[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Rice Lake
as Title 7, Section 7-15-3 of the Code of Ordinances. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
A.
No person shall maintain or operate any transient or
temporary public entertainment within the city without first obtaining a license
therefor as hereinafter provided.
B.
This chapter does not require a license for the giving
of fairs, lectures, concerts, exhibitions or entertainments of a scientific,
historical, political, literary or musical character for humane, religious,
charitable or scientific purposes. No license shall be required for shows,
exhibitions, carnivals or other amusements given on the grounds of the Barron
County Fair Association during the annual fair of such association.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
One to which the public may gain admission by payment of an admission
charge. It includes shows, circuses, exhibitions, carnivals and vaudeville.
Application for a carnival license shall be made by the applicant to
the Common Council, in writing, at least 10 days before the planned event,
and all of the information regarding insurance, etc., shall be filed within
10 days and referred to the Council for examination of the qualifications,
character and reputation of the applicant and into the desirability of permitting
the carnival to operate, show or exhibit in the city.
No license shall be granted unless the applicant therefor shall have
filed with the City Clerk-Treasurer a public liability insurance policy, in
a sum as set by the Council from time to time, with the condition that the
applicant shall indemnify and save harmless the city and its officers and
agents and citizens against any injuries and damages resulting or arising
from the conducting of any carnival for which the license is issued or from
the performance by the applicant or his agents of any negligence incident
to or connected with the conduct of such carnival and that the applicant shall
pay all judgments, costs and charges that may be recovered against the city
or any of its officers or agents by reason of the conduct of such carnival.
No license shall be issued unless the applicant shall pay a license fee for the operation or maintenance of the public entertainment as set forth in the fee schedule adopted as part of the annual budget document. All public entertainments listed in § 115-2 shall be exempt from any license fee if sponsored by a nonprofit organization.
Such licenses, when issued, shall be prominently displayed while the
carnival is in operation.
Any person employed in such carnival for the purpose of preparing, handling
or selling food or drink shall submit to a physical examination and obtain
a health certificate as required by state statute.
The applicant shall indicate the date of the last state inspection of
rides, merry-go-rounds and other mechanical devices.
Any license granted by the Common Council under the provisions of this
chapter may be revoked by the Council if the person who maintains, owns, controls
or operates such carnival shall permit the violation of any provisions of
this Municipal Code or state laws or where, in the opinion of the Council,
the carnival is deemed undesirable.
