South El Monte Municipal Code § 7.30 County Business Licensing Ordinance Adopted

"Taxi Dance" means any public, private, special or youth dance where partners are provided for dancing or social purposes by those conducting, managing, maintaining or operating such public, private, special or youth dance for patrons or other guests.

No person or persons, dancing club, or dancing school shall permit, conduct, operate or assist in conducting or operating any public dance hall, public dance, private dance, youth dance, or special dance unless and until a written license has been obtained from the Finance Director.

No dance license shall be issued, nor if issued shall be valid unless:

1. The address of the licensed establishment is upon property zoned Commercial (C) or Commercial-Manufacturing (C-M) as said zones are set forth in Title 17 of the South El Monte Municipal Code.

2. The licensed premises have a single undivided area of not less than 100 square feet.

3. The dancing area within the inside boundaries of the border, as set forth in subsection 2 above, is no narrower than seven feet at any point of the dancing area.

Before any dance license shall be issued the premises shall be inspected and examined by the Building Department, the Health Department, the Fire Department and the Sheriff's Department for conformity to standards prescribed by this Code.

No license shall be issued except to the owner or lessee of premises upon which a permit is applied for.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of the South El Monte Municipal Code to the contrary, no new business license for a private or public dance, as defined in Sections 7.30.030 and 7.30.040 of this title, shall be issued, unless said license is issued as an ancillary operation to a licensed full service restaurant in the Commercial (C) or Commercial-Manufacturing (C-M) zones. Public dance licenses validly existing on March 9, 1989 may be renewed.

A Type II adult license does not permit any dance on any premises where alcoholic beverages are sold, served or consumed. A person shall not conduct any dance on any premises where alcoholic beverages are sold, served or consumed unless he or she has for such premises a Type I adult license.

A. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person under 18 years of age shall not enter, be, or remain on or in any premises for which a Type II adult license is required or has been issued pursuant to this chapter unless accompanied by: 1) his or her parents; 2) his or her legal guardian; or 3) his or her spouse over 21 years of age.

B. A licensee, a person required by this chapter to procure a license, and the employees of such licensee shall not permit or allow any person to enter or to be on any premises contrary to the provisions of this section.

No person shall conduct or participate in any taxi dance.

(Prior code §7-2-9; Ord. 708 §1, 1984; Ord. 847 §2, 1989; Ord. 980 §9, 1996)