The following schedule of license fees for the operation of the following enterprises within the limits of the county is hereby established:
(a) Amusement parks. Amusement parks, operated for profit, where a charge is made at the gate or a separate charge or fee is made to the individual shows or entertainment therein, or both: One thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per annum, if the park contains a swimming pool or dance hall; one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per annum, if it does not contain a swimming pool or dance hall. The payment of this fee entitles the operator of the amusement park to operate within the limits of the park any amusement devices not prohibited by law; provided, that no license shall be granted any amusement park to operate as aforesaid until the amusement park has submitted to the director of the department proof of sufficient responsibility or adequate liability insurance coverage to protect the public using the park.
(b) Theaters. Theaters or moving picture houses operated for profit, not including outdoor theaters which are treated separately in this chapter, as follows:
(1) Moving Picture Houses. The following schedule of fees applies to houses with seating capacities as listed opposite the fees:
Capacity | Fee per Annum |
Up to 300 | $50.00 |
301 to 500 | $60.00 |
501 to 750 | $75.00 |
751 to 1,000 | $100.00 |
1,001 and over | $125.00 |
(2) Legitimate Theaters, herein defined as places in which exhibitions of live dramatic performances are presented, one hundred dollars ($100.00) per annum.
(c) Dance halls, restaurants, hotels, etc.-Generally. Dance halls, restaurants, cafes, inns, taverns, hotels or clubs, operated for profit and where public dancing is permitted more than once each week, five hundred dollars ($500.00) per annum.
(d) Same-One-time only events. Dance halls, restaurants, cafes, inns, taverns, hotels, armories, coliseums or clubs at which are held any picnic, dance, soiree or other entertainment for private or personal gain or profit, at which the general public is admitted for a single day or evening, and which affair is held on a one-time only basis, one hundred dollars ($100.00) per affair.
Such licenses are authorized by sections 4-6 and 30-2 and are to be issued in accordance with section 4-10, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in sections 4-9 and 30-1.
(e) Swimming pools. Public swimming pools, operated for profit, whether admission is by membership card or for a charged fee, one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per annum.
(f) Baseball, etc., parks. Baseball, football or athletic parks, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per annum.
(g) Carnivals and circuses. Carnivals and circuses, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per week.
(h) Roller skating rinks. Roller skating rinks, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per annum.
(i) Miniature golf courses. Miniature golf courses, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per annum.
(j) Driving ranges. Golf and baseball driving ranges, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per annum.
(k) Pitch and putt courses. Golf pitch and putt courses, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per annum.
(l) Pony rings. Pony rings, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per annum. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 75-8; 1972 L.M.C., ch. 16, § 5; 1980 L.M.C., ch. 22, § 1.)