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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0039 ORDINANCE NO. 39 VILLAGE OF LAKEVILLE DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE LICENSING AND REGULATING PUBLIC DANCE HALLS AND CABARETS, ESTABLISHING LICENSE FEES AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS. THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF LAKEVILLE ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Definitions (a) Public dance hall. A public dance hall is hereby defined to be a building, room, place or space open to or rented to the general public and operated and designed primarily as a business to provide dancing facilities for a charge. (b) Cabaret. A cabaret as the term is used herein, shall mean a restaurant, night club or other place of amusement where dancing is permitted incidentally, but is not operated primarily as a business to provide dancing facilities for a charge. (c) Public dance. A public dance, as the term is used herein shall mean any dance wherein the public may participate whether or not a charge for admission for dancing is made. (d) Private dance. A private dance, as the term is used herein, shall mean any dance held in a public dance hall but where the general public is not admitted. SECTION 2. License required No person, association, partnership, or corporation shall directly or indirectly, give, hold, or conduct a public dance or a private dance, as defined herein or permit dancing in a cabaret, unless the proprietor of the public dance hall or cabaret, or the person giving the same or irr charge thereof, shall have first obtained a license therefore from the Village Council; provided however, that the Council may in its discretion permit any lodge or society not organized or maintained for profit to conduct infrequent public dances without being licensed as herein provided. SECTION 3. License Applications A. Every application for a public dance hall or cabaret license shall be verified and filed with the Village Clerk. It shall state the name of the applicant, his age, representa- tions as to his character, with references as may be required, his citizenship, whether the application is for a public dance hall ar a cabaret, whether the applicant is owner or operator of the business, how long he or she has been in that business at that location, and such other information as the Council may require from time to time. No person shall make a false statement in an application. SECTION 4. Denial or revocation of license Any applicant or licensee shall be a person of good moral character and reputation and shall not have been convicted of a felony, gross misdemeanor, or crime involving moral turpitude, and any person that is a licensee, and who is convicted of a felony, gross mis- demeanor, or crime involving moral turpitude, or a violation of this ordinance, shall have his license revoked upon such terms and cunditions as determined by the Village Council. No license shall be issued or renewed for any public dance hall or cabaret which is not properly ventilated and equipped with necessary toilets, washrooms, and lighting facilities, nor to any place likely to become a public nuisance or detrimental to public morals. SECTION 5. License Fee All license fees are payable in advance upon application and before the issuance or renewal of a license. The annual license fee for a public dance hall shall be $100.00, and the annual license fee for a cabaret shall be $50.00, and every such license shall expire on the 1st day of June of each year. The annual license fee shall be prorated for an unexpired portion of a license year, provided however, that the minimum prorated fee thereof shall be $50.00 in the case of-the public dance hall license, and $25.00 in the case of the cabaret license. Licenses shall not be transferred from one place, or from one person, to another without prior Council approval. ORDINANCE NO. 39 (Continued) SECTION 6. Immodest Dances Prohibited No person shall dance, nor shall any person to whom such license is issued permit or suffer any person to dance in any indecent or immoral dances. No person shall act or speak in a rude, boisterous, obscene, or indecent manner in any public dance hall or cabaret, nor shall any licensee suffer or, permit any person therein to so act or speak. Upon entering a public dance hall all coats, jackets, and similar outer garments shall be left in a cloak room or closet area which shall be provided on the premises by the licensee. SECTION 7. Lights Public dance halls and cabarets shall be adequately illuminated during dances. SECTION 8. Certain Persons to be Denied Admittance No person to whom a license has been issued hereunder shall permit to be or remain in any public dancing place any intoxicated person, any prostitute, any person. of known immorality, or any unmarried person under the age of 16 years, unless such person is ac- companied by a parent or guardian, nor any unmarried person more than 16, and under the age of 18 years, unless such person is accompanied by a parent or guardian or presents the written consent of his parent or guardian to the officer in charge of such dance, and every such written permit shall be retained by such officer. SECTION 9. Hours _ Public and private dances as defined herein are prohibited between the hours of one o'clock a.m. and eight o'clock a.m. of any day; provided, however, that no public or private dance as defined herein shall be held or conducted on Sunday during the hours preceding twelve o'clock noon thereof. SECTION 10. Officer to Attend It is incumbent upon every public dance hall licensee to have officers of the law present at every public and private dance held in a public dance hall during all times such dance is being held, sufficient to maintain order. Such officers shall be designated by the Village Chief of Folice, but the. fees and expenses as established by the Chief of Police, of such officers of the law, shall be paid in advance by the licensee. SECTION 11. Posting of License A license granted hereunder shall be posted in a conspicuous, public place upon the premises for which such license is granted. SECTION 12. Liability Insurance. Before any person is granted a license hereunder, he shall file with the Village Clerk policies of public liability and property damage which shall remain and be in force and effect during the entire term of said license and which shall contain a provision that they shall not be cancelled without 10 days' written notice to the Village. Public liability in- surance shall not be less than $100,000 for injuries, including accidental death to any one person, and, subject to the same limit for each person, in an amount of not less than $200,000 on account of any one accident, and property damage insurance in the amount of not less than $25,000 for each accident or mishap. SECTION 13. Penalties Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed $100.00, or by imprison- ment in the county jail for a period of not to exceed 90 days. SECTION 14. Effective Date This Ordinance shall be in force and effect 60 days from and after its publication ac- cording tolaw. Enacted and ordained into an ordinance this 14th day of April, 1969. THE VILLAGE OF LAKEVILLE BY: LEO ARONSON, Mayor ATTEST: MARCELINE HEMSTROM Village Clerk.