Ordinance No. 240ORDINANCE NO 240
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 224 OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS,
REQUIRING PERMITS FOR LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, PRESCRIBING
THE PROCEDURE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND IMPOSING
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 3, Subsection (d) of Ordinance No 224 shall be
amended to read as follows:
"(d) For live entertainment conducted in connection with any
public place where a valid permit is full force and effect
under Ordinance No. 236, the Special Permit Ordinance "
SECTION 2. Section 7 of Ordinance No 224 shall be amended to read
as follows:
"SECTION 7 PUBLIC HEARINGS
"The City Council shall require a public hearing prior to taking
action on an application for a permit pursuant to this Ordinance The
City Clerk shall cause to be published a Notice of Public Hearing two
times prior to such public hearing at an interval of not less than five
(5) days but within fifteen (15) days following the filing of the
application and with the last publication not less than four (4) days
prior to such public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in
the City Furthermore, the City Clerk shall give notice by mail to all
property owners within three hundred (300) feet of the public place,
mailed five (5) days prior to such public hearing The City Clerk shall
cause a suitable public notice to be posted at the location of the
public place Such public notice shall conform to the rules and regulations
adopted by the City Council and shall be designed to inform the public as
to the nature of the live entertainment to be engaged in, its location,
the names of the applicant or applicants, the time of the public hearing
and the right of persons objecting to be heard. Any interested person
may file written protests or objections, or appear at the hearing The
City Council shall give consideration to all such protests in reaching a
decision on such application "
SECTION 3. Section 8, Subsection (b) of Ordinance No 224 shall be amended
to read as follows:
"(b) Deny permit Deny the permit or refuse to renew the permit
if the City Council finds that the said operation or live
entertainment will not comport with the peace, health, safety,
convenience, good morals, and general welfare of the public or
that the applicant is unfit to be trusted with the privileges
granted by such permit, or has a bad moral character, intemperate
habits or a bad reputation for truth, honesty, or integrity."
SECTION 4 Section 9 of Ordinance No. 224 shall be amended to read as
follows:
"SECTION 9. COUNCIL MAY MAKE RULES --REVOCATION OR PERMIT --OPERATION
AFTER PERMIT REVOKED PROHIBITED.
The City Council may make rules covering all live entertainment
conducted in the City, and may at any time revoke and suspend permits
issued for any live entertainment where the applicant or any persons in
charge thereof violates or permits any infraction of any law of the State,
or of any ordinance of the City, or where the permittee obtained his
permit by misrepresentation, and in all cases where the City Council becomes
satisfied that the conduct of the live entertainment does not or will not
comport with the public welfare for any reason, or is operated in a manner
contrary to good morals or in a manner a; shall disturb the public peace,
or in an illegal, improper or disorderly manner; provided, however, that
permits for such live entertainment shall not be revoked or suspended under
the terms of this Ordinance unless a hearing and notice of time and place of
such hearing be first given the permittee, provided further, however, that
any permit may be temporarily suspended without notice or hearing by the
City Council The notice shall be deemed to be given if a registered letter
is deposited in the regular mail by the City Clerk at least ten days before
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the hearing, addressed to the permittee at the address given in the
application At the hearing the permittee shall he permitted to
testify and have witnesses in his behalf At the conclusion of the
hearing the City Council shall give its decision which shall be
final.
No person shall conduct or permit live entertainment after
his permit so to do has been revoked."
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at
a regular meeting held on the 8th day of February, 1965.
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MAYOR OF THE CITY-0CYPRESS
ATTEST:
CITY' CLERKOF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
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 on the 8th day of February, 1965, by the following vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCILMEN: Gorzeman, Kanel, McCarney, Wright, and Noe
NOES: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
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