Chapter 4. Amusements. [Note]

Article I. In General.

§§ 4-1-4-3. Reserved.

Article II. Licenses Generally.

§ 4-4. Required.

§ 4-5. Procurement.

§ 4-6. Application generally; publication requirements.

§ 4-7. Certificates to be filed by applicant.

§ 4-8. Fees.

§ 4-9. Expiration.

§ 4-10. Denial, revocation or suspension-Grounds; civil penalty.

§ 4-11. Same-Notice and hearing.

§ 4-12. Same-Summary action.

§ 4-13. Same-Appeal.

§ 4-14. Enforcement of article; right of entry.

§ 4-15. Definitions.

§ 4-16. Penalty.

Article III. Outdoor Theaters.

   Division 1. Generally.

§ 4-17. Short title.

§ 4-18. Definitions.

§ 4-19. Administration and enforcement of article--Generally.

§ 4-20. Same-Right of entry.

§ 4-21. Requirements as to gates, entrances and exits, screens, etc.

§ 4-22. Area and capacity requirements.

§ 4-23. Grade requirements; screen tower; lighting.

§ 4-24. Electrical system and equipment.

§ 4-25. Enclosures.

§ 4-26. Operating regulations generally.

§ 4-27. Loudspeakers.

§ 4-28. Sale of drinks, foods, etc.

§ 4-29. Violations of article.

   Division 2. License.

§ 4-30. Required; fee.

§ 4-31. Applications generally.

§ 4-32. Posting of property by applicant.

§ 4-33. Applicant to file certain certificates withdepartment.

§ 4-34. Hearing on application.

§ 4-35. Decision of council on application.

§ 4-36. Denial generally.

§ 4-37. Not to issue in violation of zoning regulations.

§ 4-38. Not to issue for premises near residential, school, etc., buildings.

§ 4-39. Transfer.

§ 4-40. Renewal.

§ 4-41. Revocation or suspension.

§ 4-42. Appeals from decisions of council and director.

 

Notes

[Note]

*Cross reference(s)--Gaming, ch. 23; licensing and regulation of picnics, dances, etc., § 30-1 et seq.; licensing and regulation of public amusements, clubhouses, etc., § 30-5 et seq.; amusements tax, § 52-16A; video games, ch. 56A; special zoning requirements for theaters, § 59-G-2.59 et seq.    *Cross reference(s)--Gaming, ch. 23; licensing and regulation of picnics, dances, etc., § 30-1 et seq.; licensing and regulation of public amusements, clubhouses, etc., § 30-5 et seq.; amusements tax, § 52-16A; video games, ch. 56A; special zoning requirements for theaters, § 59-G-2.59 et seq.

Article I. In General.

Secs. 4-1-4-3. Reserved.

   Editor's note-Sections 4-1-4-3, regulating hours for public dancing and places of public amusement generally and prescribing a penalty for violation, were repealed by 1986 L.M.C., ch. 31, § 1. The sections were derived from Mont. Co. Code 1965, §§ 75-1-75-3, and 1983 L.M.C., ch. 22, § 7.

Article II. License Generally.

Sec. 4-4. Required.

   It shall be unlawful for any person, either directly or indirectly, to establish, conduct, operate or to permit the operation of, on any premises owned by him, any enterprise described in section 4-8 without a license being first procured and kept in effect at all times as required by this article. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 75-4.)

Sec. 4-5. Procurement.

   Licenses required by this article shall be procured from the director upon payment of the license fee fixed by section 4-8. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 75-5; 1972 L.M.C., ch. 16, § 5; 1980 L.M.C., ch. 22, § 1.)

Sec. 4-6. Application generally; publication requirements.

   No license shall be issued by the director for the operation of any of the enterprises specified in section 4-8 until proper application therefor has been made to the director in such form as he shall designate, and a copy of the application has been published in some newspaper of general circulation within the county at least two (2) weeks prior to the issuance of such license, which publication shall be at the expense of the applicant seeking such license. Such publication shall not be required for the issuance of any such license for any enterprise that has been in continuous operation at the same location for three (3) years immediately preceding the application for the license. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 75-6.)