CHAPTER 723
Dances and Dance Halls
723.01   Definitions.
723.02   License required.
723.03   Application for license.
723.04   Application information.
723.05   Investigation of application.
723.06   Compliance with health, building and fire regulations.
723.07   Rejection of application.
723.08   Denial or revocation of license; appeals.
723.09   License fees; expiration date, renewal.
723.10   Transfer of license.
723.11   Regulations as to minors.
723.12   Conduct.
723.13   Hours.
723.14   Access to public dance halls.
723.15   Additional teen dance regulations.
723.99   Penalty.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   Intoxicating liquor in dance hall - see Ohio R.C. 4399.14
   Excessive or offensive noise from musical instruments, etc.- see GEN. OFF. 507.04
   Disorderly conduct; intoxication - see GEN. OFF. 509.03
   General business licensing provisions - see BUS. REG. Ch. 701
   Dancing academies and schools - see BUS. REG. Ch. 725
723.01. Definitions.
   (a)   “Public dance”, as used in this chapter, means any dance to which admission may be had by payment of a fee or by the purchase, possession or presentation of a ticket or token obtained for money or any valuable thing; or in which a charge is made for caring for clothing or other property; or dance where a permanently organized society, club, firm, organization or corporation leases, rents or collects a fee for the use of any room, place or space; or any other dance to which the public generally may gain admission with or without the payment of a fee.
   (b)   “Public dance hall”, as used herein, means any room, place or space in which a public dance shall be held or any hall in which instruction in dancing is given for hire.
   (c)   “Private dance”, as used herein, means any dance given at any home in the City, or any dance given by permanently organized clubs, societies or corporations, where the attendance is restricted to the members of the society, club or corporation, or the guests of the club, society or corporation admitted by invitation only, and from which guests, no fee or payment or token of any kind is or will be received and no lease payment or rental has been or will be received.
   (d)   “Teen dance” as used herein means any dance or event described in Section 723.15, below.
(Ord. 377-99. Passed 12-7-99.)
   (e)   "Non-profit organization", as used herein, means any organization determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be a tax exempt organization pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or any organization that holds itself out to be established for benevolent, philanthropic, educational, humane, civic or other eleemosynary purpose that has been in existence for at least two (2) years prior to the filing of an application for a permit under this section. A "non-profit organization does not include any person or organization that incidentally solicits contributions for a charitable organization or purpose.
(Ord. 193-03. Passed 3-4-03)
723.02. License required.
   No person, society, club, firm, organization or corporation shall hold any public dance, teen dance, or give instruction in dancing for hire in any hall within the limits of the City until the dance hall in which the same may be held has first been duly licensed for such purposes. Provided, however, that such person or persons obtaining such licenses must enforce at such dance the requirements herein provided for the governing of public dance halls and, if teen dances are to be held on the premises, the additional requirements set forth in Section 723.15, below. Failure on the part of any person or persons to obtain such license or to comply with the foregoing shall subject him or them to the penalties provided for in this chapter.
(Ord. 377-99. Passed 12-7-99.)
723.03. Application for license.
   Every person, society, club, firm, organization or corporation desiring a license to operate a public dance hall and/or teen dance club must make personal application to the Director of Finance. Each application shall be in the form prescribed herein. Such application shall be filed at least ten days prior to the time of granting such license, and after an investigation as hereinafter provided, shall be transmitted to the Division of Treasury for issuance of a license.
(Ord. 377-99. Passed 12-7-99.)
723.04. Application Information.
   Every applicant for a dance hall license and/or teen dance club license shall file with the Director of Finance a written application stating the name and address, including street and number, of the applicant, or if more than one person or if an association or firm, the full name of all parties interested and the addresses including street and number. If the applicant is a club, firm, society, organization or corporation, the applicant shall contain a complete list of the officers of such club, society, organization, firm, or corporation, with their names and addresses, including street and number, and shall also give the state in which such club, society, organization, firm or corporation is organized and the names of one or more persons whom the club, society, firm, organization or corporation desires to designate as its manager or managers, or person or persons, in charge with their addresses. The application shall also state the following:
   (a)   The location where such dance, dance hall, teen dance, or teen dance club is to be conducted, including street and number.
   (b)   If the applicant is an individual, the name, address, social security number, and date of birth of the applicant. If the applicant is a club, society, firm, organization, corporation, or group of individuals, the names, addresses, social security numbers, and dates of birth of the officers, managers and/or members of said organization.
   (c)   Whether the applicant (or any person listed on the application) has ever been engaged in operating a dance hall or teen dance club, and when, where and how long in each place, within five years then last past.
   (d)   The name of the owner of the premises in which such dance hall or teen dance club is located and the complete address of such owner.
   (e)   Whether the location will be used for teen dances within the meaning of Section 723.15 below, and if so the names, addresses, social security numbers, dates of birth and signatures of each person who will be serving as a “Supervising Adult or Chaperon” as required by Section 723.15, below. If the owner of the premises rents the hall or club to an individual or organization who intends to use same for a teen dance, the owner of the premises shall notify the Vice and Narcotics Section of the Toledo Police Department of the fact of the rental and purpose of the event and designate an individual or, in the case of an organization, a manager or one of its principal officers who shall provide the information required of this section and listed above.
   (f)   The application shall be signed by the applicant or applicants, or in case of a club, society, firm, organization or corporation, the application shall be signed by the manager or one of its principal officers. Each person whose name is listed on the application for license or notification of designee in any capacity shall sign an authorization for a criminal record check.
(Ord. 377-99. Passed 12-7-99.)
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