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QUINCY, ILLINOIS CODE OF ORDINANCES
CITY OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
PARALLEL REFERENCES
CHAPTER 112: AMUSEMENTS
Section
General Provisions
   112.001   Application of provisions
   112.002   Licenses
   112.003   Athletic exhibitions
   112.004   Medicine shows
   112.005   Order; crowding
   112.006   Inspections
   112.007   Riots
   112.008   Smoking
   112.009   Signs
   112.010   Exit lights
Billiard and Pool Halls
   112.025   License required
   112.026   Fee
   112.027   Hours of operation
Bowling Alleys
   112.040   License required
   112.041   Fee
Circuses
   112.055   License required
   112.056   Application
   112.057   Fee
   112.058   Side shows and concessions
   112.059   Provisions to be obeyed
   112.060   Inspection
   112.061   Cheating
   112.062   Bond
Motion Pictures and Theatricals
   112.075   License required
   112.076   Applications
   112.077   Fee
   112.078   Motion pictures and theatricals on unlicensed premises
   112.079   Prohibited pictures
   112.080   Crowding; order
   112.081   Scenery
   112.082   Building requirements
   112.083   Exits
Public Gatherings
   112.095   License required
   112.096   Exemptions
   112.097   License applications and issuance
   112.098   Premises
   112.099   Conduct
   112.100   Suspension or revocation of license
Shooting Galleries
   112.115   License required
   112.116   Fee
   112.117   Conduct
   112.118   Sanitary regulations
   112.119   Safety
Skating Rinks
   112.130   License required
   112.131   Application; investigation
   112.132   Fee
   112.133   Premises
   112.134   Conduct
Coin Operated Mechanical Amusement and Music Devices
   112.145   Definition
   112.146   License; fee
   112.147   Issuance
   112.148   Devices to be kept in plain view; gambling devices prohibited
   112.149   Inspection
   112.150   Revocation
 
   112.999   Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 112.001 APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.
   The provisions of this chapter, except as to licensing and fees, shall apply to all public shows, theatricals, circuses and other amusement in the city whether specifically licensed in another chapter of this title or not.
(1980 Code, § 16.101)
§ 112.002 LICENSES.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful to conduct or operate any amusement which is open to the public and for admission to which a fee is charged without having first obtained a license therefore, provided, that the provisions of this section shall not be held to apply to those amusements which are specifically licensed by any other ordinance of the city.
   (B)   (1)   Applications for licenses shall be made to the Clerk and shall comply with the general provisions of the ordinances relating to the applications. For these licenses the following fees shall be paid:
Amusement
Fee
Amusement
Fee
Amusement parks, including the privilege and permission of operating and conducting therein shooting galleries, merry-go-rounds, dance floors, moving picture shows, skating rinks and vaudeville shows
 
   For one year
$200
   For six months
$100
   For three months
$60
Billiards and pool halls
$20
Bowling alley
$20
Carnivals
 
   Per week
$300
Coin operated mechanical amusement and music devices
   Per year per device or any portion of a year
$30
Circus, menageries, wild west shows
      For one day
$400
      For each additional day
$200
   Side shows and concessions
      Per day
$10
   Street parades of circuses, menageries and wild west shows
$150
Exhibitions of inanimate objects
   Per day
$20
Medicine show
$50
Merry-go-rounds or other similar amusement device, operating as an independent unit, for each device
   Per day
$30
   Per week
$100
Motion pictures and theatricals
   For each theater per year
$350
   More than one theater under the same ownership and occupying the same building or location
$350 plus $150 for each additional theater
   Motion pictures and theatricals on unlicensed premises
      Per day
$20
Penny arcades and museums
   Per year
$400
   For six months
$200
   For one month
$100
   For one week
$50
Public gatherings
   Annual license - indoor venue only
$400
   Quarterly license - outdoor venue
   (See restrictions in § 112.097(B)
$200
   One month license - outdoor venue
   (See restrictions in § 112.097(b)
$150
Shooting galleries
   Annual fee
$300
   For one month
$150
   For one week
$50
Skating rinks
   For one year, for each rink
$200
   For one month
$30
   For one week
$10
Video gaming terminal
(Fee shall be shared equally between terminal operator and licensed establishment)
$200
All concerts, plays, art shows, antique shows and like activities sponsored by local not for profit organizations shall be exempt from the licensing provisions herein. See §§ 112.095 through 112.100.
All activities sought to be licensed herein which are sponsored by local not for profit organizations shall be required to pay license fees, in lieu of the regular fees set out herein as follows:
   Carnivals
      Per week
$200
   Circuses
      Per day
$100
   All others
      For any period up to two weeks
$100
Other amusements not specifically licensed
$10 per day
 
      (2)   Provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring a license for baseball games and baseball grounds or parks devoted exclusively to baseball purposes; and provided further that nothing herein contained shall be construed as allowing or permitting walkathons, dance marathons or other exhibitions and contests of similar character or any mental or physical endurance contest under an amusement park license.
      (3)   Provided further that no carnival or street fair shall be located or held in or upon any street, alley or public place in the city, but, if held at all, shall be held and located on private property, except by special permission of the City Council. No license for a carnival shall be general as to location, but each license shall specifically fix and designate the place where the carnival shall locate and where each street fair shall be held, and before any license shall be issued the proposed location shall be approved by the City Council.
      (4)   Failure to pay the Video Gaming Terminal Fee at the time of obtaining the City of Quincy Liquor License for the establishment shall result in a penalty in the amount of $10 per day for each day the fee is unpaid after obtaining the liquor license.
(1980 Code, § 16.102) (Ord. 9324, passed 12-26-2017; Ord. 9329, passed 3-19-2018; Ord. 9387, passed 9-3-2019; Ord. 9432, passed 11-29-2021) Penalty, see § 112.999
§ 112.003 ATHLETIC EXHIBITIONS.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful to conduct, operate or exhibit any race between persons, animals or vehicles, or any baseball games or any other athletic contest or exhibition for admission to which a fee is charged except scheduled school activities without having procured a license therefor.
   (B)   The proprietor of the exhibitions shall submit to the City Clerk a statement, verified under oath, of the gross receipts for each game, contest or race, within one 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.
   (C)   Sufficient members of the Police Department shall be admitted free of charge to all exhibitions for the purpose of preserving and maintaining order; and 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.
(1980 Code, § 16.103) Penalty, see § 112.999
§ 112.004 MEDICINE SHOWS.
   It shall be unlawful to give or conduct any medicine show or performance in connection with or for the purpose of attracting prospective buyers of, or crowds for the purpose of lectures on, or demonstrations of, any tonic, medicine, remedy of alleged specific for human ailments without having first secured a permit therefore. Applications for permits shall state the name, nature and contents of the article to be promoted or offered for sale; the applications shall be referred to the Chief of Police and no permit shall be issued where the tonic, medicine or remedy is harmful for use without the advice of a physician, or consists in whole or part of harmful or habit forming drugs or narcotics. The fee for the permits shall be as listed in § 112.002.
(1980 Code, § 16.104) Penalty, see § 112.999
§ 112.005 ORDER; CROWDING.
   (A)   The audience of any amusement show or theatrical must be orderly and quiet at all times, and it shall be unlawful for any person attending the amusement, show or theatrical to create a disturbance in the audience.
   (B)   It shall be unlawful to permit or gather a crowd to witness any amusement or show as to create a dangerous condition because of fire or other risks.
(1980 Code, § 16.105) Penalty, see § 112.999
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