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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance 67-2351 ORDINANCE NO. 67 -235 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY AMENDING SECTION 4265.3 OF ARTICLE IV OF THE TEMPLE CITY MUNICIPAL CODE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY DOES ORDAIN: SECTION 1. Section 4265.3 of the Temple City Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 4265.3. Same. It shall be unlawful for any person to deal, play, carry on, open or conduct any game of chance played with cards, dice, or any other device, for money, checks, credit or thing of value; and no person shall bet at any of said prohibited games. There shall be excepted from the effect of this Section - but not from the effects of1Penal Code Section 330 or any other' State proscription - occasional private games played exclusively for social purposes in a private home, provided such games are not conducted with any aspect or manifestation of commercialism, and with respect to which there is no promoter, house charge, advertising, promotion or participation by the public. SECTION 2. The City Council recently adopted Ordinance No. 67 -231 providing for an essentially similar enactment but without indicating that the exemptions provided therein are not intended to conflict with applicable State regulations; and that without such clarification, there may be misunderstanding as to the compatibility of such section with Section 330 of the Penal Code; and that specific rules should be promulgated before implementing any exemption for benevolent societies., SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Temple City hereby declares that it would have passed and does hereby pass this Section and each sentence, section, clause and phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 4. PENALTY. Any person, firm or corporation violating this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall: be punishable by a fine of not more than $500, or by imprisonment in the City or County Jail for a period of not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 5. The City Clerk of the City of Temple City shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and to its approval by the Mayor and shall{ cause the same to be published in the Temple City Times, a newspaper bf general circulation, printed, publish- ed and circulated in the City of Temple'City. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of June, 1967. ATTEST: /l r�, / & City Clerk 640 Ordinance No. 67 -235, page -2 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss: CITY OF TEMPLE CITY ) I, KARL KOSKI, City Clerk of the City of Temple City, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance, being Ordinance No. 67 -235, was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 22nd day of May, 1967, and was duly passed, approved and adopted by the City Council, and signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said City" Council held on the 6th day of June, 1967, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen- Merritt, Tyrell, Briggs NOES: Councilmen- None ABSENT: Councilmen- Beckley, Harker City lerk the City of Temple:City, California 1 1 641