A. 
No person, firm, or corporation shall manage, conduct, produce, personally operate, or carry on any public amusement or public places of amusement without having obtained a license therefor.
B. 
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
Any occasion to which the public generally may be admitted upon payment of an admission fee or other charge, whether direct or indirect, to witness or participate in any theatricals, exhibitions, movies, amusements, circuses, carnivals, shows, dancing, or entertainment.
PUBLIC PLACE OF AMUSEMENT
Any building, hall, theater, room, place, or enclosure where public amusements are carried on.
A. 
The license fee shall be 3% of the gross receipts derived from the sale of admission tickets to exhibitions or $25 per day where deemed necessary by the President.
B. 
An application for a license should be made to the President, and on his or her approval of the application a license shall be issued which shall permit the exhibitions.
C. 
The President shall cause to be kept in his or her offices an accurate record of every application received and acted upon, together with all other information and data pertaining thereto, and copies of all licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter. Applications for licenses shall be numbered in consecutive order, as filed, and every license issued and any renewal thereof shall be identified with the duplicate number of the application upon which it was issued.
[Added 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
Admission to all public entertainment or amusements shall be by ticket. The ticket shall bear its price printed thereon in plain figures, and no ticket shall be sold by or for any licensee for more than the price printed or stamped thereon.
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Editor's Note: Former § 113-4, Fire exits, was repealed 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16.
From time to time, places of amusement shall be inspected by the Fire Marshal or Chief of Police, who shall immediately report to the Village Board any conditions in any places which render them hazardous in case of fire. The Village Board shall thereupon by appropriate resolution fix requirements as necessary to remove the hazard. The requirements shall immediately be communicated to and carried out by the licensee.
Every public place of amusement shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition with sufficient toilet and plumbing facilities for the health, safety, and comfort of its patrons and shall provide adequate ventilation to afford clean, fresh air to its patrons at all times.
Every applicant for a license for a place of public amusement shall furnish a bond to the Village in the sum equivalent to the license conditioned upon the faithful observance of all ordinances of the Village relevant to the business or place and all regulations properly imposed thereon. It shall be conditioned to indemnify the Village from any liability which may be imposed upon it by reason of the existence, use, or condition of repair of the place or approaches or abutting sidewalks.
The license fee provisions of this chapter shall not apply to religious, educational, or charitable organizations or to any entertainment the entire net proceeds of which are donated to charity.