ORD 72-06 LICENSING OF MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENTORDINANCE NO. 72-6
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT,
PROVIDING FOR LICENSING THEREOF AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Winslow,
Washington as follows:
SECTION 1. No person, firm or corporation shall permit
upon its premises any music without a license to so do issued by
the City Clerk upon application as more particularly hereinafter
provided.
SECTION 2. Any person desiring to apply for such license
shall file written applization with the City Clerk and the City
Clerk shall forthwith deliver said application to the Chief of
Police who, within ten days thereof, shall, in writing, endorse
thereon either his approval or disapproval. Said application shall
be returned to the City Clerk who thereupon shall present the same
to the City Council for final approval or disapproval. Said appli-
cation shall be granted by the Council whenever it appears that
such license and activity would not be inconsistant with public
peace, health, safety, morals and welfare, and, for the purpose
of making such administrative determination, the Council may order
a public hearing of the application to be held, in which event
all interested parties shall be given reasonable notice and an
opportunity to appear before the Council. Upon approval of the
City Council and upon proof of payment of the fee thereof to
the City Treasurer, the City Clerk shall issue the license.
SECTION 3. The fee for such license shall be $50.00 per
year and shall be issued in the name of the person, firm, or
corporation operating the establishment in which such ~usic is to
be played and shall be valid only in such establishment. Said
license shall not be transferred except in case of a bona fide
sale of the business conducted by such licensee within such estab-
lishment.
SECTION 4. The term "music" for purpose of this ordin-
ance shall include dancing, singing, mechanical music devices or
any other sound emitting device, except radio and television.
SECTION 5. Any license issued pursuant to this ordinance
shall be subject, where applicable, to any rules or regulations of
the Washington State Liquor Control Board relating to the sale of
intoxicating liquor.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall not apply to private
clubs holding licenses authorizing the sale of beer, wine and
spirituous liquor for consMmption on the premises but all clubs
shall, never-the-less, be subject to the rules and regulations of
the Washington State Liquor Control Board relating to music, danc-
ing or entertainment within such club. For the purpose of this
ordinance, a club is an organization of persons, incorporated or
unincorporated, operated solely for fraternal, benevolent, educa-
tional, athletic or social purposes and not for pecuniary gain.
SECTION 7. Any persons violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $300.00 or
by imprisonment in jail for not more than ninety days or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 8. Item 3 of Sectiom 4 of Ordinance No. 3 as
amended on DeCember 21, 1954 is hereby rescinded and of no further
force and effect.
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE City Council of the City of
Winslow, Washington and approved by its Mayor this 3rd day of
April, 1972.
ATTEST:
Clerk