(a) Licensed Required. Each person, desiring to conduct, stage or give a circus, menagerie, carnival, sideshow, musical or minstrel entertainment, or exhibition of monsters or freaks of nature, for which money or reward is demanded or received, shall first obtain a license and pay the license fee or fees provided herein.
(b) Application. The applicant for a license to conduct, stage or give such exhibition shall give at least one week's notice in writing to the Mayor, stating the dates of the performances, and the location at which they are to be presented. The Mayor shall give his consent to the issuance of such license if he deems the location suitable for the purpose; that it will properly accommodate the patrons; that the nature of the performance or exhibition is morally proper, and the use of the location will not throw too great a burden upon the Police and Fire Department.
(c) Time Limits. No circus, menagerie, or carnival shall be given for more than two consecutive days, except in cases where Council by special resolution shall allow a longer period, or where such exhibition is to be conducted on Municipal property and the use thereof for a longer period shall have been approved by Council.
(d) Deposit Required. At the time such application for a license is made, where use of Municipal grounds is contemplated, the applicant shall deposit with the Clerk a cash bond of not less than ten dollars ($10.00), nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00), conditioned upon the restoration and cleaning up of the grounds in a manner satisfactory to the Mayor. In the event the grounds shall be restored and cleaned up properly following the exhibition, the deposit shall be returned; otherwise the same shall be forfeited to the Municipality.
(e) License Fee. The fee for such license shall be as follows: For each circus, carnival, side show, musical or minstrel entertainment, or exhibition of monsters or freaks of nature, fifty dollars ($50.00) for the first day, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each day thereafter; provided that such fee shall not amount to more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) in any one week.
(f) Waiver. The Mayor may, in his discretion, grant without cost a license for the holding of a circus, carnival, side show, musical or minstrel entertainment for not more than six consecutive days, where all of the performances are fostered and supervised by civic interest of the Municipality, and a substantial part of the funds derived therefrom is expended for charitable or civic purposes.