Ordinance No. 384ORDINANCE NO 384
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CYPRESS AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE CYPRESS CITY CODE
RELATING TO BUSINESS LICENSES AND TIP SHEETS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS*
SECTION 1 Section 15-51 of the Cypress City Code is amended hereby
to read as follows*
'Sec 15-51 Tip sheets, Handicapping, etc
Every person who by any means engages in the business
or practice of disseminating, distributing, passing out giving
away, handing out, selling, offering for sale, or soliciting
for the sale of any information recommendation opinion or advice
from any place within the City or to any person within the City
whether by oral, written, pictorial or other communication,
including but not limited to any telephonic, telegraphic, or
electronic communication or any other form of voice or picture
transmission or by any sheet dodger hand bill circular
letter, booklet, or any other printed, typewritten, mimeographed
or written matter of any kind, pertaining to any horse race,
choice of a horse or horses, recommending any horse or horses
or otherwise pertaining to a horse race or contest of endurance
or speed between horses or beasts, and whether at a fixed place
of business within the City or otherwise, shall pay an annual
license tax of $100 00; provided, that the provisions of this
section shall not prohibit or require a license or the payment
of a fee for the sale, distribution or delivery of newspapers of
general circulation, as defined by Section 6000 of the Government
Code of this State; and provided further, that the provisions of
this section shall not prohibit or require a license or the
payment of a fee by any radio or television station licensed by
the Federal Communications Commission The number of persons
allowed to distribute such material under any one license shall
not exceed six (6) persons during any day "
SECTION 2 Section 17-10 of the Cypress City Code is amended hereby
to read as follows:
"Sec 17-10 Tip sheets Handicapping, etc - license
Every person who by any means engages in the business or
practice of disseminating distributing passing out giving
away, handing out, selling, offering for sale, or soliciting for
the sale of any information, recommendation, opinion, or advice
from any place within the City or to any person within the City,
whether by oral written pictorial or other communication
including but not limited to any telephonic,telegraphic, or
electronic communication, or any other form of voice or picture
transmission, or by any sheet, dodger, hand bill, circular,
letter, booklet or any other printed, typewritten mimeographed
or written matter of any kind, pertaining to any horse race,
choice of a horse or horses, recommending any horse or horses,
or otherwise pertaining to a horse race or contest of endurance
or speed between horses or beasts and whether at a fixed place
of business within the City or otherwise shall pay a license fee
as provided in Chapter 15 of this Code, provided, that the
provisions of this section shall not prohibit or require a license
or the payment of a fee for the sale, distribution or delivery
of newspapers of general circulation as defined by Section 6000
of the Government Code of this State, and provided further, that
the provisions of this section shall not prohibit or require
a license or the payment of a fee by a radio or television station
licensed by the Federal Communications Commission
No person shall be entitled to act pursuant to such license
until there has been filed with the Chief of Police the name,
address and photograph of the licensee "
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SECTION 3 Section 17-11 of the Cypress City Code is amended
hereby to read as follows*
"Sec 17-11 Same - information to be filed with Chief of Police
daily
No person shall sell, solicit for sale or offer for sale
any of the materials or information described in Section 17-10
of this Code upon any day unless a true written copy of such
materials or information has been filed in the office of the
Chief of Police on or before 11 00 a m of such day in the
event that such day is a day on which daytime racing will be
conducted and at or before 5:00 p m of such day in the event such
day is a day on which night time racing will be conducted
SECTION 4 Section 17-12 of the Cypress City Code is amended hereby
to read as follows:
'Sec 17-12 Same - sale, distribution, etc ,on streets prohibited.
No person shall sell solicit for sale or offer for sale
any of the materials or information described in Section 17-10
upon the City streets The violation of this section, in
addition to any other penalty, shall be grounds for the cancella-
tion by the City Council of any license issued pursuant to
Chapter 15 of this Code
SECTION 5 This Ordinance is an urgency ordinance of the City of
Cypress to take effect immediately upon its adoption and is necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety
The facts constituting such urgency are as follows
The racing season within the City will begin on July 23, 1968,
and for the first time will include both day and night time racing
within the City Certain new handicapping practices also have
developed which are not now regulated by the Cypress City Code
It is deemed necessary by the City Council to have this
Ordinance in effect prior to the commencement of such racing,
in order properly to license and control the business and
activities included herein
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at
a regular meeting held on the 22nd day of July, 1968
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
ATTEST*
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CITY 1;iI5ERK 0 TH CIT OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) SS
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of
the said City Council held on the 22nd day of July 1968 by the
following vote*
AYES: 5 COUNCILMEN. Harvey, Kanel Kanode Noe, and Bowen
NOES 0 COUNCILMEN None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCILMEN. None
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CICLERIC 0 TH CITY OF CYPRESS