(a) License required.
(1) Each person, desiring to conduct, stage or give a circus, menagerie, carnival, sideshow, musical or minstrel entertainment, or exhibition of monsters or freaks of nature, for which money or reward is demanded or received, shall first obtain a license and pay the license fee or fees provided for in this chapter.
(2) The applicant for a license to conduct, stage or give the exhibition shall give at least one week’s notice in writing to the City Manager, stating the dates of the performances, and the location at which they are to be presented. The City Manager or his or her duly designated agent shall give his or her consent to the issuance of the license if he or she deems the location suitable for the purpose; that it will properly accommodate the patrons; that the nature of the performance or exhibition is morally proper, and the use of the location will not throw too great a burden upon the Police and Fire Departments.
(3) No circus, menagerie or carnival shall be given for more than two consecutive days, except in cases were Council by special resolution shall allow a longer period, or where the exhibition is to be conducted on municipal property and the use thereof for a longer period has been approved by Council.
(b) Clean-up deposit required. At the time an application for the license is made, where use of municipal grounds is contemplated, the applicant shall deposit with the Finance Director a cash bond of not less than $10 nor more than $50, conditioned upon the restoration and cleaning up of the grounds in a manner satisfactory to the City Manager or his or her duly designated agent. In the event the grounds are restored and cleaned up properly following the exhibition, the deposit shall be returned; otherwise the deposit shall be forfeited to the municipality.
(c) License fee. The fee for a license shall be as follows: for each circus, carnival, sideshow, musical or minstrel entertainment or exhibition of monsters or freaks of any nature, shall be as established and set forth in the fee schedule in Part One - Title Eleven, Chapter 205 of these codified ordinances. The amount of the fee shall be as set by ordinance from time to time.
(d) License fee may be waived in civic interest. The City Manager or his or her duly designated agent may, in his or her discretion, grant without cost a license for the holding of a circus, carnival, sideshow, musical or minstrel entertainment for not more than six consecutive days, where all of the performances are fostered and supervised by civic interests of the municipality, and a substantial part of the funds derived therefrom is expended for charitable or civic purposes.
(Ord. 55-1970, passed 10-26-1970)
Cross-reference:
Fee schedule, see § 205.01