HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 334 ORDINANCE NO. ~zl'
AN ORDInaNCE REQUIRING ALL PERSONS, FIRMS AND CORPORATIONS
'WHO KEEP', MAINTAIN, CONDUCT OR RUN ANY HOTEL OR LODGING
HOUSE, TO KEEP A REGISTER OF ALL PERSONS OCCUPYING ROOMS
THEREIN; PRESCRIBING HOW AND BY WHOM SUCH REGISTRATION
SHALL BE' MADE AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION
THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD,
as follows:
SECTION 1. Whenever any person, persons, firm or corporation,
keeps, maintains, conducts' or runs any hotel, rooming-house,
lodging house or habitation where rooms are rented for lodging
purposes, such person, persons, firm or corporation must provide
a book for the registration of all persons who occupy rooms in
such hotel, rooming house, lodging house or habitation.
SECTION 2. It shall be unlawful for any such person, persons,
firm or corporation to rent, let, or lease to, or permit to be
occupied bM any person or persons, any room or rooms in any hotel,
rooming house, lodging house, or habitation, unless such person
or persons shall first sign their name and address with date of
such signing, in the register kept for that purpose. Provided,
however, that whenever there are two or more persons in one party,
such registration may be made by any one of the party, designated
to so sign, but in every instance the name and address of all
persons in such party, together with date of entry, must be entered
upon such register.
Such register must at all times be open for
inspection by the Chief of Police or any other person authorized
to examine same.
SECTION 3. Any person violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con-
viction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Three
Hundred ($300.00) Dollars, or by imprisonment in the County Jail
for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance
was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield,
on the ~~ day of Nay, 191?, by the following vote:
APPROVED this~day of Nay, 1917.