TITLE TWO: BUSINESS REGULATION
Section
804.01 Amusements generally; license required; application; fee.
804.02 Issuance of license; regulations.
804.03 License suspension; hearing.
804.04 Liability of owner of premises.
804.05 Refunds.
804.06 Display of license after suspension.
804.07 Carnivals and circuses.
804.08 Theaters and shows.
804.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Power to regulate shows - see Ohio R.C. 715.48, 715.63, 3765.02
Bingo - see GEN. OFF. 630.06 et seq.
Safety of crowds at live entertainment performances - see GEN. OFF. 636.19
Mechanical and electronic amusement devices - see B.R. & T. Ch. 840
(a) No person shall conduct any amusement at any permanent or temporary place of amusement or any itinerant form of amusement within the municipality without first filing an application for a permanent, temporary or itinerant form of amusement license with the Chief of Police. Every application for such license shall be made upon a form prescribed, prepared and furnished by the Chief of Police, and shall set forth:
(1) The name under which the applicant conducts or intends to conduct an amusement;
(2) Whether the applicant conducts or intends to conduct a permanent or temporary form of amusement;
(3) The location of the permanent or temporary place of amusement;
(4) If the applicant has or intends to have more than one place of amusement within the municipality, the location of each place of amusement, and, in the case of an itinerant form of amusement, the date and length of time such amusement is to be conducted at each place;
(5) In the case of an application for a license for a temporary place of amusement, the name and address of the owner, lessee or custodian of the premises upon which such amusement is to be conducted, and, if the applicant is an association or corporation, the names and addresses of the principal officers thereof, and any other information prescribed by the Chief of Police for purposes of identification; and
(6) Such other information as the Chief of Police may require.
(b) The application shall be signed and verified by oath or affirmation by the person conducting the amusement if a natural person, or, in the case of an association, by a member or partner thereof, or, in the case of a corporation, by an executive officer thereof or some person specifically authorized by the corporation to sign the application, to which shall be attached the written evidence of his or her authority.
(c) At the time of making such application, the applicant shall pay to the Chief of Police a fee of one dollar ($1.00) for each license.
(1974 Code, § 705.01)
Upon approval of the application and the payment of the license fee required by § 804.01, the Chief of Police shall grant to each applicant, unless withheld for cause, a permanent, temporary or itinerant amusement license for each place of amusement within the municipality which is set forth in his or her application. Such license shall be subject to the following regulations.
(a) An amusement license shall be valid only for the person in whose name it is issued and for the conduct of amusements at the place designated therein.
(b) An amusement license shall not be assignable.
(c) An amusement license shall be conspicuously displayed at the place for which issued during the period of ticket sales and conduct of the amusement.
(d) All licenses for permanent places of amusement shall expire on September 30, next following the date upon which they are issued, unless sooner surrendered by the licensee or suspended or revoked for cause by the Chief of Police.
(e) Licenses for temporary places of amusement or for forms of itinerant amusement shall expire at the time specified therein.
(f) The holder of an itinerant amusement license shall notify the Chief of Police promptly of any change in the original contemplated itinerary, either as to the date or time of the conduct of the amusement at each place.
(1974 Code, § 705.02)
The Chief of Police may suspend or, after hearing, revoke an amusement license granted under the provisions of §§ 804.01 through 804.06 whenever he or she finds that the holder thereof has failed to comply with any of the provisions of §§ 804.01 through 804.06 or any rules or regulations of the Chief of Police prescribed, adopted and promulgated under §§ 804.01 through 804.06. Upon suspending or revoking any amusement license, the Chief of Police shall require the holder thereof to surrender to him or her immediately all licenses or duplicates thereof issued to him or her, and the holder shall surrender promptly all such licenses to the Chief of Police as required. Whenever the Chief of Police suspends an amusement license, he or she shall notify the holder immediately and afford him or her a hearing, if no hearing has already been afforded and one is desired. After such hearing, the Chief of Police shall either rescind his or her order of suspension or, upon good cause appearing therefor, shall continue the suspension or revoke the license.
(1974 Code, § 705.03)
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