CHAPTER 2: LICENSES
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
§ 4-2-1 LICENSE REQUIRED.
   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)
§ 4-2-2 LIMITATION.
   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)
§ 4-2-3 FEES.
   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)
§ 4-2-4 NON-TRANSFERABILlTY.
   No license shall be transferred, sold or assigned.
(Ord. A-48, passed 12-28-1953)
§ 4-2-5 ISSUANCE OF LICENSE.
   The Clerk shall issue the license applied for, upon forms furnished by the city, upon proper application being made therefor and compliance by applicant with the following terms and conditions:
   (A)   Payment of the fee provided for in § 4-2-3 of this chapter;
   (B)   Showing that the business or activity is not immoral, vulgar or illegal;
   (C)   In case of fortune tellers, palm reader, clairvoyants or related activities, the furnishing to the Clerk of a certificate of health from a duly licensed and practicing physician in the city;
   (D)   Execution and filing with the Clerk by any person, engaged in any business or activity referred to in this chapter and not a resident or having a permanent place of business or resident agent in Iowa of an instrument containing the following:
      (1)   An agreement that said person shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the District Court of the state in and for Lee County, at Fort Madison, over all civil actions or proceedings against such person, for damages to any person or property growing out of or in any way connected with the operation of such business, firm or corporation in the city or within the police jurisdiction thereof;
      (2)   An appointment irrevocable for six months after said person, leaves the city, the Clerk, as lawful attorney upon whom may be served all original notices of suit pertaining to such actions and proceedings;
      (3)   An agreement by said person, that any original notice so served shall be of the same legal force and validity as if personally served in the state; and
      (4)   An agreement by said person to assume full liability for any damage to person or property occasioned by the negligence of any person, animal, equipment or other thing employed or used by or in connection with the business or activity mentioned in this chapter whether the same be employed or used by such person, or by an independent contractor associated, with, performing with or in any way connected with said person.
   (E)   In the case of a circus, carnival, show, menagerie, shooting gallery or house moving, the execution and filing with the Clerk of a good and sufficient bond or liability insurance policy, in the respective amounts specified below, the bond to be with surety or sureties to be approved by the Clerk and conditioned that the principal and surety will pay all damages to person or property caused by the negligence of any person, animal, equipment, or other thing employed or used by or in connection with any of the businesses or activities mentioned in this division (E), whether the same be employed or used by the person conducting such activity or business or by an independent contractor associated with, performing with or in any way connected with said person, said bond to be in force six months after its execution and until any action, suit, or proceeding commenced within said six-month period is disposed of:
 
Circus
$25,000
Carnival
$25,000
Show
$10,000
Menagerie
$10,000
Shooting Gallery
$10,000
House Moving
$1,000
 
(Ord. A-48, passed 12-28-1953)
§ 4-2-6 PARADES; PERFORMANCES ON PUBLIC PLACES.
   No business or activity specified or described in this chapter shall parade, march, perform or exhibit on the streets, avenues, alleys or public places of the city without first having obtained from the Mayor, in addition to the license specified in § 4-2-4 of this chapter, a permit which shall be issued without charge, and which shall specify the line of march or performance and the time, manner, and conditions of such march, parade, exhibition or performance. No riotous or disorderly march, parade, exhibition or performance shall be permitted.
(Ord. A-48, passed 12-28-1953)
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