HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 119~hkT 0RDiN~LNCE TO REGULATE TI~E LICENSING AND M~Ti~R OF CONDUCTING
D~CES.
The City Council of the City of Columbia Heights dees ordain:
Section 1. State Law to Govern:-- All dances held in
this city hereafter shall be conducted in accordance with the
provisions of Chapter 13.9 of the Session Laws of Minnesota for
1923 not specifically incorporated herein, regulating the con-
duct of dances as heretofore or hereafter amended. The defini-
tion of terms in the first section of said act are hereby adop~
ted except that where the entire proceeds of any dance are to
be devoted to benevolent, fraternal, educational or charitable
purposes such dance shall be classified as and termed a semi-
public dance ~.nd shall be regulated according to the provisions
of this ordinance hereinafter set out.
Section 2. Permits -- No person shall conduct a public
dance in this city unless a permit shall have been procured there-
for from the city clerk. The fees for such permits shall be as
follows:
One. day .......... $ ~ ~°°
0ne week. ....... 4.00
One month....,.. ~.~
One year ....... , 75.00
Provided that the city council'~may grant a permit for a semi-
public dance without charge.
Section 3. ApplicatiOn -- Andy person desiring a permit
to hold or conduct a public dance in this city shall make appli-
cation therefor on blanks furnished by the city clerk. The app-
lication shall set forth the name and address of the person,
persons, committee, or organization which is to conduct the
dance; time and place where such dance is to be held; and the
area of the dance floor. The application shall also show affirm-
atively that each of the applicants is a person of good moral
character and reputation in the community ~in which he lives, and
that none of the applicants has within five years prior to the
making of such application been convicted of a felony, gross
misdemeanor, or of violating any of the provisions of Chapter
139 of the Session Laws of Minnesota for 19£5 or any ordinance
or law regulating dances anywhere in the United States; also
that no one of the applicants is a keeper of any disorderly
house of any kind; also that the place where the dance is to
be conducted does not haVe any so-called "private apartments"
or "private rooms" furnished or used for any purpose other
than legitimate business purposes which adjoin such dancing
places or whcih may be reached by elevator, stairway or pass-
ageway leading from such dancing place; also that the place
where the dance is to be given is properly ventilated and
9quipped with necessary toilets, wash rooms and lighting fac-
ilities. Such application shall also be accompanied by the
affidavit of two freeholders in the city to the effect that
they have read the application as signed by the applicant and
that all the statements made therein are true to their own
personal knowledge.
Section 4. Granting of a Permit. Permit to be Posted --
The city clerk shall refer, such application and the accompanying
affidavits to the ~ouncil, which in its discretion may grant or
refuse to grant the permit applied for. In case the application
for permit be granted by the council the city clerk shall issue a
permit. The said permit shall be posted in a public place in the
dance hall described therein dUring the time the dance is being
given, and the person named in the permit shall be responsible unde~
the law for the manner in which such dance is held and conducted.
Section 5~ Police Officer to be Present.-- It shall be
incumbent upon the person to whom said permit is issued to have a
police officer of the City of Columbia Heights present at every
public dance to be given or held thereunder during all the time
said dance is being held. The officer shall receive for his ser-
vices the sum of Three ($3.00) Dollars for each dance so attended
and shall not permit such dance to commence until he has been
presented with a receipt issued by the city clerk showing that
the said sum of Three ($~.00) Dollars has been paid. The officer
shall upon ~resentation of said receipt to the city clerk after
the said dance for which the said sum has been paid be entitled
to receive from the city clerk the said sum of Three ($~.00)
Dollars so paid.
Section 8. Application for Semi-Public Dance --
person or organization desiring to conduct a semi-public dance,
within the meaning of this ordinance, in this city may apply for
a permit by a letter addressed to the city council. Such letter
shall state the name of the person or organization requesting
such permit; the place and time where such dance is proposed to
be held and the purpose for which the entire proceeds from such
dance are to be applied.
Section 7. Grant of Permit for Semi-Public Dance -- As
hereinbefore provided the city council may grant a permit for
semi-public dance wiEhout charge, e~cept that the provisions of
section 5 of this ordinance providing for the presence of a police
officer and the payment ~or~his~s~rvices shall apply to semi-
public dances.
Section 8. Hours.-- Eo public dance or semi-public dance
shall continue or be held by anyone on any day between the hours
of l~ o'clock p.m. and six otclock a.m. All public dance halls and
places for holding public or semi-public dances in the City of
Columbia Heights shall be closed at or before the hour of
o'clock a.m.
Section 9t. Intoxicati~ LiQuors Prohibited -- No person
shall at any time during which a public Or~mi_public dance is
being held , take upon the p~emises or have in his possession
upon the premises where such public or semi-public dance is being
held, or dispose o~, sell, or give away, use or drink any intox-
icating liquor or beverage upon such premises, during the time
when my public or semi-public dance is being held thereon.
Provided however that this section shall not apply to cafes,
restaurants or hotels holding licenses permitting both the sale
of intoxicating liquors for cons~ption on the premises and the
conduct of public dances.
Section 10..Pass-out Checks Prohibited -- No person
in charge of or conducting wy public or semi-public dance shall
issue or pormit the issu~ce of pess-out checks, so called, or
any pass or checks or doc~ents or tokens, which will entitle
the holder thereof to depart from and return to a public dance or
semi-p~lic d~ce without again' paying the regular enterance
fee.
Section ll. Permits Revokable -- my permit to conduct
a public or semi public d~ce issued ~der the provisions of
this ordinance may be revoked at wy time by the Mayor or City
Section lZ. Penalty~ Definitions~ Effective Date --
My person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor p~ishable by a fine of not less than
/~~-/ Dollars($/o.~) or more than One Hunted Doll,s (~100.00)
or impriso~ent for not less th~
ninety (90) days., or both, plus in either case the costs ~ the
prosecution. The word "person" as used in this ordinance shall
include any firm, partnership, club or association of any kind,
and corporations. This ordinance shall t~e effect and be in force
from ~d after thirty (50) days after its passage.