Alameda Municipal Code § 6-18 Carnivals, Circuses, Fairs, Etc

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to establish, set up, maintain, exhibit, conduct or carry on in the City any carnival, circus, fair, menagerie, wild animal show, trained animal show, rodeo, ferris wheel, merry-go-round, traveling show, or other similar or related type of amusement place, unless a permit to do so has been issued as hereinafter provided and is in full force and effect.

(Ord. No. 1239 N.S.)

Any person desiring a permit required by this section shall make application therefor to the City Clerk. The application shall be verified and shall set forth:

a. The name and address of the applicant:

b. If the applicant is a corporation, the names and addresses of the corporate officers;

c. The name and address of the proprietor and the person to be in immediate charge of the place of amusement;

d. The location at which it is proposed to conduct the place of amusement; and

e. A description of the place of amusement proposed to be conducted and the method of operation.

The City Clerk shall transmit the application to the City Manager for approval or disapproval.

(Ord. No. 1239 N.S.)

The application shall be accompanied by an application fee in the sum of one hundred ($100.00) dollars. This fee is in addition to any license fee which is now or may hereafter be required to be paid.

(Ord. No. 1239 N.S.; Ord. No. 1791 N.S.)

The City Manager shall cause such investigation to be made as he/she deems necessary and shall thereafter approve the issuance of such proposed permit if he/she finds that the proprietor and the person to be in immediate charge of the place of amusement are of good moral character, that the proposed place of amusement is not of such a character as to disturb the public peace or be injurious to good morals, and that the conducting thereof in the proposed location will not disturb the peace and quiet of any considerable number of persons residing in the vicinity thereof; otherwise, the City Manager shall disapprove the application. Upon approval by the City Manager of an application, the City Clerk shall issue the permit. No permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be transferable.

(Ord. No. 1239 N.S.)

Any permit issued under the terms of this section may be suspended or revoked by the City Manager when it shall appear to the City Manager that the business or occupation, or the doing or performance of the act for which the permit was granted, is conducted, maintained, done or performed contrary to the application hereinbefore described, or in violation of any law of the State of California or ordinance of the City, or is conducted, maintained, performed or done so as to constitute a nuisance or disturb the peace of persons in the vicinity or in any manner deleterious to the public peace, health or welfare.

(Ord. No. 1239 N.S.)

Any person, firm or corporation aggrieved by the action of the City Manager in approving or disapproving the issuance of a permit, or in revoking or suspending or refusing to revoke or suspend any permit, may, within five (5) days after such action, appeal to the City Council by filing a written notice thereof with the City Clerk. The Council shall then review the determination or decision of the City Manager in the matter appealed from and may approve, disapprove or modify such determination or decision. The action of the Council herein shall be final and conclusive.

(Ord. No. 1239 N.S.)