[R.O. 1966 § 5:8-1]
No person shall show, exhibit, act, represent, perform or keep,
or cause to be shown, exhibited, acted, represented, performed or
kept on any public stage, auditorium or any other public house or
room or place whatsoever, for any price or gain or reward, any of
the following:
Any interlude, farce or play of any kind, or any such like shows
or exhibitions; or any concert of music, either vocal or instrumental,
or both, or any such like performance; or dancing of any kind whatever
on such stage; or any motion picture or any photographic representation;
or any television show of any character where admission is charged
to view the television; or any dog or cat show; or any feats of uncommon
dexterity and agility of body; or any game or trick, juggling, sleight
of hand, bear baiting or bull baiting, or any such like shows or exhibitions;
any beast or animals, or menagerie, or collection of beasts or animals;
or any circus; or any curiosity of natural art; or roller skating
derbies, without first having obtained a permit or license for such
purposes as provided by this chapter.
[R.O. 1966 § 5:8-2]
An application for a license or permit under this chapter shall
be signed by the applicant and filed with the Manager, Division of
Tax Abatements/Special Taxes, on forms furnished by the Division of
Tax Abatements/Special Taxes.
[R.O. 1966 § 5:8-3]
Upon the filing of the application, the Manager, Division of
Tax Abatements/Special Taxes shall investigate the facts and circumstances
surrounding the application and the person or persons making the same,
and, if a corporation, investigate the principal stockholders and
officers and directors of the applicant. He shall within 30 days from
the date of the filing of the application make his determination by
either approving and granting such permit or license, or fixing the
day for a hearing upon the application.
[R.O. 1966 § 5:8-4]
If a hearing on the application is to be held, then within five days after the termination of the thirty-day period provided for in Section
5:8-3, or at a sooner date if decided by the Manager, Division of Tax Abatements/Special Taxes, he shall fix a time and place for a hearing within 10 days after the expiration date of the five-day notice. At the hearing the applicant and the City may offer such evidence as may be desired covering the subject matter. Within three days after the closing of the hearing, the Manager, Division of Tax Abatements/Special Taxes shall render a determination, and if such determination should be a denial of the application, then a copy of the determination, with the reasons for denying the application, shall be served upon the applicant. If the applicant does not appear or offer evidence at the hearing on the date so fixed, then the Manager, Division of Tax Abatements/Special Taxes may dispose of the application as the facts, circumstances and evidence may warrant in his discretion.
CROSS REFERENCE: For manner of service of notices, see Section 5:8-13.
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[R.O. 1966 § 5:8-6]
On the granting of a permit or a license the same shall, in accordance with Section
5:8-5 be made subject to all the provisions of this chapter and will be so noted thereon and a copy of the provisions of this chapter, in effect at the time, shall be delivered to the applicant with the permit or license so granted.
[R.O. 1966; R.O. 1966 C.S. § 5:8-7]
The fees for the various permits and licenses required by this
chapter shall be as follows:
a. Motion picture theaters and show houses, annually: $365.
b. Legitimate theaters, annually: $350.
c. Sacred concert (music with singing) per performance: $10.
d. Roller derbies, each match or meet: $100.
f. Cat shows, per day: $5.
For all other shows or exhibitions as set out in Section
5:8-1 for which a license or permit is required, for each performance $1 to $500.
The license fee shall be payable upon the presentation of the
application and shall be returned less the sum of $10, in the event
such license is not granted.
[R.O. 1966 § 5:8-9]
In all theaters and other places of public amusement, the aisles
and passageways in such places shall be kept free and clear of all
obstructions, and no person shall stand or remain in such aisles or
passageways while such places are open to the public. It shall be
the duty of the proprietor or lessee of every such place to keep the
aisles and passageways therein free and clear from all obstructions
and to prevent persons from standing and remaining therein while and
so long as such place is open to the public.
The proprietor or lessee of any such place who shall suffer or permit the aisles and passageways thereof to be obstructed while the same is open to the public, or who shall permit or suffer persons to stand and remain in the aisles and passageways of any such place while the same is open to the public, shall be punished as provided in Section
5:8-14.
It shall be the duty of the police to aid in the enforcement
of the provisions of this section, and the police shall have power
at any time, while any such places are open to the public, to prevent
persons from standing or remaining in the aisles and passageways of
such places, and to remove all persons therefrom and to require all
obstructions to be removed therefrom.
[R.O. 1966 § 5:8-10]
No person shall show or exhibit, or cause to be shown or exhibited,
in any place whatsoever for any price, gain or reward, any race, contest
or exhibition for speed on motorcycles, excepting motor-paced bicycle
races. No person shall take part or assist in, as performer or otherwise,
any such race, contest or exhibition for speed; provided, however,
that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the ordinary
exhibition of motorcycles for the purposes of trade, or motor-paced
bicycle races.
[R.O. 1966 § 5:8-12]
No person shall conduct, manage, promote or participate in any
marathon dancing or marathon walking contests, marathon dance, marathon
walking commonly called walkathon, or other similar physical endurance
contests or performances, whether or not an admission fee is charged
to witness the same, or a prize is or is not to be awarded to one
or more of the participants therein.
[R.O. 1966 § 5:8-14]
Whenever in this chapter a required notice is to be given to
the applicant or the holder of a license or permit, such service of
the notice to be given, receipt may be made personally or by registered
or certified mail, with return receipt requested, at their last known
place of address or their last known business address.