East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1960-12-15
ORDINANCE NO. 5301
By: Mr.. Townsend

NANCE, So CALLED, OF
THE CITY OF E A S T
CLEVELAND; AND RE-
PEALING ORDINANCE
NO. 509S, PASSED MARCH
II, 1858.
WHEREAS, an emergency
exists for the immediate pres
ervation of the public peace
property, health and safety
and for the usual daily opera
tion of a municipal depart
ment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE II
ORDAINED by the Commits
sion of the City of East Cleve
land, Ohio, -fifths of al
members elected thereto con
curing.
SECTION 1: That Section
of Ordinance No. 4208, passed
January 2, 1913, and entitled:
"An Emergency Ordinance pro
viding for the regulation o.
public and private dances, ano
the licensing and regulation OF
dance halls in the City of East
Cleveland, and repeating Ordi
nance No. 1862, passed Decem
Der IA, 1943, and Ordinance
No. Ais, passed March %
1947," as amended by Ordi
nance No. 5098, passed March
II, 1858, which section, a:
amended reads as follows:
"SECTION 6: 1t shall be
unlawful for any person, per-
sons, firm or corporation to
hold any public dance in any
other than a licensed hall,
and all dances so held,
whether in a 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 cor
poration failing to enforce
at such times the require
ments made by statute, ordi-
nance or rules made govern
ing the conduct of public
dance halls, be granted a Sec
ond permit within six (6)
months from the date of such
failure; and any failure or
neglect on the part of the
manager or proprietor or
persons 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 per-
son, firm or corporation to
the penalty provided for a
violation of this ordinance. A
fee of Nine Dollars and
Fifty Cents ($9.50) 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 is
sued by the Director of FL
nance, subject to the approval
of the City Manager, for a
period not to exceed thirty
900 days.
All public dance halls shall
be closed on or before the
hour of 1900 o'clock mid
night. except that additional
hours may be obtained upon
the application to and ap-
proval Of the Chief of the
Police Department and the
payment of an additional fee
of One Dollar and Eighty
Cents $3.50 per hour. The
application for additional
hours must be made at the
time when the original appli-
cation for permit is is
sued"
De and the same is hereby
to read as follows:
SECTION 6: 1t shall be
unlawful for any person, per-
sons, firm or corporation to
hold any public dance in any
other than a licensed hall,
and all dances so held, wheth-
er in a licensed hall or else
where, shall be unlawful un-
less permit from the City
Manager therefor shall be
first obtained, and the City
Manager may require that no
person, society or corpora
tion 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) months from
the date of such failure; and
any failure or neglect on the
part of the manager or
proprietor or persons in
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 cor
poration to the penalty pro-
vided for violation of this
ordinance A fee of Ten
Dollars $4,000 per dance
shall be paid to the City FL
nance Director for each and
every dance so held in a pub
lie dance hall, whether public
or private, and such permit
may be issued by the Direc-
tor of Finance, subject to the
approval of the City Mana
ger, for a period not to ex-
ceed thirty 800 days.
All public dance halls
shall be closed on or. before
the hour of 1900 o'clock
midnight, except that addi-
tional hours may be obtained