HomeMy WebLinkAbout67-01 Amendments to Amusement DevicesORDINANCE NO. 67-1
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 6207a OF CHAPTER VI, ARTICLE 2,
OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO AMUSEMENT DEVICES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, HEREBY ORDAINS
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 6207a of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended
by adding a third paragraph which shall read as follows:
"Any permit granted by the Council for any amusement machine or game
machine may be temporarily suspended where any unlawful activity is
or has taken place upon the premises where said amusement machines or
game machines are installed. If probable cause exists for said suspension,
any Police Officer of the Costa Mesa Police Department may order said
suspension and the Police Department shall notify the City Clerk, who
will fortwith set the matter for hearing at the next regular Council
meeting. The Operator of the premises and the Owner of the amusement or
game machines shall be notified in writing of said hearing and shall be
afforded an opportunity to present evidence for the Council in opposition
to any request from the Police Department or otherwise that their permit
be revoked. The suspending officer or officers shall present evidence
before the City Council supporting their suspension order or any request
for revocation of the amusement or game machine permit. The City Council
shall make a finding with respect to the suspension and if it be found that
an unlawful activity is or was taking place upon the premises, it shall
order either that the permit be revoked or that the Owner of the premises
wherein said machines were installed must cease and desist said unlawful
activity."
SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty (30)
days from and after its passage and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days from
its passage shall be published once in the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of
general circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, together with
the names of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of February, 1967.
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Mayor of the Clof osta Mesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and
foregoing Ordinance No. 67-1 was introduced and considered section by section at a
regular meeting of said City Council on the 16th day of January, 1967, and thereafter
passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of said City Council on the 6th
day of February, 1967, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN BARCK, WILSON, TUCKER, PINKLEY, JORDAN
NOES: COUNCILMEN NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN NONE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the
City of Costa Mesa this 7th day of February, 1967.
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City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA j
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I am a citizen of the United Stares and a resident of the
County aforesaid; I am over the age of eighteen years, and
not a party to or interested in the below entitled matter. I
am the Legal Advertising Manager
of the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of gen.
eral circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa
Mesa, County of Orange, State of California, and I certify
that Ordinanne No 67-1 ,
of which the copy attached hereto is a true and complete
copy, was printed and published in the regular issue(s) of
said newspaper on Feb 9, 1967
I declare, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing
is true and correct.
Executed on February 9th , 1967 ,
at Costa Mesa, California.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
1, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the
City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that Ordinance No.67-1 was introduced and considered,
section by section, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Costa Meso, held on the 16th
day of January , 196 7, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular
meeting of said City Council held on the 6th _day of February , 1967, by the
following roll -call vote
AYES: COUNCILMEN - HARCK WILSON, TUCKER, PINKLEY, JORDAN
NOES: COUNCILMEN -
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN -
NONE
NONE
I FURTHER CERTIFY that said Ordinance No. 67-1 was published in the ORANGE COAST
DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, on the
9th_day of February —day 1962
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City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Costa Mesa
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