(A) License required. It shall be unlawful to give, present, or conduct any motion picture, or theatrical for admission to which a fee is charged, excepting performances given solely for the benefit of and under the supervision of a religious, educational, or charitable organization, without having first secured a license therefor as is herein provided.
(B) Applications. Applications for 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 of the intended performance and the seating capacity thereof.
(C) Fee. Any person securing an annual license for motion pictures, or theatricals, manning 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 fee for such a license shall be as provided in § 110.25 of this Code.
(D) Motion pictures and threatricals on unlicensed premises. For motion pictures or theatricals which are to be presented in premises which are not covered by a license fee, the fee to be paid shall be $10 per day; provided that no motion picture or theatrical shall be presented in or on any premises or building which does not fully comply with the provisions of the ordinances relating to public gatherings and the maintenance of building for this purpose.
(E) Prohibited pictures. It shall be unlawful to permit any person to offer or present any motion picture which has a tendency to cause a riot or public disturbance of the peace, or any immoral, indecent, or blasphemous picture or performance.
(F) Crowding order. 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 during the time of the performance. It shall be unlawful to admit to any hall more persons than can be accommodated by the seating arrangements for the premises.
(G) 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.
(H) 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 ordinance of the village or by the statutes of the state concerning buildings or places intended for motion picture performances or in the premises which do not comply with the provisions of this code relating to public gatherings, or in premises in which the electric wiring does not fully comply with the ordinances. All places used for an exhibition of theatricals must be kept adequately ventilated during the performance and for as long a time as the audience remains therein.
(I) 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.
(J) 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 section. Each outdoor theater shall be equipped with washrooms, separate for men and women.
(Ord. 84-0-050, passed 11-27-84; Am. Ord. 95-0-023, passed 5-22-95) Penalty, see § 110.99