707.01 Permit for carnival, circus or fair required.
707.02 Permit application, requirements; bond.
707.03 Public liability insurance requirements.
707.04 Fee for permit.
707.05 Permit issuance.
707.06 Additional protection charge.
707.07 Inspection.
707.08 Theaters, movies, drive-ins: license and fee.
707.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Power to regulate - see Ohio R.C. 715.48, 715.63, 3765.02
County license for public show - see Ohio R.C. 3765.01
Permit for parade - see TRAF. 311.02
Performances harmful to juveniles - see GEN. OFF. 533.11
No person, firm or corporation, including religious, private, charitable, civic and political organizations, excepting, however, bodies politic wholly supported by taxation, shall operate, upon any property within the City, any carnival, circus, fair, festival, entertainment or similar amusement, whether under tent or otherwise, without first having made application, and received permission, to do so in accordance with the conditions and limitations as set out in this chapter.
(Ord. 71-72. Passed 5-15-72.)
The applicant for a permit to operate or maintain a circus, carnival, fair, festival or other amusement shall file an application in writing, on a form provided by the City, with the Mayor. If the erection of tents, temporary buildings or structures, is contemplated in conjunction with the operation of such amusement, recreation or exhibition, specifications, plat plans and such other data as may be required shall accompany such application, in duplicate, and the same shall be approved by the Building Inspector, Fire Chief and Traffic Commissioner, before a permit shall be issued.
The application for a permit shall contain the following:
(a) The name of the person, firm, corporation or organization sponsoring or operating such amusement or entertainment.
(b) Address, residence or place of business.
(c) Length of time for which such permit is to be issued, including dates of use, which shall not exceed four days.
(d) The hours desired to be open, but limited to 10:00 p.m. on Sunday and weekdays and limited to 11:00 p.m. on Saturdays.
(e) Provisions made for sanitary facilities which shall be in compliance with the Building Code.
(f) A list of the concessions.
(g) Such other pertinent information as might enable the Mayor, or a person authorized by him, to determine that the assemblage for such amusement, recreation or exhibition is not against the public morals, convenience, safety, health or welfare of the community.
(h) No public address system shall be used, beyond 10:00 p.m. on any day.
(i) Evidence of full compliance with Ohio State Workmen’s Compensation Law.
The application shall be accompanied by a bond of one thousand dollars ($1,000) guaranteeing that no assembly or disassembly of booths, rides, stands or equipment will occur between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following morning and further conditioned upon compliance by the applicant with all of the terms and conditions contained in the application. The bond shall be secured by cash or by a surety company authorized to do business in the State, and shall be subject to approval by the Director of Law. The bond shall provide for forfeiture of the entire sum.
(Ord. 71-72. Passed 5-15-72.)
The applicant shall furnish evidence that a public liability insurance policy of not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for one person and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for any one accident, will be in force and effect during the period of time that such premises or facilities are to be used for the purpose the permit has been applied for.
(Ord. 71-72. Passed 5-15-72.)
When, in the opinion of the Mayor and Traffic Commissioner, the amusement, entertainment, recreation, exhibition or other assemblage will attract sufficient pedestrian and vehicular traffic as to necessitate the employment of additional police and firemen, then the applicant shall deposit a sum, in addition to the fee herein charged, which is estimated to be sufficient to pay for such additional expense. If the deposit is greater than the sum necessary to pay such expense, then the remainder shall be refunded. If the amount so deposited is insufficient to pay the additional expense, the applicant shall reimburse the City in an amount equal to the coverage.
(Ord. 71-72. Passed 5-15-72.)
The Chief of the Department of Fire or other member thereof authorized by him shall make such inspections of the premises as he may deem necessary and shall make such orders with respect to removal of combustible materials or structures as are required for the protection of the persons attending such assemblages. Building Department personnel shall conduct inspections of the temporary buildings or structures proposed under Section 707.02 pursuant to Lorain Codified Ordinance Sections 1501.02, 1501.11 and 1507.22.
(Ord. 165-02. Passed 10-7-02.)
No person shall operate, manage or conduct within the City any theater or moving picture house or drive-in theater, where entertainment is furnished for the public for gain or profit, without first obtaining a license to do so. The fee shall be sixty dollars ($60.00) per year for each theater, moving picture house and drive-in theater so operated. However, no license shall be required from any church, school, benevolent or fraternal organization for any operatic or theatrical performances, lectures, musical entertainments, museums or exhibitions of any kind given by them for religious or charitable purposes.
(Ord. 71-72. Passed 5-15-72.)
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