Burbank Municipal Code Div. 4 Teen-Age Dances

No person shall open, conduct, stage, sponsor or operate a teen-age dance, or allow any teen-age dance to be held without having paid a license fee per dance or an annual license fee, as appropriate, in the amount set forth in the Burbank Fee Resolution. A teen-age dance shall not be held unless a permit to conduct such dance has been obtained from the Community Development Department. [Formerly numbered Section 5-60; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; Amended by Ord. No. 3828, eff. 8/24/12; 3623, 2194.]

No person may secure a permit to conduct or sponsor any teen-age dance except an adult sponsoring group. [Formerly numbered Section 5-61; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

Applications for the permit required by Section 3-3-526 of this article shall be filed with the Community Development Department on forms to be provided by the City. The application shall be under oath and in duplicate and shall contain in addition to the information required by Section 3-6-202 of this Code:

A. The date upon which the proposed dance is to be held, said date to be not less than twenty (20) days subsequent to the date upon which the application for permit is filed;

B. The time at which the dance is to begin and end;

C. The address of the place where the dance is to be held;

D. The approximate attendance expected and the minimum number of adult supervisors who will be in attendance at all times during the holding of said dance, said minimum number of supervisors to be not less than one (1) per one hundred (100) teen-agers, or fraction thereof, in attendance;

E. The names and addresses of the supervisors who will be in attendance at said dance;

F. The approximate expenses to be incurred as an incident to the holding of said dance, and the admission charge, if any, required as an incident to the attendance of said dance; and

G. A certificate of the applicant stating that the applicant assumes full and complete responsibility for the event, its direction and any expenditure of funds connected therewith. [Formerly numbered Section 5-62; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; Amended by Ord. No. 3828, eff. 8/24/12; 2194.]

A. Referred to the Chief of Police: The Community Development Director shall refer all such applications to the Chief of Police.

B. Investigation: The Chief of Police shall cause to be made such investigation as they deem necessary, and if the Chief of Police shall find that the conducting of said teen-age dance for which the permit is requested, and at the place set forth in the application, will not violate any ordinance of the City, or any law of the State or constitute a menace to the health, peace or safety of the community, and the applicant has not had a permit revoked within one (1) year prior to the application, and the officers and members thereof are of good moral character then the Community Development Director shall issue a permit to the applicant.

C. Decision on Application within Seven Days: Within seven (7) calendar days from the date of application, the Community Development Director shall cause notice of the granting or refusal of such permit to be given the applicant. [Formerly numbered Section 5-63; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; Amended by Ord. No. 3828, eff. 8/24/12; 3048.]

All places where teen-age dances are held shall be adequately lighted at all times when open for dancing and the volume of illumination shall not be less than one foot candle in all parts of the building and premises accessible to participants. [Formerly numbered Section 5-64; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

All off street parking facilities made available for the participants of teen-age dances shall be lighted and supervised as follows:

A. Lighting: Parking facilities shall be lighted in such manner as to provide illumination to all vehicles sufficient to ensure the safety of those persons using said facility and to permit adequate supervision of the parking area.

B. Supervision: Parking facilities shall be supervised by inspection of the parking area and vehicles therein at regular intervals, such inspection to be made not less than once every half hour. [Formerly numbered Section 5-65; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

No minor admitted to a teen-age dance shall be permitted to leave and thereafter re-enter the dancing premises during the duration of the dance, and no pass out checks shall be issued. Nothing in this section shall prohibit participants in the dance from passing to and from a refreshment facility provided by the adult sponsoring organization where such facility is not located in the dancing area. [Formerly numbered Section 5-66; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

Admission to a teen-age dance shall be denied to any person showing evidence of drinking any alcoholic beverage or who has any alcoholic beverage on their person. [Formerly numbered Section 5-67; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

All dancing shall be of an acceptable social standard and the dress of the participants must be in conformity with accepted standards in the City. Sufficient adult supervision shall be provided at all teen-age dances to ensure that accepted standards of social conduct are followed. [Formerly numbered Section 5-68; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

No dancing at any teen-age dance shall be permitted after the hour of twelve o’clock (12:00) midnight, unless the permit issued for that dance specifically authorizes the continuance for a later hour. Authorization to continue dancing after the hour of twelve o’clock (12:00) midnight may be issued in the discretion of the Chief of Police. [Formerly numbered Section 5-69; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

A person twenty (20) years of age or over shall not attend any teen-age dance as a participant. This section does not prohibit the attendance of chaperons or sponsors who do not participate in the dancing nor does this section prohibit a parent of a teen-age participant from dancing with their child. [Formerly numbered Section 5-70; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

Any person who loiters around or about the premises at which a teen-age dance is being conducted shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. [Formerly numbered Section 5-71; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

At least two (2) persons of the sponsoring group shall have been bona fide residents of the City for at least three (3) months prior to making application for a permit under this division, unless this requirement is waived by the City Manager for good cause. [Formerly numbered Section 5-72; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 2893, 2868.]

The dancing and surrounding area shall at all times be open to the inspection of the Chief of Police and the members of the Police Department. [Formerly numbered Section 5-73; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

A. Generally: No person holding a permit issued under this division shall violate or fail to comply with any of the foregoing rules and regulations, and every such violation shall constitute a misdemeanor.

B. Sponsors: Any person or persons sponsoring or aiding in the sponsorship of a teen-age dance without permit shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. [Formerly numbered Section 5-74; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]