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Chapter 532 DANCES* Sections: 532.010 Public dance defined. 532.020 Public dance hall defined. 532.030 Permit—Required. 532.040 Permit—Application and issuance. 532.050 Permit—Revocation when. 532.060. Females employed as dancing partners unlawful. 532.070 Hours when prohibited. 532.080 Violation—Penalty—Permit rendered void. • Editor's Note: In this chapter the words "board of trustees" have been editorially changed to "city council" in accordance with section 1.08.010 of this code. (Ord. 1456) 532.010 Public dance defined. For the purpose of this chapter "public dance" is defined to be a gathering of persons in or upon any premises where dancing is participated in and to which premises the public is admitted. (Ord. 441 § 3, 1926) 532.020 Public dance hall defined. For the purpose of this chapter a "public dance hall" is defined to be a place where dancing is regularly con- ducted on certain days as a business, whether for profit or not for profit, and to which the public is admitted, either with or without charge, or at which the public is allowed to participate in the dancing, either with or with- out charge. (Ord. 441 § 2, 1926) 532.030 Permit—Required. It is unlawful for any person, association of persons, or corporation, to conduct or assist in conducting any public dance hall, or any public dance, in the city, unless under and by authority of a written permit from the city council. (Ord. 441 § 1 (part), 1926) 532.040 Permit Application and issuance. Permits to conduct public dance halls or public dances, in the city, may be issued by the city council upon the written application of any person for himself or on behalf of any association of persons or corporation. The city council must first satisfy themselves that the conduct of such dance hall or public dance will comport with the public welfare, and for this purpose may consider any facts or evidence bearing on the place where the proposed liz VUBM A 5.32.010 public dance hall or public dance is to be located, the character, reputation and moral fitness of those who will be in charge of it, and any other facts or evidence intend- ed to enlighten the city council in this respect. (Ord. 441 § 1 (part), 1926) 532.050 Permit—Revocation when. Whenever the presiding officer and members of the city council shall issue or ratify any permit under the terms of this section and Sections 5.32.030 and 5.32.040 the same may be revoked at any time thereafter, by the city council, if they become satisfied that the conduct of such public dance hall or public dance does not, or will am comport with the public welfare for any reason, or in the case of a public dance hall that the same has been conducted in an illegal, improper or disorderly manner. The city council may make rules governing public dance halls or any public dance, and may revoke or suspend permits issued for any public dance hall or public dance where the proprietor or person in charge thereof violates or permits any infraction of any of such rules or any law of the state or any ordinance of the city. (Ord. 441 § 1 (part), 1926) 532.060 Females employed as dancing partners unlawful. It is unlawful for any person, corporation or associa- tion of pentons to employ female persons at a salary or on a commission, or for anything of value, directly or indirectly whose duty or business it is or shall be to dance with or act as dancing partners at any public dance or in any public dance hall or for any female person to engage in such employment. (Ord. 849 § 2, 1953: Ord. 441 § 3-A, 1926) 532.070 Hours when prohibited. No public dance of any nature shall be held, conducted or maintained, nor shall any person, firm or corporation hold, conduct or maintain a public dance in the city between the hours of two am. and eight am. of any one day. (Ord. 849 § 1, 1953: Ord. 441 § 6, 1926) 532.080 Violation—Peuatty—Permit rendered void. Any person, association of persons, or corporation who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and not less than twenty-five dollars, or by imprisonment in the city jail for a period not exceeding thirty days and not less than five days, or by both such fine and imprison- ment; and upon such conviction, any permit which may (comas 4-M