Each and every person, owner, manager or keeper of every show
or company of persons giving exhibition of music, songs, recitations,
performances, gymnastics, dancing or any other similar performances
in a tent or house or in the open, for profit by sale of articles
of any kind, whether or not a charge is made for seats or collections
are taken up, shall be granted a license upon paying the license fee
on file in the city secretary’s office before engaging in such
calling or giving such performances.
(2001 Code, sec. 14-61)
(a)
It
shall be unlawful for any carnival or tent show to operate within
a space of 300 feet from any business house, residence, school or
church building within the corporate limits of the city.
(b)
The
term “carnival or tent show” as used in this section shall
not be construed to mean street fairs composed of local people for
purely charitable purposes and without profit, or school plays, or
other educational programs sponsored by local civic organizations
for public purposes.
(2001 Code, sec. 14-62)
