Chapter 5.32
DANCING IN LIQUOR ESTABLISHMENTS
Sections:
5.32.020 Responsibility for conduct.
5.32.030 Dancing when liquor sale restricted.
5.32.040 Violation – License revocation and transfer.
5.32.010 License required.
From and after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, it is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to permit dancing in an establishment operated by him or it in which intoxicating or other spirituous liquors are sold or offered for sale without first securing a license therefor from the city clerk-treasurer, the issuance of said license to be subject to the approval of the city council, and upon the payment of the sum of $35.00, which is fixed as the annual license fee. (Ord. 397 § 1, 1970; Ord. 365 § 1, 1961).
5.32.020 Responsibility for conduct.
Each and every person, firm or corporation conducting or operating a business where intoxicating or other spirituous liquors are sold and in which dancing is permitted hereunder shall be responsible and accountable for the conduct of the patrons thereof and it is unlawful to permit any noisy or boisterous conduct or unseemly and indecent dancing or conduct in any such establishments. (Ord. 365 § 2, 1961).
5.32.030 Dancing when liquor sale restricted.
No dancing is permitted on the premises licensed under this chapter at any time when the sale of such intoxicating or other spirituous liquors is prohibited from being sold by the laws of the state or any regulation of the Washington State Liquor Control Board. (Ord. 365 § 3, 1961).
5.32.040 Violation – License revocation and transfer.
Upon notice and satisfactory proof that the person, firm or corporation licensed under this chapter is violating, or permitting to be violated, any city ordinance or any of the laws of the state relating to the sale of intoxicating or other spirituous liquors in and about such establishment, the city council may, after a hearing held upon not less than 10 days’ notice to the licensee, cancel and revoke the license of said licensee. 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 a formal order of the city council. (Ord. 365 § 4, 1961).