Lindsay Municipal Code § 5.16 Dances And Dancehalls

It is unlawful for any person to open or conduct any public dancehall within the city without first obtaining from the city council a permit so to do, and it is unlawful for any person to carry on or conduct any public dance within the city without first obtaining from the city council a permit so to do.

(Prior code § 8-1)

Any person desiring to open or conduct a public dancehall or any hall, room, pavilion or place in which a public dance is to be held shall first procure from the city council a license therefor, which license shall be issued by the city council or the chief of police under the direction of the city council, upon application made therefor upon the terms and under the conditions specified in this chapter, and the license shall be valid until the thirty-first day of December following its issue and the applicant shall pay therefor the sum of forty dollars per year, or fraction thereof.

(Prior code § 8-2)

It is unlawful for any person to hold or conduct any public dance in the city without first having obtained from the city council, or of the chief of police under direction of the city council, a license to hold or conduct the public dance, and the applicant shall pay therefor the sum of five dollars for each license so granted.

(Prior code § 8-3)

Gratuitous licenses for the conducting of any public dance, subject to the terms and conditions of this chapter, may be issued by the city council at its discretion where the proceeds therefor are exclusively for the treasury or use of the fire department, the American Legion or any benevolent organization, but nothing in this section is to be construed so as to exempt any person from the necessity of obtaining a permit to hold any public dance.

(Prior code §8-4)

Nothing in the preceding sections shall be construed to require the payment of license by any reputable school of instruction in dancing for children or adults, but in no case is such business to be conducted without a permit from the city council; provided, further, that when any assembly or public dance is held at the conclusion of the dancing school session and where an admission is charged there shall be a license of two dollars charged for each dance so held.

(Prior code § 8-5)

All certificates or permits required by this chapter are subject to cancellation as provided in this chapter and each license or permit shall so state upon its face, and no license or permit shall be granted under the terms of this chapter until the fees provided in this chapter have been paid. The applicant for any permit to carry on or conduct a public dancehall shall file with the clerk of the city council with the application a plan and complete description of the building which is to be so conducted as a public dancehall, showing toilets and other accessories in connection therewith and if the building in the judgment of the city council is provided with proper exits and free from danger from fire and is well ventilated and in all respects sanitary, then the permit shall be issued upon the application therefor and the payment of the fees as provided in this chapter.

(Prior code § 8-6)

The applicant for any license to conduct a public dance in the city shall make application on forms provided for such purpose by the city council, and no public dance shall be held in the city unless application to conduct the dance is properly made and license for the conducting of the public dance issued by the city council or by the chief of police under the direction of the council and the requisite license paid.

(Prior code § 8-7)

It shall be the duty of the manager of any public dance or of any public dancehall within the city to preserve order therein at all times and to eject or cause to be ejected from the dance or dancehall any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter or any of the rules and regulations of any such public dancehall and in the event that any person conducting any such public dance or dancehall within the city permits to be carried on therein any of the things or acts prohibited by this chapter or permits disorder in or about the public dance or dancehall, the person violating any of the provisions of this section shall not for the period of one year after the violation and forfeiture of license or permit be granted any license or permit to conduct any public dance or dancehall within the city.

(Prior code § 8-8)

The city council shall have the power to revoke the license or permit of any licensee found guilty of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.

(Prior code § 8-9)

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to any dance carried on in any public dancehall within the city whether it is carried on or conducted for hire or for instruction or for amusement or otherwise.

(Prior code § 8-10)

1. No person under sixteen years of age, unaccompanied by parent or guardian, shall attend any public dance or loiter at or near the doors of any public dancehall within the city while the public dance is being conducted therein.
2. It is unlawful for any person in charge of or conducting the public dance or dancehall to permit any person under sixteen years of age, unaccompanied by parent or guardian, to enter any public dancehall or any other place where a public dance is being conducted or to loiter at or near the doors of any dancehall while a public dance is being conducted therein.

(Prior code § 8-11)

It is unlawful to conduct within the city any public dance between the hours of one a.m. on Sunday morning and eight a.m. on the following Monday.

(Prior code § 8-12)

It is unlawful for any person to have or serve or drink any intoxicating liquor in or about any public dancehall in the city.

(Prior code §8-13)

It is unlawful for any person to indulge in boisterous or tumultuous conduct at any public dance or in any public dancehall within the city.

(Prior code § 8-16)