Ordinance No. 715J
ORDINANCE NO. 715
AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING A PERMIT AND BOND FOR
CERTAIN SHOWS, PERFORMANCES AND EXHIBITIONS
WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BAY -
TOWN; R ^PEALING ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE-
WITH; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR
A MAXIMUM PTNALTY OF T%0 HUNDRED ($200.00) DOL-
LARS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EF-
FECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN:
Section 1: It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation
or association to give, conduct, exhibit or maintain any show, circus or similar per-
formance, of any character whatsoever, without first obtaining a permit from the City
Sanitarian. An application for a permit shall be filed with the City Sanitarian on a
form furnished by him and shall contain such information as required. A permit fee of
Twenty -Five ($25.00) Dollars shall accompany every application submitted. Such permit
shall be for one (1) year or for as long as the show or performance is conducted in the
City of Baytown; whichever is of less duration.
Section 2: The terms of this ordinance shall not apply to any religious activity,
or any purely charitable organization or any civic club; provided that charitable organ-
izations or civic clubs must receive approval from the City Sanitarian prior to any show-
ing and /or performance in the City of Baytown.
• Section 3: If issuance of a permit is authorized, same shall not be issued until
the applicant shall file with the City Sanitarian a bond executed by the permittee as
principal and by a good and sufficient corporate surety company licensed to do business
in the State of Texas. Such bond, to be approved by the City Attorney, shall be in the
amount of One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars and shall be conditioned that the permittee
shall operate his show in strict accordance with the health and safety laws of this City
and the State of Texas, and will, upon abandoning such show, leave the premises in the
same condition, as nearly as practicable, as such premises existed when his show first
commenced.
Section 4: This ordinance shall apply to all shows, performances, exhibitions,
medicine shows, panoramic or view shows, menageries, carnivals, circuses, wild west shows,
rodeo shows, acrobatic performances, wax shows, moving picture shows, dramatic or theat-
rical productions or skating rinks hereafter held in or exhibited upon the streets of
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Baytown, or under any tent within the city limits of the City of Baytown, unless other -
guise expressly exempted.
Section S: Repealing Clause: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent
with the terms of this ordinance are hereby expressly repealed, provided; however, that
such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency, and in all other respects
this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the sub-
ject matter covered by this ordinance,
Section 6: Savings Clause: if any provision, exception, section, subsection,
paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any
person or set of circumstances shall for any reason be held unconstitutional, void or in-
valid, such invalidity shall not effect the validity of the remaining provisions of this
irdinance or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances and to this end,
all provisions of this ordinance are declared severable.
Section 7: Penalty: Any person, firm, association, corporation, or any employee,
servant or agent thereof, who shall violate any provisions of this ordinance shall be
declared guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not
more than Two hundred ($200.00) Dollars. Each and every violation of the provisions of
this ordinance shall constitute a separate offense, and each and every day shall constitute
a separate violation,
Section 0: Effective Date: This ordinance shall take effect from and after ten (10)
days from its passage by the City Council. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice
hereof by causing the caption of this ordinance to be published in the official newspaper
JI the City of Baytown at least twice within ten (10) days after the passage of this
ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of a majority of the City Coun-
cil of the City of Baytown on this the 9th day of January, 1969.
ATTEST:
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
APPROVED:
George Chandler, City Attorney
C. L. Ligge t , -' M.D. , Mayor