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RESOLUTION NO. 60-`60
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROSEMEAD ORDERING, CALLING AND. PROVIDING FOR A
SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON
NOVEMBER 8, 1960, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING
TO THE VOTERS OF SAID CITY A PROPOSAL REGULATING
PUBLIC DANCING IN CERTAIN ESTABLISHMENTS WITHIN
THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD AND REQUESTING THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY TO CONSOLIDATE
SAID ELECTION WITH THE GENERAL STATEWIDE ELECTION
TO BE HELD ON SAID DATE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD DOES HEREBY RESOLVE
AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That a special e
is hereby called and ordered to b
on Tuesday, November 8, 1960, for
to the electors of said city the-:
ing ordinance should be adopted:
"THE PEOPLE OF ROSEMEAD DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. No person shall open, conduct or operate
a pa p-tic dance or participate in or allow public
dancing in any place in the City of Rosemead where
alcoholic beverages are sold, served, given or
furnished, except as herein provided, or other than
in or at a dine and dance restaurant as herein
defined, and unless all the following conditions
and requirements are complied with and exist:
(A) Music for dancing is furnished by not less
than two live muscians;
(B) There is a dining area furnished and equipped
to accommodate at least sixty;persons seated at dining
tables at one time,
(C) There is a separate dance floor having a
minimum unobstructed area of two hundred square feet;
(D) The building in which such dance or dances
will be held is on property zoned for commercial or
industrial use under the provisions of the Rosemead
Municipal Code;
(E) A valid license has been issued in accordance
with°provisions of the Rosemead Municipal Code
authorizing such dancing;
(F) Off street parking shall be provided
a number of parking spaces equal to at least
of the number of persons who may be seated at
tables at one time.
lection be held and the same
e held in the City of Rosemead
the purpose of submitting -
question whether the follow-
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dining.
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"Section 2. 'Dine and Dance Restaurant' shall mean a
ance p ace or establishment where the general public
is admitted and bona fide, complete and genuine full-
course meals are served at tables as a business, and
individual drinks of alcoholic beverages are served
and public dancing is permitted.
Section 3. The provisions of this ordinance shall
not appiy to any charitable, religious,.fraternal or
similar non-profit organization.
Section 4. Any provisions of the Rosemead Municipal
CocTe n iconflict herewith are hereby repealed."
Section 2. That.said proposal shall be designated on the
ballot or said election as Rosemead Proposition A; that said
ballot shall in addition to any other matter required by law
contain the following:
:PROPOSITION A. Shall the ordinance regulating :
:public dancing in certain establishments in YES
:the City of Rosemead be adopted?
NO
A cross placed in the voting square after the word
"YES" in the manner hereinbefore provided shall be counted
in favor of the adoption of the question or proposition. A
cross placed in the voting square after the word "NO" in
the manner hereinbefore provided shall be counted against the
adoption of the question or proposition.
Section 3. That the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles.
County icy requested to consolidate said special election
with the general statewide election to be held on November 8,
1960, and it is further requested that the measure appear on the
ballot for said statewide election in the manner and form herein-
above set forth.
Section 4. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to
give notice o such election in the manner required by law and
to file certified copies of this resolution with the Board of
Supervisors and County Clerk of the County of Los Angeles at
least sixty days prior to the date of such election.
ATTEST:
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD
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CITY CLERK