(A) Except as allowed in division (D) below, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to operate or maintain a dance hall or skating rink within the City without first obtaining a permit therefor from the City Controller.
(B) Permits may be issued on an annual basis, per location, or on an individual basis for each dancing or skating event.
(C) Individual permits issued pursuant to this chapter shall allow the permittee to hold one dancing or skating event for a continuous period not to exceed eight hours.
(D) Annual permits are valid for one location only.
(E) The permits otherwise required by this chapter shall not be required under the following circumstances:
(1) For a dance or skating event held by a fraternal, educational, governmental, political, charitable or religious organization, as long as admission to the dance is limited to members and invited guests and as long as the organization is not formed specifically for the purpose of holding dances or skating events; or
(2) For any school or class, the purpose of which is to teach dancing or skating.
Penalty, see § 1-1-2-3