Chapter 5.16
PUBLIC DANCES
Sections:
5.16.010 Public dance defined.
5.16.020 Public dance hall defined.
5.16.030 Dance hall proprietor defined.
5.16.050 Proprietor responsible for patrons’ unlawful acts.
5.16.060 Special permit required between certain hours.
5.16.080 Proprietor violation – Hearing – License cancellation and nontransferability.
5.16.010 Public dance defined.
Within the meaning of this chapter, “public dance” means every dance where a general admission price is charged or where tickets of admission are sold or taken at the door. (Ord. 229 § 1, 1924).
5.16.020 Public dance hall defined.
Within the meaning of this chapter, “public dance hall” means every floor, pavilion, hall, room or place in which a public dance, as defined in DMC 5.16.010 is held. (Ord. 229 § 2, 1924).
5.16.030 Dance hall proprietor defined.
Within the meaning of this chapter, “dance hall proprietor” means every person, partnership, firm or corporation who, either as owner, tenant, agent or manager, opens, conducts, operates or manages, or has charge of, any dance hall, as defined in DMC 5.16.020. (Ord. 229 § 3, 1924).
5.16.040 License.
From and after the taking effect of the ordinance codified in this chapter, it is unlawful for any dance hall proprietor to operate or maintain any public dance hall, or give or permit to be given any public dance, within the corporate limits of the city, without having first secured a license therefor from the city clerk-treasurer, and the city clerk-treasurer is authorized to issue such license, subject to approval by the mayor, and upon payment of the following fees: license for one night, $5.00; annual license fee, $15.00. (Ord. 229 § 4, 1924).
5.16.050 Proprietor responsible for patrons’ unlawful acts.
Each and every dance hall proprietor, conducting or operating a public dance hall within the corporate limits of the city, shall be responsible and accountable for the conduct of the patrons thereof, and it is unlawful to admit any intoxicated person to any public dance or to permit any intoxicating liquor to be brought into or kept in any public dance hall within the corporate limits of the city. It is unlawful to permit any noisy or boisterous conduct or any unseemly, indecent or lewd posturing or dancing in any such public dance hall. (Ord. 229 § 5, 1924).
5.16.060 Special permit required between certain hours.
No public dance shall be conducted nor dance hall kept open between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., unless a special permit is obtained from the city clerk-treasurer of the city, which permit, if issued, shall be subject to the approval of the mayor. (Ord. 229 § 6, 1924).
5.16.070 Patron under 18.
No person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted to attend any public dance without the escort of his or her parent or guardian. Any person under the age of 18 years who by affirmative misrepresentations of age, obtains admission to or permission to remain in any public dance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 229 § 7, 1924).
5.16.080 Proprietor violation – Hearing – License cancellation and nontransferability.
Upon notice and satisfactory proof that any dance hall proprietor operating or conducting a public dance hall within the corporate limits of the city is violating or permitting to be violated any city ordinance of the city, or any of the laws of the state, in or about such public dance hall, the city council may, after a hearing held upon not less than 10 days’ written notice to the licensee, cancel and revoke the license of such dance hall proprietor. Every licensee accepting a license hereunder shall be deemed to have consented to the provisions of this section with respect to the cancellation of licenses. No license granted hereunder shall be transferable except by formal order of the city council. (Ord. 229 § 8, 1924).