DIVISION 3: CARNIVALS, CIRCUSES AND TENT SHOWS

Cross-reference:

   Motor vehicles and traffic, see Ch. 22

Statutory reference:

   Authority of city under Home Rule Act to regulate location and control conduct of vaudeville shows and all places of public amusements, see V.A.C.S., Art. 1175(22)

§ 20-41 PERMIT—REQUIRED; FEE.

   It shall be unlawful for any person or business to set up or operate any carnival, circus or tent show within the city unless and until such person or business has first obtained a permit and paid to the assessor-collector of taxes a permit fee in the amount of $30. Any permit issued by the city for the setting up or operating of any carnival, circus or tent show shall expire 90 days after the date of its issuance.

(1964 Code, § 11-1) (Ord. 8818, § 1, passed 5-10-1983)

§ 20-42 SAME—APPLICATION.

   A permit shall be issued by order of the chief of police to hold a carnival, circus or tent show when and only when a proper application in writing is made therefor and to him or her. Such application shall be approved by the chief of the fire department, the director of transportation and public works and the director of the department of public health. Such application shall state in detail the different component parts of the carnival, circus or tent show, including all concessions, shows, amusements, businesses and the proposed location of the carnival, circus or tent show, the time it is to run and the number of persons regularly traveling therewith, if any, and the number of local persons connected therewith, and shall give a full and complete plan of the proposed carnival, circus or tent show.

(1964 Code, § 11-1)

§ 20-43 SAME—REVOCATION; FORFEITURE OF FEES.

   If any carnival, circus or tent show is issued a permit required by this division and it conducts itself in an unlawful manner in whole or in part, its permit may be revoked by the chief of police and fees paid shall be forfeited.

(1964 Code, § 11-4)

§ 20-44 SCOPE OF PERMIT AND FEE.

   The permit and fee required by Chapter 16, Article XIV of this code for the operation of carnivals, circuses and tent shows shall not be collected as a separate or additional fee, but same shall be and is hereby expressly included in and made a part of the permit and fee required by this division.

(1964 Code, § 11-3)

§ 20-45 OPERATION NEAR RESIDENCES, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES.

   It shall be unlawful for any carnival, circus or tent show to operate, and no permit shall be issued for any carnival or tent show to operate, within the space of 300 feet from any residence, school or church building within the corporate limits of the city except as provided in § 20-47.

(1964 Code, § 11-5)