HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 322 ORDINANCE NO. ~2
AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING ANY PERSON, FIRM OR
CORPORATION TO PROCURE A PERMIT TO FURNISH, CONDUCT,
OR OPERATE, OR HOLD THE~SELIrES OUT AS FURNISHING,
COI~DUCTING OR OPERATING ANY ST~A]~, HAI~IAM, TURKISH,
OR OTHER BATH OR BATH PARLORS, OR MASSAGE TREAT~ENTS
OR ~ANIPULATIONS USUALLY OR FREQUENTLY GIVEN AT SUCH
PLACES: PROVIDING FOR REVOCATION OF SUCH PERi, ITS:
MAKING VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE A I~ISDEMEANOR AND
PROVIDING A PENALTY THEREFOR.
BE IT ORDAI!~ED BY TEE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAtt~RSFIELD,
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. It shall ce unlawI'ul ~or any person, l~rm, or corporation
to furnish, conduct or operate, or hold themselves out as furnish-
ing, conducting or operating any steam, hsmmumm, turkish or other
bath, or batlh parlors, or stay massage treatments or manipulations
usually or frequently given at such parlors, without having first
procured from the Council of the City of Bakersfield, a permit so
to do.
SECTION 2. Such permits shall be granted for the unexpired 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 Council, after investigation, shall find
to be of good moral charscter, and they may be revoked at any time
by said Council when it is shown to i~s satisfaction that immorality
or acts of lewdness are committed or permitted upon the premises
covered by such permits.
SECTION 5. Ali. applications ahall be made on forms to be obtained
from the City Clerk'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 permit is sought, whether baths or massage or other
treatments or manipulations are to be furnished to men only, to
women only, or to both men and women, whether male or' female
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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 parlor 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 manipulation usually or frequently
given at such places, without first having procured from the Council
of the City of Bakersfield, a permit so to do, or in violation of
any provision of this Ordinance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on. conviction shall be subject to a fine not exceeding 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 im-
prisonment. Each day that such steam, h~m~am, turkish, or other
bath or bath parlors or any massage t. reatments or manipulations
usually or frequently given in such places, is conducted in viola-
tion of the terms of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
separate offense.
SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall be in effect from and after thirty
days from the date of its passage.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was passed
by the Council of the City of Bakersfield, on the--~ day of
February, 1917, by the following vote:
AYES: ~!i~ anda!l, Kal:-, .~ i i b ci
NAYS: a~,ues,'?y!or,
AB SENT:
City Clerk and ex-offici~o Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield.
APPROVED this- ~ ~ry, 1917.
Mayor ox %~n~e~oi~y oNBakersfield.