(A) (1) CARNIVAL shall mean a temporary traveling or transportable amusement center conducted on a site where there may or may not be an admission charge, and which may include a aggregation of rides, entertainment, shows, games of skill or chance, booths, exhibitions, concessions or any combination thereof.
(2) This definition shall exclude indoor and/or outdoor amusement enterprises and parks whereby the amusement center is perpetual, seasonal or otherwise (i.e., amusement park).
(B) An applicant for a carnival event must conduct the same either within the applicant’s property or within property upon which the applicant has written permission from the owner to use.
(C) No person shall maintain or operate any carnival within the city limits for a longer period of time than three days at any one opening and not more than one carnival per year per location per applicant on city-owned or private property shall be allowed. No more than three carnivals may occur in any one calendar year. Eligible carnival requests will be considered on a first-come first-served basis. Requests for carnival events should be filed in a timely fashion so as to fulfill the requisite application deadlines. Any person who shall maintain or operate any carnival within the limits of the city contrary to this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(D) Carnival events shall not include vaudeville, freak shows, peep shows and other adult sexually-oriented entertainment.
(2005 Code, § 14-1) (Ord. 2014-08-2, passed 8-25-2014) Penalty, see § 110.99
Statutory reference:
City may regulate carnivals and other amusements, see G.S. § 160A-181