HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 534ORDINANCE N0.~__~_NEW SERIES
AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING ANY PERSON, FIRM OR COR-
PORATION TO PROCURE A PERMIT TO FURNISH, CONDUCT,
OR OPERATE, OR HOLD THEMSELVES OUT AS FURNISHING,
CONDUCTING OR OPERATING ANY STEAM, HAMMAM, TURK-
ISH, OR OTHER BATH OR BATH PARLORS, OR MASSAGE
TREAT~ENTS OR MANIPULATIONS USUALLY OR FREQUENTLY
GIVEN AT SUCH PLACES; PROVIDING FOR REVOCATION
0F SUCH PERMITS; MAKING VIOLATION OF THIS ORDIN-
ANCE A MISDER~FANOR; PROVIDING A PENALTY THEREFOR
AND REPEALING ORDINANCE N0. 322 OF THE CITY 0F
BAKERSFIELD.
BE IT 0RDAINED BY THE COUNCIL 0F THE CITY 0F BAKERSFIELD,
as follows:
SECTION 1.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
to furnish, conduct or operate, or hold themselves out as furnish-
ing, conducting or operating any steam, hammam, Turkish or other
bath, or bath parlors, or any massage treatments or manipulations
usually or frequently given at such parlors, without having first
procured from the Manager of the City of Bakersfield a permit so to
.do.
SECTION 2.
Such permits shall be granted for the unexplred portion
of the calendar year and must be renewed on or before January first
.for each succeeding year thereafter. Such permits shall be granted
only to such persons as the Manager, after investigation, shall find
to be of good moral character, and they may be revoked at any time
by said Manager when it is shown to his satisfaction that immorality
or acts of lewdness are committed or permitted upon the premises
covered by such permits.
SECTION 3.
All applications shall be made on forms to be obtained
from the 'City ~enager's office and when filled out, shall be filed in
such office. Such applications shall show the names of the owners,
proprietor or keeper of the bath or other establishment for which a per-
mit is sought, whether baths or massage or other treatments or manipu-
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lations are to be furnished to men only, to women only, or to both
men and women, whether male or female assistants or operators or
both are to be employed and if both sexes are to be served, that
certain hours of certain days shall be set apart for women patronS,
and that under no circumstances shall both men and women be served
or permitted in any such steam, hammam, Turkish or other bath
parlors at the same time.
SECTION 4.
Any person, firm or corporation furnishing, conducting or
operating, or holding themselves out as furnishing, conducting or
operating any steam, hammam, Turkish, or other bath or bath parlors,
or any massage treatments or manipulations usually or frequently
given at such places, without first having procured from the Manager
of the City of Bakersfield a permit so to do, or in violation of
any provisions of this ordinance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine not exceed-
ing the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00), or by imprisonment
in the County Jail not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment. Each day that such steam, hammam, Turkish
or other bath or bath parlors or any massage treatments or manipu-
lations usually or frequently given in such places, is conducted ~n
violation of the terms of this ordinance shall be deemed a separate
offense.
SECTION 5.
Ordinance No. ~22 of the City of Bakersfield and all other
ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
expressly repealed.
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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 the
by the following vote:
/~day of ~ , 1939,
AYES, BODE~, GYST, KR~IXNc-t(X, ,"/tglNIXLLRH, 5N"IXTH, SOLLEAS, WXLSON
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ABSENT: ~ ·
City :cio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield.
APPROVED by me this/~ay of ~ ,
B
of akersfield.
1939.
Aff'i avit of. losting
STATE OF CALIFORNIA~
County of Ker,n ~ ss,
V, VAN RIPER, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
and that .... 9 on the Bulletin Board at the
City Hail, a full, true and correct copy of an ordinance passed by the Council of said City
w~.s numbered...~.~ ....... New Series, and entitled:
AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION TO
PROCURE A PERMIT TO FURNISH, CONDUCT, OR OPERATE OR HOLD
THEMSELVES OUT AS FURNISHING, CONDUCTING OR OPERATING ANY
STEAM, HAMMAM, TURKISH, OR OTHER BATH OR BATH PARLORS, OR
MASSAGE TREATMENTS OR MANIPULATIONS USUALLY OR FREQUENTLY
GIVEN AT SUCH PLACES; PROVIDING FOR REVOCATION OF SUCH
PERMITS~ MAKING VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE A MIDSDEMEANOR;
PROVIDING A PENALTY THEREFOR AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO.
3B2 OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD.
~ Subs~ribe~d and sworn to before me this
..../.~..~ .....day of..~..., 19.~.~.,
' "l~tary ~u H~
........... Notary .....