HomeMy WebLinkAbout2248 ORDINANCE NO. 2248--~.~L. ~.7~.
AN 0RDINAI~CE ~elating to regulating and licensing certain punchboards,
spindle ~a~ames an~ similar devices, providing for ~he issuance and revoca-
~ion of licenses, providing for enforcement, amending Ordinance No. 1909,
as amended by Ordinance No. ~175 a~d Ordinance No. ~185, by adding thereto
Section 6, and declaring an emergency.
THE CITY OF BRE~ERTON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. That 0rUinance ~]O. 1909 as amended by Ordinance ~o.
and Ordinance No. 2185 is hereby amended by adding thereto Section
Section 6. The licenses provided for in Sections ~ and 3 of Ordinan-
ce No. 1909 shall be granted only to a person who is a citizen of the United
States of good moral c~aracter and reputation an~:~ who, after investigation
by the Chief of Police, in the opinion of the City Council is a fit and pro-
per pe~son t be granted such a license; the City Council, for the put'poses
of effectively controllin~ th~ leasing, placing, exhibiting or sellin~ of
such ~evices ~s described~in Section 1 of Ordinance No. 1909 and having in
ming t~,e necessity of proper supervision of such licensinc of such devices
~and the n~ber of such devices, hereby expressly reserves the right and pow-
]~ er to grant or refuse ~e same, and its mecision thee.eon shall be final and
~conclusive, and. the ~freasurer s~all not issue such a license ~til said ap-
plicatio~ is approved by the ~ayor and ~he City Council. Application shall
be made to the City Treasurer upon a Form prescribed by he.r with. a deposit
of the license fee.
Section 2. That an emergency exists anc~ is hereby declared to exist,
and this Ordinance is necessary for the i~ediate preservation of the pub-
lic peace, health and safety of the citizens of Bremerton, and for the gen-
eral welfare, and the same shall be in full force and ef~'ect i~ediately up-
on passage and publi~:ation
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY by the City Council of the City of Bremerton, signed
by the ~]ay'or and attested by the City Cl.~rk in authentication of such passage
this 9th day of October, 1957.
ATTEST: ~.0% -DOMSTAD, Mayor
E.H.T. ~cGOWAN, City Clerk