Ordinance No. 627
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1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF VERNON AMENDING LICENSE ORDINANCE NO.
598 BY ADDING THERETO SECTION 25.11 REGULATING LAWFUL GJU!ES
2 WITHIN THE CITY OF VERNON.
3 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VEffi{ON DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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Sec~io~-1: Ordinance No. 598 of the City of Vernon to
5 license, for the purpose of revenue and regulation, certain kinds
6 of business authorized by law and carried on in such city includ-
7 lng shows, exhibitions, and lawful games carried on therein; to
8 fix the rates of license tax upon the same and to provide for the
9 collection of the same by suit or otherwise; and prescribing
10 penalties for the violation of the provisions of this ordinance,
11 and repealing all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
12 therewith, is hereby amended by adding thereto Section 25.11.
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Section 2: Section 25.11 shall read as follows:
(A) "Section 25.11. CARD TABLES. No person, firm or
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corporation shall engage in managing, conducting or carrying on
the business of maintaining a place where tables are used by the
public for playing cards, and for the use of which, a fee or com-
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pensation is charged players until such person shall have first
obtained a permit and license for each table he uses or proposes
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to use in said business, as hereinafter provided; every person,
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firm or corporation proposing to engage in managing, conducting
or carrying on the business of maintaining a place where tables
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are used by the public for playing cards, and for the use of
which a fee or compensation is charged players, shall first fill
out an application obtainable from the City Clerk, to secure a
permit so to do from the City Council, and in addition thereto,
shall pay a license fee of $180.00 per annum in advance, for the
first table, and $180.00 per annu~ in advance, for each additional
table, whether or not the same is in actual use, such license fee
to be payable to the City Clerk of said City at the time of the
filing of the application for the permit from the City Council.
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Each applicatlon filed with the City Clerk for such permit shal1
a180 be accompanied with a payment of a $25.00 application fee
for payment of the costs of investigating the application and
building, and in a,ddi tion thereto, any applicant for a permit and
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license to conduct such place of business, shall pay to the City
6 lof Vernon a permit fee in the sum of $3000.00; sE,id permi t fee to
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be paid at the time of filing of the application for a permit and
license, and shall be payable to the City Clerk of said City.
Should said permit not be issued, the applicant shall be entltled
to a refund of such money paid by him for and on account of a
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license fee and permit fee for which a permit was not issued, but
12 I in all events, the $25.00 application fee shall be retained by
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Before the City Council shall consider the application
for such permit, the City Clerk shc,ll refer same to the Chief of
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Police and the Building Inspector for a full end complete investi-
gation of the building and location where applicant proposes to
conduct such place of business, as to the type of tables to be used
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at, the type of games to be played at, and the location of the
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to,bles in the proposed place of business.
No such permit wl11 be
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issued by the City Council for any table to be licensed which said
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table is not at all times in ful1 view of all patrons; if more
23 I than one room is used archwe.ys shall be cut in the pci,rti tions in
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such a manner that the patrons in one room may view the games
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ill being plF1.yed or conducted in any other room; nor sh&_ll such per-
limi ts be issued if doors, screens or other obstructions are to be
/Iused to conceal the players at any table; no such permit shl:'.l1 be
,Iissued by the City Council, if, the proposed business to be
Ii operated is in violation of any State Law or City ardine-nee, nor
shal1 such permit be issued if the building in which applicant
proposes to conduct such business does not meet the requirements
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1 II of new buildings of a like occupancy and all Fire Prevention Laws,
2 or would be at such location that it might constitute a nulsance
3 to the adjoining property owners or occupants. Upon completion
4 of investigations by the Chief of Police and the Building Inspec-
5 tor, their reports shall be submitted to the City Council, in
6 written form, whereupon the City Council shall for the purpose
7 of further investigation withhold any and all action relative to
8 the granting or denying of such permit for a period of not less
9 I than 20 days. The opinion of the City Council shall be con-
10 I clusive and any granting or denial of any applicant for such
11 permit shall be final. Any permit issued wrongfully or any
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license used in violation of the foregoing prohibitions shall be
null and void.
Provided, however, that this Section 25.11 of the
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Ordinance shall not apply to regularly incorporated benevolent,
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charitable, social or fraternal organizations, which are non-
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profit organizations, which pay no salaries and which give no
consideration of value of any kind to the people employed in or
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19 by such organization conducting such a buslness and whlch organ-
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ization uses the entire receipts from such tables for charitable
21 or benevolent purposes, and providing further that such non-
22 profit organizations shall be subject to any and all rules and
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regulatlons as may be adopted by the City Council of the City
24 of Vernon, should such action be deemed necessary.
25 I That the total permits and licenses in the City of
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Illvernon for permission to operate such businesses, shall not ex-
Illceed the issuance of more than one such permit and license for
leach 1500 people in number, or major fraction thereof, as to
IlpoPulation, based upon the federal census of 1940.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or use
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more tables than those for whlch he or his employer has obtained
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1 a permit and has paid the necessary license fee therefor.
2 Nothlng hereln contained shall in any manner whatsoever
3 be construed as permitting any gaming prohibited by the laws of
4 the State of California, or the Ordinances of the City of Vernon.
5 Each and all of such games shall be operated in full conformlty
6 with and subject to all of the provisions of the laws of the
7 State of California, and of the Ordinances of the City of Vernon.
8 The City Councl1 reserves the right to determine at any
9 time by resolution, the establishment of rules and regulations
10 under which any permittee may operate any business licensed under
11 IthiS section of this ordinance.
12 Any permit or license lssued hereunder may be revoked
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13 Iby the City Council of the City of Vernon upon any showing that
14 the person holdlng such permit and license is not conducting his
15 place of business in accordance with the provisions of the laws
16 of the State of California or of the Ordinances of the City of
17 Vernon, or in accordance with the terms of any rule or regulation
18 established by said City Council. Any person now holding a per-
19 mit or license heretofore issued by the City of Vernon shall not
20 be required to pay the application fee or the permit fee herein-
21 above set forth unless he wishes an additional permit, but shall
22 be subject to any and all rules and regulations adopted by the
23 City Councl1 as elsewhere provided for in this Ordinance. Any
24 license complying with and under the provisions of this Ordinance
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I,and upon payment of a 10.00 investigation fee to cover the in-
26 vestigation as to the building and games to be played at as
Ilspecified elsewhere in this Ordinance shall, wi th the consent of
'Ithe City Council be permitted to move his place of business to
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[a new location. But no permit or license issued under the pro-
\visions of this Ordinance shall be transferable from any permittee,
firm or corporation to another permittee, firm or corporation,
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1 wi thout first having obte,ined permission from the council so to
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(B) "REGULATION OF THE GAME OF 'DRAW POKER'. That
4 in addition to the provisions contained in Section 25.11 of the
5 above entitled Ordinance and as supplementary thereto, and by
6 way of regulation of the business to be operated by a permittee
7 and licensee who permits the playing of the game of 'Draw Poker',
8 it is hereby ordained, declared and provided:
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IISubdivision (a). The City Council of the City of
10 Vernon, California, does hereby declare that the playing of games
11 not prohibited by statute is conducive to public morals and that
12 in any proceeding to annul license or to abate the business con-
13 ducted thereunder, or to prosecute the licensee or his employees
14 for any acts authorized thereby, it shall be presumed that such
15 acts are not unlawful and that such business is not a public or
16 private nuisance.
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"Subdivision (b). That any person, firm or corporation
18 engaged in, or proposing to engage in, the managing, conducting
19 or carrying on the business of maintaining a place where tables
20 \are used by the public for playing the game of 'Draw Poker' pur-
21 \suant to the provisions of Section 25.11 of this Ordinance, shall
22 II:state in his application for his permit and license that the game
23 to be conducted by such permittee and licensee is the game of
24 I, Draw Poker'."
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25 il "Subdivision (c). It is hereby declared to be unlawful
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any such permittee or licensee or any of his agents or employees
to permit any person over the age of 21 years to play the game
of 'Draw Poker' upon said premises between the hours of 4:00
o'clock A. M. and 10:00 o'clock A. M. of any day, any such per-
mittee or licensee or any of his agents or employees who shall
violate the provisions of this subdivision of this Ordinance
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days
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Section 4. There is no newspaper printed and published
11 within said City of Vernon. The City Clerk shall certify to the
12 passage of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be posted
13 in three of the most conspicuous places in the City of Vernon, to
14 wit: the northwest corner of the 38th street and Santa Fe Avenue;
15 the northwest corner of 37th Street and Santa Fe Avenue; and on
16 the bulletin board in the lobby of the City Hall of the City of
17 Vernon, located at 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, in said City. This
18 Ordinance shall be posted for a period of not less than thirty
19 (30) days prior to its effective date, and shall be in ful1 force
20 and effect on and after the
Day of
, 1949.
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ADOPTED THIS
Day of October, 1949.
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R. J. FURLONG - Mayor
ATTEST:
T. J. FURLONG - City Clerk
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