[Adopted 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 200713-1[1]]
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Editor's Note: This article derives from § 9.08
of the former Municipal Code, amended 1-27-1997, 3-10-2003 and 11-28-2005.
No person or business shall hold a public dance in the Village
of Fox Crossing without obtaining a permit from the Village Clerk
and payment of the permit fee. Application for the permit shall be
in writing on a form provided by the Village Clerk at least 10 business
days before the proposed date of the dance.
The permit fee shall be per dance within a twenty-four-hour
period as set forth in the Village Fee Schedule, reference this Code
section. Permit fee covers inspection of the premises and shall be
required at the time of application. Application shall be made in
the Village Clerk's office, and the fee is nonrefundable.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any room, place or space in which a public dance may be held.
Any dance to which the public generally may gain admission
with or without payment of a fee.
No permit for a public dance shall be issued until such facility
complies with and conforms to all ordinances and health and fire regulations
of the Village and 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.
All public dance facilities 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 kept open and
well-lighted. Whenever any provision of this article is being violated
or any indecent act is being committed or disorder of a gross, violent
or vulgar nature takes place, law enforcement may utilize police powers
in requesting vacation of all participants involved in the dance facility.
No person, proprietor or association of persons shall give,
conduct, permit or allow in any dance hall in the Village any obscene,
immoral, indecent or lewd act, dance or conduct.
The Chief of Police, or any member of the Police Department,
may enter or cause to be entered into any dance to arrest a person(s)
violating the provisions of this article, and no person shall obstruct,
resist, or interfere with the police in the performance of any act
authorized by this article.
No person shall be allowed to participate in 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 302, Peace and Good Order, of the Municipal Code of the Village of Fox Crossing.
Failure to obtain a dance permit shall be assessed a penalty per event. Second and subsequent offenses shall be assessed at the rate set forth in Chapter A450, Fines and Penalties, reference this Code section, per event.
