East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1956-02-09

charge Of any hall used for public
dances or private dances to secure
and require the proper license or
permit for such dance shall subject
such person, firm or corporation to
the penalty provided for violation
of this ordinance. A fee of eight
dollars and twenty-five cents ($8.25)
per dance shall be paid to the City
Finance Director for each and every
dance so held in a public dance hall,
whether public or private, and such
permit may be issued by the Direc-
tor of Finance. subject to the ap-
proval of the City Manager. for a
period not to exceed thirty 800 days.
All public dance halls shall be
closed on or before the hour of
1900 o'clock midnight, except that
additional hours may be obtained
upon the application to and approval
of the Chief Of the Police Depart
ment and the payment of an addi-
tional fee of one dollar and fifty cents
($1.50) per hour. The application
for additional hours must be made
at the time when the original appli-
cation for a permit is issued" 4.
be and the same is hereby amended
to read as follows:
SECTION 6: 1t shall be unlawful
for any person, persons, firm or
corporation to hold any public dance
in any other than a licensed hall,
and all dances so held, whether in
licensed hall or elsewhere, shall be
unlawful unless a permit from the
City Manager therefor shall be first
obtained, and the City Manager may
require that no person, society or
corporation failing to enforce at
such times the requirements made
by statute, ordinance or rules made
governing the conduct of public
dance halls. be granted a second
permit within six (6) month from
the date of such failure; and any
failure or neglect on the part of
the manager or proprietor or per-
sons in charge of any hall used for
public dances or private dances to
secure and require the proper IL
cense or permit for such dance shall
subject such person, firm or corpo-
ration to the penalty provided for
violation of this ordinance. A fee
of eight dollars and seventy-five
cents ($8.75) per dance shall be
paid TO the City Finance Director
for each and every dance so held in
a public dance hall, whether public
or private, and such permit may be
issued by the Director of Finance,
subject to the approval of the City
Manager. for period not to exceed
thirty 900 days.
All public dance halls shall he
closed OH or before the hour of 1900
o'clock midnight, except that addi-
tional hours may be obtained upon
the application to and approval of
the Chief of the Police Department
and the payment of an additional
fee of one dollar and sixty cents
($1.60) per hour. The application
for additional hours must be made
at the time when the original appli-
cation for a permit is issued.
SECTION 2: That Ordinance No.
4792, passed March IS, 1854, and
"An Emergency Ordinance
to amend Section 6 of Ordinance
No. 4208, passed January 2, 1948,
and being the Dance Hall Ordinance.
so called, of the City of East Cleve-
land; and repeating Section 7 of
said Ordinance No. 4208 and Ordi-
nance No. 1884, passed December
19, 1882" be and the same is hereby
SECTION 8: That this ordinance
is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency measure necessary for the inn
preservation of the public
peace, property, health and safety
and for the usual daily operation of
a municipal department, and pro-
vided it receives the affirmative vote
of four-fifths of all members elected
to the City Commission, it shall take
effect and be in force on and after
February 16, 1856; otherwise, it
shall take effect and be in force
from and after the earliest period
allowed by law.
PASSED: February Z. 1856
Attest: Isl G. T. APTHORP
Clerk of the Comission
Published: February 8, 1856