(a) No person shall conduct or operate a dance hall unless the person who is conducting or operating such dance hall has obtained a license in accordance with the provisions of this article.
(b) Exceptions:
(1) The requirements of this article shall not apply if the dance is sponsored, organized, and supervised exclusively by a public, parochial or private elementary or secondary school, college, or university that teaches accredited courses of instruction as approved by the Arizona Department of Education; however, no more than two (2) dance halls may be operated or conducted at the same location by an individual school, college or university in any twelve (12) month period under this exception, unless that location is on property exclusively owned and operated by that school, college or university.
(2) The requirements of this article shall not apply if the dance is sponsored, organized, and supervised by the federal, state, or local government.
(3) The requirements of this article shall not apply to dance halls whose patrons are limited solely to persons twenty-one (21) years of age or older and that are duly licensed liquor establishments operating as such while the dancing is occurring.
(c) It shall be a misdemeanor to operate a dance hall without first obtaining and maintaining in effect a license as required by this article. A person convicted of violating this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00).
(Ord. No. 7831, § 1, 6-1-92; Ord. No. 8322, § 1, 7-5-94; Ord. No. 9658, § 2, 1-14-02; Ord. No. 10571, § 2, 8-6-08)