(A) It shall be unlawful to conduct, operate, or exhibit any race between persons, animals, or vehicles, or any baseball game, boxing or wrestling match, or any other athletic contest or exhibition for admission to which a fee is charged without having first procured a license therefor. The fee for this license shall be $100.
(B) The proprietor of an athletic exhibition shall submit to the City Clerk a statement verified under oath of the gross receipts of each game, contest, or race, within 1 week after the exhibition. At the same time, the proprietor or person exhibiting or operating the exhibition shall pay to the Clerk a sum equal to 3% of the gross receipts, after deducting the license fee paid.
(C) Sufficient members of the Police Department shall be admitted free of charge to all exhibitions licensed under this section for the purpose of preserving and maintaining order. The City Clerk may post a person, or any number of persons, at the box office of each performance and may examine all the books pertaining to the performance showing or tending to show the gross receipts.
(D) None of the fee requirements of this section shall be applicable to nonprofit or charitable organizations, which shall not be charged any fee.
(1969 Code, § 4-5) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Authority to license and tax athletic contests and exhibitions, see ILCS Chapter 65, Act 5, § 11-54-1