HomeMy WebLinkAbout4044%) AN ORDINANCE establishing a
license
require-
ment and fee for Theaters and repealing
Ordinance Nos. 1382, 3625 Sec. 11, and all
prior ordinances.
THE CITY Council of the city of Bremerton does hereby
Ordain:
SECTION 1. LICENSE REQUIRED
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpora-
tion to operate a theater in the city, where motion pictures,
vaudeville, shows or other entertainments open to the public on
payment of an entrance fee, are regularly conducted or shown,
without the payment of a license fee to the city, as herein
specified.
SECTION 2. LICENSE FEE
Annual license fee to be paid by the persons, firms, or
corporations owning or operating a theater, as described in
Section 1, shall be Two Hundred dollars per year, per Theater,
same to become due and payable on July 1, 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 3. LICENSE ISSUANCE
The City Clerk is authorized to issue a license upon
presentation of a receipt evidencing payment of the license fee.
SECTION 4. PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS
Any person, firm, or corporation, or the manager or
employee of any person, firm or corporation operating a theater
in the city, contrary to the provisions of this chapter, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.
SECTION 5. HEARING EXAMINER
(a) License-Revocation - The City Clerk may revoke the
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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
the licensee files a written appeal with the office of the
Hearing Examiner before the effective date of the Gity Glerk's
administrative decision of revocation.
(b) Appg.~i of License Revocation - Any person whose
license is revoked by the City Glerk 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 Glerk'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.
APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading this
day of __~~_ , 1986.
PASSED by the Gity Council of the City of Bremerton,
signed by the Mayor and attested to by the Gity Glerk in
authentication of such passage this %~ day of
~ , 1986.
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ATTEST:
KATHLEEN L. MCCLUSKEY, Cit-~F~Clerk
Director of Administrative Services
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