HomeMy WebLinkAbout09 - Prohibiting Nuisances and Fortune TellingORDINANCE PTO. 9
.Al'T ORDINANCE OF TriI, CITY 01' COSTA M-7SA DEFINING ADTD PROHIBITING NUISANCES AND PROHI; MIX,
PORTUN?] TELLING.
The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa oboes ordain as follows:
Section 1.
DEFINITION. I>TUISAIICE DEPINIM. anything which is injurious to health or indecent,
or offensive to the senses, or obstructs the free use of, or endangers property so as to
interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of any number of the citizens of this city, or life
or property is a nuisance.
Section 2,
FORTUNE, TELLING, 7TC. No person shall carry on, practice or profess to practice the
business or art of astrology,-, palmistry, ;?hrenology, life -reading, fortune telling, cartoman-
cy, clairvoyance, clairaudience, crystal gazing, h,Ypnotism, mediumship, spirit photography,
spirit writing, spirit voices, spirit materialization, etheralization, prophecy, augury,
divination, magic, necromancy, character reading, or fortune telling. by handwriting ana�.,ysls,
or other similar b$einess or art, and demand or receive directly or indirectly a fee, gift,
donation, or reward for the exercise or exhibition.
Section 3.
SAME. TEACIIING. Flo person shall teach or give instruction in astrology, palmistry,
phrenology, 1#sfe-reading, fortune telling, cartomancy, clairvoyance, clair-audience, crystal
gazing, hypnotism, mediumshir, spirit photography, spirit wrii;ing, spirit voices, spirit
materialization, etherealization, })rophecy, augury, divination, magic, necromancy, or other
similar business or art and demand, ask, or receive, directly or indirectly,a gift, fee,
donation or reward for such teaching or instruction.
Section 4.
POSTING. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force at the expiration of
thirty (30) days from and after its r, ;sage, and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days
from its passage the Clerk shall .post the same in three public places within the City of
Costa I:esa.
Section 5 -
PENALTY. Any person violating an r )rovis-ion. of this ordi,,Iance shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and lxron conviction shall be punished by imprisonment not to exceed six (h)
months or a fine not to exceed rive Hundred (';5500.00) Dollar:; or o.f both such fine and
imprisonment.
ATTEST:
Cate Clerk of the Cit /6.1Costa iiesa
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i,,ayo.- of the City of Costa D,iesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA:
COUNTY OF ORANGE : ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA :
I, A, C. SWARTZ, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, do hereby certiff9at at
a reguaOMApeeting of the City Council of the City of Costa Mest� held on the day
of , 1953, the foregoing Ordinance, containing sections, was considered
section by section, and that the said Ordinance was then ?gassed and adopted as a whole by
the following votes
AYES: COUNCILMEN:
Nartin, Miller# Nolson, faith, & ToWinkl•
NOES: 0 COUNCILMEN: „so"_
ABSENT: COUNCIL MN:
I further certify that said Ordinance was thereupon signed by the Mayor of the
City of Costa Mesa,
ATTEST:
r'
City Clerk of the City of oslta Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA:
COUNTY OF ORANGE : ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA :
litl�• C, SWARV7 17 *ty Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, do hereby.certify that on
the day of , 1953. I posted the foregoing true and correct copy of
the foregoing Ordinance in the following public places in the City:
Justice Court
567 West Eighteenth Street
Costa Mesa, California
Costa Mesa Branch Library
526 Center Street
Costa ASesa, California
Costa Iiesa Fire Hall
111 Rochester Street
Costa Mesa, Califoriih July, 1953
WITNESS Ry hand and seal this day of
City Clerk of the City ofAosta Mesa