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ORDINANCE NO. 1672
AN ORDINAP]CE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA REPEALING
SECTIONS 5 . 26 . 240 THROUGH 5 . 26 . 440 OF THE CHULA
VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADDING NEW SECTIONS
5. 26 . 240 THROUGH 5. 26 . 430 RELATING TO THE REGU-
LATION AND CONDUCT OF YOUTH DANCES
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby
ordain as follows :
SECTION I : That Sections 5 . 2G . 240 through 5 . 26 . 440 of
the Chula Vista Municipal Code be and the same are hereby repealed,
which sections include a portion of Ordinance 842 and all of Ordin-
ance 911.
SECTION II : That the Chula Vista Municipal Code be and _
the sane is hereby amended by adding thereto new Sections 5 .2.6 . 240
through 5 . 26 . 430 to read as follocas :
Sec. 5. 26 . 240 Youth dances - Purpose and Intent of
provisions - Definitions.
I•t is the intent of the City Council of the City of
Chula Vista to prescribe procedures for the licensing
' and regulation of public youth dances . It is the pur-
pose of the Council, by means of these regulations
to control youth dances and encourage orderly and caell-
supervised social activities in the interest of public
health, safety, and morality. For the purpose of this
chapter, the following words and phrases are defined
and shall be construed as hereinafter set out in this
section unless it shall be apparent from the context
that they have a different meaning:
A. "Adult" shall mean any person twenty-one years of
age or over.
B. "Adult sponsoring group" shall mean a non-profit
organization whose primary object is to sponsor,
regulate and control youth activities and which
assuries full and complete responsibility for the
direction of a youth dance, the receipts or con- _
tributions from which are to be expended only
for future dances or the promotion of other youth
activities.
. C. "Board" shall nean the City Parks and Recreation
Commission duly appointed by the Council .
D. "Police Officer" shall include any private police
officer properly licensed by the state and approved
by the Chief o£ Police or any peace officer whether
on duty or off duty, reserve deputy or special
deputy employed by any public agency or political
subdivision.
E. "Private youth dance" shall nean a closed dance
, for members of an organization and their invited
guests .
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F. "Youth" shall mean any person of junior high
school or senior high school age.
G. "Youth dance" shall mean a dance held or conducted
exclusively for youth unaccor.lpanied by their
parent or guardian.
H. "YOUth service organization" shall include any
bona fide organization whose primary purpose is
to provide moral or spiritual developnent, education,
or recreation for young people. ,
Sec. 5 . 26 . 250 Youth dances - Applicability of
. provisions = Exceptions .
A. The sections herein in this chapter contained
relating to the youth dances shall mean those
dances conducted or supervised by an adult
sponsoring group on privately owned property
or upon publicly owned recreation property.
B. EXCEPTIONS : The provisions of this chapter
relating to permit requirements shall not apply
to any youth dance conducted or sponsored:
1. By any agency or department of any city, -
political subdivision, school district or
other governmental agency;
2 . In a private home;
3 . By any recognized youth service organization '
for its members and guests only; provided,
however, that the guests shall not exceed '
the number of inembers present.
Sec. 5 . 26 . 260 Youth dances - Permit and approval
require .
A. In addition to any other permit or license required
by law or this code , it is unlawful £or any person
to conduct or sponsor any youth dance in the city
except in accordance with the terms of this chapter
and after obtaining a permit therefor as provided
herein.
B. It is unlawful for any adult sponsoring group to
conduct a youth dance unless such adult sponsoring
group has been approved by the Chief of Police
and has assumed full and complete responsibility
for the event, its direction and fees.
Sec. 5 . 26 . 270 Youth dances - Permit classifications .
The following classes of youth dance permits r.iay
be issued by the police departnent: '
A. Adult sponsoring group permits:
1 . A Class A permit which is issued by the Chief
o£ Police for a period of one calendar year;
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said perMit rnay be issued only to those
adult sponsoring groups which present
evidence of an intention to actively carry
out the objectives of their organization
on a permanent or long-range basis;
2 . A Class B perr:�it which is issued for one
day or one night only; said permit may be
issued by the Chief of Police to sponsoring
groups which have been organized for a
linited objective and a short period of time.
Sec. 5 . 26 .,280 Youth dances - Application for Permit-
Contents
An application for permit shall be made to the Chief
of Police upon a form prescribed by the police department.
The application shall be filed not less than fifteen days
prior to the scheduled date of the youth dance. The
application shall contain the following:
A. The names and address of the applicant or applicants ;
B . The date upon which the dance is to be held or in the
case of a Class A permit, the approxinate number of
dances held and the dates thereof;
C. The approximate attendance expected at said dances;
D. The names, addresses and telephone nwnbers of all
chaperones or supervisors as may be required by
this chapter. In ttie event the permit is to be
issued for more than one dance, the applicant shall
provide at least five days �prior to the dance such
nar.ies, addresses and telephone nunbers of chaperones
or supervisors who will be in attendance at the dances
if any changes occur from those chaperones or super-
visors originally submitted;
� . Class of permit and facts upon which applicant bases
his request for the class of permit applied for;
F. A statenent of disbursement of proceeds or profits
indicating percentage to be given to youth activities.
G. A statement regarding the place or premises where
the youth dance is to be held and containing tne
follocaing inforr.tation:
1. That the premises are reasonably adequate to
hold the dance and cor.iply with the provisions
of this chapter,
2 , That the premises do not violate any ordinance
of the city or law of the state relating to
health, safety and fire ,
3 . The maximur.i number of persons that can be safely
accommodated on the prer.mises.
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I 4 . That the prenises are designed in such a
nanner and supervision will be provided
so as to coriply o�ith all requirements of
this chapter.
. The application shall be signed under penalty of �
perjury and be accompanied by the applicable fee. The
application may be signed by any member of the adult
sponsoring group.
Sec. 5 .26 . 290 Youth dances - Fees for permits -
Refunds.
The fees for permits issued under this chapter shall
be payable to the police department in advance , and
for the several classes of permits herein provided the _
fees shall be as follows: . ".
A. Sponsor' s Class A pernit - $15 .00;
B. For all Class B pernits .- $5 .00 . _
• In the event that the application is denied or the
permit is revoked, no part of the applicable fee shall
be refunded. -
Sec . 5 .26 . 300 Youth dances - Grounds for suspension
or revocation of permit.
Any permit may -be revoked or suspended by the Chief
of Police upon any of the following grounds :
A. The misrepresentation of a material fact in the
application for a permit by an applicant or by
the holder of a permit;
B. The violation of any provision of this chapter by
the holder of a pernit;
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C. When the continuance of a permit would be contrary
to the public health, safety, welfare, peace or
, morals .
Sec. 5 . 26 . 310 Youth dances - Use of alcoholic
beverages or narcotics prohibited.
A. PIO alcoholic beverages or narcotics of any type
shall be sold, consumed, or be available on the
premises in or about cahich any youth dance is held.
B. This section shall not apply to premises where
the area to be occupied by such youth dance is
physically divided and separated from- the rest
of the prenises , and at least one chaperone ,
supervisor or police officer is stationed to
prevent entrance to any area where alcoholic
beverages are sold, consumed or available, and
there can be no contact between the patrons of
such area occupied by the youth dance and the
patrons in the remainder of the premises during
the time such dance shall be in progress .
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Sec. 5 , 26 .380 Youth dances - Adequate lighting
designated.
All places where youth dances are held shall be
adequately lighted at all times when open for dances '
and the intensity o£ illumination shall not be less �
than one foot candle in all parts of the building
and premises accessible to participants .
Sec. 5 . 26 . 390 Youth dances - Rule and regulation
a option aut ority.
The Board is hereby authorized and empowered to
adopt such rules and regulations as it may deem
necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter.
Sec. 5 . 26 . 400 Youth dances - Access for enforcement
personnel authorized.
Any officer of the Police Department or any member
of a fire department charged with the duty of law
enforcement or any authorized city official shall
have • free access at all times to any youth dance
issued a permit under the provisions of this chapter.
Sec. 5 . 260410 Youth dances - Financial report required.
� A financial report showing gross intake, costs of
dance and funds remaining for youth activities or
charitable purposes , shall be submitted to the Chief
of Police within thirty (30) days after the event.
Sec. 5 . 26 . 420 Youth dances - Posting of provisions
and permit required.
� Copies of this ordinance and a copy of the adult
sponsoring group permit in a form as provided by or
approved by the Chief of Police shall be conspicuously
posted on any premises either private or public during
the time any youth dance is in progress. A copy shall
be posted at each entrance or exit and at least two
additional places upon the premises.
Sec. 5 .26 . 430 Violation - Penalty.
A violation of any provision or the failure to comply
with any of the requirements of this ordinance shall
constitute a misdemeanor. Any person convicted of such
violation or such failure shall be punishable by a fine
of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment
in the county jail for a period of not more than six
months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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SECTION III : This ordinance shall take effect and
be in force on the thirty-first day £rom and after its passage.
Presented by Approved as to form by
�`,' G�-`n.�,� �-��.�--� • , �
E. Emerson Hall, Director George �D: Lindberg, City Attor,riey
of Parks and Recreation
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ADOPI�D A:iD APPROVED 3Y TiiE CITY COU'tICIL OF THE CITY OF
C3ULA VIS1A, CALIFORidIA this 23rd day of March ,
1976 , by the follocaing vote, to-wit :
AYES : CouneiZmen Scott, Hobel, Hamilton, Hyde, Egdahl
:IAYES : Councilmen None
ABSEidT : CounciZmen None
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Mayor of the City oj ula Vista
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City Clerk
�iATE OF CALIFOR�JIF! )
COUNTY OF SAiV LIEGO ) ss .
CITY OF CiIULA VISTA )
I, JENNIE M. r^ULASZ, CMC, City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista,
Catifornia, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full,
true and correct copy of and .
that the same has not been amended or repealed.
DATED
City CZerk
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