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(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 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
(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
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
(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
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police and the Fire Chief to see that every exhibition, amusement, show, theatrical or other public show or amusement is inspected by a member of the police and of the Fire Department and to ensure conformity with the provisions concerning amusements.
(1980 Code, § 16.106) Penalty, see § 112.999
It shall be unlawful to present any public amusement or show of any kind which tends to or is calculated to cause or promote any riot or disturbance.
(1980 Code, § 16.107) Penalty, see § 112.999
It shall be unlawful to smoke or carry a lighted cigar, cigarette or pipe on or beneath any stage or in a dressing room of any building used as an assembly hall with seating accommodations for more than 100 persons or in which theatricals, shows, amusements, lectures or other entertainment are offered, operated, presented or exhibited.
(1980 Code, § 16.108) Penalty, see § 112.999
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