[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Hales Corners as §§ 11.05 and 11.09 of the Municipal Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PUBLIC DANCE
Any dance to which admission can be had either without charge or by payment of a fee or by the purchase, possession or presentation of a ticket or token in which a charge is made for caring for clothing or other property, or any other dance to which the public generally may gain admission with or without payment of a fee.
PUBLIC DANCE HALL
Any room, place or space in which public dance may be held.
No person shall hold any public dance within the Village until the public dance hall in which the same may be held shall first have been duly licensed for such purpose under this chapter.
A. 
Where permitted. Public dance hall licenses shall only be granted for premises within a zoned business district.
B. 
Exceptions. This chapter shall not apply to eleemosynary and religious institutions.
C. 
Fees. The applicant for a public dance hall license may apply either for an annual license at a fee set by the Village Board for a calendar year or for an occasional license at a fee set by the Village Board for each occasion.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
D. 
Application. Such application shall state:
(1) 
The name, address and age of the applicant.
(2) 
The location at which such public dance hall is intended to be conducted.
(3) 
The name of the person owning the premises for which a license is asked.
(4) 
If for an occasional license, the date and hours for which the license is sought.
A. 
Every licensed owner of a public dance hall shall, immediately upon application being received by him from any person, club or society to lease or rent his hall for the purpose of holding a public dance, report to the Chief of Police the name and address of such person, club or society and the date when such public dance is proposed to be held. The Chief of Police shall at once make or cause to be made an investigation for the purpose of determining whether such dance shall be held. If the Chief of Police shall determine that the proposed dance ought not to be held, he shall, within five days after receipt of the aforesaid notice of application for lease or rental, notify the licensed owner of such public dance hall, in writing, that the proposed public dance shall not be held therein, and the licensed owner of such public dance hall shall thereupon refuse to permit such public dance to be held in such hall. In such event, for an occasional license, the license fee shall be returned.
B. 
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 a public dance hall shall be kept open and well-lighted, and it shall be unlawful to dim the lights in a public dance hall while a dance number is going on. The Chief of Police shall cause the place, hall or room where any dance is being held or given to be vacated whenever any indecent act shall be committed or when any disorder of a violent or vulgar character shall take place.
C. 
Whenever practicable, the licensee shall engage the services of an off-duty law enforcement official from the Village, if possible, otherwise from some other law enforcement agency within Milwaukee County, to be in attendance during the dance.
A. 
Within premises where no intoxicating liquor or fermented malt beverages are available, it shall be unlawful after 10:00 p.m. to permit any person to attend or take part in any public dance who has not reached the age of 18 years, unless such person be in the company of a parent, or guardian, or spouse, one of whom shall be 18 years of age.
B. 
In event the premises are licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor or fermented malt beverages, at no time shall a person under the age of 21 be permitted to be in attendance, unless accompanied by his parent or guardian or spouse, one of whom shall be 21 years of age. Such premises shall include any hall which is attached to or under the same roof as or abutting on the same plot as one licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor or fermented malt beverages.
C. 
No person shall misrepresent his age in order to obtain admission to a public dance hall or be permitted to remain therein when such person in fact is underage, and no person shall represent himself to be a parent, guardian or spouse of any person in order that such person may obtain admission to a public dance hall, nor shall he be permitted to remain therein when the party making the representation is not in fact either a parent, guardian or spouse of the other person.
All public dances shall be discontinued on or before 2:00 a.m. on weekdays and 2:30 a.m. on Sundays and on New Year's Day.
No licensee shall permit any person to serve, dispense, sell or drink any intoxicating liquor or fermented malt beverages upon the licensed public dance hall premises unless such premises are duly licensed for such sale.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
Prior to the issuance of any such dance hall license, the Village Clerk shall refer the matter to the Fire Inspector and Chief of Police of the Village to ascertain whether the premises comply in all respects with the Fire Code of the Village for such use and further to ascertain whether supervision is necessary under § 204-4 hereof. The Village Clerk shall be empowered to issue occasional licenses upon the affirmative report of such Village personnel. For an annual dance hall license, the Village Clerk shall only be authorized to issue a license upon the affirmative approval of a majority of the Village Board.