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§ 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)
§ 4-2-7 VULGAR SHOWS.
   No obscene, vulgar, immoral, illegal or disorderly show, exhibition or entertainment shall be licensed or permitted, and no person receiving, conducting or taking part in any show, exhibition, or entertainment shall conduct, permit to take part in any obscene, vulgar, immoral, illegal or disorderly show, exhibition or entertainment under such license or at the place licensed.
(Ord. A-48, passed 12-28-1953)
§ 4-2-8 EXITS.
   All theaters, opera houses, halls and other buildings where substantial numbers of people assemble shall be provided with exits sufficient in size and number to enable all persons therein to escape in case of fire. All exit doors shall, at all times when an audience is in such building, be unobstructed and said doors shall not be locked, hooked or bolted, except by use of panic bars. All exit doors and doors which a person must pass through to reach the exit shall open outward. The aisles and other approaches to the exits shall, at all times when an audience is present, be completely free from obstruction by persons standing, seats, chairs or other equipment. It shall be unlawful to permit the assembling of persons in the lobbies of such theaters, opera houses, halls and other buildings where substantial numbers of people assemble or to permit the entrance into same of a larger number of persons than can be seated therein.
(Ord. A-48, passed 12-28-1953)
§ 4-2-9 FIRE HAZARDS.
   No combustible or flammable material shall be permitted to collect in any part of a theater, opera house, hall or other building where substantial numbers of people assemble.
(Ord. A-48, passed 12-28-1953)
§ 4-2-10 DUTY OF OWNERS; LESSEES.
   It shall be the duty of all persons owning any theater, opera house, hall or other building where substantial numbers of people assemble, all persons leasing the same or in charge thereof, and all agents or employees of such owner, lessees or person in charge thereof, to see that the provisions of this chapter are enforced.
(Ord. A-48, passed 12-28-1953)
§ 4-2-11 REVOCATION OF LICENSE OR PERMIT.
   Any license or permit, for a limited time, may be revoked by the city during the life of such license or permit upon a violation by the licensee or permittee of any provision relating to the license or permit, the subject of the license or permit, or the premises occupied; such revocation may be in addition to a fine imposed. The city, or its designee, is authorized to summarily order the cessation of business, the closing of the premises, and the suspension of any business license or permit for a period not to exceed 15 days.
   (A)   Hearing. Within ten days after the city has so acted, the City Manager shall call a hearing for the purpose of determining whether or not the license or permit should be permanently revoked.
   (B)   Notice of hearing. Notice of hearing for revocation of a license or permit shall be given in writing setting forth specifically the grounds of the complaint and the time and place of hearing. Such notice shall be sent to the licensee or permittee at his or her last known address at least five days prior to the date for the hearing.
   (C)   Hearing procedures. At the hearing, the licensee or permittee shall be permitted counsel and shall have the right to submit evidence and cross-examine witnesses. The City Manager shall preside and shall render the decision.
   (D)   Causes for revocation. Business licenses and permits issued under the ordinances of the city, unless otherwise provided, may be revoked by the city and its Manager after notice and hearing for any of the following causes:
      (1)   Any fraud, misrepresentation or false statement contained in the application for the license or permit;
      (2)   Any violation by the licensee or permittee of ordinance provisions or state law relating to the license or permit, the subject matter of the license or permit, or the premises occupied;
      (3)   Conviction of the licensee or permittee of any felony or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude;
      (4)   Failure of the licensee or permittee to pay any fine or penalty owing to the city; and
      (5)   Refusal to permit an inspection or sampling or any interference with a duly authorized city officer or employee while in the performance of his duties in making such inspections, as provided in the city code.
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