§ 5-7.09. Hours of operation: Exceptions.  


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  • Public dances shall not be held between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. of any day. Teenage dances shall not be held after the hour of 12:00 midnight on any day immediately preceding a day when City public schools are in session, or after the hour of 1:00 a.m. on any other day, unless a permit specifically authorizing otherwise is obtained under this chapter. No person in charge of any public dance shall permit any person, except the person in charge thereof or persons regularly employed in and about the dance site, to remain therein between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. of any day. No person in charge of any public dance site where teenage dances are held shall permit any teenaged person to remain therein after the hour of 12:00 midnight on any day immediately preceding a day when City public schools are in session, or after the hour of 1:00 a.m. on any other day. Permittees under this chapter shall file with the Chief of Police a schedule of the opening and closing times of their establishments and shall file written notice of any modification of such schedule at least one week before such change takes place.

    Except for the provisions relating to teenage dances, this section shall not apply to places regularly and daily engaged in carrying on and conducting a hostelry, cafe, bar or restaurant where such business constitutes a material part or portion of such enterprise.

(§ 2, Ord. 661, eff. March 11, 1987, as amended by § 3, Ord. 1007, eff. September 31, 2001)