[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Garfield 5-16-1906
by Ord. No. 88; amended in its entirety 5-20-1980
by Ord. No. 1723 (Ch. 127 of the 1979 Code). Subsequent amendments
noted where applicable.]
No person shall engage in the business of fortune-telling or any service
designed to foretell, reveal, disclose, divine or attempt to foretell, reveal,
disclose or divine any event, past, present or future, by means of the possession
or alleged possession of any occult or mysterious power, whether the same
be manifested through a medium, cards, hypnotism, clairvoyance, fortune-telling,
palmistry, phrenology or any other mode or fashion in the City of Garfield
without making application for and procuring a permit for so doing.
[Added 8-3-1999 by Ord. No. 2271]
No person or entity shall operate a fortune-teller business or engage
in any activity as a fortune-teller in the City of Garfield in any zone except
a business zone and subject to the following restrictions:
A.
The premises in question must be located in a B-1 Business
Zone.
B.
The premises in question must be located on Route 46.
C.
The property and the structures lawfully existing thereon
must not be within 1,000 feet of a church and/or house of worship.
D.
The property and the structures lawfully existing thereon
must not be within 1,000 feet of a day-care center.
E.
The property and structures lawfully existing thereon
must not be within 1,000 feet of a school.
F.
A parcel to be used and occupied for adult entertainment
shall not adjoin, abut nor be located within 100 feet of a residential zone
or a residentially developed parcel of land.
[Amended 4-25-2006 by Ord. No. 2457[1]]
Violations of the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by one
or more of the following: a fine not exceeding $2,000; imprisonment for a
term not exceeding 90 days; and/or a period of community service not exceeding
90 days.
