(A) No person shall engage in the city in any business, occupation or pursuit mentioned in this section without having first obtained a license therefor as provided in Ch. 110 of this code of ordinances and paying the license fee prescribed.
(1960 Code, § 7-4-1)
(B) Proprietors and managers of circuses and menageries and like shows shall pay a license fee of $100 per day. All companies of equestrians, acrobats, gymnasts and persons exhibiting any collection of wild animals are included in the purview of this section.
(1960 Code, § 7-4-2)
(C) Every person operating a carnival shall pay a daily license fee of $100 per day.
(1960 Code, § 7-4-3)
(D) (1) Every person keeping any billiard table, pool table, bagatelle or pigeon-hole table, or any other tables or implements for a similar purpose open to the public, shall pay a license fee as follows: a fee of $50 per year for each billiard or other table he or she may keep.
(2) Pool halls open to the public shall be closed for all purposes and cease doing business at the hour of 12:00 midnight and shall remain so closed until 5:00 a.m.
(3) Minors under the age of 16 years shall not frequent, loiter, go into or remain in any pool hall unless upon some lawful errand and sent by the direction and with the consent and knowledge of the parent, or unless accompanied by the parent or there with the written consent of the parent. A proprietor of a pool hall shall not permit a minor under the age of 16 years to frequent, loiter or remain within the pool hall, unless accompanied by the parent or unless on the premises with the written consent of the parent. It shall be the duty of the proprietor to examine and ascertain the validity of the written consent when exhibited by the minor.
(4) No establishment requiring a license under this section shall be located in the special service area, as defined by the Special Services Area Ord. 3325.
(5) No license shall be issued under this section within 1,000 feet of a school.
(1960 Code, § 7-4-4)
(E) All operators of carnivals, circuses, sideshows, concessions and other like amusements of any kind and nature, within the city, shall, in addition to any license fee required, post a bond with the City Clerk in the amount of $500, the sufficiency of which bond shall be determined by the City Clerk. The condition of such bond shall be that if the operator of the carnival, circus, sideshow, concession stand or other like amusement, shall restore the premises occupied by such amusement, and remove all debris and waste material to the satisfaction of the Health Officer of the city, upon the removal of such amusement from the premises occupied by it, then the obligation of the bond shall be null and void, otherwise in full force and effect. The bond shall be either in cash or by a surety bond issued by a reputable insurance company.
(1960 Code, § 7-4-5)
(Ord. 5385, passed 3-8-1995) Penalty, see § 111.999
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