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Ordinance No. 37ORDINANCE NO 37 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS REGULATING PATROL SYSTEMS, PROVIDING FOR PERMITS, BONDS AND INSURANCE, AND PROVIDING FOR PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATION THEREOF The City Council of the City of Cypress do ordain as follows. SECTION 1 "Patrol System" and "Patrol Service" include any service or system which furnishes to members, subscribers or private individuals or residents for a consideration, any patrolman, guard or watchman, either uniformed or otherwise, to patrol or guard any district or to act to salvage, guard or protect any property from theft, damage, fire or other hazard SECTION L Before any person shall engage in the business of opera- ting any patrol service or patrol system or patrolling any district in the City, he shall make an application in writing to the Council for per- mission to engage in such business, and describe therein the district in which he desires to operate, provided, that an individual watchman or caretaker, working for a single employer in a line of business other than that defined in the preceding section, shall not be subject to the terms of this Part SECTION 3 Said application shall be signed and verified by the applicant, and shall specify his name business address, residence address, the numbers of any telephones maintained by him, the length of his residence in the City, the location of his last place of business and the name and character of said business the length of time he was engaged therein and the names and addresses of three persons residing within the City to be used as references SECTION 4 Said application must be accompanied by a surety bond in favor of the City, the form of which shall be approved by the City Attor- ney, and the penal sum of which must be One Thousand Dollars SECTION 5 The condition of such bond must be substantially such that the principal therein named will faithfully conform to each and all ordinances of the City and to each and all laws of the state, whether then in force or which may thereafter be adopted, relating to the busi- ness of applicant Ordinance No 37 -1- SECTION 6 The principal and sureties named in said bond, and their successors and assigns, shall be jointly and severally bound unto the City and unto any and every person aggrieved or damaged by the breach of the conditions of said bond, and said bond shall not be void upon the said recovery but may be sued and recovered upon from time to time, by any person aggrieved or damaged, until the whole penalty is exhausted. SECTION 7 In the event that the total liability of the sureties upon such bonds falls below One Thousand Dollars, applicant shall furnish an additional bond to keep the liability at a minimum of One Thousand Dollars SECTION 8 If the applicant intends to or does operate any motor vehicles in the conduct of his business he shall file with the City Clerk an insurance policy covering such motor vehicle which said insur- ance shall include public liability to the extent of Ten Thousand Dollars for the death or injury of one person, Twenty Thousand Dollars for the death or injury of two or more persons and property damage in the sum of Two Thousand Dollars SECTION 9 The Council shall cause such an investigation to be made concerning applicant and his application as it shall deem desirable. The investigation shall include an inquiry into the conditions prevailing within the district designated in any such application and whether such district is already supplied with sufficient patrol service, patrol sys- tem, guards or watchmen SECTION 10 If satisfied that the statements and references contained in said application are true and that applicant is a fit and proper person to carry on such business, and if his application has been approved as provided in this Ordinance, and upon applicant's compliance with all the requirements of this Ordinance the Council shall cause a Permit to be issued to applicant SECTION 11 No permit shall be construed to obviate the necessity for obtaining a license to conduct such business from the State, but any person holding a permit and license from the Board of Prison Directors of the State to conduct such business shall not be required to furnish such Ordinance No 37 -2- bond upon furnishing satisfactory proof to the Council that he is the holder of such a State permit and license, during the time he is the holder of such permit and license, from the Board of Prison Directors SECTION 12 Said permit holder shall file with the Chief of Police prior to the employment of any person, the description, photograph and finger prints of such proposed employee accompanied by at least two letters of reconauendation SECTION 13 Any person employed by a license holder shall be appro- ved by the Chief of Police before being regularly employed, said employee to be removed for any reasonable cause offered by the Chief of Police SECTION 14 The Chief of Folice shall prescribe the style of uni- forms, if any to be used by said patrol system, patrol service, guards or watchmen SECTION 15 All permits shall be issued only after being approved and countersigned by the Chief of Police In the event the applicant desires to maintain a fire patrol, his application shall not be granted until approved by the Chief of the Fire Department SECTION 16 Each of said officers shall approve such permit only after he has determined that the applicant therefor has complied with the City ordinances and State laws, subject to enforcement by him and applicable to the business of applicant. SECTION 17 or patrol system Every person conducting or operating any patrol service or patrolling any district in the City, shall pay a permit fee to the City of Twenty -Five Dollars payable in advance, such permit shall be in effect as long as permittee pays his City license fees in the amount required by the schedule of license fees, or until revoked by the Council or until the terms of this Ordinance SECTION 18 No person, either engage in the business of operating permittee fails to comply with. the as principal, owner or agent, shall any patrol service or patrol system, or patrol any district in the City without first obtaining a permit from the City The Council may issue permits hereunder and limit the same to guard or watchman service as distinguished from roving patrolmen, may Ordinance No 37 -3- 134 delimit the area in which any guard or watchman service or any patrol service may operate and may prescribe any other limitations conditions or regulations which it deems necessary and for the best interests of the City in the issuance or at the time of reconsideration of any permit granted SECTION 19 In the event that any person holding a permit under this Ordinance shall, in the judgment of the Council, violate any of the pro- visions hereof or fail to comply with any Ordinance or State law applicable to his business, the Council may suspend or revoke his permit SECTION 20. No permit under this Ordinance shall be suspended until twenty-four hours after written notice to the holder thereof, which notice may be left at his place of business, or at his residence. Such notice shall state the grounds of the suspension. SECTION 21 No permit shall be revoked until a hearing thereon shall have been had by the Council, notice of which hearing shall be given in writing and served, at least five days prior to the date of the hearing, upon the holder of such permit, his manager or agent, which notice shall state the ground of complaint against the holder of such permit, and the time and place where such hearing will be had Such notice shall be served upon the holder of such permit, or agent, by de- livering the same to such person or to his manager or agent, or by leaving such notice at the place of business or residence of such holder with some adult person If the holder of such permit cannot be found and service of such notice cannot be made upon him in the manner herein provided, then a copy of such notice shall be mailed, postage fully pre- paid, and addressed to the holder of such permit at such place of busi- ness, at least five days prior to the date of such hearing The time of such notice may be shortened by the Council with the written consent of the holder of the permit SECTION 22 Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic- tion thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars or be confined in the County Jail for a period not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment -4- Ordinance No 37 The City Clerk shall certify as to the passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be posted in the manner pro- vided by law PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at its regular meeting held on the 10th day of March, 1958 Ordinance No 37 -5- yor CITY CLERK'S CERTIFICATION STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss CITY OF CYPRESS ) I, MARTIN OLSTHOORN, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, California, do hereby certify that, of the City Council held on the 10th day of going ordinance, No 37 , was then considered as a whole by the following vote AYES COUNCILMEN Council of the City at a regular meeting March, 1958, the fore - and passed and adopted Arnold, yrrowood, Harolds, Van 'Dyke, and Van Leeuwen NOES COUNCILMEN None ABSENT• COUNCILMEN None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City Council of the City of Cypres this 10th day of Mr-Irch, 1958 Ordinance No 37 -6-