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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 504 4 J"o An ordinance defining Public Places of Aruse- ment i.. ',-.e City of ort ` ort':, licensi.Uj; � ,4 name, providing :'or t1re re:?ul-ition ind inspection of the same, to vrotect the convenience, health and morale of the rublic. I a.::l.. ::,, .)y t-te _�oard of Coiwiissioners of the City o:` 4i"c:rt :'orth: OYNTIU,"; I: - Definition of house:. of =,uulic Amu£ement. MA all buildings in t to limits of 1.he City of F'or. t .'orth con:x,x oted, fitted equi .. eco j'ar the purnosos of t :�:s� es, co_Araori_y ihaL s. c_-, opera louses, nivyhouso7_, c,Z I,; ,.:,+..ever rrr_ne t e3i�11:=ted, which are And shal_. herea trr, he used -'o • public s.rforma,nees, the production of plrya, drw_aa°-, operas, and other shot's o� whntever n:.ture to �_< jl ,,u Psion fees re charged, be Rnd t e ss.►..~.e are nPreby decla ed to be nu'ilic houses o`' rums r3n( yid t'ie s: . :e arr•_ :..-oy sub- ject to tine r olJ owin^ rFruiation provi :Lt the owners and les-3a e'ru-11 r, ,e tl%e right to Faign :.eats to r•:.troris thereof c.-,d to to obj ection- 6ACTION 2:- Ulassif icatlon. ! ,Ub..ic houeee of Amusement are hereby classified and defined as follows: a.- Theatres. b.- roving Picture Theatres. c.- }loving Picture Shows. d.- Orchestral Concert Balls. ACTION 3:- Be*inition of Classes. (a) .- Theatres: A theatre is any edifice used -1- • for the purpose of dramatic or operatic or vaudeville or other representations, plays or -?erformances for adjaission to which entrance money is received, not in- cluding halls rented or used occasionally for concerts or theatrical representations. Movi __; 'Actu_.­ The, trams. n moving Picture theatre .6s edifice used for the rurpo;ae of displaying, for a paid aamission fee, pictures or re- presentations of human or inanimate o'bj ect:- or acts, or scenes or incidents throrm upwi a screen from moving film, commonly known as moving rictures or motion via- tures, in connection with which: exhil,ition, b,.t consti- tuting an incident thereto, songs or dances or acts of vaudeville are also 7hown. (a ) .- koving Acture .3hows. movin ; picture show is aiV edifice used for ttr e -urpoee A,-_—Dying for a paid admission fey: pictures or rerrenent^ti.)ns of human e,- inanimate obj ecte o;: acts o wce°:cs c- incidents, thro­--n upon a sc-peen i`ram © film, commonly known as raoving picture .; motion pictures, ire connection with with there is n., st:i ,e yr scenerr, or exhibition of danc- ing or acts ol Ivaudevi�-le. (d) .- orchestral Concert Halls. A= orchestral concert hall is wW edigice used for the purpose of pre- senting for a raid admin -ion fee, or for no admission fee, a vocal or an .instrumental concert of one person or more persons or instruments, connected with which concert there is no dramatic or operatic dcting or dancing. SECTION 4:- Not to operate without license. -2- It shall be unl, -;ful for any t_. ;er, eraploye or re- fpreeentative o L' th- ordner o3- les^ee, or any othmr rer- Ben ?ay be in c;',I .rge '?.:Id °iavin�r t�.e care a.id man- ageMe�.t of any -,tic;: house or llau::es of - ublic arause- mint, to Oren, overat4_- or c induct the s;4-.e ;Ahout first 'laving pai-; to V �.ity o ort "ortht the license fee and Secured the license hereiaa,after sneficied for the clase of hou,— to be conducted. SECTION 5:- Amount of ,icense '.vary re •son owning, o`° conducting a Altace of public araueer.ient ae , efined in `,action 3 o^L this ordinn.nce, rha?1 -r*.;/ t";,(. License iu for such .0110e, as �v? ow : (a) .tor every :. ie,ttre, rer year, 25.00 (b) :.`or c1 ;r�r ovist,_ r-,icti.ure theatre, .,,_.r. year, -;`1oxo (c ) For every moving picture sho.v, r(?r year, d) b'or every orche3tr,.,j- concern- hal-1 per year, '-5.00 )urs. Ylo la a of amu:ier.exit s. e o )en or c--era-L--c' between aouzs „f l: ". ... an £ A . . on •;re� days, nor between the hours of 12 7. ... Saturday _.ia on tl.e Sunday following. A other hours of `. ,c r'--,; or ni -,?zt, it shall be latirful orlen ..::_'. orei,itte sucl_ place, ;:+rovidin they comply with thr terms of this ordinance. SF^TION 7t- Muret comply with censor ordinance. No moving picture representation of any sort shall be used in any of the rlaces of public amusement in the City of Fort Worth, except in compliance with the ordinance of the City of Fort Worth relating to the censoring of moving pictures, and in compliance with such other similar -3- ordinances as .may heroinalter ike enacted. S.EX)IN IN 8 :- Must coinrl;y with building Code. h' No place of publ i,! amusement, a ; horein defined, shall beAQ apeiled or conduct. t1 s,f`..-u in " " f: .i z; :+: '� `:1� p ,�f the Fort .orth vitt' Building voce and fire avid, police on-di- as the,, now e'ki t or shal"I. hereaft�;. be enacted, regarding all equip-cont, entrances, eyits, doors, stairways, se-sting arrangemen'-ls, res. and electric el fi- tures of every •t; and the provision, of the present o :,a_inance are '�ereby made cumulative of the provisions of said buil dine, fire and p3lice code and other ord.inunces. SLvTIO1C 9 :- Higher I icon o inclu cs Lower. The securing o� n 1�. :�:rnse for any zrt�f of thy, sx�� ei_L public hc) �6es. of . .u. r, : nzt :hal: entitle the holder Cd said license tp opora.t-_ an conduct ;uf h � rado of public housec of amusement and al -0 4,•ithout additionuT license to condi-A said pubTic house of amusement. as a punlic house of amusemQnt for whioh. a. lower lice ise fee is charged , bitt not, as a public house, of a.musemant s'or ,-which a. higher license fee io charged . . SEVTI0 10:-t TME; ordinance shall in respe e is be ub;,a. t '-o the provisions contained in i:ection Z4 , ch€� ter 11 o.E the t'&j. -ter t) Z the vitt' of .Fort ilorth. II(�' 11 :- It is hereby ordained that if a ma orit-7 of the elvc,tors ir. the cit„ of tort ;orth particiratin� in thee'ieUtion nrovii1e ; for approve; thio ordinane.e , that it shall then be d` emed to have passed , and it shall be tho duty of the Honorable Board of var.:r�is�,ionPr:� of the +amit y, within;. a rea-o.) aaL��_e time, tY�ere- after, not e c:;edin r fifty da-Ts, to proulc_ir1, :rush fast:, whereupon, UPOL1 `}ie p.tr;'++_ -nation of this ordinance so nAo,_trid , it sha1.1 have the ,same and equal To -oe and effect a,_. €n ord7 n�n(,.e a4orted and ordained by the board' of City --Qommissioner approved 1'17 tho LIV,--,-or. �..,._ appro., .; as ;o Form Jorporation C� .iisel . I hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance was duly presented and unanimously passed and adopted by the Board of Com- missioners of the City of Fort Worth, at a regular session of said Board held Tuesday April 4th, A.D. 1916. City Secretary.