Ordinance - 1970ORDINANCE 1970
5/ AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA AMENDING/REPEALING CERTAIN
BUSINESS LICENSE PROVISIONS AND DECLARING THE
URGENCY THEREOF
The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as
follows:
Section 1. The City Council finds:
(A) The City has adopted specific provisions in the West
Covina Municipal Code to deal with certain uses.
(B) The City business license therefore must be revised
to remove superseded provisions and thus clarify applicable code
sections.
(C) The corrections do not prejudice or impact any
existing business holding a valid West Covina license.
(D) That this ordinance is necessary for the immediate
preservation of public health and safety.
Section 2. West Covina Municipal Code § 14-17 is amended
to delete the definition of "adult bookstore" in the first
paragraph.
Section 3. West Covina Municipal Code § 14-30(a) is
repealed in its entirety and amended to read as follows:
(a) Every license granted under the provisions of this
article or any preceding ordinance is granted and
used by all parties receiving or using the same
subject to the City Council's ability to suspend or
revoke such license as follows:
1. facts exist sufficient to have denied the
application;
2. the person to whom such license was issued or
any of his/her agents, servants or employees
or any other person in charge of or employed
about the business for which the same was
issued, has violated any of the conditions of
the license, or terms of this Code or any
other applicable law or regulation;
3. the license was obtained by false or
misleading or fraudulent representations;
4. the business is being or has been conducted as
a public nuisance.
No license shall
be suspended or
revoked without
giving the holder
the opportunity
to appear before
the City Council
and be heard
on his/her own
behalf.
Section 4. West Covina
Municipal Code §
14-40 shall be
repealed in its entirety:"
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Section S. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be
effective immediately to protect the health and safety of the
citizens of West Covina. This ordinance shall apply to all
applicants submitted on or after its effective date.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of April, 1996 ,
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted
by the City Council of the City of West Covina, California, at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 16thday ofApril , 1996 by the
following vote:
AYES: ticFadden , _ Touhey, Wong, Nerfert
NOES; None
ABSENT: Manners
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City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
(0
Cit Attorney
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