The Inspector of Dance Halls shall have authority to see that the provisions of all ordinances in any way regulating or controlling public dances or dance halls in the City are observed and enforced. The duties of the Inspector shall be to examine all applicants for dance hall licenses and permits. He or she shall investigate each application to determine whether or not the dance hall sought to be licensed complies with the regulations, ordinances and laws applicable thereto. In the making of such investigation, he or she shall, when he or she so requests, have the assistance of the Commissioner of Building, the Commissioner of Health, and the Chief of the Division of Fire. Such Inspector of Dance Halls shall furnish to the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses, in writing, the information derived from such investigation, accompanied by his or her recommendation as to whether a license should be granted or refused. The Inspector of Dance Halls, or any officer detailed by him or her, shall be permitted to have access to all public dance halls at all times. He or she shall investigate complaints and shall inspect at intervals the dance halls within the City and shall report all violations in writing. The Inspector of Dance Halls, with the approval of the Director of Public Safety, shall from time to time formulate rules and regulations not inconsistent with this chapter or any other ordinance governing the conduct of patrons of public dances, stating what dances are permitted and what dances are forbidden, together with correct position to be assumed by dancers, a copy of which rules and regulations shall be printed in large type and posted at a conspicuous place in any dance hall used for public dances.
Members of the Division of Police under the supervision of the Chief of Police and the Inspector of Dance Halls shall have access at all times to the public dance halls and public dances. Officers and patrolmen of such Division may be detailed to investigate all complaints and supervise such public dances, and when so detailed shall visit such halls and dances and report any and all violations. Such report or reports shall be turned over to their superior officers who shall forthwith submit them to the Inspector of Dance Halls.
The Inspector of Dance Halls, or the Chief of Police, shall have power and shall close or cause to be vacated any academy, room, dance hall, place or restaurant where any public dance is held or being given, whenever any rule or regulation, or any provision of any ordinance regulating public dances or public dance halls is being violated pending action by the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses.
(Ord. No. 94275. Passed 5-11-31)