[Adopted as Sec. 12.05 of the former Municipal Codebook]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes any exhibition within the City of animals, wax or
other figures, feats or circus riding, rope or wire dancing, sleight-of-hand
performance or any circus, carnival, shooting gallery, carousel, roller-skating
rinks, or any other exhibition or the carrying on or operation within
the City of any such show, exhibition or business.
This article shall not require a license for permanent theater
establishments.
No person shall operate within the City any show or amusement
without first having obtained a license from the City for that purpose
and without having paid the necessary fee as hereinafter provided
and prescribed.
Any person desiring to transfer the business as aforesaid shall
obtain a license application form from the City Clerk-Treasurer. He
shall fill out this application form stating the nature and place
or places where his business is to be carried on, the length of time
for which license is desired, a general description of the things
intended to be exhibited, the name and permanent address of the applicant
of the firm, person or corporation which he represents and the place
or places of residence of the applicant of the firm, person or corporation
which he represents and the place or places of residence of the applicant
for two years previous. Such application shall be accompanied by the
fee hereinafter required, and no license shall be granted until the
provisions of this section have been complied with.
Upon approval of the license committee and the payment of the
required license fee, the City Clerk-Treasurer shall issue a license
for the time specified in the application.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
The fee for any such license shall be as set from time to time
by Common Council for the following:
A.
For all circus or animal shows or any combination thereof having
one ring, for each additional ring, and for each side show or other
stand or concession traveling therewith.
B.
For all merry-go-rounds on revolving wheels carrying passengers and
for all slides, swings, bird shows, lifting machines, blowing and
striking machines, lunch counters, and refreshment stands and other
similar exhibitions and devices for each stand or show.
C.
For any show or entertainment given in a tent depending on the seating
capacity.
D.
For any roller-skating rink.
The Mayor or Chief of Police may at any time revoke any license
for a violation of this article or any ordinance of the City or any
law of the state or of the United States. When a license shall be
revoked, no refund of any unearned portion of the license fee shall
be made. Notice of such revocation and the reason or reasons therefor,
in writing, shall be served personally upon the person named in the
application or upon the person actively in charge of said show, exhibition
or business.
