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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)
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)
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)
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)
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.
(A) Any applicant aggrieved by the refusal of the city to issue a license or permit or by the revocation of a license or permit shall have the right to appeal the city’s decision to the City Council. Such appeal shall be requested by submitting a written request to the Mayor within five days of the action of the city which is appealed.
(B) The City Council shall consider the appeal at its next regularly scheduled meeting, at which time the applicant shall be entitled to present his or her appeal orally or in writing. The Council shall act on the appeal within seven days of the hearing and shall either uphold the action of the city or shall direct the issuance of a license or permit which the city had denied or the reissuance of a license or permit which the city has revoked.
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