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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 120 (1959)[Mbw MP.JM ORDINANCE NO. 120 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, PROHIBITING FORTUNE TELLING OR ADVERTISING TO TELL FORTUNES WITHIN THE CITY OF TUSTIN: PRE- SCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ORDI- NANCE, AND REPEALING SECTION 10-32, OF ORDINANCE NO. 87, OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, AND ALL ORDINANCES OR: PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. The City Council of the City of Tustin, California, does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful to and no person, firm or corporation shall advertise by sign, circular, handbill, or in any newspaper, periodical or magazine, or other publication or publications, or by any other means, to tell fortunes, to find or restore lost or stolen property, to locate oil wells, gold or silver or other ore or metal, or natural product, to restore lost love or friendship,or affection, to unite or procure lovers, husbands, wives, lost relatives or friends, for or with- out -,pay, by means of occult or psychic powers, faculties or forces, clairvoyance, psychology, psychometry, spirits, mediumship, seer- 8h1p, prophecy,.;astrology, palmistry, necromacy, or other craft, sdiftce.,,cards, talisman, charms, potions, magnetism or magnetized articles or substances, oriental mysteries or magic of any kind or nature, or numerology, or to engage in or carry on any business, the advertisement of which is prohibited by this section. SECTION 2. Theprovisionsof the preceding section shallnot be construed to include, prohibit or'interfere with the exercise of any religious or spiritual functions of,any priest, minister, rector or an acredited representative of any bonafide church or religion where such priest, minister, rector or accredited representative holds a certificate of credit commission or ordi- nation under the ecclesiastical laws of a religious corporation incorporated under the laws of any state or territory of the United States of America or any voluntary religious association, and who fully conforms to the rights and practices prescribed by the supreme conference, convocation, convention, assembly, associ- ation or snynod of the system, or faith, with which they are affiliated. Provided, however, that any church or religious or- ganization'which is organized for the primary purpose of con- ferring certificates of commission, credit or ordination for a W41 price and not primarily for the purpose of teaching and tracticing a religious doctrine or belief, shall not be deemed to be a bonafide church or religous organization. SECTION 3. Any.person, firm or corporation violating any of the -provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 or by imprisonment for a period of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Such person, firm or corporation shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day in which the violation of this ordinance is committed or continued by such person, firm or corporation and shall be chargeable as herein provided. SECTION 4. Section 10-32, entitled "Palmistry", of Ordinance No. 87, of the City of Tustin, is hereby repealed, however, the balance of Ordinance No. 87, of the City of Tustin-, shall remain in.full force and effect; all other ordinances or.parts of ordinances to the extent the same conflict herewith are to that extent hereby repealed. SECTION S. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portions of this ordinance, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, suchdecision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Tustin, hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, clauses, phrases or portions hereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance, and shall cause the same to be published, once within fifteen days after its adoption in The Tustin News, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, 595 Printed, published and circulated in the City of Tustin, and said Ordinance shall take affect thirty days after its final adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Tustin at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 2nd day of February, 1959• Mayor ATTEST i City Clerk T STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE Ss CITY OF TUSTIN A. O. PARK,, City Clerk and Ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of Tustin is five -0 that the foregoing Ordinance was duly and regularly introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Tustin, held on the 19th day of January, 1959, and was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 2nd day ,of February, 1959. AYES: Councilmen: Kidd, Bacon, Byrd, Humeston, Tadlock NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: None Dated: February 2nd, 1959 City Clerk— of the City of Tustin, California.