HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1337ORDINANCE NO. 1337
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, RELATING
TO, REGULATING, AND REQUIRING LICENSES OF, LOCKSItITHS, KEY
MAKERS AND LOCKSPLETH ,SHOPS: DEFINING OFFENCES, AND PRESCRIBING
PENALTIES.
BE IT ORDAINED by t he City Council oft he City of Renton as follows:
SECTION I: Master locksmith license required; fee: It shall be
unlawful for any perspn, firm or corporation to engage in the business
of manufacturing, fitting, cutting, altering, or repairing locks or
keys, within the city of Renton, without first having obtained and being
the owner and holder of, a valid and subsisting license therefor, to
be known as a "Master Locksmith Licensee, the fee for which is hereby
fixed in the sum of $5.00 per annum. Said license shall be posted and
conspicuously displayed in the office or regular place of business of
the holder thereof, or if noregular place of business be maintained,
shall be carried on the person of the holder thereof during business
hours or while such bb.siness is being carried on, and shall be displayed
at the request of any interested person.
SECTION 2: Locksmith License Required; Fee: No person, whether
licensed as a master locksmith or not, shall as an artisan, workman, or
employee, manufacture, cut, fit, alter or r epair keys or locks, or
perform work as a locksmith or key maker, within the City of Renton,
without first having obtained and being the holder of a valid and
subsisting license so to do, to be known as a "Locksmith License",
the fee for which is hereby fixed in the sum of $2.00 per annum; . pro-
vided, that one locksmith license shall, without the payment of any
fee therefor, be issued to one qualified locksmith or key maker possessed
of a master locksmith license, or employed by the holder of a master
locksmith license, and on such license shall be designated the number
of the master locksmith license in respect of which the locksmith license
is issued, and such license shall be in force and effe ct only so long
as such person is possessed of, or is employed the holder of, a master
locksmith license.
SECTION 3: Reductibn of Fee under Certain Conditions: Each master
locksmith license and each locksmith license issued hereunder shall be
valid, and the annual term thereof.shall be, from January 1 to December
31, each calendar year. Any such licenses which are applied f6r and
issued during the first nine months of any calendar year shall require
the fees hereinabove fixed for the annum; but if same be applied for
and issued during the last three months of any calendar year, the above
stated fees required for same shall be reduced one?4half fort he r emainder
of such calendar year. Any such license may, when the applicat ion for
same so stipulates, be limited to authorize only the manufacture, fitting,
cutting, altering, or repair of automotive vehicle locks and keys, in
which case the fee for any such Master locksmith license or locksmith
license so limited shall be $1.00 per annum or portion of annum.
SECTION 4: Application for License; Approval by Chief of Police:
Any person desiring a master locksmith license or a locksmith license
hereunder, shall make written application therefor to the City Clerk upon
a form to be Furnished by the Clerk for that purpose. Such application
shall state the name or names, and residence address or addresses, of
the person, members of firm or partnership, or officers of the corporat+
ion, for whom a license is sought, and the address at which, or from
which the holder of such license will carry on said business. The City
Clerk shall refer such applications to the Chief of Police, who shall
investigate the truth or validity of the statements therein contained,
the fitness and honesty of the applicant, and in respect of any applicant
for a locksmith license, shall. cause the fingerprints of such applicant
Yo be recorded and checked by the Police Department. If the Chief of
Police finds that any of said statements are wilfully false, or that
the applicant is not a fit, honest, or proper -person to exercise the
privileges to be granted by the license applied for, he shall endorse
his disapproval upon the application and return same to the City Clerk;
otherwise the Chief of Pol_ce shall endorse his approval upon the applica-
tion and return same to the City C7e rk. The City Clerk shall then submit
such applications, with the endorsements of the Chief of Police, to the
City Council, and the City Council shall grant or deny the application,
as it deems proper. If g#anted by the City Council, the City Clerk
shall forthwith issue the license if the applicant has complied with the
requirements of this Ordinance.
SECTION 5: Locksmith to keep Records: Every holder of a master
locksmith license manufacturing, cutting, fitting, altering or repair-
ing keys or locks, shall keep, or cause to be kept, a boor or register
which shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times by any police
officer or license inspetor of the City; in which the folloyi ng information
shall belegibly written or printed in the !'nglisb� language:
1. Name and address of each person, firm or corporation
for whom locks or keys are made, fitted, cut, altered
or repaird.d;
2. The kind of lock or key involved, whether for a
residence, store, office, or other structure, safe,
motor vehicle,or otherwise, giving specific address,
or location, license number of motor vehicle, identify-
ing symbol, or other information to identify each
particular job.
SECTION 6: Identifying Symbol: Every master locksmith shall
cause to be engraved or stamped on every lock or key manufactured,
altered, or fitted by him or by any of his employees, a name, number,
or other identifying s-ymbol; record of which shall be kept as heroin -
above provided.
SECTION 7: Penalty: Any person, firm or corporation violating
or fa' h.no to comply* wi th any of t -he -provisions of this ordinance shall
be deemed guilty ofV a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be
pubished by a fine in any sum not exceeding One, Hundred CA
�fi100.00)
Dollars, or by imprisonment in the City jail for a period of not exceed-
ing thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 8: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect five
days froma�nc. after its passage, approval, and publication.
Passed by the City Council this day of Z9�a�. 1949,
Wile] rook - City Clerk
Approved by the Mayor this b day of _e�. 1949.
j:�i'Pe y H. Mi t6hell - Mayor
App d as ttoo f m:
A r
hur L. Haugan -qity Attorney
Date of Publication %�-� �—V 1949.
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