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ORDINANCE NO.
4450
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION
5.23.030 OF THE BAKERSFIELD
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ESCORTS
AND ESCORT BUREAUS.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 5.23.030 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read
as follows:
5.23.030 Application-Issuance-Fee.
A. Applications for permits under this section 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 business, 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 and, if the application
is for an escort bureau permit, of all persons with any financial interest in the business;
and
2. The name, mailing address and location of the business;
3. The business tax certificate number of the business;
4. Prior permits held and whether such permits were ever revoked or
suspended, and the reasons therefor.
B. All applicants for a permit pursuant to this chapter shall be required to be
fingerprinted.
C. The city manager or his designee shall, in his or her discretion, issue a
permit if he or she finds that:
1. The application is complete and truthful;
2. The applicant has not been convicted of a crime substantially related t~ ~Mt-9O'
the qualifications, functions or duties of the business for which application is madEf ~
including, but not limited to, theft, robbery, embezzlement, fraud, possession and/or sa~ [;
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of controlled substances, prostitution, pandering, gambling and extortion, unless a
certificate of rehabilitation has been obtained;
3. Neither the applicant nor any person having a financial interest in the
business has done any act involving dishonesty, fraud or deceit with the intent to
substantially benefit himself or another, or substantially injure another;
4. The building and the business 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. A valid business tax certificate has been issued for this business;
6. The applicant is eighteen years of age or older;
7. A permit, issued to the applicant pursuant to this section, has not been
revoked, unless the city manager or designee finds that the reasons for such revocation
are unrelated to this application.
D. All permits issued under this chapter shall remain in effect until suspended
or revoked.
E. The applicant shall pay a fee not to exceed the cost of processing any
such application and inspecting such business as set forth in Chapter 3.70.
F. Permits may be issued with conditions to ensure that the business 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.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the 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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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 AUG 29 ZOIIl -.
by the following vote:
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COUNCILMEMBER CARSON, BENHAM, WEIR, COUCH, HANSON, SULLIVAN, SCRIVNER
COUNCILMEMBER
COUNCILMEMBER .
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APPROVED:
),UG 2 9 2007
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CITY CLERK and EX OFFICIO
Council of the City of Bakersfiel
HARVEY L. ALL, Mayor
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attorney
By:~m ~-r
. VIRGINIA A. GENN
City Attorney
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
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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 AUQust. 2007 she posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall,
a full, true and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 4450 passed by the
Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 29TH day of AUQust. 2007 and
entitled:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 5.23.030 OF
THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
ESCORTS AND ESCORT BUREAUS.
PAMELA A. McCARTHY
City Clerk and Ex Officio of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
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DEPU Y CI Y Clerk
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