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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #484 r . \ 1 i i Y ORDINANCE NO. 484 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA, A1,1ENDING ORDINANCE NO. 327, ENTITLED: "AN ORDINAL E OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH LICENSING ALL KINDS OF' BUSINESS CARRIED ON IN THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, FIXING THE RATE -OF LICZ\T SE TAX UPON THE SPME, PROVIDING PENALTY FOR .ALL VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN 'CONFLICT HEREWITH", as ALFElNDED. The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California., do ordain as follows: (� Section 1: That Ordinance No. 327 of the { City of Huntington Beach, entitled: "An Ordinance of the City of Huntington Beach Licensing all Kinds of Business Carried on in the City of Huntington Beach, Fixing the Rate of Licenes Tax Upon the Same, Providing Penalty for all Viblations thereof, and Repealing all Ordinances or Parts of Ordinances In Conflict Herewith" , as Amended, is hereby amended by adding thereto to be known anal numbered as Sections C' 28-D, 28-E, 28-F, 28-G1 28-H, 28-I, 28-J, 28-K, and the same to read as follows: Section 28-D: IIIECHANICAL AMUSEMENT DEVICES. 'Mechanical Amusement Devices ' shall mean any machine or device which upon the insertion of 1 Ord. 484 C, a coin, slug or token in any slot or receptacle attached to said machine or connected therewith, operates or which may be operated for use as a game, contest or amusement, or for the dispensing of music, or which may be used for any such game, contest, amusement or music and which does not con- tain a pay--off device for the return of slugs, money, coin, checks, tokens or merchandise. Section 28-E: MECHANICAL AURJSEMENT DEVICE. PERMIT AND LICENSE REQliIRED. It shall be unlawful for any person to install, operate or maintain, or permit to be installed, operated or maintained, on -~ premises owned or under the control of such person, any mechanical amusement device in the City of Huntington Beach, without having obtained a permit and license in the manner required by this Ordinance. Section 28-F: TVIECHANICAL ATEMSEP'LENT DEVICE. APPLICA.PION FOR PIFlUT. Application for a permit to install, operate or maintain, or to permit to be installed, operated or maintained any mechanical amusement device shall be made to the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach on forms provided by the City Council., which application shall be signed ~1 by the applicant and si.all contain the following infor- mation: 2 Ord. 484 (a) Name of the applicant. (b) Business address of applicant.. (c) Residence address of applicants (d) Date and place of birth of applicant. ( e ) The address and anme of the owner, lessee, I or other person in control of the estab— lishment or establishments whereinthe mechanical amusement device or devices are proposed to be located. � (f) The citizenship of the applicant.. (g) If the applicant has been convicted of any felony or misdemeanor, then a statement concerning the same should be required of the applicant; giving the time and place of such conviction. (h) A statement that the mechanical amuse— ment device or devices for which a license is sought , is not intended to be, and will not be permitted to be used for any gambling purpose What— soever. (i) A complete description of the mechanical amusement device or devices, and the manner in which they are to be placed w and operated. 2 Ord. 484 (J ) A statement of the applicant ' s interest in, or title to, the mechanical amusement device or devices for which a license is sought. Section 28-G: The City Council shall refer said application to the Chief of Police for the pur- pose of investigation and the Chief of Police shall either approve or disapprove in writing at the next regular meeting of the City Council, after vrhich said application has been referred to him. Section 28-H: Upon the approval of the application by the City Council, the City Clerk shall issue a license to said applicant upon the payment of the license fee as hereinafter provided. Each license shall show:; (a) The name of the permittee. (b) The address at which the mechanical amusement device is to be operated. (c ) The serial number of the permit. (d) The expiration date of the license. (e ) Sufficient description of the particular device, including its serial number, to identify it, The operator of any such machine shall keep such license continuously attached to the machine C� I` 3 Ord. 484 i and in a position where it is conspicuous and readily visible to any person operating the machine. Section 28-I: Every person engaged in the business of renting, leasing or maintaining any mechanical amusement device 'in the City of Huntington Beach, other than an amusement device which dispenses music only and which are commonly known as ,juke boxes, music boxes, victrola boxes or other simular names, shall pay an annual license fee of Five Hundred ($500) Dollars , which license issued upon the payment of said fee shall entitled said applicant to lease, rent, or maintain one mechanical amusement device within i the City of Huntington Beach; and for a second C� amusement or game machine a license shall be obtained and the licensee shall pay an annual license fee of Three Hundred ($300) Dollars; � and for a third mechan- ical device, an annual fee of One Hundred Fifty ($150) Dollars shall be paid, and for all subsequent mechan- ical amusement devices thereafter, the licensee shall C pay an annual license fee of Fifty ( 50) Dollars each. All licenses granted hereunder shall be annual licenses, and shall commence as of the 1st day of July, 1945, and shall expire on the 30th day of June, following the date of their issuance, and thereafter all I 4 Ord. 484 licenses shall commence as of the lst day of July and expire on the 30th day of June, following the issuance thereof; that licenses issued for less than one year, the fee shall be prorated as of the first day of the month in which said license was issued. L Section 28-J: A transfer may be made of a license from one amusement or game machine to another of the same character and mode of operation during the period for which the same has been lic- ensed in the first instance, where the ownership I and place of business remains the same, upon written application for such transfer by the licensee thereof to the City Clerk on a blank form to be obtained from the City Clerk, and the approval of such application by the Chief of Police of said City. Section 28-K: That nothing in this ordin- ance contained shall be construed to permit the licensing, maintenance or operation of any mechan- ical device or apparatus which is contrary to any of the laws of the State of California or the ordinances of the City of Huntington Beach; nor to permit the operation of any mechanical play device licenses hereunder in such a manner as to be bon - �. trary to any of said laws or ordinances. 5 _� Ord. 484 PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California, at a i { regular meeting thereof held on the 7th day of May, 1945. t C MAYOR ATTEST: City C erk C C 6 Ord. 484 STATE OF CAL IFORiii IA ) County of Orange ) ss City of Huntington Beach ) I, C.-R. FURR, the duly elected, qualified and acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City of Huntington Beach, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of Huntingtin Beach, is five; that the foregoing Ordinance was first read to said City Council at a 'regular meeting thereof held on the 16th day of April, 1945, and was again read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held. on the 7th day of May, 1945, and was passed C and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council as follows: AYES: Councilmen: NOES: Councilmen: ABSENT: Council en. City Clerk a,nd ex- icio Clerk of the City Council of the City of 7 Huntington Beach, Cal iforna_a �