(A) Application. The provisions of this chapter, except as to licensing and fees, shall apply to all public shows, theatricals, circuses, and other amusements in the city.
(B) Licenses. It shall be unlawful to conduct or operate any amusement which is open to the public and for which an admittance fee is charged, without having first secured a license provided the provisions of this section, shall not be held to apply to those amusements which are specifically licensed by any other ordinance of the city.
(C) Order; crowding. The audience of any amusement, show, or theatrical must be orderly at all times, and it shall be unlawful for any person attending such amusement, show, or theatrical to create a disturbance in the audience.
(D) Inspections. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to see that every exhibition, amusement, theatrical, or other public show or amusement isinspected by a member of the police and to insure conformity with the provisions concerning such amusements.
(E) Smoking. Licensee shall comply with the Smoke Free Illinois Act, ILCS Ch. 418, Act 82, §§ 1 et seq., and prohibit the smoking of tobacco product, including the use of an electronic cigarette, in any place or in a manner prohibited under the Smoke Free Illinois Act, ILCS Ch. 418, Act 82. §§ 1 et seq., and shall prohibit anyone from smoking a tobacco product, including the use of an electronic smoking device, indoors or within 15 feet of any entrance.
(F) Signs. It shall be the duty of the owner of such premises or of the occupant in charge to comply with the signs required under the Smoke Free Illinois Act, ILCS Ch. 418, Act 82, §§ 1 et seq., or as so required by the city related to the prohibition of smoking tobacco product or using electronic cigarettes indoors or within 15 feet of any entrance.
(G) Exit lights. It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant in charge of any building or hall used as an assembly hall with accommodations for 100 persons or more in which theatricals, shows, amusements, lectures, and other entertainment is offered, operated, or presented to provide and place a sign, on which the word “Exit” shall appear in letters at least six inches high, over every door or other opening from such hall to every means of egress therefrom, and a light shall be provided with a red globe and placed at or over such sign, which light shall be kept burning during the entire period that the hall is open to the public and until the audience has left the hall.
(`79 Code, § 110.030) (Am. Ord. 21-014, passed 7-7-21) Penalty, see § 10.99