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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #71 ORDINANCE NO 71 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING POOL AND BILLIARD ROOMS IN THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH CALIFORNIA. The Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach do ordain as follows: Section 1. It shall be and is hereby made unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, individually or by association with other persons, firms or corporations to establish, open, keep, carry on or maintain any billiard hall or pool room or other place in the City of Huntington Beach where any billiard table or tables, pool table or tables or combination billiard and pool table or tables, is or are hired, kept for hire, or kept for public use, without first having obtained from the Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach a permit so to do, and from said City of Huntington Beach a license so to do. Section 2. Applications for permits mentioned in Section 1 of this Ordinance shall be in writing and must be filed with the City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach at least five days before the same is granted. The applicants shall state the name of the applicant or applicants, the location of the proposed privilege is desired, It shall also state the number and kind of tables proposed to be used and kept, and what, if any, other business is to be conducted in conjunction with or under the same management as the said pool or billiard room. The Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach may in its discretion grant and issue such permit, without charge. If the said applicant or applicants or may, in its discretion refuse to grant such permit, The said permit, if granted, shall not be assignable. Section 3. Such permit, if granted, shall state the time for which it is to be run, the place where the said business is to be carried on, that it is not assignable, and that it is subject to revocation as provided in this ordinance. Section 4. Whenever said Board of Trustees, or a majority thereof, shall become satisfied or of the opinion that any pool or billiard room so opened, is established, kept, carried on or maintained in a manner that is detrimental to public morals, public peace, or the safety or well being of the community or the citizens of the City of Huntington Beach, or any part thereof, they shall revoke, cancel and withdraw such permit, and no other permit shall thereafter be granted to such person firm or corporation. Section 5. The holder of any permit mentioned in Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this Ordinance, must, before commencing business, apply for a license to the City License Tax Collector, who shall issue to him a city license for the period of time specified in such permit at the rate of$15.00 per year. Such license shall not be assignable, and shall be subject to revocation whenever the permit mentioned in this ordinance may be revoked. Upon revocation of any permit and license, the holder of the ORD. 071 1 same may file his claim for a refunding of a pro rata portion of the sum paid for said license and upon filing such claim, the same shall be allowed and paid. Section 6. The license fee mentioned in Section 5 of this Ordinance shall be paid in advance in full for the period for which the license is issued before business is commenced under it. In all respects not covered by this ordinance, such license, the manner of issuance of same, and all particulars concerning the same, shall be governed by the provisions of Ordinance No 10 of the City of Huntington Beach, California. Section 7. All ordinances or parts of ordinances of the City of Huntington Beach insofar as they are in conflict with this ordinance, are hereby repealed. This ordinance shall not be construed to repeal Ordinance No 14 of the City of Huntington Beach, except insofar as the same shall be in conflict herewith. Section 8. It shall be unlawful for any person, either as owner, principal, clerk, agent, servant or other employee to assist in carrying on, or assist in maintaining, establishing or opening any billiard hall or pool room contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance. Section 9. Any person firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance or doing any of the things herein declared to be unlawful, shall be and is hereby declared to be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) or imprisonment for not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and each and every day of such violation shall be deemed a separate offense. Section 10. All licenses of the City of Huntington Beach now issued or held in the said City for conducting or carrying on the business of keeping or maintaining a pool room or billiard room are hereby cancelled and revoked, and the owners thereof shall be refunded the issued pro rata portion of their license tax on making claim therefor. Section 11. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance and cause the same to be published once in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly newspaper published and circulated in the City of Huntington Beach, California, and the same shall take effect ten (10) days after such publication. Ed Manning. President of the Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach, California. Attest. C.E. Lavering City Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board of City Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach, California. ORD. 071 2 State of California ) County of Orange ) SS. City of Huntington Beach ) I, C.E. Lavering, City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, California, and ex officio Clerk of the Board of Trustees of said City do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was read to the Board of Trustees of said City on January P 1911 and was passed at a regular meeting of the said Board of Trustees held on the 161h day of January 1911 by the following vote: - Ayes Helme, Seely, Stewart, French, Manning Noes, None Absent, None C.E. Lavering City Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board of City Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach, California. Date of Publication January 201h 1911 I C.E. Lavering City Clerk, and Ex-Officio Clerk, of the Board of City Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach, hereby certify that the foregoing is true and correct copy of an ordinance of the City of Huntington Beach, numbered 70, and entitled an Ordinance regulating Pool and Billiard rooms in the City of Huntington Beach, California, and that the same was published once in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly newspaper, printed and published in the City of Huntington Beach according to law on the 20th day of January 1911 C.E. Lavering City Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Board of City Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach, California. ORD. 071 3 phis Ordinance was reproduced from a handwritten original in its exact form to maintain its historicaCtntegrtty. This typewritten format allows for keyword searching. the handwritten originaCs can be vie wed in the City Clerks office on request.