HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 612EMERGENCY ORDINANCE N0. ~! ~/NEW SERIES
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE REPEALING 0RDIN-
ANCE NO. 601 BYEW SERIES, AND A~gNDING
SECTION 3 OF ORDINANCE Nb]~BER 565 NEW
SERIES OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD.
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby declares that an emergency
exists for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property~
safety and welfare, which requires the passage of an emergency ordin-
ance licensing certain businesses within the City of Bakersfield,
NOW~ THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BAKERSFIELD, as follows:
SECTION 1. .
That Ordinance No. 601 New Series of the City of Bakers-
field, entitled "AN ORDINANCE ADIENDING SECTION 3 OF ORDINANCE NUi~BER
56%'NEW SERIES OF TtgE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD~ CALIFORNIA:', and all
ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewit~ are hereby
expressly repealed.
SECTION 2.
That Section 3 of Ordinance Number 56~ New Series of the
City of Bakersfield, entitled "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION l0
AND SUBDIVISION lO OF SECTION 17 OF ORDINANCE N0. ~12 NEW SERIES,
AND ADDING SUBDIVISION lO~ TO SECTION 170F SAID ORDINANCE:~ be and
the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section ~.
That a subdivision to be known as Subdivision lO~ be added
to Section 17 of Ordinance Number 512 New Series of the City of
Bakersfield, said subdivision to read as follows:
10~.~ P__!n_~ ~ an~ Marble Games.
Every person, firm, association or corporation conducting
and/or' maintaining on premises owned or-leased-~y him-the games
mentioned herein, shall pay the license fee specified herein~
respectively:
For each ray-o-lite machi~ne, and all other similar machines
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with electrical attachment, and all games operated solely for amuse-
ment, not otherwise specifically herein provided for, the sum of
Three Dollars ($3.00) per quarter for each such machine or game.
For each pin game, marble or ball game, using ten or more
balls, the sum of Three Dollars ($3.00) per quarter.
For each pin game, marble or ball game, using four to nine
~balls, inclusive, the sum of Six Dollars ($6.00) per quarter.
For each pin game, marble or ball game, using one to three
balls, inclusive, the sum of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per quarter.
For each iron claw, crane, or similar machine, the sum of
Ten Dollars ($10.OO) per quarter.
It is the intent herein that the license shall stand in the
name of the actual operator.
The application for license shall be in writing and on such
forms as are prescribed by the License Collector.
Licenses on machines already issued shall be transferred,
without charge, to the actual operator.
This license fee shall in no way license or permit the
operation of a machine or game which is unlawful under the state
law or local ordinances, nor license nor permit the operation of
a lawful machine or game in an unlawful manner, nor permit the
operation of any machine or game in which the element of chance
predominates.
This license fee shall be in addition to any other license
fee paid the City.
No license shall be issued for the operation of any machine
which automatically discharges or pays or is capable of discharging
or paying counters, slugs, money, checks, coupons, and/or tickets,
Whethe~ ~n a sealed ~ompartment or not~ ~
No license'issued under this ordinance shall be transferable
except as herein provided.
If any such pin game, marble or ball game is operated without
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a license, the. person, firm, association or corporation conducting
and/or maintaining the same on premises owned.'or leased shall pay
a penalty of double the amount of said license for every quarter
or portion of any quarter during which said machine is operated
without a license.
If any person, firm, association or corporation shall fail
to pay the license fee when due, or the license penalty provided
herein, when notified of the same, all licenses issued to. him or
it for pin games, ball or marble games hereunder~ may be revoked
by the License Collector. Any such person, firm, association or
corporation dissatisfied with the revocation of any license by
the L~cense Collector may, within a period of ten (10) days from
such revocation, appeal to the City Council of the City of Bakers-
field for a hearing~ and upon said hearing the decision of said City
· Council shall be final.
SECTION 3.
This ordinance is hereby declared tobe an emergency measure
within the meaning of Section 24 of the Charter of the City of Bakers-
field~ State of California, and necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public peace, property, safety and welfare, and shall
take effect immediately ~pon its passage.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Emergency Ordinance
was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield,
at a regular meeting thereof held on the[k~day of February, 1942,
'by the following vote:
AYES: CLEMENTS, MARMADUKE, NORRIS, SIEMON, SMITH, VANDERLEI, VERCAMMEN
NOES: _~______~_.____~ ....... -_ ...... _' ........ -_ .... -""~-':"-~'_
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City C of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield.
APPROVED by me th s ~J day of February, 1942.
ity of BakersfieldNAY f .
STATE OF CALIFORNIA!
County of Kern ~
V. VAN RIPER, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That he is t~t~4~,uly appointed, acting and qu~ed Clerk of the City of Bakersfield;
and that on ............................ 19 ......... he posted on the Bulletin Board at the
City Hall, a full, true and correct co f an ordinance passed by the Council of said City
at a meeting thereof duly held on....~ ........ ~ ........ 19--~--_---'~,which ordinance
was numbered...4../...,..'~... ....... New Series, and entitled:
AN E~ERGENCY ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDIN-
ANCE NO'. 601 NEW SERIES, AND AMENDING
SECTION 3 OF ORDINANCE 'NUMBER 565 NEW
SERIES OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD.
~x,,.~:l.~:= ,~_~_~,i~.~.~"g~ed and swo,C~.n to before me this
~- ', ~ ~~ ~nty of Kern,
~ '; "~ .......... ~d.~. State of' Cahfo~ ......................