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)

§ 112.03 DISPLAY OF LICENSE.

   Every license and permit issued pursuant to §§ 112.01 through 112.05 shall be displayed in a conspicuous place on the premises occupied. No license shall be transferred unless a new application is made to the Clerk and approved and after the payment of the fee of $1 for the transfer.

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

§ 112.04 LICENSE FEES.

   The person applying for such license shall file, with the Clerk, a statement of the number of concessions to be operated and the number of days the circus, menagerie, or carnival will be operated and shall accompany this statement with a certified check, cash, or money order for a sum equal to $1 per day for each concession multiplied by the number of days the concessions are to be operated, and, if the statement includes a tent show, the application shall be accompanied by a certified check, cash, or money order for a sum equivalent to $5 per performance.

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

§ 112.05 DISBURSAL OF FUNDS.

   All money derived from collection of license fees and transfer fees as herein provided and all money derived from payment of fines as provided in § 112.99(A) shall be paid into and become a part of the general fund of the city.

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