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ORDINANCE NO. B -1576
AN ORDINANCE relating to intoxicating liquors; providing for the raising of revenues;
providing for the licensing of all premises holding retail licenses for the
sale thereof which provide or allow music, dancing, or entertainment; pro-
viding for the revocation of such licenses; providing penalties for the vio-
lation hereof; repealing Ordinance No. B -236; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. No premises holding a State license for the sale of beer, wine,
whiskey, or other intoxicating liquor for consumption upon the premises shall provide or
allow music, dancing or entertainment to be conducted on such premises unless the owner
or operator thereof has first secured a City license so to do; provided that the words
" music and entertainment" as herein used shall not apply to radios, television sets or
mechanical musical devices, where dancing is not permitted.
Section 2. Application for such license shall be made to the City Clerk,
and the fee provided therefor paid at the time of such application. Upon the receipt of
such application the facts relative thereto shall be transmitted to the Chief of Police,
who shall immediately investigate such premises. The Chief of. Police shall report to the
City Commission the result of his investigation relative to the character of the proposed
licensed premises and the conduct of patrons thereof. After due cons'i'deration of such
information, if the City Commission shall deem that the issuance of license to such
premises shall be for the best interests of the community, they shall:'so advise the City
Clerk, who shall thereupon issue such license. If, however, it shall be determined by
the City Commission from such investigation of the Chief of Police that the issuance of
such license would be opposed to the best interests of the community, they shall so ad-
vise the City Clerk, who shall thereupon deny such license.
Section 3. The fee for such license shall be the sum of TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
($200..00) per year or fraction thereof; provided that if such establishment has dance
space in excess of five hundred square feet and not exceeding seven hundred fifty square
feet, such fee shall be THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00); if such dance space exceeds
seven hundred fifty square feet and not exceeding one thousand square feet, such fee
shall be FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS ($400.00); and if such dancing floor space exceeds one
thousand square feet, such fee shall be FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS (500.00). The floor space
to be used for dancing, shall be designated by enclosing the same on four sides with a
black line four inches wide painted on the floor, and dancing shall be confined to such
designated floor space. Such license shall be for the period beginning January let and
ending December 31st of the same year, or any remaining portion thereof.
Section 4. A11 such licensed premises shall be conducted in a quiet and
orderly manner and as provided for by the Washington State Liquor Control Act. In addi-
tion to the other penalties herein provided upon violation of any of the terms or pro-
visions of this ordinance or the failure of the owner or operator of such premises to
conduct the same in a quiet and orderly manner or as provided by the Washington State
Liquor Control Act, said license may be revoked upon opportunity first being given the
holder thereof to appear beforre the City Commission in his own behalf.
Section 5. Any person guilty of a violation of this ordinance or any of the
terms and provisions thereof 'shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction there-
of shall be subject to a fine of not to exceed the sum of three hundred ($300.00) dollare .
or imprisonment in the city jail for not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both such fine
and imprisonment.
Section 6. Ordinance No. B -236 passed on August 27th, 1937, is hereby re-
pealed.
Section 7. This ordinance is one to provide for the immediate preservation
of the public peace, property, health and safety and an emergency is declared to exist,
and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage, ap-
proval and publication, as provided by law and the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and approved, this 19th day of July,
1954.
ATTEST: PEARL BENJAMIN (S E A L) G. W. BURNS
City Clerk Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance
No. B -1576 entitled "AN ORDINANCE relating to intoxicating liquors; providing for the
raising of revenues; providing for the licensing of all premises holding retail licenses
for the sale thereof which provide or allow music, dancing, or entertainment; providing
for the revocation of such licenses; providing penalties for the violation hereof; re-
pealing Ordinance No. B and declaring an emergency." as passed this 19th day of
July, 1954 and that same has been published as required by law.
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