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HomeMy WebLinkAbout441 - Prohibited Games• • :W ORDINANOE.W ',441. The City of Newport Beach, by and through'` its City Council, does 'ordain as follows: SECTION 1. It shall be unlaw- ful . for any person, firm, co -part- nership or corporation, or for any person, his agent, clerk, employee, either for himself or for any other etson, firm, co- jartnership or cor- oration, within the corporate limits of the City of Newport Beach, to engage in or operate, or attempt to engage in or operate, or conduct any game of skill in the city of Newport Beach, without first obtaining a license therefor, and paying the license fees herein provided for. SECTION 2. For every game of skill operated in the City of Newport Beach, unless .,a license therefor is othcrwise provided by some section of this ordinance, and where a prize, souvenir or other object bf value is won, given 6r awarded to a player, if but oo "$e person is able to play at a'time at any such game, the rate of license for each game is hereby fixed at $,25.00 per annum, provided that for each additional unit or or to such game, if operated, maintained and conducted by or under the same management, and within the same storeroom, then for each ad- ditional unit, the sum of $10.00 per annum, it being the intention of this section to license the first unit of any game described herein at $25.00 per annum, and each ad- ditional unit at $10.00 per annum. SECTION 3. For all games of Skill conducted, operated or main- tained in the city of Newport Beach, where a prize, souvenir or dther object of value is given, won 6r awarded 1:8 any player, where more than one player is able to play at a time, at any such game, the annual rate of license shall be $150.00. The licensing of any one game shall n6t tie construed as the licensing of any 8ther or different game, and evefj• game shall be deemed a diffateot game-and h6t an additional unit 'of the :same game, If It shall be diffeteHtiy bperated or shall utilize a differ. ent method or device, or in part, a,gifferent method or device. ECTION 4. N6 :permit to op- '.lerate, conduct or carry on any game of skill Shall be granted, ex- cept upon written application to the City Council of the city of Newport Beach, and applications "shall be made upon blanks furnish- ed by the City Clerk for that pur. `pose, and no renewals of permits `or licenses shall be granted except upon application to the City Coun. cil of the City of Newport Beach as aforesaid. The City Council may In its judgment, at any time, limit the number of games or the class of games to be licensed in the city of Newport Beach, and the zones in which Said games are to be con. ducted or operated, and may In Its judgment, refuse to grant to my person, firm or corporation afore- said, permission to open up, con- duct or maintain any game of skill in said city o fNewport Beach. SECTION 5. This ordinance Shall not be construed to license, -nor shall the same license or per- mit the conduct of any game of 'chance, or gambling game, or is prohibited by the Iaws o$ the State of California, and all grantees of licenses hereunder Shall conduct and operate said games of skill in a manner so as not to violate any of the ordin- ances of the City of Newport Beach, or the laws of the State of California, and each license is- sucd hereunder, shall in words, contain the provisions of this sec tion. SECTION 6. If any licensee hereunder shall be convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction, of conducting or operating within the City of Newport Beach, any game In violation of the laws of the !State of California, or of the City ordinances of the City of Newport Beach, his license or permit here= under shall thereupon be cancelled and revoked at any regular meet- ing or any special meeting of the City Council of the city of New, port Beach called for that purpose. SECTION 7. All licenses grant- ed under the terms of this ordifi- ance shall be, and shall be con - stived to'be annual licen5os, which Hhali be in force and effect until the lst day of July of the year in which they are issued. However, any person, firm or c6rporation as aforesaid, may obtain a license to be in full force and effect until the 1st day of July, 1936, by the payment of one -half of the annual license fees herein provided for. SECTION 8. The grantees of licenses hereunder shall at all times conduct games in an orderly manner, and in accordance with the laws of the State of California. It is further provided in this con- nection that grantees of licenses hereunder shall not allow or per- mit any person under the age Of twenty` -one yews to operate, main- tain, c6ndu6t `Br play said games, and appropHate signs shall tie kept posted on said games at all times to'said effect. SECTION iil. Ordinati6S No. 435 of the City bf Newport Beach, and all other drdinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION 10. This ordinance shall be published once in NEW- PORT NEWS, a newspaper of general circulation, printed, pub- lished and circulated in the city bf Newport Beach, and shall take ef. fect and be in force thirty days after Its passage. I hereby certify that the fore - going Ordinance was duly intro - duced before the City Council of the city of Newport Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 6th day of January, 1936, and 'passed at a regular meeting there- of held on the 13th day of Janu- ary, 1936, by the following vote, to -wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Gordon, Claire, Ellsworth, Garfield, Hlimer. NOES, COUNCILMEN: None. ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None Attest: FRANK L. RINEHART. The above and foregoing ordin. ance No. 441 having been passed by the City Council of the city of Newport Beach this 13th day of January, 1936, is hereby signed and approved by me. HERMANN HILIN.ER,_ Mayor of the city of Newport Beach.