HomeMy WebLinkAbout3867 AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 3653 in
order to delete the Council approval requirement
for music, dancing or entertainment licenses.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
SECTION 1.
Deletion of Council approval requirement.
Ordinance 3653, §3, is amended to read
Any person, firm, or corporation holding a retail
license desiring to apply for such license permitting
music, dancing or other entertainment, shall file
a written application therefor with the City Clerk,
which application shall, among other things, state
whether the applicant, anyone having an interest in
the business or proposed business, or anyone having
an interest in the real or personal property utilized
or to be utilized by the business or proposed business,
has ever been convicted of or forfeited bail for any
crime, excluding minor traffic offenses, and if so,
the application shall state the person involved, the
charge, date, court, and disposition of the charge.
The City Clerk shall forthwith deliver the application
to the Chief of Police, who shall conduct an investi-
gation to determine whether the information contained
in the application regarding convictions or bail for-
feitures is true and accurate. The Police Chief shall,
within ten days of receiving the application, endorse
thereon his approval or disapproval, and return the
application to the City Clerk. The City Clerk shall
issue the license upon payment of the license fee to
the City Treasurer when it appears that the applicant
is of good moral character; conviction of a crime
involving moral turpitude shall create a rebuttable
presumption that such person is not of good moral
character. Within five days of notice from the City
Clerk that a license has been denied, the applicant
may request a public hearing before the City Council
during which time all interested parties shall be given
an opportunity to appear before the Council, and the
Council shall determine whether the license shall
issue.
SECTION 2.
Deletion of Council approval requirement for transfe~
of the license:
Ordinance 3653, §4, is amended to read:
The fee for such license shall be $200.00 per
year, and the license shall be issued in the name
of the person, firm or corporation operating the
establishment in which such music, dancing or other
entertainment is permitted, and shall be valid only
for the location of such establishment. The license
may not be transferred, except in connection with the
bona fide sale of the business, conducted by the
licensee upon the premises, and upon approval of the
transferee by the Chief of Police and City Clerk. Said
approval to be based upon a determination of moral
character, as set forth in §3 above. Any potential
transferee who has been denied a license by the City
Clerk may request a hearing within five days of notice
of denial before the City Council, during which all
interested parties shall be given an opportunity to
appear before said Council. The license fee shall be
due on or before the 1st day of July each year; pro-
vided, however, that the initial license fee of any
applicant shall be pro-rated on an annual 12-month
basis.
SECTION 3.
Addition of the following provision:
Ordinance 3653 is amended by the addition of a
new section, to read as follows:
Applicants can purchase a license for a period of one
month only for the sum of $20.00. Applications for
such a one-month license must be submitted at least
two weeks prior to the occurrence of the first event.
Requirements for approval of such a license
application shall be the same as those set forth
in Section 1 above.
APPROVE~ by t~he City Council on the first reading this
~/ day of ~_~/~ . , 1983.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton,
signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk in
authentication of such passage this ~ day of
1983. ·
MORRIE DAWKINS, Mayor
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN L. McCLUSKEY
City Clerk