HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1304ORDINANCE NO. 1304 ' /1
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Renton, Washington, licensing the
use'of Coin -Operated Phonographs and similar musical devices; Limiting
the hours of their use; Providing penalties for violation thereof; and
Repealing conflicting Ordinances or parts of Ordinances.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
to own or have in its control or possession within the limits of Renton,
or to operate or permit the operation on premises owned or controlled by
him or it in the City, any COIN-OPERATED PHONOGRAPH, NICKELODION, WIRE -
CONTROLLED MUSIC DEVICE, or SIMILAR 14ECHANICAL MUSICAL MACHINE, without
having a valid subsisting MASTER LICENSE and a valid subsisting SUB -LICENSE
for each such Phonograph, Nickelodion or Machine from the City, issued
under the provisions hereof; PROVIDED, however, that a Sub -License only,
and not a Master License, shall be required for such machines in premises
used exclusively by private clubs, fraternal organizations, and service
organization clubs.
Section 2. Applications for such Master Licenses and Sub -Licenses
shall be made to the City Clerk in such form and with such information as
the City Clerk may require. The clerk shall submit all applications to
the City Council and shall issue Master Licenses and Sub -Licenses only after
approval by the Council and payment to the City Treasurer of the prescribed
fees for same. Licenses shall be granted only to persons of good moral
character or to firms or corporations operated by such persons. Each
Sub -License shall be granted and issued for, and limited to, the operation
and maintenance of one such machine at a specific location which shall be
described with reasonable certainty in the application and in the Sub -
License, and which in the judgment of the City Council is a proper and
suitable location for the operation of such licensed machine.
Section 3. Each Master License shall entitle the holder to operate
and maintain in the City machines hereinabove described not exceeding
fifty (50) in number, upon obtaining a Sub -License for each such machine.
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The approval and granting of a minimum of thirty (30) Sub -Licenses there-
under shall be a pre-requitite to the initial grant and issuance of any
Master License. Master Licenses shall not be transferred from one person,
firm or corporation to any other. Sub -Licenses shall not be transferred
from one location to another. Each Sub -License shall at all times be kept
posted in plain view on or adjacent to the machine licensed thereunder and
at the location licensed thereunder. License fees shall not be refunded
upon discontinuance or abandonment of any license or location.
Section 4. The license period of each Master License and of each
Sub -License hereunder shall be one (1) calendar year, or the portion
thereof remaining at date of issuance, and all such licenses shall expire
on the 31st day of December in the year for which issued. The license fee
to be charged and paid hereunder for each Master License shall bethe sum
of $250.00 and there shall be no reduction of the Master License fee for
fractional parts of a calendar year. The license fee to be charged and
paid hereunder for each Sub -License shall be as follows:
Sub -License issued and effective in lst quarter of year ....... $20.00
of it It it tt 2nd it it It 15.00
it tt to it n 3rd It It It 10.00
u tt n itn 4th it it 5.00
Provided, however, that the fee for each Sub -License issued to a private
club, fraternal organization, or service organization club exempted from
the requirements of a Master License hereunder shall be only the sum of
One Dollar($1.00). /
Section 5. It shall be unlawful to play or operate, or to permit the
playing or operating of, any machine hereinabove described between the
hours of 10:00 P.M. and 10:00 A.M. on any premises if same are adjacent
to or near enough to quarters or premises occupied for sleeping or residence
purposes to be audible to the human ear therein.
Section 6. Any person, firm or corporation violating or failing to
comply with any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not
exceeding $100.00,1 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding thirty
(30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and any license hereunder
held by such person, firm or corporation may be revoked.
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Section 7. Ordinance No. 1191, and any other Ordinances or parts
of Ordinances in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed; provided how-
ever that an Licenses heretofore issued under the
y provisions of Ordinance
No. 1191 and effective for the year 1948 shall be and remain effective and
valid to December 31, 1948, unless sooner abandoned or revoked, in lieu
of any license required hereunder.
Section 8. if any Section or provision -or part thereof in this
Ordinance shall be adjudged. to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjud-
ication shall not affect the validity of this Ordinance as a whole or of
any other Section, provision or part thereof.
Section 9. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect five
days from and after its }passage, approval and publication.
Passed by the City Council this 17th day of February 1948.
City Clerk
Approved by the Mayor this 17th day of February 1948.
Mayor
Approved as to Form:
City Attorney
Daae of Publication: February %L , 1948.
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