Division 2. Amusements
Chapter 5.10
GENERAL REGULATIONS
Sections:
5.10.010 Application of chapter.
5.10.040 Music devices – Juke boxes.
5.10.050 Athletic exhibitions.
5.10.060 Audience to be orderly – Overcrowding.
5.10.090 Exhibitions of criminals.
5.10.140 Compliance of premises.
For statutory provisions authorizing municipalities to license, tax and regulate places of amusement, see 65 ILCS 5/11-42-5.
5.10.010 Application of chapter.
The provisions of this chapter, except as to licensing and fees, shall apply to all public shows, theatricals, circuses and other amusements in the village, whether specifically licensed in another chapter in this article or not.
5.10.020 Licenses.
A. It is unlawful to conduct or operate any amusement which is open to the public, and for admittance to which a fee is charged, without having first obtained a license therefor; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not be held to apply to those amusements which are specifically licensed by any other ordinance of the village.
B. Applications for such license shall be made to the clerk, and shall comply with all of the general provisions of the ordinances relating to such application. For such licenses the following fees shall be paid:
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1. Menageries |
$50 per day; |
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2. Carnivals |
$75 per day; |
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3. Exhibitions of inanimate objects |
$75 per day; |
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4. Go-cart tracks |
$125 annually; |
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5. Golf practice range |
$125 annually; |
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6. Miniature golf courses |
$125 annually; |
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7. Archery range |
$125 annually; |
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8. Kiddy-land amusement park |
$125 annually; |
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9. Other amusements |
$45 per day. |
(Ord. 2010-08A § 33, 2010; Ord. 2002-07 § 3, 2002; Ord. 89-5 § 3, 1989; Ord. 84-5 § 3, 1984)
5.10.030 Street shows.
No permit shall be granted or given for any carnival, exhibition, show or other amusement to be given on any public street or sidewalk or in such place that the main accommodation for the public of the audience will be in a public place, except on order of the village board.
5.10.040 Music devices – Juke boxes.
It is unlawful to offer or maintain for public use any coin-operated device, machine or mechanism to produce or reproduce music without having first secured a permit therefor. The annual fee for such permits shall be seventy dollars. (Ord. 2002-07 § 4, 2002; Ord. 89-5 § 4, 1989; Ord. 84-5 § 4, 1984)
5.10.050 Athletic exhibitions.
A. It is unlawful to conduct, operate or exhibit any race between persons, animals or vehicles, or any baseball game, boxing or wrestling matches or any other athletic contest or exhibition for admission to which a fee is charged without having first procured a license therefor. The fee for such license shall be one hundred dollars.
B. The proprietor of such exhibition shall submit to the village clerk a statement, verified under oath, of the gross receipts of each such game, contest or race, within one week after such exhibition.
C. At the same time, the proprietor or person exhibiting or operating such exhibition shall pay to the clerk a sum equal to three percent of the gross receipts, after deducting the license fee paid.
D. Sufficient members of the police department shall be admitted, free of charge, to all such exhibitions for the purpose of preserving and maintaining order. The village clerk may post a person or any number of persons at the box office of each performance, and may examine all the books pertaining to such performance showing or tending to show the gross receipts. (Ord. 89-5 § 5, 1989; Ord. 84-5 § 5, 1984)
5.10.060 Audience to be orderly – Overcrowding.
A. The audience of any amusement, show or theatrical must be orderly and quiet at all times, and it is unlawful for any person attending such amusement, show or theatrical to create a disturbance in the audience.
B. It is unlawful to permit or gather such a crowd to witness any amusement or show as to create a dangerous condition because of fire or other risks.
5.10.070 Inspections.
It shall be the duty of the chief of the police and fire marshal to see that every exhibition, amusement, theatrical or other public show or amusement is inspected by a member of the police and fire department, and to insure conformity with the provisions concerning such amusement.
5.10.080 Indecent shows.
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to present, exhibit, conduct or take part in any indecent show, theatrical, play, motion picture, exhibition or other form of public amusement or show.
5.10.090 Exhibitions of criminals.
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to exhibit any criminal or the body of any criminal or any person who shall have become notorious because of the commission of a crime, in any theatrical, exhibition, carnival or other public place.
5.10.100 Riots.
It is unlawful to present any public amusement or show of any kind which tends to or is calculated to cause or promote any riot or disturbance.
5.10.110 Smoking.
It is unlawful to smoke or carry a lighted cigar, cigarette or pipe on or beneath the stage or in a dressing room of any building used as an assembly hall with seating accommodations for more than one hundred persons or in which theatricals, shows, amusements, lectures or other entertainments are offered, presented, operated or exhibited.
5.10.120 No-smoking signs.
It shall be the duty of the owner of such premises, or of the occupant in charge, to provide and place printed signs on which the words “NO SMOKING” shall appear in letters at least four inches high, in conspicuous places, at least two signs being upon the stage or in the wings thereof and one in each dressing room.
5.10.130 Exit lights.
It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant in charge of any building or hall used as an assembly hall, with accommodations for one hundred persons or more, in which theatricals, shows, amusements, lectures and other entertainment is offered, operated or presented, to provide and place a sign on which the word “EXIT” appears in letters at least six inches high, over every door or other opening from such hall to every means of egress therefrom, and a light shall be provided with a red globe and placed at or over such sign, which light shall be kept burning during the entire period that the hall is open to the public and until the audience has left the hall.
5.10.140 Compliance of premises.
It shall be unlawful to operate or permit the operation of any amusement licensed in this chapter unless the premises in which such amusement is operated or permitted to be operated conforms with all the provisions or requirements in this code relating to public buildings and public gatherings.