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Home My WebLink About1966 Ordinance No. 024I Introduced aa a Bill by Councilllan Ludwi9 BY AU'l'llORITY ORDDIAllCB m. 24, SBRIBS OP 1966 Alf O•DINICB MIMDmG CllAPl'BR 17 OP TD llUllICIPAL CODB OP '!BB CI'l'Y OP BRGLEWOOD uau-.--11na TllB LicmmG °' PARTIBS OPBRA'fDrG OR llAill'fAillIRG AllY ROOM FOR THE PURPOSE OP DCm'flmAL, AllUllllBft OR SOCIAL ACIIVI'l'IBS. 1111BRBAS, there exiata an urgent and preaaing need for the regulation of informal, recreational or aocial club• which adllit peraona to aanberahip upon the payment of a f .. or other thing of value and which are not otherwiae regulated or inspected, and waams, the operation of auch club• and groups can, if unregulated, lead to many abuHa, and poaaibl• breach•• of the peace, and wa•MBAS, by reaaon of the foregoing there exiata an anergency, _,., mBRBPORB, BB I'f ORDADIBD BY TBB CITY COURCIL OP TBB CITY OP ENGLEWOOD, COLOltAD01 !f'lion 1. Chapter 17 of the Municipal Code of the City of Bn9lewood is hereby ... nd y the addition of a new aection 14, which shall read as follows: I 17.14 R!g!lation of locial Cluba. I 17.14-1 Licen .. R1C19ired. It ahall be unlawful for any peraon, corporation, partnership or association, .ctiD9 for htwHlf or itHlf, or acting for any other persona, to engage in, operate, carry on, waintain or conduct, or cauH to be engaged in, operated, carried on, con- ducted or waintained in the City of Bnglewood, any room to which any person, as an in- dividual or aa a wsstar of any organization whataoever, aay resort or attend for the parpoee of llllU .... nt, recreational, or social activities of any kind or description, and for the privilege of engaging in, or during the courae of participation in, such activitiea, any 110D•Y or thing of value, or any check or counter in lieu of money ahall be paid to or receiv.d by the peraon, corporation, partnership or association operating, carrying on, conducting or aaintaining •aid roma or where aeaberships are 80ld for anything of value for th• privilege of engaging in auch activities, or where any wonetary benefit• derived from auch activitiea inaurea to any individual, share- holder, wsster, or organization without firat having been granted a license so to do by the City Clerk-'freaaurer. Bach application for auch license shall be accompanied by an application f .. in the .-ount of ten dollar• ($10.00)r provided, however, that no application f .. ahall be required on application for renewal of an existing license. Any change of ownership ahall require a new application and licenae, with payment of f .. a therefor. I 17.14-2 LicenH P ... '!he annua1 licenae f.. to be charged for auch licenae ahall be thr•e hundred dollar• (f300.00) per ann\111. I 17.14-3 R!g!ir,..nt• of Building or Premiaea. llo licenH aa required herein ahall be iaaued or granted to any person operating or maintaining any rOOll in any building or premiaea which has more than one door to be unlocked to gain adllt.aaionr which ha• an entrance equipped with a transparent mirror or controlled lighting ao that peraona inside the aaid premises can see outside, but pereona outaide th• aaid pr .. iaea cannot see insider or which has any kind of a buzzer ayat .. or aignal ayat .. which can be uaed to warn or give warnin9 of the approach of any police officer to any person or peraona in or about such premises. I 17.14-4 Applicatiop for Licenae. Application• for licenH• aa required by the proviaiona of this article shall be Ila.de on fonaa prepared and furniahed by th• City Clerk-Treaaurer. The applicant shall file with the application a building plan of the premi••• to be licensed with all the point• of ingreaa and egr••• clearly marked thereon. Bach application shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of auch person or peraona aa the City Clerk-Treasurer. I 17.14-5 P!raona Prohibited a• Lic•n• .. •· llo licenH provided by thi• article •hall be iaaued to or held by: (a) Any per80D until the annual ·f .. therefor ha• b•en paid. (b) Any peraon who ia not a citizen of the united State• of America. (c) Any peraon who ha• b .. n convicted of a felony or of any violation of any liqaor law in any federal court or atate court ~ of any violation of any law concerning 91111bliDCJ or narcotic• in any federal, atate, or wunicipal court, within ten years prior to the date on which hi• application for licenae ia aade. · (d) Any fina, corporation, aaaociation, or organization, any of whose officers, director•, or wanagera have been convicted of any offenae contained in the preceding aubaection. 28 I 17.14-6 Inapestion of Prell!•••· Before granting any licenae for which application ha• been made, the Chief of Police, or a deaignated police officer, ahall viait and inapect the premises where the applicant propo .. • to operate. After obtaining auch licenae, the licensee shall permit inapection of th• pr..t .. • at all reasonable tiJDe• by any police officer of the City of BncJlewood, and auch officer• •hall have the authority to enter the premises at all ' reaaonllbl• time• with or without :a ·••arcfa warrant' .: ·. ·· :· .. , r .. . I 17.14-7 Ron-Tr19•f•rlble. llO licen.. iaaued under the term• of this article shall be transferable fran one peraon to another, or frca one place to another other than the address or person orig- inally licenaed by th• City Clerk-Treaaurer. I 17.14-8 Record• to Be Kept. All licena .. a ahall k"P an accurate set of books showing the income and expendit- ure• of or for auch llllU .... nt, recreational or aocail activities engaged in, operated, condacted, carried on or llaintained on the licenaed premises, and such books shall be open to inapection by the City Clerk-Treasurer, his authorized representative or any police officer at all reaaonabl• hours. If a licensee shall sell or issue memberships, a liat aball be kept currmt of the n••• and addreaaea of all such members and this liat •hall be subject to inapection in the aame manner as the books of such licensee. I 17.14-9 Revocation of Licenaez &otice and Bearing. 'fhe licen .. provided for in this I 17.14 .ahall be subject to revocation or sus- penaion if it is firat found by the City Council of the City of Bnglewood, after a public heariDJ, that the licena .. , or any .. ployee thereof, is violating, or is per- aitting the violation of, any ordinance of the City of Bnglewood or any State or Federal · law, whether aaid violation ia CClmlitted by any licensee, or employee thereof, or by any peraon resorting to or attending aaid rooa for the purpose of recreational, amuse- aent or aocial activiti•• carried on in aaid roan. At any time when it may come to the attention of the City Council of the City of Bnqlewood frcm any source of the said roan. At any time when it aay ca11e to the attention of the City council of the City of Engle-"°°" fraa any aource of the poaaibl• violation of any auch ordinance or statute, council ahall provide written notice to the licensee, which notice shall be served by certified llail at the addr••• given upon lic•n•••'• application not leas than seven (7) days prior to the public hearing thereon, which shall notify the licensee of the general grounds for th• cont911plated revocation or auapenaion, the date set for the public hearing there- on and of th• licen-·• right to be heard at auch public hearing. I 17.14-10 Bxception•· 'fhi• articel •hall not apply to the following peraona or organizationsi (a) OrcJanizationa which can •how proof to the City Clerk-Treasurer by a letter of •ruling and deteraination• iaaued by th• Internal Revenue Bureau of the united States Govez1 ant that such organization i• ex.apt from Pederal inccne taxation a• a nonprofit corporation, organization, aaaociation, or society. (b) Any person or organization which ia licensed to aell, malt, vinous or spirit- oua liqaora, or femented aalt beverage•. (c) Any recreational, social, or 111111• ... nt enterprise, or facilities, which are operated by a aunicipal, atate, or federal governmental body. I 17.14-11 Violation•. 'fhe operation of any roaa deacribed in I 17.14-1 hereof, without complying with th• proviaiona of I 17 of··thi• Municipal Code, i• hereby declared to be a public nuiaance and, in addition to aubjecting any person violating the provisions of this aection to proaecution for a violation of a aunicipal ordinance and to the penalties pre8Cribed in Chapter 27 thereof, aay be enjoined aa auch in any court of canpetent juriadiction. l!ction 2. By reaaon of the aattera set forth above, council hereby declares that an ... rgency exists nec•••itatin9 the pa••BCJe of this ordinance in order to preserve the health, aafety and welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Englewood and this ordinance, therefore, •hall take effect imlediately upon final paaaage. -nded, Introduced, read in full,/and unanilloualy approved, as •ended, by a quormn present at the regular ... ting of City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado held on Monday, the 19th day of December, 1966. Paaaed on final reading by the City council of the City of Englewood at a special ... ting of City Council held on TUeaday, the 20th day of December, 1966 and ordered publiahed a• Ordinance llo. 24, Seri•• of 1966, in the Bnglewood U.rald and Enterprise • .. ~//LL ~ -r Mayor aurer I, Stephen A. Lyon, City Clerk-Treaaurer of the City of Bnglewood, county of Ar~, State of Colorado, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Bill for an Ordinance waa introduced, read, ... nded, and unanilloualy approved a• amended by a quormn preaent at a regular ... ting of the City council held on the 19th day of December, A.D., 1966, and ordered ,publiahed in the Bnglewood Herald and Bnterpriae by the City council at a apecial .. •ting held on the 20th day of Decellber, A.D., 1966, a• Ordinance No. 24, Seri•• of 1966, of •aid City. AT'l'B8T1 ~~~ I