Los Banos Municipal Code Ch. 3 Dances

For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this chapter are defined as follows:

"Public dance"

shall mean any and all dances held in a public dance hall except dances held by any club, service club, or fraternal organization when admission is limited to members and invited guests and no admissions are sold at the door.

"Public dance hall"

shall mean any place or hall, except private residences and school buildings, where a dance is held.

(§ 1, Ord. 404)

It is unlawful for any person, society, lodge, organization, or corporation to conduct, operate, or be in charge of a public dance without first securing a permit therefor from the Chief of Police.

(§ 2, Ord. 404)

An application for a permit to conduct a public dance shall be made not later than five days prior to the date on which such dance is to be held.

(§ 3, Ord. 404)

Before the issuance of a permit to conduct a public dance, the Chief of Police shall collect from the applicant a fee of Two and No/100ths ($2.00) Dollars. Such fee shall be paid by the Chief of Police to the City Treasurer and shall be deposited in the general fund.

(§ 4, Ord. 404)

Before issuing a permit to conduct a public dance, the Chief of Police shall satisfy him or herself that the public peace, safety, health, and general welfare will not be endangered or jeopardized by the issuance of such permit. The Chief of Police may consider any relevant factual material, including, but not limited to, the proposed place or location of such dance and the character and reputation of the applicant and other persons who will be involved in the conduct and operation of the dance under the permit if issued. If the Chief of Police finds that the issuance of such permit will endanger or jeopardize the public peace, safety, health, and general welfare, such issuance shall be denied.

(§ 5, Ord. 404)

The Chief of Police may impose conditions upon the issuance of a permit to conduct a public dance to insure that the dance and dancing conducted under and by virtue of such permit will be compatible with the preservation of the public peace, safety, health, and general welfare.

Each such permit so issued shall authorize one dance only.

(§§ 5 and 6, Ord. 404)

The Chief of Police shall have the authority to revoke any permit to conduct a public dance at any time if a dance being conducted under a permit is conducted in such a manner that the Chief of Police deems the dance to be detrimental to the public peace, safety, health, and general welfare.

(§ 7, Ord. 404)

Each permittee conducting a public dance pursuant to a valid permit issued by the Chief of Police shall have at all times in attendance at such public dance the number of properly licensed private security officers required by the Chief of Police, which requirements shall be stated at the time of the issuance of the permit.

(§ 8, Ord. 404, as amended by § 1, Ord. 736, eff. December 6, 1985)

Any person, society, lodge, organization, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punishable as set forth in Chapter 2 of Title 1 of this Code.

(§ 9, Ord. 404)