HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 99-1918 .~N 0RD/2~ANCE RECUL!%TING FU~LIC DANCES 1~ THE CITY OF
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION
THEREOF, AND ~REPEALING 0RDINf~NCE NO 88 OF THE CITY OF S(1UTH
SA~ F~tNC ISC0 ENTIT]~ED "AH .ORDINANCE REGD-LAT lNG PUBLIC DANCES
A!fD ENTERTAINI~.Z~NTS, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION
T~R.~0t~," PASS~ AND ADOI~TED BY THE _,0ARD OF TRUSTEES OF T~iE
CITY CF S0U~'~ S~z,: ?f[~ECISCO ON THE 14th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1916.
The Board of Trustees of the City of South San
Francisco do ordain as follows:
Section 1. A ~ublic dance within the meaning of
this ordinance is any dance to which the public is a~mitte~,
and which is held or conducted for profit, or a2 which an
admission fee is charged those attending, whether said ad-
mission fee be charged at the door or through the sale of
tickets or in any other manner whatsoever.
Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person,
firm, association or corporation to open, conduct or carry
on or to participate in the opening, conducting or carrying
on of a public dance in the City of South San Francisco, ex-
cept by and after secoming a permit therefor from the Board
of Trustees of the City of South San Francisco, as herein-
after provided.
Section 3. Any ajpplication for the permit provided
in Section 2 of this ordinance shall be in writing and shall
set forth the name or names of the applicant or applicants,
the time when and the place where it is proposed to hold er
conduct such public dance.
Section ~. In granting any permit under this orin-
ance said Board of Trustees, shall fix the hours during which
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such public dance may be conducted . It shall be unlawful for
the holder of any permit granted under this ordinance to con-
duct or carry on any public dance after the time limited in such per-
mit. ~t shall be unlawful for any person or persons to participate
in any dance conducted or held pursuant to such permit after the
time limited in such permit.
Section 5. At any time when said Board of Trustees is
not in session, any three members thereof may, by consent in writ-
lng, grant a permit to conduct a public dance and may fix the hours
during which such public dance may be conducted.
Section 8. No public dance shall be allowed at any time
of night nor shall any public dance be held at any time of night,
in any dance hall, ball room or other public place at any time
when the same is not continuously illuminated throughout with
bright lights of gas or electricity.
Section 7. No immoral or obscene dancing shall be
permitted.
Section 8. No permit issued under the terms of this
ordinance shall be transferable.
Section 9. Any person or persons who violate any
provision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a·
fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars
.~25.00) and not
exceeding Fifty Dollars (i~0.00) or by imprisonment not ex-
ceeding thirty (Z0) days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 10. 0rdi~nce No. 88 of the City of South
San Francisco entitled "An ordinance regulating public dances
and entertainments and providing a penalty for the violation
thereof," passed and adopted by the Board of Trustees of the
City of South San Francisco on the l&th day of February, 1916,
is hereby repealed.
Section ll. This ordinance shall be published once
in ~The Enterprise~, a ~eekly newspaper published and circulated
in the City of South San Francisco, and shall take effect and
be in force upon the expiration of thirty (30) days from and
after its adoption.
~ day of ~ , 1915.
Introduced
this
Passed and adopted as an ordinance o he City of
South San Francisco at a regular meeting of the Board of
Trustees of said City of South San Francisco this Y
of .~ollowing vote:
~.~, 1918, by
v ~ -N-oes, Trustees
Absent, Trustees
Approved:~
~resident of ~: e goard of Trustees
of the City of South San Francisco.