(A) Regulation of public dances. All public dances held in this city shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(B) Definitions. The terms stated below shall have the following meanings:
PUBLIC DANCE. Any dance where the general public may participate, whether or not a charge for admission for dancing is made.
PUBLIC DANCING PLACE. Any room or space or other area, whether indoors or outside, which is open to the general public for the purpose of participating in public dancing.
(C) Permit. No person shall conduct a public dance in this city unless a permit has been obtained from the City Clerk/Treasurer prior to the holding of the dance. The fees for a permit shall be as established in the Fee Schedule. In addition to this fee, the applicant shall pay the cost to the city of providing a police officer or officers to be present at the dance. The City Council shall establish criteria for determining the number of police officers required to be present at any dance. No permit shall be issued until the fee and the cost of for providing the police officer or officers has been paid.
(D) Application. Any person desiring a permit to hold a public dance in this city shall submit an application for a permit on the form provided by the City Clerk/Treasurer submitted to the City Clerk/Treasurer at least ten days before the date of the proposed dance. The application shall set forth the name and address of the applicant who shall be the person responsible for conducting the public dance and any business, committee or organization sponsoring the dance, the place where the dance is to be held, the date of the dance and the time of its beginning and end. Proof of all insurance required by this section shall be submitted with the application and no permit shall be issued until proof of insurance has been received. A request for any use of a city building or other city property shall be included with the permit application and no permit shall be issued until the fees for the use of the city building or other city property have also been paid.
(E) Insurance. All insurance policies required for the event, including any insurance required by law for the sale of alcoholic beverages, shall list the city as a named insured and provide a provision to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the city and any of its employees from any claims arising from the event.
(F) Location. The applicant shall make sure that adequate parking is available for the persons wishing to attend the dance and make sure that the location is safe and accessible. This information shall also be provided to the City Clerk/Treasurer before a permit shall be issued.
(G) Permit to be posted. When a permit is issued, the holder of the permit shall post the permit in a prominent location on the premises on which the dance is to be held during the time the dance is occurring. The applicant shall be present at all times while the dance is occurring.
(H) Liquor license required. No person shall give, hold, conduct or permit any public dance where liquor will be served, as defined in M.S. Ch. 340A, as it may be amended from time to time, without obtaining a license from the city.
(I) Police officer presence. No public dance shall occur without at least one police officer, or more if more are required under the criteria established by the City Council, present at the public dancing place during the duration of the dance and after the dance, until all of the participants have left the public dancing place.
(J) Hours. No public dance shall occur between the hours of 1 a.m. and 12 noon.
(K) Minors denied admission. No person under the age of 21 shall be allowed to be present by the permit holder or any police officer at a public dance where alcohol is sold or consumed, unless accompanied by a parent or guardian.
(L) Certain behavior prohibited. No person present at any public dance shall engage in any disorderly conduct as defined by M.S. § 609.72 as it may be amended from time to time, and any disorderly person shall be immediately removed from the dance by the police officer present at the public dancing place. Should a substantial number of persons at the public dance engage in disorderly conduct, the police officer present shall terminate the dance and remove all persons from the public dancing place.
(M) Lighting. In order to protect the safety of persons attending a public dance, public dancing places shall be adequately illuminated and dancing therein while lights are extinguished, dimmed or turned low so as to give inadequate or imperfect illumination is hereby prohibited. All exit areas shall be illuminated at all times during the public dance with light having intensity of not less than one footcandle at floor level. Illumination of less than 0.5 footcandles in any area where dancing is occurring, permitted or encouraged is prohibited.
(N) Noise. All public dances shall be subject to the provisions of this code regulating noise.
(O) Penalty. Any permit holder violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and their public dance permit is suspended immediately at the time of any arrest or citation for violating this section.
(Ord. 8.04, passed - -) Penalty, see § 10.99