(a) Applications for permits to hold boxing and wrestling exhibitions shall be made to the Boxing and Wrestling Commission. It shall be the duty of the Boxing and Wrestling Commission to make or cause to be made thorough investigations of all such applications to determine the financial responsibility and the general character of the applicants, the fitness of the prospective participants in the boxing or wrestling exhibitions and such other matters as may be pertinent to the granting of the application.
(b) The Boxing and Wrestling Commission shall report the results of its examinations to the Mayor with the recommendation as to whether each such application should be granted or not.
(c) The Mayor may grant such permits in accordance with State law. No boxing or wrestling exhibition shall be held within the City unless authorized by such a permit, except that this requirement shall not apply in the case of wrestling exhibitions given in theaters as a regular part of the theater program.
(Ord. 88-60. Passed 5-2-60.)
(d) Applicants for boxing and wrestling exhibition permits shall pay a fee for such permits as set out in Chapter 185 of the Administrative Code (the General Fee Schedule). Such fee shall be used for defraying the costs of the investigation of all applicants and other incidental expenditures incurred as a result of the issuance of the permit.
(e) Grantees of permits for professional boxing and wrestling exhibitions shall pay to the Treasurer, in addition to the fee provided for in subsection (d) hereof, a fee equal to six percent of the gross receipts of the boxing and wrestling exhibitions held under such permits, excluding any taxes which may be imposed under Federal or State law. However, no fee greater than five thousand dollars ($5,000) shall be required and no fee shall be required in the case of boxing and wrestling exhibitions given by charitable organizations and churches. The Treasurer shall deputize one member of the Boxing and Wrestling Commission as his representative who shall be authorized to receive payment of the aforesaid six percent fee of the gross receipts for and on behalf of the Treasurer.
(f) All fees collected shall be deposited in the Parma Boxing and Wrestling Commission Account.
(Ord. 49-61. Passed 4-3-61.)