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Chapter 12 - Licenses and Permits

(5) REFUSAL OF LICENSE. No license shall be granted any dance hall unless
adequate modern toilet facilities are provided with the building and an adequate
supply of drinking water is available. The room shall be properly lighted and
ventilated and all parts of the premises shall be safe and sanitary. A license or
permit shall be refused by the Village Board to any applicant who has been
convicted within 5 yrs., of the date of application of a second offense of any of the
provisions of this section or an ordinance of similar purpose in this or any other
community or to any association or corporation of which a member or shall have
been so convicted.

(6) TRANSFER OF LICENSE. No license or permit shall be transferred as to
location or license.

(7) SANITARY AND LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS. All public dance halls and
facilities appertaining thereto shall be kept at all times in a clean, healthful and
sanitary condition and all stairways and other passages and all rooms connected
with a public dance hall shall be kept open and well lighted during the public use.
Proper ventilation shall be maintained at all times.

(8) POWER TO CLOSE. The Village Board shall have the power to cause the place,
hall or room where any public dance is held or given to be vacated whenever any
rules or regulation or any provision of any law or ordinance with regard to public
dance halls or public dances is being violated.

(9) HOURS. All public dances and dance halls shall be closed on each day at or
before 2 a.m.; except that upon proper application, the Community Programs &
Health Committee may grant a permit to continue a dance beyond that time where
the circumstances justify such permission. Such application shall be made at least
5 days before the date on which the dance will be held. No public dance shall be
held between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m., except as otherwise provided in this section.

(10) RESTRICTIONS. No person conducting a public dance or public dance hall or
any manager or other agent of such person shall:

(a) Sell or accept or cause to be sold or accepted any ticket or token for
admission after midnight.

(b) Permit gambling in any form on the premises.

(c) Discriminate between sexes by offering free admission to either sex as an
inducement to stimulate attendance.

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