Every person desiring to conduct a public dance hall, public dance, or public dancing place shall first file an application in duplicate for a permit so to do with the Chief of Police. The application shall state the names and addresses of all persons interested in the dance as a business venture, or the names and addresses of all officers of the organization proposing to conduct the same, the date or days, the place, and the hours when the same is proposed to be conducted, and the admission fee to be charged. Said initial application shall be accompanied by the payment of an investigation fee of one hundred dollars for each permit applied for pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and a fee of twenty-five dollars for each renewal thereof to the City Treasurer and the filing of proof of such payment to the Chief of Police. A copy of such application shall be promptly sent by the Chief of Police to the Business Registration Division of the City. The permits and fees required by this chapter shall be in addition to any license tax, permit or fee required under any other chapter of this code.
The Chief of Police shall investigate the person or persons applying for such permit, and in doing so, shall consider the items, and standards for granting set out in Section 3.48.060 and, in conformance therewith, shall within fifteen days of the receipt of said application either grant or deny the permit applied for, and the Chief of Police shall forthwith notify the applicant of his action.
No permit shall be issued by the Chief of Police without having first obtained a fire clearance from the fire department, who shall conduct a fire safety inspection of the premises where dancing is proposed, to insure that the premises is in compliance with all applicable requirements of the Uniform Fire Code and other applicable State laws.
No person shall conduct any public dance hall, public dance or public dancing place without first making application for and obtaining a permit so to do, or during the time while a permit so to do is revoked.
No permit shall be required for a private dance.
Permits for public dance halls and public dancing places shall be good for one year from date of issuance. Permits for public dances shall be good only on the day specified in the permit.
Any permit issued hereunder shall be nontransferable.
Every permittee under this chapter shall post and maintain such permit upon the premises approved hereunder in a place where it may be seen in public view at all times. (Ord. 2411 § 8, 1982; Ord. 1921 § 2 (part), 1973).