HomeMy WebLinkAbout4042 ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE setting license regulations
for Bowling Alley operations and repeal-
ing Ordinance #S47 as amended by #1468,
Section 1; #3132, Section 1; #3592, Sec-
tion 2; #3669, Section 11, and #3625,
Section 3.
The City Council of the City of Bremerton does hereby
ordain:
SECTION 1. LICENSE REQUIRED - FEE
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
open, operate, maintain or conduct any bowling alley for the use
of which a fee is charged, without first procuring a license to
do so. The annual fee for said license shall be as follows:
Bowlinq alley license fee - $12.00 dollars per year,
per alley. This fee shall be due annually on or before July i of
each year and pro-rated on a monthly basis.
In the event that the license fee is not paid within
fifteen days of the due date, there shall be levied a delinquency
fee of three dollars or ten percent of the annual gross license
fee due plus delinquent charges, whichever is greater.
SECTION 2. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE
Any person desiring a license as herein stated shall
make a written application to the City Clerk accompanied by the
fee provided for in this chapter. The application shall then be
granted, conditioned that the application will comply with all
the provisions of this chapter, and the ordinances of the City
and the laws of the State.
SECTION 3. HEARING EXAMINER
(a) License-Revocation - The C~t¥ Clerk may revoke the
license whenever he/she shall have reason to believe that the
licensee has violated any of the provisions of this Chapter. In
the event the City Clerk shall revoke the license (s)he shall
cause to be served upon the licensee an order by certified mail
which states the reasons therefore and the licensee's appeal
rights. Such revocation shall take effect fourteen (14) calendar
days from the date of receipt of notice by certified mail, unless
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the licensee files a written appeal with the Office of the
Hearing Examiner before the effective date of the City Clerk's
administrative decision of revocation.
(b) Appeal of License Revocation - Any person whose
i~cense is revoked by the City Clerk may appeal such revocation
in writing to the Office of the Hearing Examiner within fourteen
(14) calendar days from the time notice of the City Clerk's
intent to revoke his or her license. Any subsequent hearing
before a hearing examiner shall be conducted in accordance with
the procedures for conducting hearings on appeals of
administrative decisions in the Administrative Procedures
Ordinance of the City (Ordinance No. 3961). The determination
appealed from shall be regarded as prima facie correct. The
examiner may affirm or reverse the final decision of the City
Clerk. The decision of the examiner shall be final unless a
petition for reconsideration by the examiner is accepted or
appeal of the examiner's decision is taken to the City Council
pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedures
Ordinance.
SECTION 4. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION
Any person, firm or corporation violating or failing to
comply with any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not
exceeding five hundred dollars.
APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading this
day of __ .~c~-~- ~ __, 1986.
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
ATTEST:
KAT}~,~L. ~L-~U~JI<EY, City Clerk - 2 -
Director of Adninistrative Services