Title 5 - Business Licenses and Regulations

5.46 Juvenile Dance Halls

5.46.080 Persons Permitted in Club.

  1. A.
    Licensees may allow persons 14 years of age through 20 years of age to enter the club; provided, if a licensee allows persons 14 and 15 years of age to enter the club, they shall be prohibited from allowing persons 19 and 20 years of age from entering the club; provided further, if a licensee prohibits individuals 14 and 15 years of age from entering the club, they may allow persons 16 through 20 years of age to enter the club. Licensees are prohibited from allowing both 14 and 15-year-old individuals and 19 and 20-year-old individuals in the club at the same time. In addition, licensees must state on their application for license which age group they intend to serve. If during the license period a licensee desires to change the age group to be served, the licensee must first notify the City Clerk in writing of the change.
  2. B.
    In those clubs where the licensee has indicated on the license application that service will be to 14 through 18-year-old individuals, no person under the age of 14 years of age or over the age of 18 years old may enter or remain on the premises. In those clubs where the licensee has indicated on the license application that service will be to 16 through 20-year-old individuals, no person under the age of 16 and no person over the age of 20 may enter or remain on the premises; provided that regardless of the age of the patrons selected by the licensee, parents or legal guardians of patrons on the premises, employees, or licensees of the juvenile dance hall and government officials conducting business may enter upon the premises.
  3. C.
    It is a violation of this chapter for any person for the purpose of gaining admittance to a juvenile dance hall to falsely represent:

    1. Their actual age;

    2. Themselves to be a licensee or an employee of the juvenile dance hall;

    3. Themselves to be a parent or guardian of a person in the juvenile dance hall;

    4. Themselves to be a governmental employee in the performance of his/her duties.

  4. D.
    It shall be a violation of this chapter for a licensee not to check each person entering the licensed premises to insure by way of valid identification the person entering is of juvenile age as defined herein. Persons without identification shall be denied entrance to the premises.
  5. E.
    It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person on the premises, to include the parking areas, to not provide identification to law enforcement officers to include name, age and address.

(History: Ord. JDH-1626A §5, 89; JDH-1626 §8, 89)

Effective on: 1/1/1901