For the preservation and protection of the public peace, morals, health and safety, and to reduce the hazards of fire, it is hereby declared unlawful for any person, or his or her agent or employees, to exhibit within the corporate limits of the city any show, circus, wild west show, bronco-busting performance, wax-works show, side show, acrobatic performance, sleight-of-hand performance, medicine show, vaudeville show, play, dramatic performance, operatic performance, musical entertainment, motion picture show or other public exhibition or entertainment of any nature, whether specifically named in this section or not, when any of the things specified in this section shall be exhibited, done, operated or performed in a tent or in the open or partly in a tent or partly in the open, or when not exhibited, done, operated or performed in a building or in a structure of a permanent nature, constructed and maintained in compliance with the building ordinances of the city; provided, however, that, the provisions of this section shall not apply to the giving of any exhibition or entertainment that may be given solely and entirely for civic, charitable, benevolent, educational or religious purposes.
(1998 Code, § 14-1) (Ord. 03-12, passed 4-2-2003) Penalty, see § 118.999