[CC 1974 §53.010]
As used in this Chapter and unless otherwise defined or distinctly
expressed, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings
set out herein:
Any charge or consideration for the right or privilege to
any amusement or entertainment or admission to or entry to any area
or facility where such amusement or entertainment is conducted.
Includes carnivals, circuses and side shows and street fairs
for which an admission charge is made.
Any not-for-profit organization organized for civic, charitable,
benevolent or religious purposes, the majority of members of which
are residents of this City and the purposes of which are primarily
for the benefit of the City and its citizens. Political organizations
are expressly excluded from being within the definition of such term.
[CC 1974 §53.020]
A permit must be obtained in order to conduct any amusement or entertainment within the limits of this City under the provisions of this Chapter. Only a civic organization shall be issued a permit; other amusements or entertainments may be conducted, but only if the same has been licensed under the provisions of Chapter 605 of this Code.
[CC 1974 §53.040; Ord. No. 4732 §15, 11-4-2013]
A.
Every
civic organization proposing to sponsor or conduct any amusement or
entertainment within the City shall apply, through a duly elected
officer of the said civic organization, in writing to the City Clerk
for a permit to operate such amusement or entertainment.
1.
All
applicants shall state on their application that they will indemnify
the City for any claim resulting from the operation of the amusement
or entertainment and each application shall be accompanied by a certificate
of insurance showing the City as the named insured, covering any damage
or liability to the City which may be caused by the operation of the
amusement or entertainment, the amount of said insurance to be as
required by such rules and regulations, the promulgation of which
is hereinafter provide but in no event to be less than bodily injury
limits of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) for each occurrence
and ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) for each person and property
damage limits of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) for each occurrence
and twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) aggregate.
2.
All
applicants shall accompany their application with a bond in the amount
of five hundred dollars ($500.00), which bond shall secure the applicant's
removing all litter from the site of the amusement or entertainment
at its termination. Should it be necessary for the City to remove
litter from the amusement site, the cost of such removal shall be
deducted from the bond and the remainder returned to the applicant.
The Board of Aldermen may in its discretion waive the requirement
of a bond.
3.
The
City Clerk may refuse to issue a permit to any amusement or entertainment,
the operation of which does not comply with this Chapter or which
has in any previous operation in any other City or in this City violated
the ordinance or requirements of such other City or of this City.
4.
Upon
determination that the proposed amusement or entertainment shall comply
with this Chapter, the City Clerk shall issue a permit and shall so
notify the applicant.
[CC 1974 §53.050; Ord. No. 4732 §16, 11-4-2013]
The Mayor is hereby given authority to establish and promulgate
rules and regulations consistent with the terms of this Chapter for
the purpose of carrying out and enforcing compliance therewith and
a copy of such rules and regulations shall be on file and available
for public examination in the office of the City Clerk. Failure or
refusal to comply with any such rules and regulations established
and promulgated under this Section shall be deemed a violation of
this Chapter.
[CC 1974 §53.060]
Any permit issued pursuant to this Chapter may be revoked by
the Mayor upon his/her determination that the amusement or entertainment
is being operated or conducted in violation of this Chapter, or violation
of rules and regulations established and promulgated pursuant thereto
or is so conducted or operated as to endanger substantially the public
peace, health, safety and welfare of the citizens of this City.
[CC 1974 §53.070]
There shall be no fee for the permit required by this Chapter.
[CC 1974 §53.080]
Any amusement or entertainment which is not operated, conducted or sponsored by a civic organization may be operated within this City if a license for the same has been obtained under Chapter 605 of this Code. The requirements of Sections 615.030 and 615.040 shall apply to such amusement or entertainment.
