HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 344-1953 0?~INANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 261 OF THE
~ CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO ENTITLED:
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(~f. ,,.~.__/,, .k''~'' ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR LICENSING OF
BUSINESS, PROFESSIONS, TRADES, CALLINGS AND
,--." OCCUPATIONS IN THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO"
/,. ADOPTED FEBRUARY 24, 1947
The City Council of the City of South San Francisco
does ordain as follows:
Section lo Ordinance No. 261 of the City of South'
San Francisco entitled "AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR LICENSING OF
BUSINESS, PROFESSIONS, TRADES, CALLINGS AND OCCUPATIONS IN THE
CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO", adopted February 24, 1947, is
hereby amended as follows:
(a) Section 8.04 is amended so as to read:
Section 8.04 SOLICITORS: Every person
conducting the business of solicitor shall pay,
annually in advance, a license fee of THREE HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($300.00). In addition, there shall be
paid, in advance, the sum of FIFTY DOLLARS ($50.00)
per year for each partner, agent, employee, servant,
or crew.~.member carrying on the business of solicitor
under the license of the license holder. When all
conditions precedent have been complied with, the
license collector shall issue to the applicant a
license or permit, as the case may be, which shall
be in the form efa card and which shall be carried
on the applicant's person at all times while con-
ducting the business of solicitor within the City
of South San Francisco and, upon request, shall be
displayed to any citizen as to police officers and
other city officials. Each license or permit, which
shall be in the form of a card as above provided,
shall bear a picture (1 1/2" x i 1/2")of the licensee
or permittee and shall show, in clearly legible
letters and figures, the following information: the
name of the City of South San Francisco, the name
and address of the licensee or permittee, and the
company which he represents, the expiration date,
and, in the case of a permit, the name and address
of the license holder. In addition, said card shall
bear the imprint of the official seal of the City of
South San Francisco and the signature of the license
clerk, or that of one of his deputies, and further,
on the reverse side thereof, shall have the finger-
prints of the licensee or permittee.
(b) There is hereby added to said ordinance two new
sections, which shall read and be numbered as follows:
Section 4.19 FINGERPRINTING AND HEALTH
CERTIFICATES: Every person engaged in the business
of soliciting shall first pay to the city clerk the
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license fee hereinafter specified, and thereafter,
prior to receiving such license or permit, or a
renewal thereof, shall report to the Bolice Department
of the City of South San Francisco and furnish said
department with all the following information:
(1) Permanent residence address and
telephone number of applicant, together with
his regular mailing ad~ress.
(2) Up-to-date medical certificates (not
more than ten (10) days old), issued by a
licensed physician and establishing that
neither the applicant nor any of the persons ~
intended to be employed by him for the purpose of
soliciting within the City of South San Francisco
including any and all partners, agents, employees,
servants, or crew members, is afflicted with a
commnnicable disease of any type or description.
Each person so afflicted shall be denied a license
or permit until such time ss he shall present a
medical certificate showing him to be free from
any such communicable disease.
(3) Each applicant and all partners, agents,
employees, servants, or crew members, shall submit
to fingerprinting by said police department for
identification purposes. It shall be the duty of
said police department to check all said finger-
prints with the Federal Bureau of Investigation
and the California Criminal Intelligence Bureau.
If said police department shall ascertain that
the applicant, or any of said persons, shall have
a criminal record, or shall be of undesirable
character, it shall be the duty of the chief of
police to report such matter, at the earliest
possible date, to the city council, with his
recommendation, and, in the meantime, no license
or permit, as the case may be, shall be issued
to such person, pending~action by said city council.
If, upon the police report, such person shall be
denied a license or permit, or if he shall with-
draw his application after the police department
has commenced its investigation, he shall be
entitled to a refnnd of the fee paid to the city
clerk as above specified, provided, however,
that there shall be deducted therefrom the sum of
Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) to be retained by the
city as reimbursement for the cost of making each
investigation. '
Section 4.20 FEES: The provisions of the fore-
going section with respect to fingerprinting, health
certificates, and police investigation shall apply to
all persons soliciting within the confines of the
City of South San Francisco whether such person is
subject to the payment of a business license fee or
not. All persons exempt from the payment of such
business license fee shall, nevertheless, be required
to carry a card containing the same information and
data as specified in Section 8.04 of this ordinance,
as amended, and shall pay to the city clerk the sum of
Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00),annually, for the purpose
of defraying the expense of fingerprinting, police
investigation, and preparation of license or permit
card, which must be renewed each year.
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Section 2. This ordinance is hereby declared to be
an emergency measure for the immediate preservation of public
safety and the following is a statement of the facts constituting
such emergency: Within the past several months, there have been
instances of residents of the City of South San Francisco being
victimized by solicitors who have proved to be persons with
criminal records. Also, there has been an increasing number of
residents of said city being afflicted with communicable diseases.
Consequently, the city council does hereby £ind and determine that
a situation exists which constitutes a menace to the health,
welfare and safety of the people of the City of South San Francisco.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be published once
and shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its
adoption.
Passed and adopted as an ordinance of the
City of South San Francisco at a regular
· meeting of the City Council of the City
of South San Francisco this 19th day of October,
1953, by the following vote:
AYES, COUNCILMEN John Noonan, Adolph Semi, Emilio Cortesi,
Joseph Bracco
NOES, " Telford Smith
ABSENT, " None
APPROVED:
l~ayor