Section
4-2-1 License required
4-2-2 Limitation
4-2-3 Fees
4-2-4 Non-transferability
4-2-5 Issuance of license
4-2-6 Parades; performances on public places
4-2-7 Vulgar shows
4-2-8 Exits
4-2-9 Fire hazards
4-2-10 Duty of owners; lessees
4-2-11 Revocation of license or permit
4-2-12 Appeal procedure
4-2-13 Violation
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct or engage in any of the following businesses or activities without first having obtained a license as hereinafter provided:
Auctioneering;
Billiard or pool hall;
Bowling alley;
Carnival;
Circus;
Clairvoyant;
Fortune telling;
House moving;
Massage parlor;
Menagerie;
Motion picture show or exhibition;
Palm reading;
Pawn shop;
Public exhibitions of any kind;
Show;
Skating rink; and
Tattoo parlors.
(Ord. A-48, passed 12-28-1953)
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply if no admission fee is charged for or in connection with the business or activity and nothing is sold by or in connection with the business or activity, nor shall the provisions of this chapter apply to any lecture on any scientific, historical, religious or literary subject or to any activity conducted by a school, church or local non-profit organization for the sole profit of such school, church or organization.
(Ord. A-48, passed 12-28-1953)
The license fee shall be as follows:
Auctioneer | $3 per month or $25 per year for a resident of Lee County; $10 per day for others |
A non-resident of Lee County, who is maintaining and operating a permanent auction house business in the city, on Council approval may be granted a license for the same charge as a resident | |
Billiard or pool hall | $10 per year for the first table and $5 per year for each additional table |
Bowling alley, shooting gallery, skating rink or pawn shop | $80 per year |
Building or house moving | $10 each day the building or house is on the public streets, avenues or alleys; provided, no fee shall be charged for a building or house under eight feet in width |
Carnival, show, menagerie | $25 per day or $100 per week |
Circus | $100 per day for a circus with five or more rings; $50 per day for a circus with less than five rings |
Drive-in theater | $75 per year |
Fortune teller, palm reader, clairvoyant or similar activities | $15 per day or $100 per week |
Motion picture show or exhibition, theatrical exhibition or any public exhibition of any kind | $25 for the first performance or showing and $10 for each additional performance or showing; provided that, no fee shall be charged if the show or exhibition is put on, in or at a theater duly licensed as provided in subsections A and B above |
Public dance hall | $100 per year or $5 per dance |
Theater | $100 per year if the seating capacity is 800 or more; $50 per year if the seating capacity is under 800 |
Any type of performance not specifically provided for above | License fee to be set by the Mayor |
(Ord. A-48, passed 12-28-1953; Ord. A-172, passed 11-20-1961)
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