(a) Definition. As used in this article:
1. “SKATING RINK, PUBLIC” means a place where skating is regularly conducted on certain days as a business, whether for profit or not, and to which the public is admitted, either with or without charge or at which the public is allowed to participate in the skating either with or without charge.
(b) Permit Required. No person shall conduct or manage a skating rink without a written permit from the Board.
(c) Special Police Officers. A permittee conducting a skating rink may apply to the Board for the appointment of a special police officer to attend such skating rink for the purpose of preserving law and order. Such special police officer shall be paid by such permittee. The presence of a special police officer at a skating rink shall not relieve the permittee or the permittee’s employees from the responsibility for violation of any law or ordinance.
(d) Minors. No minor less than 16 years of age may enter or remain in a skating rink establishment unaccompanied by a parent or guardian between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. unless the parent or guardian of such person has signed and filed with the owner, manager or operator of the skating rink a consent form of a type approved by the Board. Such form must be signed by the parent or guardian in the presence of the owner, manager or operator. (Amended by Ord. No. 157,231, Eff. 12/30/82.)
(e) Illumination. All skating rinks must be properly lighted when open to the public.
(f) Locations Prohibited. No person shall erect, operate or maintain any skating rink or any building or other structure within which persons are permitted to use roller skates for skating within 200 feet of any schoolhouse, church or hospital.
(g) Public Hearings. The Board shall require a public hearing prior to taking action on an application for a permit pursuant to this section. The applicant shall cause to be published a notice of public hearing two times at intervals of not less than five days, within the 21-day period following the filing of an application, in a newspaper of general circulation in the district where the business is to be located. Furthermore, the Board may give notice by mail to all property owners within three hundred feet of the proposed business. The Board shall cause a suitable public notice to be posted at the location where the business is to be conducted. The applicant shall bear all expenses involved in mailing, printing, publishing and posting such notice. Such public notice shall conform to the rules and regulations adopted by the Board and shall be designed to inform the public as to the nature of the business to be engaged in, its location, the names of the applicant or applicants, the time of the public hearing and the right of persons objecting to be heard. Any interested persons may file written protests or objections, or appear at the hearing. The Board shall give consideration to all such protests in reaching a decision on such application. (Amended by Ord. No. 137,649, Eff. 1/6/69.)