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2 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO REPEALING CHAPTER
5.12 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
3 ENTERTAINMENT-DANCES AND ADDING CHAPTER 5.14 TO THE SAN
BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ENTERTAINMENT-DANCES AND
4 ADULT ENTERTAINMENT AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF
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WHEREAS, the City of San Bernardino, California has reviewed and analyzed numerous
6 studies, reports, articles, judicial decisions, and the experience and legislative findings of other
municipalities and counties in Southern California, and around the country concerning the
7 impacts, or "secondary effects" of Adult Businesses (as that term is defined in Chapter 19.06 of
this Code) that provide live erotic entertainment where the Performers are nude, partially nude, or
8 clothed in attire commonly referred to as pasties and a g-string; and
9 WHEREAS, in conjunction with the adoption of this Ordinance, the City is adopting an
Ordinance relating to licensing requirements for premises offering entertainment not engaging in
10 Adult businesses entertainment; and
II WHEREAS, the Common Council has previously found that there are significant and
serious secondary effects from Adult Businesses that justity regulation to protect the public health,
12 safety and welfare; and
13 WHEREAS, the Common Couneil has previously been presented with evidence ofthose
secondary effects relating to zoning regulations; and
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WHEREAS, in Barnes v. Glen Theaters (1991) 501 U.S. 560, the United States Supreme
15 Court found it to be constitutionally permissible to prohibit nudity, including public nudity in
Adult Businesses, in part due to the secondary effects associated with such public nudity in Adult
16 Businesses which secondary effects include, but are not limited to the increase in prostitution,
increase in sexual assaults, increase in the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and the increase
17 in criminal activity; and
18 WHEREAS, the City of San Bernardino has for many years engaged in rigorous, firm, and
effective policies and regulations relating to uses and activities that could have adverse impacts on
19 the continued stability and vitality of the residential and business areas of the City, and the
regulations imposed by this Ordinance, are a continuation of and consistent with those long-
20 standing policies and regulations.
21 NOW THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SAN BERNARDINO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 5.12 of the San Bernardino Municipal Code is hereby repealed.
Chapter 5.14 is hereby added to the San Bernardino Municipal Code to read
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ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO REPEALING CHAPTER
5.12 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
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BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ENTERTAINMENT-DANCES AND
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Chapter 5.14
ENTERTAINMENT-DANCES AND ADULT ENTERTAINMENT
Sections:
5.14.010
5,14.020
5.14.030
5.14.040
5.14,050
5.14,060
5,14,070
5.14,080
5,14.090
5.14.100
5,14.110
5,14.120
5,14,130
5.14,140
5.14.150
5.14.160
Definitions
License-Reqnired
License-Application and Fees
Application Requirements
Issue of License-Investigation
Additional Regulations- Adult Entertainment
License- N ontransfera ble- Posting
License-Fee
License-Duration
Exemptions from filing, processing and license fees
Snspension/Revocation of license
Appeal
Licenses and Fees not Exclusive
Exceptions
Severability
Penalty
Definitions,
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forth in this section, unless it is apparent from the context that a different meaning is intended.
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A. "Dine and dance clubs," and "night clubs," mean and include all hotels, restaurants,
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beverages, meals or dinners are served, and where the public and patrons thereof may dance, or
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I ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO REPEALING CHAPTER
5,12 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
2 ENTERTAINMENT-DANCES AND ADDING CHAPTER 5,14 TO THE SAN
BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ENTERTAINMENT-DANCES AND
3 ADULT ENTERTAINMENT AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF
4 B. A "public dance", "dancing club", or "public dance hall" means and includes any
public plaee open to the public wherein or whereat the public may engage in dancing, including
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"Entertainment" means:
7 I. Any act, play, review, pantomime, scene, dance aet, or song and dance act,
performed by one or more persons, whether or not such person or persons are compensated for
8 such performance, when the same is performed at a public dance hall, public dance, dancing club,
dine and dance club or night club; or
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2. Any fashion or style show, except:
a. When the same is conducted by a nonprofit club, organization or
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members of the general public are not invited; or
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b. When the same is conducted by a person as a part of a commercial
13 business which primarily involves the sale or manufacture of clothing or wearing apparel.
14 3. The following is included in the term "entertainment": The presence of any
performer, dancer, employee, agent, model or other person, collectively and/or individually
15 referred to as "entertainer", in any place of entertainment as defined in Sections 5.14.01O(A) or (B)
who engages in any specified sexual activity (as that term is defined in Chapter 19.06 of this
16 Code) not otherwise prohibited by local, State or Federal law, or who exposes any specified
anatomical part (as that term is defined in Chapter 19.06 ofthis Code) not otherwise prohibited by
17 local, State or Federal law, or who performs in attire commonly referred to as pasties or a G-string,
or any other opaque covering which does not expose the areola or nipples of the female breast, and
18 while covering the natal cleft and pubic area covers less than one inch on either side of the entire
length of the natal cleft and two inches across the pubic area. Entertainment as described in this
19 subsection shall be subject to all regulations as described in Chapter 19.06 ofthis Code.
20 D. "Notice" means written notice, given by personal service upon the addressee, or,
given by United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the person to be notified at his or her
21 last known address. Service of such notice shall be effective upon the completion of personal
service, or upon the plaeing of the same in the custody of the United States Postal Service.
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"License" means a license required and issued pursuant to the provisions of this
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ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO REPEALING CHAPTER
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ENTERTAINMENT-DANCES AND ADDING CHAPTER 5,14 TO THE SAN
BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ENTERTAINMENT-DANCES AND
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF
5.14.020
License-Required
It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association of persons, to operate,
conduct or carry on any act of entertainment, public dance hall, public dance, dancing club, dine
and dance club or night club, as the same are defined in Section 5.14.010 without first obtaining a
license to do so as provided in this Chapter.
5,14,030
License-Apolication and fees
Any person required to obtain a license pursuant to this Chapter shall file a written
application therefor with the City Clerk and shall be accompanied by a fee established by
resolution of the City Council which shall be no more than neeessary to cover the costs of
processing and investigation.
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Application Requirements
The following information shall be submitted to the City Clerk by the owner at the time of
applying for a license:
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B. A site plan describing the building and/or unit proposed for the entertainment
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The application shall contain the following information:
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different, and California driver's license number and any and all aliases,
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2. The name under whieh the entertainment enterprise is to be operated,
3. The telephone number of the enterprise and the address and legal
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22 4. The date on which the owner acquired the enterprise for which the license is
sought, and the date on which the enterprise began or will begin operations at the location for
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liability entity, or association of persons, the name of each officer and/or director of the
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operated by a partnership, the name of each general partner of the partnership;
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D. A statement under oath that the owner has personal knowledge ofthe information
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BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ENTERTAINMENT-DANCES AND
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF
E. A statement that the owner has read and understands the provisions of this chapter.
F. A statement whether the owner previously operated in this or any other County,
City or State under an entertainment establishment licenselpermit or similar business license, and
whether the owner has ever had a license revoked or suspended and the reason therefore, and the
business entity or trade name under which the owner operated that was subjeet to the suspension or
revocation;
G. If the premises are being rented or leased or being purchased under contraet, a copy
of sueh lease or contract shall accompany the application.
5.14.050
Issue of License-Investigation
A. Upon receipt of an application for an entertainment license, the City Clerk shall
conduct an investigation to determine if the proposed business is in compliance with the
provisions of this chapter. The investigation shall include forwarding copies of the application to
the Police Department, Development Services and the Fire Department for their own independent
investigation. Each department shall make recommendations as to the issuance or denial of the
license and forward said results to the City Clerk within 30 days of receipt of the application. The
City Clerk, shall, within 45 days of receipt of a complete permit application, approve and issue the
permit if all the requirements of this section have been met. If the City Clerk determines that the
application does not satisfy the requirements of this chapter, helshe shall deny the application.
1. The applicant shall be served with written notice of the decision. Notice
shall be personally served or served by deposit in the United States mail, first class postage
prepaid, at the address shown on the application. Service shall be deemed complete upon personal
service or deposit in the United States Post Mail.
B. Standards for Approval of License. The City Clerk shall approve and issue an
entertainment license if the application and evidence submitted show that:
I. The operation, as proposed by the applicant, if permitted, would comply
with all applicable laws, including but not limited to the City's building, fire, zoning and health
regulations; and
2. The applicant has not knowingly made any false, misleading or fraudulent
statement of fact in the license application process, or on any document required by the City in
conjunction therewith.
3. If the occupancy limit of that portion of the premises where entertainment is
performed is greater than two hundred (200) persons, at least one security guard will be on duty
outside the premises, patrolling the grounds and parking areas at all times while the entertainment
is provided. An additional security guard will be on duty inside the premises if the occupancy
exceeds four hundred (400) persons. The security guards shall be charged with preventing
violations of law and enforcing compliance by patrons with the requirements of the chapter. No
security guard required pursuant to this subparagraph shall act as a door person, ticket seller, ticket
taker, or admittance person while acting as a security guard. An additional seeurity guard shall be
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ADULT ENTERTAINMENT AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF
provided if one security guard is to be utilized for the purpose of conducting searches on patrons.
All security guards shall be licensed in accordance with Business and Professions Code 97582, et
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4. The premises within which the entertainment is located shall provide
sufficient sound absorbing insulation so that noise generated inside the premises shall not be
audible anywhere on adjacent property or public right-of-way or within any other building or other
separate unit within the same building;
5. All entertainment described within Section 5.14.010 complies with the
additional regulations in Section 5.14.060;
6. All signage conforms to the standards applicable in Title 19 of this Code;
7. Every place of entertainment shall have a manager on the premises at all
times when entertainment is performed;
8. The place of entertainment must not operate or be open between the hours
of two a.m. and eight a.m., however, the restriction herein imposed applies only to permitting or
allowing the public to dance and to the providing of entertainment of any sort other than
mechanical music between such hours and is not deemed to prevent or make unlawful the serving
of meals or refreshments between such hours; and
9. All business activities must take place within the enclosed structures, unless
otherwise permitted by the City.
10. The City Clerk shall impose conditions prior to approval of an application
which are deemed necessary by the Police Department, Development Services, and the Fire
Department to insure compliance with the provisions of this Chapter or to protect the public health
and safety. Such conditions shall be limited to the following: hours of operation, maximum
occupancy, fire and life safety issues, fire suppression, exterior signage prohibiting loitering and
littering, location of the business, amount and type of calls for police service in the area, exterior
lighting, existence of pubic telephones and security guards.
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Additional Regulations,
The following regulations shall apply to all entertainment described in Section
5.14.010(C)(3):
A. No operator, entertainer or employee of a place of entertainment shall permit to be
performed, offer to perform, perform or allow patrons to perform sexual intercourse, oral or anal
copulation, lap or straddle dancing, fondling or stimulation of human genitals, pubic region,
buttocks, or female breasts.
B. No operator, entertainer or employee of a place of entertainment shall encourage or
permit any person upon the premises to lap or straddle dance, touch, caress, or fondle the breasts,
buttocks, anus or genitals of any other person.
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ADULT ENTERTAINMENT AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF
C. If the place of entertainment is licensed to serve alcoholic beverages, the licensee
shall abide by the rules and regulations set forth by the California Department of Alcoholic
Beverage Control.
D. No person shall perform for patrons any entertainment described in Section
5.14.0 I 0(C)(3) except upon a stage at least eighteen (18) inches above the level of the floor which
is separated by a distance of at least six feet from the nearest area occupied by patrons, and no
patron shall be permitted within six feet of the stage while the stage is occupied by an entertainer.
This subsection shall not apply to individual viewing areas where the stage is completely separated
from the viewing area, floor to ceiling, by plexiglass or other clear permanent barrier.
E. Stage or entertainment areas shall not be open to view from outside the premises.
F. Permanent barriers shall be installed and maintained to screen the interior of the
premises from public view for each door used as an entrancelexit to the business.
G. No exterior door or window shall be propped or kept open at any time during hours
of operation; any exterior windows shall be covered with opaque covering at all times.
H. No person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be permitted within the
premises at any time during hours of operation.
I. The place of entertainment shall maintain separate restroom facilities for male
patrons and employees and female patrons and employees. Male patrons and employees shall be
prohibited from either looking into or using the restrooms for females and female patrons and
employees shall be prohibited from using the restrooms for males except to carry out the duties of
repair, maintenance and cleaning of the restroom facilities. Restrooms shall not eontain television
monitors or other motion picture or video projection recording or reproduction equipment.
1. The premises shall provide separate dressing room facilities for male and female
entertainers which are exclusively dedicated to the entertainer's use.
K. The licensee shall provide an entrancelexit to the premises for entertainers which is
separate from the entrancelexit used by patrons.
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L. No entertainer shall have physical eontact with any patron and no patron shall have
physical contact with any entertainer while on the premises.
M. All areas of the place of entertainment accessible to patrons shall be illuminated at
least to the extent of two foot-candles (measured as units ofilluminanee), minimally maintained
and evenly distributed at ground level.
N. Individual viewing areas shall be operated and maintained without any hole or
other opening or means of direet communication or visual or physical access between the interior
space of two or more individual viewing areas.
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O. No individual viewing area may be occupied by more than one person at anyone
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P. All individual viewing areas shall be physically arranged in such a manner that the
entire interior portion of the individual viewing area is directly visible from aisles and public areas
of the premises. Visibility into the individual viewing rooms shall not be blocked or obscured by
doors, curtains, partitions, drapes, or any other obstruction whatsoever.
Q. No patron, guest or invitee shall directly payor give any gratuity to any performer,
dancer, employee or model and no daneer, performer, employee or model shall solicit any payor
gratuity from any patron.
R. No owner or other person with managerial control over an Adult Business (as that
term is defined in Chapter 19.06 of this Code) shall permit any person on the premises of the
Adult Business to engage in a live showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic area, or
buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering, and/or the female breasts with less than a fully
opaque covering over any part ofthe nipple or areola and/or covered male genitals in a discernibly
turgid state. This provision may not be complied with by applying an opaque covering simulating
the appearance of the specific anatomical part required to be covered.
5.14,070
License- N ontransfera ble- Posting
No entertainment establishment license shall be sold, transferred, or assigned by any
license holder, or by operation oflaw, to any other person, group, partnership, corporation or any
other entity, and any such sale, transfer or assignment, or attempted sale, transfer, or assignment
shall be deemed to constitute a voluntary surrender of such license, and such license shall be
thereafter null and void. A license held by an individual in the name of a corporation or
partnership is subject to the same rules oftransferability as contained above. License shall be
valid only for the exact location specified in the permit. Each lieense shall be posted in a
conspicuous place in or upon the premises for which it is issue, and shall be shown to any City
Official upon demand.
5,14,080
License-Fee,
A. F or every person, firm, corporation or association of persons eonducting, operating,
managing or carrying on a public dance, dance hall, dancing club, dine and dance club or night
club as the same are defined in Section 5.14.010, the license fee shall be at the rate set by
resolution adopted by the Mayor and Common Council.
B. Every person, firm, corporation or association of persons operating, conducting, or
carrying on a public dance where the owner, manager or operator does not operate, conduct or
carryon a public dance at least one night in each month, shall pay a license fee at the rate set by
resolution adopted by the Mayor and Common Council.
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License-Duration,
Licenses issued pursuant to this Chapter shall be valid for a period of one year or until
revoked or abandoned.
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Exemptions from filing. processing and license fees
A. A bona fide church, nonprofit organization or charitable organization recognized as
such under state law, bona fide lodge, fraternal organization or fraternal society which carries on
such dances solely for the amusement or entertainment of its bona fide members, or for the
purpose of securing funds for such organization for its own operating needs or for charitable
purposes, shall be exempt from payment of filing, processing and lieense fees.
5.14,110
Suspension/Revocation of license
The City Clerk shall suspend or revoke a permit issued under the provisions of this chapter
for any of the following reasons:
The licensee has eeased to meet the requirements for issuance of license;
The applicant gave materially false, fraudulent or misleading information on the
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D. Excessively loud music or noise from the establishment for which the permit was
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requirements of this chapter.
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F. The license holder is convicted of a felony or misdemeanor occurring upon, or
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classified by the State as an offense involving any sexual crime against children, sexual abuse,
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including, but not necessarily limited to the violation of any crime requiring registration under
20 California Penal Code 290, or any violation of Penal Code Sections 243.3, 261, 261.5, 264.1, 266,
266a through 266k, inclusive, 267, 286, 286.5, 288, 288 a, 311 through 311.10, inclusive, 314,
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offense set forth in subsection (F) of this section as a result of such person's activity on the
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were employees, contractors or agents of the place of entertainment at the time the offenses were
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A. Any applicant aggrieved by the decision of the City Clerk with reference to the
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Hearing Officer for the City of San Bernardino, appointed by the Mayor.
B. The right to appeal to the Hearing Officer from the denial, suspension or revocation
of any license required by this chapter shall terminate upon the expiration of fifteen (15) days
following the deposit of a eertified letter in the United States Post Office advising the applieant of
the action of the City Clerk and of his or her right to appeal such action to the Hearing Officer.
C. The hearing shall be held within twenty (20) days of the receipt by the City Clerk
of the appeal, or at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Hearing Officer, whichever is
sooner.
D. The Hearing Officer shall render his/her decision within five days from the date of
the hearing. The decision ofthe Hearing Officer shall be final and conclusive and shall not be
subject to appeal to the Mayor and Common Council. Pursuant to Code ofCivij Procedure
S I 094.6, any action to review the decision of the Hearing Offieer shall be commenced not later
than the ninetieth day after the Hearing Officer's order is rendered.
E. The Hearing Officer shall take all lawful steps to insure that any applicant whose
permit has been denied pursuant to this chapter shall be afforded prompt judicial review of the
Hearing Officer's decision to deny the permit.
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Licenses and Fees Not Exclusive
Fees and licenses required by this chapter shall be in addition to any license, permit or fee
required under any other chapter of this Code.
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Exceptions
The provisions of this chapter shall apply prospectively and shall not operate to revoke any
valid live entertainment license in effect as of the date of the ordinance codified in this chapter.
The provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to require an entertainment license for the
following:
A. For the use of a radio, record player, juke box or television receiver in any
establishment;
B. F or the use of a piano or organ in any establishment;
C. For any entertainment provided for members and their guests at a private club
where admission is not open to the public;
D. For the playing of background music by any electronic means or instrument in
conjunction with the service and consumption of food.
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Severability
In the event that any provision of this Ordinance, or any part thereof, or any application
thereof to any person or circumstance, is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or otherwise
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ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO REPEALING CHAPTER
5,12 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
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BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ENTERTAINMENT-DANCES AND
3 ADULT ENTERTAINMENT AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF
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shall not affeet the validity or effectiveness of any of the remaining provisions of this Ordinance,
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applied to any other person or circumstance. It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent of the
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provisions not been included herein.
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Penalty
Any person who violates, neglects, or refuses to comply with, or assists or participates in
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provisions or requirements of any Entertainment License, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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II order to preserve the publie peace, health, and safety. It is necessary that this ordinance take effect
immediately to safeguard the City's ordinances from potential Constitutional challenges in light of
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I ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO REPEALING CHAPTER
5,12 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
2 ENTERTAINMENT-DANCES AND ADDING CHAPTER 5.14 TO THE SAN
BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ENTERTAINMENT-DANCES AND
3 ADUL T ENTERTAINMENT AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly adopted by the Mayor and
Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a j t R ri j meeting thereof, held on
the ~ day of July, 1999, by the following vote, to wit:
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The foregoing ordinance is hereby approved this /2J1,day of Tl1 1 y
,1999.
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Frank Schnetz
Mayor Pro Tem
Approved as to
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