Ordinance - 19720
ORDINANCE 1972
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA AMENDING/REPEALING CERTAIN
BUSINESS LICENSE PROVISIONS
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to remove superseded provisions and thus clarify applicable code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) These corrections do not prejudice or impact any
existing business holding a valid West Covina business license nor
do they change the business license tax rate in any way.
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repealed in its.entirety and amended to read as follows: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repealed in its entirety.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 5. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be
effective thirty (30) days from the date of its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of -PAIII 1996
1995.
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ATTEST:
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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 7th day of MAY , 1996 by the
following vote:
AYES: Herfert, Manners, McFadden, Wong, Touhey
NOES; None
ABSENT: None
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
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