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ORDINANCE 270ORDINANCE N0. 270 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING OF PLACES, HOMES, INSTITU`T'IONS, OR CENTERS, FURNISHING CHILD CARE SERVICE WITHIN SAID CITY, AND PRESCRIBING CERTAIN REGULATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH CHILD CARE SERVICE. The City Council of the City of E1 Segundo, California, does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. That it shall be unlawful, except as hereinafter provided, for any person, firm, association or corporation to establish, conduct, maintain or carry on in the City of El Segundo, California, any place, home, insti- tution or center furnishing child care service, to or for two or more children, or in which two or more children are housed, fed, supervised, maintained or cared for, unless and until such person, firm, association or corporation shall have first applied for and have received a written license from said City so to do. SECTION 2. That any person, firm, association or corporation, desiring to obtain a license as required under the provisions of Section 1 of this ordinance, shall make written application therefor and file same with the City Clerk of said City, who will present the same to the City Council of said City at the next regular meeting of said Council following the filing of such application. In such application the applicant stall state: (1) The address at which such child care is to be furnished. (2) A brief description of the building or buildings in which such "child care is to be furnished, 1- showing the number of rooms contained in any such building or buildings; indicating the sanitary facilities available; the maximum number of children proposed to be cared for, and the nature of the service to be rendered, covering such items as part time or full time service, day service, night service, or both, number of supervising personnel to be ordinarily maintained, and any other features which will clearly indicate the type and nature of the service proposed to be rendered. SECTION 3. Unless such application is accompanied by a report from the Fire Department of said City as to fire hazards, the Health Department thereof as to sanitary con- ditions, and from the Building Department thereof as to structural safety, the City Council shall refer said appli- cation to said respective departments for their respective reports covering such matters. SECTION 4. When the reports above referred to have been filed by the respective departments of said City, the Council shall proceed to consider the application and may set the same for public hearing if the Council deems such action necessary. Notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be given the applicant at least three days prior to the time of such hearing, in the event such a hearing is so ordered. SECTION 5. The City Council may, after such investigation as it deems necessary, or after such hearing if a hearing be ordered, grant or refuse to grant the license applied for in its discretion, and if such license is granted by said Council, said Council may prescribe the terms and conditions upon and under which the same is granted I and is to be used. In all such licenses, however, the following conditions must always be inserted: (1) That before the license is valid or effective the licensee must obtain and exhibit to the City Clerk, who is hereby charged with the issuance of such license after authorization, a permit from the State Welfare Commission, or from its duly authorized agent or representative, authorizing the permittee to institute, conduct or carry on the activity for which application hereunder was made. (2) That the licensee must permit unmolested inspection of the premises involved, and of the service or services being rendered by the licensee, to be made by the Health Officer, the Chief of the Fire Department, the Building Inspector and Chief of Police of said City, or their respective authorized representatives at any and all reasonable hours and times. (3) That the permittee must promptly pay when due and payable, the amount of any city license fee applicable to the establishing or conducting of the service rendered or to be rendered. (4) That all laws of the State of California and regulations and ordinances of the City of E1 Segundo relating to child care service and to establishments rendering child care service, must be observed and followed by the licensee. (5) That the licensee will promptly notify the City Council in writing whenever the service licensed is discontinued. (6) That the license is revocable by the City Council at any time, as contemplated under the provisions of this ordinance. 3«• SECTION 6. That the Health Officer or official performing the functions of Health Officer of said City, is hereby charged with the duty of making periodical inspections of all establishments within said City where such child care service is afforded, such inspections to be made at least once each month. SECTION 7. That no permit fee is required for any permit herein provided for, but the licensee shall pay to said'City the amount of any city business license tax which may be applicable to the rendering of such service within said City. SECTION 8. That nothing in this ordinance contained shall be construed as requiring a permit for the care or rendering of child service by any parent or parents, or other head of a family, to or for their own children, or to or for children who bear lawful family relationship to such parent or parents, or family head. SECTION 9. That the City Clerk shall maintain in his office in the City Hall of said City, open to public inspection, a register in which shall be shown the name of each licensee receiving a license under this ordinance, the address of the place where such child care or service is furnished by such licensee, and the maximum number of children to be cared for under the provisions of such license. SECTION 10. Any licenses authorized by the Council under the provisions of this ordinance shall be subject to revocation by the Council at any time, if the Council finds and determines that in its opinion the public interest, or the interest of the children affected, requires such re- vocation, and it stall be unlawful after any such revocation for the licensee thereafter to conduct, maintain or furnish the service referred to in any such license so revoked, until a new license therefor shall have been first had and obtained as in the first instance. Unless sooner revoked, any license issued hereunder shall automatically become null and void when the licensee discontinues the furnishing of the child care or service therein referred to. SECTION 11. This ordinance is an ordinance affecting the public peace, health, safety, comfort, con- venience and general welfare of said City, and the same shall therefore take effect and be in full force and virtue immediately upon the final passage and adoption thereof. The facts constituting its urgency are as follows: The care, comfort, convenience and welfare of children is of prior and paramount importance. Under existing war -time conditions the establishing of child care homes, centers, places and institutions is becoming ever more prevalent; the City of E1 Segundo has no present ade- quate regulations respecting said subjects, and it is therefore essential that the regulations provided by this ordinance become effective as soon as possible. SECTION 12. That 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 to exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00), or by imprisonment in the City Jail of said City of E1 Segundo, or in the County Jail of Los Angeles County, California, as the committing magistrate may direct, for a period of not to exceed three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court. SECTION 13. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause �40 the same to be published once in the official paper of said City, to —wit: the E1 Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper printed, published and circulated within said City, and which is hereby designated for that purpose. Passed, approved and adopted this 19th day of May , A. D., 1943. Mayor of t Ci Wof El Segundo, California. STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS. CITY OF EL SEGUNDO ) I, Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City of E1 Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the said City is five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 270 , was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council held on the 19th day of 1.4ay , A. D., 1943, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Peterson, Selby and blayor Love ; NOES: Councilmen None ; ABSENT: Councilmen None ity Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California. q CLERKiS CERTIFICATE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS. CITY OF EL SEGUNDO ) I, Victor D. McCarthy, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the said City is five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 270 , is a full, true and correct original of Ordinance No. 270 of the said City of El Segundo, Cali- fornia, entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING OF PLACES, HOMES, INSTITUTIONS, OR CENTERS, FURNISHING CHILD CARE SERVICE WITHIN SAID CITY, AND PRESCRIBING CERTAIN REGULATIONS IN CONFECTION WITH SUCH CHILD CARE SERVICE. ", which was duly passed and adopted b; approved and signed by the Mayor of by the City Clerk of said City, all the said Council held on the 19th and that the same was so passed and vote: y the said City Council, said City, and attested at a regular meeting of day of May , 1943, adopted by the following AYES: Councilmen Gerow, Hesser, Peterson, Selby and Mayor Love ; NOES: Councilmen None ; ABSENT: Councilmen None • I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the provisions of Section 878 of Act 5233 of the General Laws of the State of California, (Deering 1923 Edition) as amended to date, that the foregoing ordinance No. 270 was duly and regularly published according to law and the order of the City Council of said City in the El Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of general circulation printed, published and cir- culated within the said City, and that the same was so published therein on the following date, to -wit: May 20th 1943 WITNESS my hand and the seal of said City this 21st day of May , A. D., 1943. City Clerk o the Ci ty El Segundo, alifornia. (SEAL) Affidavit of Publication STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, 86. CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, Frank ... L...._.3nQ$.. -. being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is, and at all of the times hereinafter mentioned was, a citizen of the United States of America, over the age of eighteen years, and a resident of the County of Los Angeles, State of California; that he was, at, and during all of the time of the publication of the instrument hereunto attached the_—. — _-._..___ ............. _ ..... — ....... ....................... _ ............. 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