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HomeMy WebLinkAboutordinance.council.002-65ORDINANCE NO. 2 (Series of 1965) AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR REGISTRATION OF EMPLOYEES IN OCCUPATIONS AND INDUSTRIES CRITICAL TO THE ECONOMY OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, AND VICINITY, ~-'D_- _'2_-C'_-_RiL'-G-.~.~.' WHEREAS, the economy of the City of Aspen, Colorado, and the immediate surrounding areas, is, during the summer months, dependent in large part upon its cultural attractions, furnished, in part, by the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, including its executive program, International Design Conferences, Film Conferences, Symposia and institutes on cultural, humanistic, economic and philosophical subjects, and, in part, by the Music Associates of Aspen in their annual music school; and WHEREAS, the economy of the City of Aspen, Colorado, and the immediate surrounding areas, is, during the winter months, dependent in large part upon the sports of skiing, skating and hunting; and W/4EREAS, during appropriate seasons great numbers of people visit Aspen, Colorado, for varying periods of time; and WHEREAS, employment possibilities in Aspen vary greatly with the seasonal influx of visitors and tourists; and WHEREAS, because of the large numbers of visitors and tourists, a great many lodges, ~tels, hotels, rooming facilities, cafes, dining rooms, lounges and bars are located in the City of Aspen, Colorado, and WHEREAS, because of these attractions and including the large though seasonal employment possibilities, persons seeking employment in many businesses and industries of Aspen dependent upon the visitor and tourist business, come to Aspen seeking employment, and WHEREAS, the turnover of employees is large, and the opportunities of knowing the employees are few; and WHEREAS, the incident of crime in and about the City of Aspen, Colorado has drastically increased due, largely, to the drastic increase in persons c~ming to Aspen seeking employment in businesses and industries dependent upon the tourist and visitor trade; and WHEREAS, without compulsory registration of employees in such trades and businesses, the identity of persons committing crimes is often unknown; and WHEREAS, this Ordinance is necessary for the health, safety, morals, good order and general welfare of the inhabitants and the citizens of Aspen, Colorado, and vicinity, and is a police measure. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO: Section 1: This ordinance shall be known as the "Compulsory Registration Ordinance of Employees in Occupations and Industries Critical to the Economy of the City of Aspen, Colorado," and in this Ordinance the following definitions shall control: "Business" shall mean all motels, hotels, lodges, inns, rooming houses, dormitories, restaurants, bars, lounges, ski lifts, skating rinks, bowling alleys, employing one or more persons, within the City of Aspen, Colorado. "Employee" shall mean any person receiving remuneratiOn, either directly or indirectly, for services rendered to any of the above enumerated businesses while in the employ thereof, notwithstanding that said person may be considered self-employed for tax or other purposes. County of Pitkin, Colorado, more, regardless of whether The residency of any person in the for a period of one (1) year or such residency was or is established before or after the effective date of this ordinance, shall exclude any such person from the definition of the term "employee", and shall relieve such person from further compliance herewith, and shall relieve any employer of compliance herewith with regard to such person. "Department' shall mean the Police Department of the City of Aspen, Colorado. "Clerk' shall mean the City Clerk or Deputy City Clerk of the City of Aspen, Colorado. Section 2: It shall be unlawful for any person to hereafter accept employment in any business enumerated in Section 1 hereof, unless such person shall first have registered with the Department as hereinafter provided, and shall have received a registration card showing such registration and bearing the signature of the Clerk and the seal of the City of Aspen, Colorado. Section 3: It shall be unlawful for any employer at any business enumerated in Section 1 hereof to hereafter employ any person required to register with the Department by the terms of this ordinance, unless such person shall have so registered with the Department as hereinafter provided. Section 4: All employees required to register with the Department by the terms of this ordinance and who accept employment in any business enumerated in Section 1 hereof shall, within five (5) days from the date of accepting such employment, such date and place of employment to the Department. Section 5: Ail employers at any business enumerated in Section 1 hereof shall report to the Department the names and registration card numbers of all persons employed by them from the date of the employment of each within five (5) days such person. Section 6: issued pursuant to Ail registration cards once having been this ordinance shall be valid for the purposes of this ordinance to authorize the person therein named to apply for and accept employment at any of the herein enumerated businesses in the City of Aspen, Colorado. Section 7: On or after the effective date of this ordinance all employees of all businesses enumerated in Section 1 hereof, and all persons seeking employment with any of said businesses, shall report to and register with the Department as follows: (a) The employee shall make sworn application for such registration on forms to be furnished by said Department. (b) The Department shall, on such application form, obtain the following from the applicant: 1. Full name and sex; 2. Full physical description; 3. Date and place of birth; 4. Residence or domicile; 5. Length of time in Aspen, Colorado, and proposed length of stay; 6. Employment history of past five years; 7. Criminal history, if any; and 8. Place of employment in Aspen (to be supplied by applicant after employment is secured) --4-- report (c) The Department shall photograph and take the thumb and fingerprints of applicant; (d) The applicant shall pay a fee of $2.00 to the Clerk for issuance of a registration card; (e) The Clerk, upon request of the Department, shall issue to the applicant, upon payment of the fee as aforesaid, a numbered registration card and receipt for fee paid containing the name, age and physical description of the applicant and the date of the issuance. (f) The Clerk shall deliver to the Department a duplicate copy of each registration card so issued and the Department shall index and file for at least 10 years all such registration cards. Section 8: Application to the Department as aforesaid for a registration card shall be deemed as consent by the applicant to have his photograph and fingerprints forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or any other such investigation agency, with a request for information as to the previous criminal record of such applicant. Any information received as aforesaid, however, shall be treated as confidential and shall only be made accessible to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Aspen, Colorado, the applicant's employer and law enforcement agencies. Section 9: Any person guilty of any act herein declared unlawful, or any person who fails to do any act herein affirmatively required to be done by such person, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $300.00 or by imprisonment not exceeding 90 days. Section 10: Administration of this ordinance is hereby vested in the Police Department of the City of Aspen, Colorado, which shall prescribe forms andreasonable rules and regulations in conformity with this ordiance for the adminis- tration and enforcement hereof. ,iDa~ =-* ........... ~*~. *~ City Coumeil ~f thc "~ ..... ~ Aspen, .~ ~ccsu~ry for ~~and that ~io or~inancc ~ ~ INTRODUCED, I~AD, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED this 5th day of April, 1965. / t;//~4 Mayor City Clerk/ / ,/ / Finally adopted and approved this . /~ day of / Mayor ~rrEST: ~ See Council Minutes of April 19, 1965 for approval to delete Emergency Clause. STATE OF COLORADO) SS. COUNTY OF PITKIN ) Council on April Ordinance No. 2 I, Dorothy Hoffmann City Clerk of the City of Aspen, Colorado, do hereby certify that the above and fore. going ordinance was introduced, read in full and passed first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Aspen, Colorado, on the 5th day of April , 196 ,5 and published in the Aspen times, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, published in the City of Aspen, Colorado, in its issue of April 9 , 1965, and was finally adopted and approved at a regular meeting of the City 19 , 1965, and ordered published as , Series of 1965 , of said City as provided by IN ~'~TNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said City of Aspen~ Colorado, this 20th day of April , 1965.