HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 23-86 Fortunetelling forPay ORDINANCE NO. 23 - 86
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
REGULATING FORTUNETELLING FOR PAY
The C~ty Council of the City of Dublin does ordain as follows:
SectiOn 1. DEFINITIONS:
(a) FOR PAY. "For pay" shall mean for a fee, reward,
donation, loan or receipt of anything of value.
(b) FORTUNETELLING. "Fortunetelling" shall mean telling of
fortunes, forecasting of futures or furnishing of any
information not otherwise obtainable by the ordinary
process of knowledge, by means of any occult, psychic
power, faculty, force, clairvoyance, clairaudience,
cartomancy, psychology, psychometry, phrenology,
spirits, tea leaves, or other such reading, mediumship,
seership, prophecy, augury, astrology, palmistry,
necromancy, mindreading, telepathy, or other craft art,
science, cards, talisman, charm, potion, magnetism,
magnetized article or substance, gypsy cunning or
foresight, crystal gazing, oriental mysteries or magic,
of any kind or nature for pay.
(c) PERSON. "Person" shall mean only natural persons.
Section 2. PERMIT REQUIRED: It 'shall be unlawful for any
person to engage in the business of fortunetelling within the City
of Dublin without first obtaining a permit therefor as provided
herein.
Section 3. APPLICATION:
(a) INFORMATION TO BE SUBMITTED. Applicants for permits
must file with the Chief of Police a sworn application
in writing on a form to be furnished by the Chief of
Police which shall give the following information:
(1) Applicant's true name and any other names the
applicant has gone by;
(2) Permanent home address and full local address of
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applicant for the last five years;
(3) The address at which the applicant proposes to
conduct the business;
(4) The fingerprints of the applicant on a form
provided by the Police Department;
(5) The applicant's social security number; and
(6). A statement as to whether or not the applicant has
been convicted within the last five (5) years of
any crime, including violation of any municipal
ordinance, involving the elements of fraud.
(b) FEES. The application and any renewal application shall
be accompanied by a fee to cover administrative costs.
No part of such fees shall be refunded whether such
permit is issued or not. The application fee and the
renewal fee shall be as established by resolution.
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Section 6. This Ordinance shall supersede the provisions of ~-~ ~
Chapter 7 of Title 2 of the Alameda County Code, as adopted by
Dublin Ordinance No. 13.
Section 7. EFFECTIVE DATE AND POSTING OF ORDINANCE. This
Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days from
and after the date of its passage. The City Clerk of the City of
Dublin shall cause this Ordinance to be posted in at least three
(3) public places in the City of Dublin in accordance with Section
36933 of the Government Code of the State of California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED.by the City Council of the City of Dublin
on this 22nd day of December , 1986, by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers Hegarty, Moffatt, Snyder, Vonheeder
and Mayor Jeffery
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
City CleRk