Ordinance 0629ORDINANCE NO. 629
Amending the alameda municipal code by adding to title 13 thereof a new chapter and article to be known as chapter 2 article 1
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Ap-
plication, The City Manager shall
in every case of application for a
permit, if a hearing` is to he held
thereon., cause written notice to be
given. to' applicant of the time
and place of such hearing, at least
three days before the date thereof.
In the event that a public notice
of the hearing on any application
for a permit may be required the
City Clergy shall, at least three days
before such hearing, cause a notice
to be published once in the official
-newspaper of the City of Alameda,
and cause a copy thereof to be
posted upon the premises to be pri
marily affected by the granting of
such permit. Such. notice shall set.
loath the fact that such appli.cation
has been filed., the name of the ap-
plicant, the nature of the thing to
be permitted and the time and place
of hearing upon such application.
Whenever a public notice shall be
required, the a..pplic:a,rit, upon. filing
his application, shall pay to the Ci LY
Clerk the surn of $5,00, and such
payment shall, not be in lieu of any
license or other fee or ta. x otherwise
imposed by law.
13 --215, Action on Application.
The City Manager, or the investigat-
ing official acting thereon, shall deny
the granting of any 1)e ° -nit applied
for if it shall appear to his satis-
faction that the applicant has not
complied. with the provisions of this
Code, or other law, which directly
appertain to the maintenance or con-
duct of the business, establishment,
place or other thing in question., or
has violated any law appertaining
ther -eto. or for any other reason in
this Code more specifically set forth.
In granting or denying such per-
mit, and in specifying the conditions,
if any, upon . which it i s granted., the
City Manager, or other official act-
ing thereon, shall consider all per-
tinent facts which. may concern the
health, saf ety and gen eras welf are
of . the Public, and shall exercise a
reasonable and sound discretion 'in
the premises. The City Manager,
or other official acting thereon, in
acting upon, an application for a
permit, shall notify the investigating
official to wham such application
was referred., of sucb action.
. §13-216. Transfer of Perm - its. No
permit in this Code required shall
be transferable, nor apply to any
premises other than those originally
specified as the location of the thing
Permitted, except upon written per-
mission of the City Manager, ..or
other official originally -' grantn.g
such permit, granted upon written
application by the transferor, and
application - .by the transferee -made
in the same Mariher as .'may. be
required in the instance of the origi-
nal application for such permit.
13-217. Revocation and Suspen-
slon of Perm Any permit granted
pursuant . to the provisions of this
.Article may be, by the City Man-
ager, or by such other official who
,granted such permit, revoked or sus -
pended, as in his discretion may
seein meet and just, for any reason
for which a granting of such permit
Inight be lawfully denied., or for any
other reason in this Code or other
Ordinance specifically provided.
Such revocation or suspension shall
be made only upon a. hearing granted
to the bolder of the permit so re-
voked or suspended., held before the
City Manager after five days' notice
to such permit Molder, stating the
grounds of complaint against him
and stating the time and place where
such hearing will be held.. In the
event of such revocation or suspen -, sion, any certificate issued in con -
nection with the granting of such
permit shall, by the. holder thereof,
be forthwith surrendered to the City
Manager.
Such revocation or suspension of
any permit shall be in addition to
any other penalties more specifically
provided in this Code.
§12-219, Appeals. Any I person ex-
cepting to any denial, suspensionn or
revocation of a permit applied for
or held by him pursuant to the pro-
visions of this Code, or to any
action taken by any official of the
City of Alameda concerning - such
permit, may ,appeal in- writing to the
City ounell by filing with the City
Clerk a written notice of such ap-
peal, setting forth the specific
grounds. thereof. Such notice must
be filed. within 14 days after notice
of such action appealed from, but
in no event .later than thirty days
after slate of such action. The City
Clerk shall forthwith set said mat-
ter for hearing before the Council
and caii se notice thereof to be given
to the appellant not less than five
days prior to such .hearing. At such
hearing the applicant shall show
cause, on the grounds - specified in
the notice of appeal, why the action
excepted to should not be approved.
Such - hearing may, by the Council,
be continued over from time to time,
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and its , findin on the appeal shall
be f ind. and conclusive in the
matter.
§13-219. Inspection of Premises.
An officer of the Cit of Alameda
char with the -enf orce-ment or ad-
ministration of an of the provisions
of this Code or other cit Ordinance,
shall be permitted to enter and in-
spect at an reasonable time, without
charge or other restraint, an prem-
ises to which an permit g ranted
under the provisions of this Code or
an such Ordinance ma per-
tain, or -which are directl affiectod
b such permit, for the purpose
of ascertainin whether or not an
of the provisions of this Code and
of the laws applicable thereto are
bein violated.
§13-2110. Permits to Be Exhibited.
A-n permit re under the pro-
-visions of this Code shall be exhib-
ited in a con-9picuous place in that
part, to which the public has ac-
cess, of the premises to which sijch
permit appertains.
§13-2111. Expiration of -Pormit. An
permit g ranted pursuant Lo the pro-
visions of this Code or other Cit
Ordinance but tinder which the thin
therein permitted has not been done,
carried on or maintained within a
period of six months from the time
of the issuance of such p-ermit, shall
expire b limitation and cease to be
valid for an purpose. Provided,
however, that the Cit Mana ma
upon written application made prior
to the expiration of such period, e'x-
tend such period for not to exceed
three months. %
§13-2112. Cit Clerk to Examine
Applieafion�s as to Zu-
I lie. Upon, the
filin of an application for a per-
mit as in this Nrtliele provided for,
the Cit Clerk -shall examine the
same for the purpose of ascertainin
whether the business, establishment
or place for which such permit is
desired is proposed to -be located
within a zone in which the sarne is
permitted pursuant to the provisions
of this Code and the Ordinance and
laws of - the Cit If -. such location
is not within such approved zone, the
Cit Clerk shall refuse t� accept
such application.
§ 13-2111 Cit Clerk to Be Noti-
fied of Actions on Permits. An of-
ficial of the Cit of Alameda takin
an action upon any application for
a permit, or upon an existin per-
mit, to operate or maintain an
business, establishment or place
within the Cit of Alameda, where
the application is ori re
to be filed with the Cit Clerk, shall
notif the Cit Clerk in ritffi of
such action. The Cit Cle wrk shall
place such communications on file
with the applications and permits to
which the appertain.
Section 2. This Ordinance shall g o
into effect at the expiration of
thirt da from the date of its
final passa
HENRY A. WEICHHART,
Presidin Officer of the Council.
I, the undersi hereb certif
that the fore Ordinance was
dul and regularl adopted and
passed b the Council of the Cit of
.A.Iameda in re meetin assern-
bled on the 1st da of March, 1938,
b the followin vote, to-wit a,
AYES: Councilmen Carrin
Godfre Maurer, Morris and Presi-
dent Weichhart, (5).
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 1 have
hereunto set m hand and affixed
the official seal of said Cit this
2nd da of March, 1928.
(SEAL) D. ELMER DYER,
City Clerk of the City of Alameda.
Publish March 2. 1938.