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(a) Each proprietor of a billiard or pool table or of a bowling alley, or a combination of both, shall pay an annual license fee. The fees 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.
(b) No person shall permit betting or gambling in connection with the use of the table or alley.
(Ord. 55-1970, passed 10-26-1970)
Cross-reference:
Fee schedule, see § 205.01
(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
Any person or persons, whether as principals or agents carrying on or engaged in the business of trafficking for profit in tickets of admission to any theatre, music hall, sporting event or other place of entertainment, amusement or instruction to which tickets of admission are offered for sale to the general public, shall be required to pay a license fee 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. The license shall be issued by the City Manager and given for the term of one year from date of issue. The trafficking in tickets for any school entertainments, lecture courses, and lectures on historic, literary or scientific subjects shall not come within the provisions of this section; nor shall this section apply to any sale or transfer of tickets of admission to any theatre, music hall, sporting event or other place of entertainment, amusement or instruction, when no greater price is asked or received therefor than that for which the tickets were sold or offered for sale by persons or corporations issuing the tickets.
(Ord. 53-1981, passed 6-8-1981)
Cross-reference:
Fee schedule, see § 205.01
(a) Definitions. In this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) CONSIDERATION means the payment of money or the exchange of any item of value for:
A. The right to enter the business premises or any portion thereof: or
B. The right to remain on the business premises or any portion thereof; or
C. The right to purchase any item permitting the right to enter, or remain on, the business premises or any portion thereof; or
D. The right to a membership permitting the right to enter, or remain on, the business premises or any portion thereof.
(2) LIVE SEX ACT means any act whereby one or more persons engage in a live performance or live conduct which contains oral sexual contact or sexual intercourse.
(3) LIVE SEX ACT BUSINESS means any business in which one or more persons may view, or may participate in, a live sex act for a consideration.
(4) OPERATE AND MAINTAIN means to organize, design, perpetuate, or control. OPERATE AND MAINTAIN includes providing financial support by paving utilities, rent, maintenance costs or advertising costs, supervising activities or work schedules, and directing or furthering the aims of the enterprise.
(5) ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT means oral contact with the penis, vulva, or anus.
(6) SEXUAL INTERCOURSE means penetration into the penis, vulva, or anus by any part of the body or by any object or manual masturbatory contact with the penis or vulva.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate and maintain a live sex act business.
(c) Operation of a live sex act business is a public nuisance per se.
(d) The City Attorney, in the name of the city, may apply to the Warren County Court of Common Pleas for an order permitting the city to abate violations of this section.
(Ord. 2017-66, passed 5-15-2017)
Any person or organization that violates any provision of § 711.03 shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense and each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person or organization is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. 53-1981, passed 6-8-1981)