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1 ORDINANCE NO.-& /~
2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO REGULATING
ESCORT BURBAUS.
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., THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
4 00 ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION ONE: ''Escort Bureau" shall mean any business or
6 agency which, for a fee, commission, hire, reward or profit.
? furnishes, or offers to furnish escorts or persons who, for hire
8 or- reward, accompany others to or about social affairs, entertain-
9 ments or places of amusement, or who consort with others, for hire
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or reward, about any place of public resort or within any private
quarters.
SECTION TWO: No person shall conduct, manage or carry
on any escort bureau without a permit therefor from the Chief of
Police. No such permit shall be issued by the Chief of Police
except upon the verified application in writing of the individual
to be in control of, and responsible for. the operation and con-
17 duct of the business. The application shall be upon a form fur-
18 nished by the City Clerk and shall set forth such information
. 19 concerning the applicant. and the proposed business as the Chief
20 of Police may require and must be accompanied by a fee in the
21 sum of $200.00. Each permit issued. shall expire on December 31st
22 next following the date of issuance, and each application for the
23 annual renewal thereof shall be accompanied by a renewal fee in
24 the sum of $7 5.00. No ]Jre rmit under this section shall be issued
25 to, or in the name of, any organization, group, corporation,'
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partner,sb.ip, or any other entity than an individual person; but
the business may be advertised and carried on by the permittee un- I
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der a fictitious name in the manner permitted by law, provided
such fictitious name is first approved by the Chief of Police.
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SECTION THREE: Each app1icatitn must state the names
addresses of all escorts intended to be employed by the
applicant and, if a permit be granted, the permittee must notify
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1 the Chief of Police in writing. within twenty-four hours, of any
2 change in personnel. All such escorts shall be registered by the
3 Police Department and shall be photographed and finger printed.
4 No escor t shall be registered unless there be furnished to the
5 Chief of Police satisfactory evidence of the good moral character
6 of such escort. The registration of any escort may be cancelled
7 for cause by the Chief of Police and thereafter no escort bureau
8 shall employ, engage, or deal with such escort.
9 cSECTION POUR:" If the Chief of Police. 'after investiga-
10 tion, shall find that the applicant for the permit is of good moral
11 character and reputation, and that the business iscto be conducted
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12, at a: suitable and prGpet:place,andis not calculated or intended
13 to be operated as a subterfuge for the conduct of any unlawful or
14 immoral business or practice, then a permit shall be granted.
15 Otherwise the application shall be denied.
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SECTION FIVE: The permittee shall conduct the business
17 only at the address shown on the permit. Each additional place
18 of business shall require a separate permit. Upon the abandon-
19 ment of the designated place of business, a change of address may
20 be granted by the Chief of Police upon the payment of a special
21 fee of $25.00, and the new address shall be endorsed upon the per-
22 mite
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SECTION SIXt A record shall be kept by each permittee
24 showing every transaction whereby any escort is employed, furnish-
25 ed or arranged for on behalf of any patron or customer, the date
26 and approximate hour of the transaction, the name, address and
27 telephone number of the patron or customer. the name of each
28 escort involved and such other information as the Chief of Police
29 may reasonably require by rule or regulation. Such record shall
30 be kept available and open to the inspection of any police officer
31 at any time during business hours and shall be presented before
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SECTION SEVEN: The Mayor and Common Council shall have
2 the power to suspend or revoke any permit. or to deny a renewal
3 after notice and an opportunity for a hearing has been given to
4 the permittee upon any of the following grounds:
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a. That the permittee has, in the course of the business,
6 committed, or caused, permitted, encouraged or condoned the com-
7 mission of. any act in violation of this section. or any lewd and
8 immoral ast. or any act of prostitution;
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b. That the business has been conducted, in whole or in
10 part, as a subterfuge to facilitate or to conceal the conduct of
11 any unlawful or immoral business or practice.
12 I SECTION EIGHT: Nothing in this section shall apply to
131 the lawful business of any employment agency licensed under the
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SECTION NINE: No permittee hereunder shall employ, as
an escort, any person under 21 years of age.
SECTION TEN: No permittee shall furnish any escort to,
or accept employment from, any patron, customer, or person to be
escorted who is under 21 years of age, except at the special
instance and request of the parent, guardian or other person in
lawful custody of the person upon whose behalf the escort service
is engaged.
SECTION ELEVEN: PENALTIES. Any person who violates any
provision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding
$500.00,. or by imprisonment for not more than 180 days, or by
both S!lid fine and said imprisonment.
I 'HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly
adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernar-
dino ata jrffi.., meeting thereof held on the c~:zI day of
~~ " 1956, by the following vote, to wit:
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