Imperial Valley press., 1933-10-19
ORDINANCE NuMBER s7o

AN ORDINANCE REGULATING
AND PROVIDING FOR THE
LICENSING OF THE BUSINESS
OF OPERATING OR MAIN
TANNING PUBLIC DANCES IN
THE CITY OF Ell CENTRIC.
The City Council of the City
of El Centre do ordain as follows:
SECTION I: 1t shall be unlawful
for any person, firm, corporation
or association, either as owner,
lessee, employee or otherwise, to
engage in the business of operating
or maintaining in the City of Ell
Centro any dance in which the pub
lie is solicited or received for the
purpose of participating in such
dance, whether the same be oper-
ated alone, or in conjunction or
connection with any cabaret, tav-
ern, cafe, restaurant, club or any
public place serving or dispensing
food or drink or any kind, or in
connection with, or as part of
any other form of amusement or
entertainment, unless there first be
obtained for such purpose a license
as herein provided.
SECTION II: Any person, firm,
corporation or association desir-
ing to engage in the business des-
cribed in Section l hereof, shall
make application therefor in writ
ing to be filed with the City Clerk
of the City of El Centric. Said ap-
plication shall state Cd the name
and post office address of the ap-
plicant, and in event such applicant
is firm Or association, the names
of all the members thereof and
where the applicant is a corpor-
alton, the principal place of busi-
ness of such corporation, together
with the name of the managing
agent thereof, CD the location OF
the place or property where it is
proposed to conduct said business
together with description of said
property; CD in what capacity ap-
plicant proposes to control and
operate said business and the name
of the owner or owners of the
property whereon it is proposed
to conduct such business; (4)
whether applicant is a citizen of
the United States and a resident
of the City of Ell Centro; and where
the applicant is a firm or as
sociation, whether the members
thereof are citizens of the United
States and residents of the City of
El Centre; and in the case Of a
corporation, whether the manag-
ing agent thereof is citizen Of
the United States and a resident
of the City of Ell Centre; CD the
kind of business last engaged in
by applicant, and the place where
such business was conducted. Said
application shall be verified by the
affidavit of the applicant, pro-
vided that in the case of a cor
poration or association the manag-
ing member or agent shall make
such verification. Said application
shall thereupon be presented to the
City Council OF the City of Ell Cen
tro for their action. Said ap-
plication shall be accompanied by
q deposit of money equivalent to
the license fee herein provided for
the first quarter or part thereof,
which in event said application be
granted shall be applied by the
City as payment Of the license fee
for said first quarter; and if said
application be rejected, said de-
posit shall be returned to the ap-
plicant.
SECTION III: If said application
shall be granted by the City Coun-
Gil, a license in writing shall be
signed and issued to the applicant
by, the Chief of Police of said
City of El Centro and shall en-
title the licensee named thereni
to conduct the business herein
mentioned, for the period therein
named and under the conditions
in this ordinance provided, for the
period expiring with the quarterly
period in which such application
is made provided that all such IL
censes issued prior thereto shall
expire on January l, 1894.
SECTION ": No person shall
be entitled to license to engage
in the business of operating and
maintaining a public dance as here
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of the United States; and the City
Council may reject any application
if it shall find that the applicant
is not Of a good moral character, or
does not bear good reputation
for business integrity in the place
where he may have last conducted
any business.
SECTION v: The business here
in licensed shall be maintained and
conducted by the licensee in a
peaceful, orderly, and inoffensive
manner and may be conducted at
all reasonable times, including
Sundays, provided that it shall not
be conducted between the hours of
twelve midnight and six am. ev-
cry night except Sunday night and
il shall not be conducted on Sum