(a) Applications for single event licenses shall be accompanied by a non-refundable application fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), and shall be filed at least thirty (30) days in advance of the date of the proposed event. Single event licenses shall be valid for the period of the event and at the location specified in the license application. However, such licenses shall not be valid for any period in excess of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours.
(b) Applications for an annual license shall be accompanied by a non-refundable application fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00), and shall be filed at least thirty (30) days in advance of the first proposed event. Annual licenses shall only be valid for the location specified in the license application. Annual licenses shall be valid for one (1) calendar year from their date of issuance and must be renewed annually to remain in effect.
(c) The application fee and license required by this article shall be in addition to any business license and fee which may be required by chapter 19 of the Tucson Code. The granting of a license under this section shall not be deemed evidence or proof that the licensee has complied with the requirements and provisions of chapter 19 of the Tucson Code.
(d) The fee requirements of this section shall be waived if the dance is sponsored, organized, supervised, conducted and controlled exclusively by a non-profit, tax-exempt organization recognized by the United States of America as exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., section 501 as now existing or hereafter amended. For the purposes of this section, "conducted and controlled exclusively" means that the dance is under the exclusive planning and direction of duly elected or appointed officers or committees of the tax-exempt organization or institution, and that after payment of expenses all of the proceeds collected as admission fees or cover charges go directly to charitable purposes or to the treasury of the tax-exempt organization or institution.
(Ord. No. 7831, § 1, 6-1-92; Ord. No. 8322, § 1, 7-5-94; Ord. No. 9658, § 4, 1-14-02)