CHAPTER 112: COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENTS

Section

Circus or Carnival

   112.01   Permit required

   112.02   Application to conduct circus or carnival

   112.03   Display of license

   112.04   License fees

   112.05   Disbursal of funds

Coin-operated Devices

   112.10   Regulation

   112.11   Exceptions

   112.12   License tax; license sticker; exception

Teen Dances on Premises Containing Coin-operated Devices

   112.20   Application of regulations

   112.21   License required

   112.22   Application for license; review

   112.23   Approval or denial of application; conditions

   112.24   Revocation

   112.25   Appeals

   112.99   Penalty

 Statutory reference:
   Licensing of amusements, see KRS 85.150(5)

CIRCUS OR CARNIVAL

§ 112.01 PERMIT REQUIRED.

   (A)   No person, firm, or corporation shall set up or maintain a circus, menagerie, or carnival within the city without having secured the license as hereinafter provided. No person, firm, or corporation maintaining a circus, menagerie, or carnival shall permit any gambling on the premises occupied by the circus, menagerie, or carnival, nor shall any person, firm, or corporation maintaining a circus, menagerie, or carnival permit any indecent or lewd shows or events on the occupied premises. There shall be no intoxicating liquors sold on the premises, and the person, firm, or corporation maintaining the circus, menagerie, or carnival shall be responsible for maintaining peace and order on the occupied premises.

   (B)   This section shall not apply to any religious, fraternal, educational, scientific, or horticultural societies, nor to the volunteer fire department of the city, these societies and associations being nonprofit organizations.

(Ord. O-148-38, passed 9-13-38) Penalty, see § 112.99

§ 112.02 APPLICATION TO CONDUCT CIRCUS OR CARNIVAL.

   Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to conduct and maintain a circus, menagerie, or carnival within the city shall make application to the Clerk. This application shall recite that the person applying for the license will not permit gambling, indecent or lewd shows, or exhibitions on the premises to be occupied.

The application shall also recite that the person applying is of good moral character and has never been convicted of maintaining gambling devices or shows against public decency.

(Ord. O-148-38, passed 9-13-38)