A.
No person shall maintain or operate any transient or temporary public
entertainment within the Village without first obtaining a license
therefor as hereinafter provided.
B.
This section does not require a license for the conducting of fairs,
lectures, concerts, exhibitions or entertainments of a scientific,
historical, political, literary or musical character for humane, religious,
charitable or scientific purposes.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
One to which the public may gain admission by payment of
an admission charge. It includes shows, circuses, exhibitions, carnivals
and vaudeville.
Application for public entertainment licenses shall be made
by the applicant to the Clerk in writing at least 10 days before the
planned event, and all of the information regarding insurance, etc.,
shall be filed within 10 days and referred to the Village Board for
examination of the qualifications, character and reputation of the
applicant and of the desirability of permitting the public entertainment
to operate, show or exhibit in the Village.
A.
Insurance required. No license shall be granted unless the applicant
therefor shall have filed with the Clerk a public liability insurance
policy in a sum as set by the Village Board from time to time, with
the condition that the applicant shall indemnify and save harmless
the Village and its officers and agents and citizens against any injuries
and damages resulting or arising from the conducting of any public
entertainment for which the license is issued or from the performance
by the applicant or his agents of any negligence incident to or connected
with the conduct of such public entertainment, and that the applicant
shall pay all judgments, costs and charges that may be recovered against
the Village or any of its officers or agents by reason of the conducting
of such public entertainment.
B.
License fee. No license shall be issued unless the applicant shall
pay a license fee for the operation or maintenance of the public entertainment
as set by the Village Board, except that a public entertainment sponsored
by a nonprofit organization shall be exempt from any license fee.
C.
Posting of license. Such licenses when issued shall be prominently
displayed while the public entertainment is in operation.
D.
Food handlers to obtain health certificate. Any person employed in
such public entertainment for the purpose of preparing, handling or
selling food or drink shall submit to a physical examination and obtain
a health certificate as required by state statute.
E.
Inspection of mechanical devices. The applicant shall indicate the
date of the last State of Wisconsin inspection of rides, merry-go-rounds
and other mechanical devices. The Village reserves the right to require
inspections of all mechanical devices that would be available to the
public. All inspection costs shall be paid for by the licensee.
Any license granted by the Village Board under the provisions
of this article may be revoked by the Village President or Chief of
Police provided such public entertainment shall not be maintained
or if the person who maintains, owns, controls or operates such public
entertainment shall permit the violation of any provisions of this
Code or state laws or where, in the opinion of the Chief of Police
or Village President, the public entertainment is deemed undesirable.
Revocations or suspensions may be appealed to the Village Board.