711.01 Definitions.
711.02 Permission, permit, bond and insurance required.
711.03 Permit fee; exemption; administrative fee.
711.04 Application required.
711.05 Decision on application.
711.06 Issuance of permit.
711.07 Term of permit.
711.08 Permitted operations under permit.
711.09 Prohibitions under permit.
711.10 Revocation of permit.
711.11 Advertising restrictions.
711.12 Relationship to other codes.
711.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Power to license and regulate exhibitions and shows - see Ohio R.C. 715.48, 715.63
State regulation of shows - see Ohio R. C. 3765.01 et seq.
For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(a) “Carnival" means and includes amusement activities, rides, merry-go-rounds, booths for the conduct of games of skill, food dispensing facilities and sideshows. A carnival shall not include gambling devices, games of chance, lotteries, punch boards or other activities in violation of State or Federal law or City ordinances.
(b) “Circus” means an organized event for the general public typically conducted in one or more very large tents or in an outdoor or indoor arena, featuring a number of acts including exhibitions of pageantry, feats of skill and daring, performing animals and clowns and performing on a regular basis throughout, at a minimum, a region of the United States.
(c) "Exhibition” or “Show" means any circus, menagerie, carnival, sideshow, and other similar transient enterprises which are operated for hire, or operated for the purpose of promoting or advertising any trade or business.
(d) "Exhibitor" means any person exhibiting any animals to the public, or promoting or advertising any trade or business to the public, and such term includes trade shows, business shows, circuses, menageries, carnivals, sideshows, and other similar transient enterprises exhibiting such animals, whether operated for profit or not; but such term excludes retail pet stores, organizations sponsoring and all persons participating in a county fair, livestock shows, rodeos, dog and cat shows, and any other fairs or activities intended to advance agricultural arts and sciences.
(e) “Menagarie” means a collection of live animals for study or display or the place where said collection of live animals are housed for exhibition.
(f) “Sideshow” means any incidental or subordinate component or part of an exhibition or show.
(Ord. 8-07. Passed 2-19-07.)
(a) No person, firm or corporation, except a permitee under this chapter, shall operate or manage any exhibition or show within the City.
(b) Every person, firm or corporation desiring to conduct an exhibition or show shall secure permission and a permit from the City Manager.
(c) The applicant shall furnish to the City Manager a certified copy of a certificate of general liability and property damage insurance in the amounts as follows:
(1) Public liability insurance in an amount of not less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for injuries, including accidental death, to any one person; subject to the same limit for each person, in an amount not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) on account of each accident;
(2) Property damage insurance in the amount of not less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) on account of any one accident which insurance shall protect the general public, and shall save, indemnify and keep harmless, within such limits, the City against all liability, judgments, damages, costs and expenses which may in any way accrue against the City in consequence of the granting of such permit and will in all things strictly comply with the conditions of such permit.
(Ord. 24-12. Passed 5-7-12.)
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