[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Jefferson 8-6-2002 by Ord. No. 7-02 as §§ 12.03 and 12.20 and of the 2002 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall conduct any public amusement for profit without a license obtained hereunder.
This chapter shall not apply to any public amusement conducted or offered for civic, educational, religious or charitable purposes.
The owner or manager of any exhibition hall, auditorium or theater may obtain an annual license for a fee as set by the Common Council which shall expire on May 1. Any public amusement conducted therein is exempt from the license fees imposed under § 108-4.
License fees as set by the Common Council shall be imposed for individual public amusements:
A. 
Circuses, menageries, and pony or dog shows.
B. 
Concerts and theatrical or musical amusements.[1]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
C. 
Merry-go-rounds and other public amusements.
Application for a license hereunder shall be made to the City Clerk/Treasurer upon a form prescribed by the City.
No license issued under this chapter is transferable without consent of the Common Council.
The Mayor may summarily revoke any license issued hereunder for a violation of this chapter or any other ordinance of the City or state law, subject to appeal to the Common Council. The licensee may appeal by serving notice of appeal upon the City Clerk/Treasurer. The Common Council shall, within five days thereafter, hold a public hearing on such revocation.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter 1, Article I of this Code.