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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance 75-401ORDINANCE NO. 75 -401 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY AMENDING SECTION 4265.3 OF THE TEMPLE CITY MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO GAMBLING AND DECLARING THIS ORDINANCE IMMEDIATELY EFFECTIVE 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: Sec. 4265,3. Games Prohibited, A person shall not: a) Deal, play, carry on, -or conduct, i) Any game where players bet or wager money, checks, credits or other things of value against each other; or ii) Any game of chance for money, checks, credits or other things of value. b) Bet or wager at or on any such game. c) Permit any game prohibited by sub- sections (a) or (b) to be played, conducted, or dealt in any house or other premises owned by, rented by or in lawful possession of such person. Provided, however, that no provision of this section shall be deemed or construed as prohibiting any act made unlawful by the provision of Section 320, or of Section 320a, or of Section 330, or of Section 337a of the Penal Code, or of any other code section or general law of the State of California, it being the intent of the City Council to prohibit by this Section all gambling herein described, not otherwise prohibited by the provisions of any law of this State. SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall become immediately effective as an urgency Ordinance for the reason that it has been ascertained that the existing code sections of Temple City regarding gambling, as adopted by Ordinance No. 67 -235A are deficient in certain particulars and have been placed in jeopardy by a recent ruling of the Appellate Department of the Superior Court challenging a similar Los Angeles County Ordinance; that gambling in any such form would be contrary to the best interests of this community. SECTION 3. 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 of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in the City of Temple City. 1 1 1 Ordinance No, 75 -401 1975. APPROVED and ADOPTED this 15th day of April ATTEST: City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss: CITY OF TEMPLE CITY ) Mayor City of Temple City, California I, Chief Deputy , City Clerk of the City of Temple City, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordi- nance, being Ordinance No 75 -401 , was introduced as an urgency Ordinance at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Temple City, held on the 15th day of April , 1975, and was duly passed, approved and adopted by said Council, approved and signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk by the following vote of the Council: AYES: Councilmen - Dennis, Greenberg, Merritt, Tyrell, Gilbertson NOES: Councilmen -None ABSENT: Councilmen -None 2 C° y Clerk City of Temple City, California