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108.01 CHAP'ITR ION PUBLIC DANCE HALLS lo8.ol Definitions. ¢i,hnlvision 1. public Dance Hall. A public dance hall is hereby defined to be a building, room, place or space open to or rented to the general public and operated and designed primarily as a business to provide dancing facilities for a charge. Subdivision 2. Public Dance. A public dance, as the term is used herein, shall mean any dance wherein the public may participate; whether or not a charue for admission for dancing is made. Subdivision 3. Private Dance. A private dance, as the term is used herein, shall mean any dance held in a public dance hall but where the yeneral public is not admitted. 108.02 License Required. No person, association, partnership, or corporation shall directly or indirectly give, hold, or conduct a public dance or a private dance, as defined herein, unless the proprietor of the public dance hall, or the person giving the same or in charge thereof, shall have first ob- tained a license therefore from the Council; provided, however, that the Council may in its discretion permit ay lodge or society not ory3nized or maintained for profit, or community or i, non•profir organ,.zutiun to conduct infrequent public dances without `einy licensed as herein provided. 11,R.07 license A_ pplication. Every a,plicatecn for 3 public dance nail license shall he verified and filed with the Clerk -Administrator. It shall state the name of the applicant, his age, representations &s to hi= chara:te:, with references as may be required, his citizenship, whether the applicant is owner o: opera'_or of the business, how long he or she has been in that business at that location, and such other information as the Council may require from time to time. No person shall make a false statement in an application. ,nw. n1 Denial or Revocation of License. Any applicant or licensee shall be a person o. good Loral charac•e and reputation and shall not have been converted of a felony, yioss misdemeanor, or crime invnlviny moral turpitude, and any person ttat is 4 licensee, and who is convicted of a felony, gross misdemeanor cr crime involving moral turpitude, or a violation of this chapter, shall have his license revoked upon such terms and conditions as determined by the Council. No license shall be issued or renewed for any public dance hall which is not properly ventilated and equipped with necessary tiolets, washrooms, and lighting facili- ties. nor to any place likely to become a public nuisance or detrimental to public morals.