HomeMy WebLinkAbout4045 ORDINANCE
~~ AN ORDINANCE establishing a license for
Public Dances and repealing Ordinance
#465 as amended by #3508, #1799 and #3625,
Section 4.
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 conduct any public dance to which the general public is
admitted, without first having obtained a license from the City
Clerk.
SECTION 2. LICENSE FEE
The fee for a public dance shall be the sum of Two-Hun-
dred dollars per year, 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. ONE-MONTH LICENSE
Applicants can purchase a license for period of one
month only for the sum of $25.00 dollars. Applications for such
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 four.
SECTION 4. LICENSE FOR PUBLIC DANCE
Any person, firm or corporation desiring to apply for
a license permitting a public dance shall file a written
application 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
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traffic offenses, and i~ 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 investigation to
determine whether the information contained in the application
regarding convictions or bail forfeitures 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.
SECTION 5. HEARING EXAMINER
(a) License-Revocation - The City 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
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
license is revoked by the City Clerk may appeal such revocation
in writing to the Office of the Hearing Examiner within fourteen
(i4) 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
admindstrative 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 Gity
Clerk. The decision of the examiner shall be final unless a
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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.
SEGTION 6. INTOXICATING LIQUOR
It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firms or
corporations to sell or permit to be sold or to in any way,
supply or permit to be supplied or allow to be consumed or
possessed any intoxicating liquor on premises subject to this
chapter in violation of any Washington State Liquor Control
Regulation codified in RCW Title 66 or as hereafter amended.
SECTION ?. EXCLUSIONS
The provisions of this chapter, except Section 6, per-
training to intoxicating liquors, shall not apply to fraternal
organizations conducting dances upon the premises occupied by
them where admission is restricted to members of such orders and
the families of members of said orders.
SECTION 8. PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS
Any person, persons, firm or corporation violating the
provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum
not exceeding five hundred dollars and, upon second conviction,
shall forfeit their license and the fee paid therefor.
APPROVED by the City Council on the first reading this
_.~___day of ~k'~ , 1986.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton,
signed by the Mayor and attested to be the City Clerk in
authentication of such passage this ~ day
of ~ .~-~ , 1986.
ATTEST:
~,F..I%IN L. IVI~CLUS~, City Clerk
Director of Administrative Services
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