HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 230-1943 STREETS ~{D I~:]' PUBLIC PLACES ~d'~ FiX~,tG T~ RES-
POI. J. SIBILZ~Y OF P~o~Y~S ~ GU~L~I~S Ti-~REOF.
The City Council of the City ~South San Francisco do orda~
as .~ follows:
Section 1. For the duration of the war, and six (6) ~nths
thereafter, it shall be unlawful for ~y minor under 3he age
een (18) years to be in or an any public street, park, square, or a~
public ~ce between the hours of ten o'clock p.m. and dayli~t i~e-
diately following, except where the said minor is acao~apanied by a
parent, legal guerdon or other .adult person hav~g the care a~ c~-
tody of s~d mih~r, or where the presence of s~d minor in said place
or places is connected with or required by some legitimate bus,ess,
trade, profession or occupation, by reason of, e~ployment., inclusive
of time necessary for going to and returning f~m such place of' busi-
ness in which said minor is engaged.
Section 2. ~y~rent ~ other person assisting, aiding, ab~
t~g, psrmitting, or encouraging any minsr 6nder t~ age of eighteen
(18) years to violate the provisions of section i hereof, shall be
guilty of a ~isdemeanor.
Section 3. Each owner, agent, manager or keeper of a hotel,
boarding house, lodging house, tenement house, motor court, or apart-
ment house shall i~ediately report to the office of the chief of po-
lice of said City the presence therein of ~y and all minors, whom
he has reasons to believe to be under the age of ei~teen (18) years,
unless such minor or minors is or are accompanied by the p~ent,guar-
dian, or other adult person ha~ng the care a~d custody of such minor
or minors, and in maki~ such~eport shall state to the office of said
chief of police tho name, age, last-~o~m place of abode, and the~es
and res~ences of the parents, guarSians, or other custodians ~f such
minor or minors, so far as such information can be ascertained from
said minor or minors, or othe~vise.
Section 4. It shall be unlawful within the City of South
San Francisco for any proprietor, keeps, clerk, or auy other per-
son, having charge or control of any cafe, tavern, restaurant, bar,
eating place, or public dance hall, to permit any person under t~e
age of eighteen (18) years to re~ain in said public place between
the hours of ten o'clock p.m. and daylight i~mlediately follov~ng,
unless such person is accompanied by a parent, guardia~ , or other
adult person, having the care and custody of such minor.
Section O. ~uy adult person ~ho shall violate any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor an~ ,
upon conviction"~thereof, s~ll be sub~ect ~o1 a fine of not more
than Three Hundred Dollars (~00.00), or to i~prison~ent for a
period of not more than three ($) months, or to both such fine and
such imp~onment. Any ~uinor, who shall violate any of the provi-
sions of this ordinance~ shall be guilty of a m~demeanor a~d sub-
ject ~ the provisions of Chapter E, Division S, of t~ Welfare and
InstSutions Code ~f the State of California.
Section O. If any section, subsection, sentence,clause or
phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitu-
tional,such decision shall not affect the w~lidity of t~ remaining
portions ~of this ordinance° The City Council hereby declares that
it would hav~ passed this ordinance and each section,subsection,sen-
tence,clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any
one or mc~e sections ,subsections,sentences,clauses or phrases be de-
clared unconstitutional.
Section 9. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency me~sure necessary for the i~ediate preservation of ~he public
peace and safety, and the following is a statement of t~ facts con-
stituting such emergency: the war, in which the United State~ is now
engaged, has produced such conditions in the City of South ~San F~an-
cisco that it is necessary to preserve the public peace, safety,morals
and we~are by restricting the presence of minors in the streets and
other public places for the purpose of curtailing juvenil~ delinquency.
Section 8. The City Clerk shall certify to t~ adoption of
this ordinance and cause it to be published once in "The Enterprise",
a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in said City,
and thenceforth the same shall be in full force and effect.
Passed and adopted as an ordinance of the City of' South
San Francisco at a regular meeting of tl~e City Council of the City
of South SanFrancisco this ~.~ day of ~ -~ ,
1943, by the followin g vote:
NO. ES, 0ounc ii,eh
ABSENT, Counc ~lm~
ATTEST:
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