[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Grand Chute 1-7-1997 as
§§ 9.09 and 9.12 of the 1997 Code; amended 12-19-2006. Subsequent amendments noted
where applicable.]
A.
No person shall hold any public dance or hold classes
in dancing within the limits of the Town until the dance hall in which
the same may be held shall first have been licensed for such purposes.
Application for each public dance shall be in writing and shall be
filed with the Town Clerk at least 48 hours before the proposed date
for holding the same.
B.
There shall be two types of licenses issued, a one-day
license and an annual license. The fee for each type of license shall
be as prescribed in the Town Fee Schedule. Annual licenses shall expire
June 30 of each year, and the license fee shall not be prorated for
licenses issued during the year.[1]
C.
Issuance of licenses shall be as follows:
Applications for annual licenses shall be made
at least 15 days before issued. If no objection to the issuance of
such license shall be made, the Clerk shall issue a license to the
applicant.
If written objections are made to the issuance
of either type of license, they shall be filed with the Town Clerk
at any time before the issuance of a license. The Clerk shall forthwith
present the entire matter to the Town Board at a special or regular
meeting for its consideration, and no license shall be issued unless
authorized by the Town Board. In case the Town Board shall refuse
to order the issuance of a license, the license fee shall be returned
to the applicant by the Town Clerk. However, nothing herein shall
be construed to prevent the Town Board, for cause, from revoking such
license at any time prior to the holding of said dance or public ball.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any dance hall to which the public generally may gain admission
with or without payment of a fee. "Public dance hall" as used herein
means any room, place or space in which a public dance may be held
or hall in which classes in dancing are held and instruction in dancing
is given for hire.
No license for a public dance hall shall be
issued until it shall be found that such hall complies with and conforms
to all ordinances and health and fire regulations of the Town and
that it is properly ventilated and supplied with a sufficient toilet
convenience and is a safe and proper place for the purpose for which
it is to be used.
A.
All public
dance halls shall be kept at all times in a clean, healthful and sanitary
condition, and all stairways and outer passages and all rooms connected
with the dance hall shall be kept open and well lighted. Any police
or fire official shall cause the place, hall or room where any dance
is held or given to be vacated whenever any provision of any ordinance
with regard to public dances and public halls is being violated or
whenever any indecent act shall be committed or when any disorder
of a gross, violent or vulgar character shall take place.[1]
B.
No person, proprietor or association of persons shall give, conduct, permit or allow in any dance hall in the Town any obscene, immoral, indecent or lewd act, dance or conduct. Indecent act, disorderly conduct (disorder of a gross, violent or vulgar character), obscenity, lewdness, and obscene, immoral, indecent or lewd act, dance or conduct shall be as defined in Chapter 335, Article II, and Chapter 415 of this Code.
The Chief of Police or any member of his Department
may enter or cause to be entered any dance hall in which a dance is
being held or conducted and arrest any person violating any of the
provisions of this chapter, and no person shall obstruct, resist,
or interfere with the police in the performance of any act authorized
by this chapter.
A.
A first violation of any provision of this chapter
shall be punished by a fine as prescribed in the Uniform Forfeiture
and Bond Schedules, together with the costs of prosecution, and on
default of the payment of any such fine and/or costs of prosecution
such person shall be committed to the county jail of Outagamie County
until such fine and costs are paid, but not to exceed 90 days.
B.
Any person violating this chapter who shall previously
have been convicted of a violation of this chapter shall, upon proof
and conviction thereof, forfeit an amount as prescribed in the Uniform
Forfeiture and Bond Schedules, together with the costs of prosecution,
and on default of the payment of any such fine and costs of prosecution,
or either of them, such convicted person shall be committed to and
confined within the county jail of Outagamie County, Wisconsin, until
such fine and costs of prosecution are paid, but not to exceed six
months.
C.
Each day of violation under this chapter shall constitute
a separate and distinct offense.
