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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 315-1951 0~~ ~' z ORDINANCE NO. 315 D~%~/ AN ORDINANCE REGULATIN6 PUBLIC DANCES IN THE CITY 0 ,..? SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, The City Council of the City of South San Fran~ does ordain as follows: Section 1. A public dan~e, wi~hin the meaning of this ordinance, is any dance to which the public is admitted, and which is held and conducted for profit, or at which any admission fee is charged for persons attending the dance, whether such admission fee be charged at the ~oor, or through the sale of tickets, or in any other manner whatsoever, or any dance conducted at any place where intoxicating liquor, wine or beer or any other commodity is sold, /whether such dance be conducted within the room in which such in- ~oxlcating liquor, wine, or beer, or other commodity is sold/~or in any other room connected therewith. Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, to open, conduct, carry on or participate with the opening, conducting, or carrying on any public dance in the City of South San FrancisCo, Without procuring a permit for that purpose from the City Council of the City of South San Francisco. Section ~. Any applica~ion for a permit to conduct a public dance 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 or conduct a public dance in any place where intoxica~ing liquor, wine, beer, or other commodi~y is not sold. If the application be for the conduct of a public dance in any place where in~oxicating liquor, wine, or beer, or ~her com- modity is sold, the application shall ¢on~ain the name or names of the applicant or applicants and the address of the place where dances are to be conducted. Section ~. No public dance shall be conducted at night time in any place which is not continuously well-illuminated ~hrou~hout by bright lights of elec~ricity. No public dance shall be conducted in the day ~ime in any place which is no~ well-illuminated by sunlight unless such place shall be continuously well-illuminated with bright lights of electricity. Section 5. No immoral or obscene dancing shall be per- mitted at any time. Section 6. No minor under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall be permitted to dance in any place where intoxicating liquor, wine, beer, or other commodity is sold, or in any room connected with such place of business. Section 7. No person shall engage or be permitted to be engaged in dancing in. any public dance while in an intoxicated con- dition. Section 8. The applicant or applicants for any dancing permit shall not allow any loud noise, or rude conduct within the place where dancing is conducted. Section 9. All dancing at any public dance shall cease immediately at i o'clock a.m. of any day, except Sunday, when such dancing shall cease immediately at 12 o'clock midnight. Section 10. No person, persons, firm or corporation shall conduct a p~hlic dance of the character mentioned in Section ll of this ordinance, without having first paid to the license col- lector the fee required in said Section ll. Section ll. Any person, persons, firm or corporation, to whom a permit may be granted to conduct public dances in any place where intoxicating liquor, wine, beer or other commodity is sold, or in any other room connected therewith, shall pay to said city a license fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per year, payable annually in advance. Section 12. Whenever any public dance is conducted at .any place where intoxicating liquor, wine, beer, or other commodity is sold, a police office may enter such place of business at any time while dancing is going on, and, if from his observations and information, he may have reason to believe that some violation of law or of this ordinance with respect to the conduct of the dance has occurred or is likely to ~c~u~, he shall have the authority to immediately order discontinuance of such dance. Any refusal on the part of the holder or holders of the permit for such dance, or on the part of any person or persons participating in such dance, shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided for in this ordinance. Section 13. In any case where a public dance may be con- ducted for some charitable purpose, the City Council may dispense with the attendance of a police officer at such dance. Section 14. No permit issued under the terms of this ordinance shall be assignable or transferable. Section 15. .Any person or persons who violate any pro- vision of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) and not more than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00), or by imprisonment for a period of thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 16. Ordinance No. 99 of the City of South San Francisco entitled "An ordinance regulating public dances in the City of South San Francisco, and providing a penalty for the violations there- of, and repealing Ordinance No. 88 of the City of South San Francisco entitled 'An ordinance regulating public dances and entertainments, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof,' passed and adopted by the Board of Trustees of the City of South San Francisco on the 14th day of February, 1916", adopted August 19, 1918, is hereby repealed. Section 17. No Judgment imposing a sentence for violation of this ordinance may be suspended. Section 18. This ordinance shall be published once in the South San Francisco Enterprise-Journal, a weekly newspaper published and circulated in said city, and shall take effect and be in force on the expiration of thirty (30) days after its adoption. -3- Introduced this day of March, 1951. Passed and adopted as an ordinance of the City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting of the City~ou~cil of the City of South San Francisco this day of t~:Jk, 1951, by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Boido, ~der, Sa~,Brac~o, Corte~ Noes, Councilmen None Absent, Councilmen None Approved: ~or of~$raCnict~s~of.South San Attest: