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O-981-96 04/22/96VILLAGE OF LEMONT ORDINANCE NO. '17 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5.06 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF LEMONT ENTITLED: "AMUSEMENTS" ADOPTED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT This 22nd day of April , 1996. Published in pamphlet form by authority of the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Lemont, Counties of Cook, Will, and DuPage, Illinois this 22nd day of April , 1996 APR 19 '96 O9 :20AM ANTONOPOULOS ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5.06 OF THE MEINICIPAI CODE OF LEMONY ENTYTL.ED, "AMUSEMENTS" P.3 /4 BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Lemont that the Lemont Municipal Code Chapter 5.06 be amended to add the following 5.06.021 CARNIVAL AND AMUSEMENT RIDES No carnival or amusement as defined in the Illinois Carnival and Amusement Rides Safety Act shall be allowed to operate in the Village without the issuance of a Village Permit. Application for such Permit shall be made to the Village Clerk and approved by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Village Board. The application for Permit shall include the following: (a) Departmental review by Building and Zoning Department, Police, health Department and Lemont Fire Protection District. (b) Location must provide for adequate restroom facilities, parking and clean- up as to not burden other businesses and the general public. (c) Evidence of insurance as required by the Illinois Carnival and Amusement Rides Safety Act. (d) Cash deposit to reimburse the Village to pay reasonable costs of departmental review and additional police salaries, if required. The Cash deposit shall be established by the Village Board and based upon a fair and reasonable estimate of costs. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication in the manner provided by law. APR 19 '96 08:21AM ANTONOPOULOS P.4/4 All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith shall be and the same are hereby repealed. The Village Clerk of the Village of Lemont shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the same to be published in pamphlet form. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT, COUNTIES OF COOK, WILL AND DUPAGE, ILLINOIS, on this ca day of , 1996. AYES NAYS PASSED, ABSENT Barbara Buschman Alice Chin Keith Latz Connie Markiewicz Richard G. Rinibo Ralph Schobert Approved by me this 42?0\ day of Attest: B: \VILLAGE \CARNTV'AL.AMD CHARLENE SMOLLE ' illage Clerk , 1996. HARD A. KWASNESKI, Village President Chapter 5.06 AMUSEMENTS Sections: 5.06.010 CURRENT REGULATIONS Applicable businesses designated. 5.06.020 License applications and fees. 5.06.030 Athletic exhibitions. 5.06.040 Street show limitations. 5.06.050 Premises conditions. 5.06.060 Exit lights. 5.06.070 Smoking — Restrictions. 5.06.080 Smoking —Signs required. 5.06.090 Inspections. 5.06.100 Audience control — Overcrowding prohibited. 5.06.110 Riots and disturbances prohibited. 5.06.120 Violation — Penalty. 5.06.010 Applicable businesses designated. 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 Title 5 of this code or not. (Prior code § 19.101) 5.06.020 License applications and fees. 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 ofthis section shall not be held 87 5.06.010 to apply to those amusements which are specifically licensed by any other ordi- nance of the village. B. Applications for such licenses shall be made to the village clerk, and shall comply with all of the general provisions of the village ordinances relating to such application. For such licenses, the follow- ing fees shall be paid: 1. Menageries, fifteen dollars per day; 2. Carnivals, fifteen dollars per day; 3. Exhibitions of inanimate objects, fifteen dollars per day; 4. Other amusements, fifteen dollars per day. (Prior code § 19.102) 5.06.030 Athletic exhibitions. A. It is unlawful to conduct, operate or exhibit any race between persons, ani- mals or vehicles, or any baseball game, boxing or wrestling matches, or any other athletic contest or exhibition for admis- sion to which a fee is charged without having first procured a license therefor. The fee for such license shall be fifteen dollars. B. The proprietor of such exhibition shall submit to the village clerk a state- ment verified under oath of the gross receipts of each such game, contest or race within one week after such exhibi- tion. At the same time, the proprietor or person exhibiting or operating such exhi- bition shall pay to the clerk a sum equal to three percent of the gross receipts, after deducting the license fee paid. C. Sufficient members of the police department shall be admitted free of charge to all such exhibitions for the pur- pose of preserving and maintaining order, and the village clerk may post a person or any number of persons at the 5.06.030 box office of each such performance, and may examine all the books pertaining to such performance showing or tending to show the gross receipts. (Prior code § 19.104) 5.06.040 Street show limitations. 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 only main accommodation for the public or the audience will be a public place, except on order of the village presi- dent and board of trustees. (Prior code § 19.103) 5.06.050 Premises conditions. It is unlawful to operate or permit the operation of any amusement licensed in this chapter unless the premises in which such amusement is operated or permit- ted to be operated conforms with all the provisions or requirements in this code relating to public buildings and public gatherings. (Prior code § 19.113) 5.06.060 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 accommo- dations for one hundred persons or more in which theatricals, shows, amusements, lectures and other entertainment are offered, operated or presented, to provide and place a sign on which the word "EXIT" shall appear 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 pro- vided 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. (Prior code § 19.112) 5.06.070 Smoking— Restrictions. 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, pre- sented, operated or exhibited. (Prior code § 19.110) 5.06.080 Smoking —Signs required. 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. (Prior code § 19.111) 5.06.090 Inspections. It shall be the duty of the chief of police to see that every exhibition, amusement, theatrical or other public show or amuse- ment is inspected by a member of the police department, and to insure con- formity with the provisions concerning such amusements. (Prior code § 5.06.100 Audience control — Overcrowding prohibited. A. The audience of any amusement, show or theatrical must be orderly and quiet at all times, and it is unlawful for 88 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 condi- tion because of fire or other risks. (Prior code § 19.105) 5.06.110 Riots and disturbances prohibited. It is unlawful to present any public amusement or show of any kind which 89 5.06.100 tends to or is calculated to cause or pro- mote any riot or disturbance. (Prior code § 19.109) 5.06.120 Violation — Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation vio- lating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined not less than five dollars, nor more than five hundred dol- lars for each offense, and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. (Prior code § 19.114)