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)