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No person shall maintain, operate, conduct, control or manage any public dance hall in the city until such license fee as is required by law and the ordinances of the city is paid in full. Such license shall be issued by the city clerk at the rate of ten dollars per day or fifty dollars per year. No license for any public dance hall shall be granted for the maintenance, operation or conducting of any dance hall within the city without first obtaining approval from the chief of police. (Prior code § 7-3-18)
A. It shall further be unlawful for any person operating or maintaining a public dance hall to permit dancing at any time without a uniformed policeman or duly commissioned officer of the law wearing distinctive forms of dress approved by the chief of police which by its appearance indicates that such person is an officer of the law and as a part of said uniform, the officer will at all times display an official badge indicating the commission under which he works. Such officers may be on duty or off duty.
B. The chief of police may authorize by written authorization, persons duly licensed under the Private Investigators Act to serve in place of the duly commissioned officer of the law.
C. Failure to provide such uniformed policeman, duly commissioned officer of the law, or person duly licensed under the Private Investigators Act with approval from the chief of police, shall be grounds for revocation of license. (Ord. 331,1984: prior code § 7-3-16 (part))
No person operating, conducting or maintaining any public dance hall shall permit any person under the age of sixteen years to dance or be about the premises while dancing is going on unless such minor is accompanied by one of his parents or by his legal guardian. (Prior code § 7-3-17)