CHAPTER 808
Amusements
808.01   License required; fee.
808.02   License application.
808.03   License validity, display, expiration and renewal.
 
808.99   Penalty.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   Power to regulate - see Ohio R.C. 715.48, 715.61, 715.63, 3765.02
   Contests or games at county fairs - see Ohio R.C. 1711.09, 1711.11
   Parades - see TRAF. 412.06
   Gambling - see GEN. OFF. Ch. 630
   Outdoor concerts - see GEN. OFF. 634.03
   Safety of crowds attending live entertainment performances - see GEN. OFF. 636.19
   Amusement devices, arcades and game rooms - see B.R. & T. Ch. 806
808.01 LICENSE REQUIRED; FEE.
   No person shall conduct any permanent, temporary or itinerant form of amusement, such as theatrical exhibitions, public shows or performances or carnivals, for which money or other reward is demanded or received, unless he or she first obtains a license therefor and pays therefor the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) for each day that the license is effective; provided, however, that this requirement for licensing shall not apply to entertainments, exhibitions and shows conducted by schools, churches or patriotic, youth or agricultural organizations, and provided, further, that the requirements of this section shall not apply to exhibitions otherwise specifically regulated and licensed by ordinances of the City now effective or which may hereafter become effective. Athletic games and moving picture shows shall not be included among the enterprises requiring a license under the provisions of this section.
(Ord. 185-86. Passed 12-18-86.)
808.02 LICENSE APPLICATION.
   Every person desiring to continue to conduct or hereafter to begin to conduct any amusement at any permanent or temporary place of amusement or any itinerant form of amusement shall file an application for a permanent, temporary or itinerant form of amusement license, as the case may be, with the Mayor. Upon being satisfied that the applicant is a person of good repute and upon payment of the required fee, the Mayor may issue such license.
(Ord. 1492. Passed 4-4-63.)
808.03 LICENSE VALIDITY, DISPLAY, EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL.
   An amusement license shall be valid only for the person in whose name it is issued and for the conduct of amusements at the place designated therein. It shall not be assignable. It shall be conspicuously displayed at the place for which it was issued during the period of ticket sales and the conduct of the amusement. All licenses for permanent places of amusement shall expire on December 31 next following the date upon which they are issued. Licenses for temporary places of amusement or for forms of itinerant amusement shall expire at the time specified therein. Licenses issued for permanent places of amusement under the provisions of this chapter may be renewed annually before January 1 upon application made to the Mayor. The license required herein shall be in addition to any and all licenses otherwise required by law.
(Ord. 1266. Passed 9-18-58.)
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