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(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)
(a) No license shall be issued or renewed if the applicant or licensee:
(1) Is not eighteen (18) years of age or older;
(2) Made any false statement or failed to answer any question in the application;
(3) While licensed under this article, has had such license revoked within the previous two (2) years;
(4) Has been convicted or found responsible of a violation of this article within one (1) year immediately preceding the application;
(5) Has been convicted within the five (5) years preceding the application of a felony or misdemeanor drug, non-motor vehicle related alcohol, or sex crime as enumerated in this Code, Arizona Revised Statutes, the United States Code, or any such offense outside the State of Arizona that would be classified as one (1) of the above offenses if committed within the State of Arizona.
(6) Fails to demonstrate that a sufficient number of security personnel will be employed to provide crowd and traffic control during the event and dispersal at the conclusion thereof, including security for parking areas used for the event, as may be required by the chief of police per section 7-366.
(b) No license shall be issued or renewed:
(1) If the proposed location of the dance hall is within five hundred (500) feet of any private residence in the city;
(2) If the proposed location is not in conformity with applicable zoning regulations, as determined by the director of planning per section 7-352(b);
(3) If the proposed location is not in conformity with applicable building code and fire code regulations, including regulations concerning occupant load, building egress, ventilation and sanitation as determined by the director of the development services center and the chief of the fire department per section 7-352(b).
(Ord. No. 7831, § 1, 6-1-92; Ord. No. 8322, § 1, 7-5-94; Ord. No. 9658, § 5, 1-14-02; Ord. No. 10571, § 3, 8-6-08)
(a) A licensee shall conduct business only at the address shown on the license. Each additional place of business shall require a separate license.
(b) All licenses issued under this article shall be nontransferable as to licensee; however, the director of finance, upon receipt of a transfer fee of ten dollars ($10.00), shall authorize the transfer of a license from one (1) location to another, provided the licensee remains the same and the new location meets the requirements of this article.
(c) The police department, fire department, development services center, planning department, state or county health departments, the director of finance or authorized representative, or any peace officer may enter and inspect the licensed premises at any time the premises are occupied or open for business.
(d) The licensee shall post a copy of the license and a copy of the occupant load card at a clearly visible location at each entrance to the premises during all hours of operation.
(Ord. No. 7831, § 1, 6-1-92; Ord. No. 8322, § 1, 7-5-94; Ord. No. 9658, § 6, 1-14-02)
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