. All permits issued under this chapter for public dances shall remain in effect
only at the date and time listed on the permit, unless earlier suspended or revoked.
D. All permits issued under this chapter for public dancehalls shall remain in
effect until suspended or revoked.
E. Permits may be issued with conditions to ensure that the dance or dancehall
will be operated in a safe and legal manner, will not disturb the peace and quiet of the
neighborhood and will not constitute an undue burden on city resources.
F. The applicant shall pay a fee not to exceed the cost of processing any such
application and inspecting such dance or dancehall as set forth in Chapter 2,.70.
5.44.040 Regulations.
A. All permits issued pursuant to this chapter sha~l be non-transferrable,
applicable only to the original applicant and the original location.
B. No public dancehalls or public dances shall be operated or allowed to be
operated between the hours of two a.m. and seven a.m. of the same day.
C. No person under the age of fourteen years shall attend or remain at any
public dance, or be allowed to attend or remain at any public dance, except for public
dances held in a teenage center, unless such person is accompanied by the parent or
legal guardian of such person. No person shall falsely represent himself or herself to have
reached the age of fourteen years in order to attend or remain at any public dance, and
no person shall falsely represent himself or herself to be a parent or legal guardian of any
person in order that such person may attend or remain at any public dance.
D. No alcoholic beverages may be sold or brought onto the dancehall premises,
or allowed to be sold or brought onto the premises where the public dance is being held.
E. No person under the influence of alcohol shall attend a dancehall or public
dance, or be permitted to attend or be on the premises of a dancehall or where a public
dance is being held.
F. One licensed security guard shall be stationed outside of the premises where
the dance is being conducted, and an additional licensed security guard shall be stationed
inside the premises for each one hundred fifty persons in attendance.
G. It is unlawful for any person convicted in the past five years of prostitution,
pandering, or possession, sale or use of controlled substances to be present at any public
dance or public dancehall.
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ORIGINAL
H It is the responsibility of the permittee to maintain peace and good order at
all public dances.
5.44.050 Revocation.
Any permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall be immediately revoked by the city
manager or designee whenever he or she finds:
A. That misrepresentations were made on the application; or
B. That the permittee has in the past three years been convicted of a crime
substantially related to the qualifications, functions or duties of the activity or business for
which application is made, including, but not limited to, possession, sale or possession of
controlled substances, prostitution or pandering, unless a certificate of rehabilitation has
been obtained; or
C. That the permittee has in the past three years done any act involving
dishonesty, fraud or deceit with the intent to substantially benefit himself or another, or
substantially injure another; or
D. That any of the terms or conditions of said permit have been violated, or that
the business has been operated in violation of local, state or federal law.
5.44.060 Appeal.
A. Should any applicant or permittee be dissatisfied with the decision of the city
manager or his designee not to grant a permit or revoking a permit, then said applicant or
permittee may, no later than ten days after notice of such decision is deposited in the
United States mail, addressed to the applicant or permittee at the address provided on the
application, make written objection to the city council setting forth the grounds for
dissatisfaction, whereupon the council shall hear said objections at a regular meeting no
later than three weeks following the filing of the objection with the city clerk. The applicant
or permittee shall be given written notice no less than three days prior to said hearing. The
council may, upon said hearing, sustain, suspend or overrule the decision of the city
manager or his designee, which decision shall be final and conclusive.
B. Pending the hearing before the council, the decision of the city manager or
designee shall remain in full force and effect and any reversal thereof by the city council
shall not be retroactive but shall take effect as of the date of the council's decision.
SECTION 2.
This Ordinance shall be posted in accordance with provisions of the Bakersfield
Municipal Code and shall become effective thirty (30) days from and after the date of its
passage.
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ORIGINAl
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopted
by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on , by the
following vote: ~ 2 5 ~
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBER CARSON, DEMOND, SMITH, MCDERMOTT, ROWLES, SULLIVAN, SALVAGGIO
COUNCILMEMBER
COUNCILMEMBER
COUNCILMEMBER
CITY CLERK and EX OFFIO, tO of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED: MAR 2 5 1998
B(~'B PRICE, M'A~OR
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
JUDY K. SKOUSEN
CITY ATTORNEY
By:
ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY
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ORIGINAL
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
) SS.
County of Kern )
PAMELA A. McCARTHY, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That she is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield; and
that on the 30th day of March ,1998 she posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall,
a full, true and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 3831 , passed by the
Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 25th day of March, 1998, and entitled:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5.44 OF THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC
DANCES AND DANCEHALLS.
Is/PAMELA A. McCARTHY
City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield
DEPUTY City Clerk
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March 27, 1998