A. License Required: It shall be unlawful to give, present or conduct motion pictures or theatricals, for admission to which a fee is charged, excepting performances given solely for the benefit of and under the supervision of a religious, educational, governmental, civic or charitable organization, without having first secured a license therefor as is herein provided.
B. Applications For License: Applications for such licenses shall be made in conformance with the general provisions relating to such applications, and shall state in addition to the other information required the place for the intended performance and the seating capacity thereof.
C. License Fees: Any person securing an annual license for motion pictures or theatricals, naming a specific place or building where the performances are to be presented, may present therein any number of performances, including theatricals, during the year for which the license was secured without having to pay an additional fee.
The annual fee for a license shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00) for performances inside a building and two hundred dollars ($200.00) for outdoor motion picture establishments.
D. Motion Pictures And Theatricals On Unlicensed Premises: For motion pictures or theatricals, which are to be presented in premises which are not covered by such license fees, the fee to be paid shall be ten dollars ($10.00) per day; provided, that no such motion picture or theatrical shall be presented in or on any premises or building which does not fully comply with the requirements of the ordinances for the construction or maintenance of buildings for this purpose.
E. Crowding, Order: During the time of the performance it shall be unlawful to permit any person, excepting ushers or other theater employees, to remain standing in a hall or room in which a motion picture is presented in such location that would impede ingress or egress from the theater or interfere with the patron's or customer's view of the motion picture, and it shall be unlawful to admit to any such hall more persons than can be accommodated by the seating arrangements for the premises.
F. Scenery: It shall be unlawful to use any scenery in any theater other than nonflammable scenery or such as shall have been rendered nonflammable by the application of fire preventive coatings.
G. Building Requirements: It shall be unlawful to present any public motion picture in any building or structure which does not contain the number of exits required by the ordinances of the city and by the statutes of the state concerning buildings or places intended for motion picture performances, or in premises in which the electric wiring does not fully comply with the ordinances of the city. All places used for the exhibition of theatricals must be kept adequately ventilated during the performance and for so long a time as the audience remains therein.
H. Exits: It shall be unlawful to obstruct or permit the obstruction of any aisles, corridors or exits leading from the room or enclosures in which a motion picture performance or theatrical is being given or in which an audience for such a performance is gathered.
I. Outdoor Theaters: Outdoor theaters, where the audience is not housed in a building, shall be conducted in full compliance with all applicable provisions of this chapter. Each outdoor theater shall be equipped with washrooms separate for men and women.
J. Inspections: Premises in or on which motion pictures or theatricals are presented shall be inspected or caused to be inspected by the building official as often as is necessary to comply with the provisions of this section and any other ordinance provisions relating thereto. (Ord. 0-77-24, 11-7-1977)