Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Relating to Skating Rinks, Repealing Sections of Ordinance 725 TEMPORARY ORD. NO. 19 Permanent Ord. No. 768 AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION FROM OPERATING ANY PUBLIC SKATING RINK WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING A LICENSE AND PAYING THE FEE THEREFOR, REGULATING THE OPERATION THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE PUNISHMENT FOR THE PROVISIONS HEREOF AND REPEALING SECTION 9a AND 12a OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 725 AND ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA: Section 1. Skating Rink Defined. Any place open to the public where ! roller or ice skating is allowed and an admission is charged, except for exhibition purposes, is hereby designated a public skating rink and is subject to the provisions of this ordinance. Section 2. License Required. No person, firm or Corporation shall carry on, conduct or operate a skating rink without first procuring a license CD as herein provided and paying a license fee therefor as provided herein. Section 3. Conditions for Licensing. A license to conduct and/or operate a public skating rink may be granted by the City Council to persons of good moral character and reputation, who shall have first satisfied the City Council of their fitness to operate a public skating rink with propriety, and in accordance with the provisions of the ordinances of the City. Section 4. License Application. Before any license shall be issued under the provisions of this ordinance, the person, firm or corporation shall make a written application to the City Council therefor, which application shall state the name and address of the party to whom the license is to be issued, the location of the place where the skating rink is to be operated and what previous experience, if any, the applicant has had in operating a skating rink. Section 5. Inspection of Premises. The Council shall prior to consideration of the application for license have on file a written statement from the City Manager that an inspection of the building, structure and premises proposed to be used as a skating rink have been made and have been, or will be made to meet all of the building, safety and sanitary requirements of the city for places of public assembly. Section 6. License Granted. The City Council upon receipt of such application and statement aforementioned, shall consider the same and if in the opinion of the Council the granting of such license would be proper, shall authorize the issuance of such license by the City Clerk, upon payment to him of the fee hereinafter referred to, and he shall retain a record of the license as issued. Section 7. License Fee. The license fee for a skating rink shall be i the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25. 00) per year. Each license shall expire on the thirty-first day of December of each year. Section 8. Location. No permit shall be granted by the City Council for a skating rink within the immediate vicinity of a hotel, motel, apartment house, church, hospital, or other institution which, in the discretion of the Council shall be determined to create a nuisance thereto. Section 9. Rules and Regulations. The following rules shall be posted in two conspicuous places on the walls of the rink and the management will be held responsible for their strict enforcement at all times: (a) No intoxicated person shall be permitted on the premises at any time. (b) No profanity or obscene language shall be permitted. • (c) No inde&ent, suggestive or dangerous skating will be permitted. (d) No beer or intoxicating liquor may be consumed on the premises or any place appurtenant thereto. (e) A minimum floor space of twenty (20) square feet shall be provided in roller skating rinks for each skater permitted on the floor. (f) No fighting or quarreling on the part of any person will be permitted. Section 10. Revocation of License. Every license issued under the provisions of this ordinance shall be upon the express condition that the holder thereof will strictly comply with all of the provisions hereof and will be responsible for the enforcement of the rules and regulations as set forth herein, and if the holder of such license shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions hereof, said license may be revoked at any time by the City Council. Section 11. Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation, or any agent or employee thereof, who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof shall be fined a sum not exceeding one-hundred dollars ($100. 00) and in default of payment thereof shall be committed to jail for a term not exceeding thirty (30) days. Section 12. Repeal. Section 9a and 12a of Ordinance No. 725 and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.1 Section 13. Effect. This ordinance shall be in force and effect from I and after its passage and publication as provided by law. Passed this 28th day Of September, 1954. r . W. Prather, City Clerk 1. P. Lawlor, Mayor Moved by Smith and seconded by De Hart that Temporary Ordiria.nce No. 19 be passed on its first reading. Voting Aye: Griffith, Judge, Smith, De Hart, Bolton and Bliss Voting Nay: None Ab sent: None i Moved by De Hart and seconded by Judge that the rules governing the passage of ordinances be suspended, the second and third readings omitted and Temporar Ordinance No. 19 be placed on its final passage. Voting Aye; Griffith, Judge, Smith, De Hart, Bolton and Bliss Voting Nay: None Absent: None Moved by Griffith and seconded by Bolton that Temporary Ord. No. 19 do now pass. Voting .Aye: Griffith, Judge, Smith, De Hart, Bolton and Bliss Voting Nay: None Absent: None Mayor Lawlor declared Temporary Ord. No. 19 duly adopted, I, J. W. Prather, City Clerk of the City of Ames, Iowa, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 768 was duly and properly passed at a meeting of the City Council on September 28, 195f and published by codifying on the re day of , 19 J. W. Prather, City Clerk