(A) No person shall operate a public ball or dance within the village unless such person first obtains a license to do so from the Mayor. PUBLIC BALL and PUBLIC DANCE, as used in this section, mean any dance or ball where an admission fee, cover charge or their equivalent is required.
(B) The license fee for such public ball or dance shall be $1,000 per year or any fractional part of the year.
(C) Before such license is issued in or adjacent to a residential district, the Clerk of Council shall notify all owners or occupants of residences located within 300 feet of the building in which it is proposed to establish and maintain such ball and dance and set a date, not less than five days nor more than ten days from the service of such notice, for hearing upon such application.
(D) If a majority of such owners or occupants protests in writing against the issuance of such license, the Mayor, if he or she finds upon investigation that it would be for the best interest of such neighborhood to do so, shall refuse to issue such license.
(E) The Mayor may grant a permit without charge for any ball or dance to be given by or for the benefit of any purely civic, benevolent, charitable, educational or religious society or organization, or by and for the benefit of any society or organization genuinely and regularly conducted for a purpose other than the giving of balls or dances, provided that such application is made five days prior to the date of the proposed ball or dance and that any such ball or dance shall be termed a private ball or dance. No such license or permit shall be issued unless the applicant is a reputable person of good moral character and unless the building or hall in which such ball or dance is conducted complies with all building, health, fire and safety regulations of the state and village, is adequately ventilated and is supplied with adequate toilet facilities.
(Prior Code, § 860.01) (Ord. 260, passed 4-1-1957)