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AN GRDINANCE RELATING TO DANCE H~4LLS OR HULTSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY TIME BOARD OF S[TPERVIS:?RS OF THE COUNTY
~~F HAtrTAII
Section 1. Fubli.c Dance House or Hall. Definition.
:l public dance house or h:~ll within the meaning of this
Ordinance is any house,hall, buildi.nq or room used for public
dancing, for admission to which Eees are charged or collected,
whether directly for tickets or indirectly in any manner key
way of cover charges, fees for partners or other charges of
any nature whatsoever, or in which female dancing partners
receive or have agreed to receive compenr;~ition; provided,
hoTsrever, that r.hurch t~.alls, cl.~.tb lzottses or h:~lls which are
occasionall.~r used for dances, at vrhich no compensation. is p~~id
nr agreed to be paid to any female dancing rartnet-s, are not
included within the meaning of this ordinance; provided further
that a license fee of Una Doll-ar (F~1.~0) shall be paid to the
Treasurer of the County of Ha~,aai.i for tacit ?1v or night when
dances are held in such church halls, c]uh houses or halls to
which admission charges or fees are collected.
Section 2. License. It shall be unlawful for zany person
to keep or conduct a public dance house or hall im tl~te County
of Haw,~ii, unless licensed so to dc.
a;ection 3 indication for license. 'Iny person desiring
to keep or conduct a public dance house or hsll in the County
of IIawaii shall_ make apr,li.cation therefor in writing verified
under oath to the Treasurer of the County of Hawaii, which
application shall set forth:
a. The full name and address of the arnlicant, if an
individual, and, if a firm, corporation or club, the full
name and address of the principal officers, including in any
event, the full name and address of the person who is to-be
responsible for t1_~e conduct of dances in said dance house or
hail.
h. The application of the occupant.
c. A brief description of the place !and the ].ovation
of the nuhlic dance house or hall for which a license is desired.
d. The full name and address of the owner of such place,
or of the person o.r persons in contro] of said premises.
e. The term for which the ax~plicant desires a license,
that is, whether for one day, several. da~rs, a month or a year.
f. A statement under oath that neither the applicant,
the person to have charge of the nuhlic dances nor any person
intended. to he emT,~ wed have been convicted o.f any offense
against the laws of. the State of Hawaii or the United
Mates of America invo]vinq moral turpitude or intoxicating
liquors.
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Secti-on 4. Location of Dance House or Hall., Every
x~ublic dance house or hall. sha]1 he ~.ocated next to and
adjacent or continuous to .a rniblic read or h~~h~,!ay, or in
a buildinn located next to and adjacent or continuous to a
public road or hi!rhway.
Section 5. Consent of Property ~~wners. TIo license
shall be issued for a public dance house or ha71 unless there
steal] first be presented to and filed with the Treasurer of
the County of Ha~sraii the written c^nsent ofradustof{tve
percent of the owners of prorerty within
hundred and fifty feet of the center of such dance house or
h,~11 or any propp=ed dance hrnase or ha]l No ran.deuntiltrany
sha71 be considered as having consented unless
and all ]e ^.ees of any pmrerty, the of-rner of which is reruired
to consent, shall have ioined with rnch o~.mer in ~ -mitten
consent to the issuance of such license.
,^ectior 5. `.^Jritten Pertrit. F,ver« apnl.ication for a license
shall have -attached to ~ t a *,rri tten nermian~"~ nl nronertcordi ti on
fact th~~t the dance hn~,ise nr h~.ll i f't
for dances to he geld therein, and t.hich Britten permit sha11
be du]y signed and ar,prnved by the 13uildinp Inspector of the
County of Hawaii, the Fire ChrF,f of the Hilo Fire Department
or a Deruty Fire A~arsha~ of tr. o,nt~te-~,en}f Ha~.aaii and the
Board of Health or sts duly
';~,)}ien the application,
Section 7. Issuance of Licenses. have been
c~ritten consent and written permit mentioned above
filed by the ar~plic-rut and accented bypthetheefeerhere~ntfter
County of Hawaii, the applican+ Thal]
^pecifi.ed to said Treasurer For th~~ term or terms >tated in
the application: and then the a!d Treasur ellha~~arpub]ic
]icense to operate the described house or
dance house or 1~.a71 for the term or terms for which the fees
have peen paid.
Sec±i on £l. T?o license issued under this l)rdinarice sha]_1
he transferrable or transferred excep.+ ±o a transferree
approved by the Treasurer of the County of Hawaii after such
trans~erree has filed an application <ss provided by Section
3 of this ;ordinance, a.c thounh be Trr~, en oricrinal applicant.
Section 9. License Fee.-. ThF~ snnual fee fora license
to overate a nu}~~1ic dance hrncse or hall for ~~e ferrthirtl
he ~~ne Hundred Fifty Dollars 0750.00); tIe y
(3~) days shall be Fifty Dollar^ (ia50.00)% arclnightselefsr
one day or night or for any number of lays
than thirty (301 Mays shall be at the rate of Frve Dollars
(i~5.00) per day or per night. ',1. licensha7] t~~~ rayahle in
a:~lvance prior to the 1.~snance of
'section 10. Conditions of License. A11 licenses to
on~rate a public dance house or ha17 ^ha]l be subject to ±he
fo]]owino conditions which shall be written and placed upon
the license:
a, The. dance house or hall and th:e r,remises shall he
brir~htly li~h±ed duri.nn all the tine ii-. is in u,>e.
b No ~.tndue Familiarity heto*cen s~artners shall. be
per^iitted e.t any dancc~~. Nn viol-at ion ~~f 1_a~,, shall be a]lowed
or countenanced in any dances house, oY ha71.
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c. N.n nerson ~!hder the influence of liquor shall he
nermi.±ted to be or remain in said dance house or hal] or upon
the premises used in connection therec;ith.
d. Dancing sha]1 cease at one (1) o'c1;-,ck a.m.
e. No person shall. be emn]oyed with the conduct or
oper?tion of such i~uhlic dance house or h:!11, who bar- been
convicted cf any nffF~nse involvrng irrnor-~lity, mor~nl turpitude
or intoxicating llnuor, or whn is under the acre of eighteen
(1.8) nears.
f. There shall be employed and be present at such public
dance house cr hall *;rhen dances are beinrx carried nn, r,ne
nerson who shall. he approved in writing ?~:y the chief of police
of the County of fr3waii or his deputy. The duties of the
nerson ~o emnloye~', sha].1 be to keen order and enforce the
observance of l.aw and the conditions of the license.
q. No female shall be T>er~~~itted to dance, a a dancing
partner, in any public dance ]~°u~+her d^cumFmtary proofrt~uces
cr shooTS a birth certi_icate
the holder of a license or hip n^anager and to the person
employed as provided in the fore~oincr par~~cxraph (f) that she
i.s over the aRe of eighteen (78) gears.
Section 11. The Treasurer of the County of Hatiraii shall
require the licensee to f.-urnish a bond to the County of }}awaii
in the sum of Five Hundred (~50~.D0) Dollars for the faithful
observance of law and order in such public dance house or
hall. and of the conditions of t~.e 1,icensF!.
,section 12. The r.,hief of police•i1ernhersnof,Jthe Board
rec]ular no]ice officer of the Count,
of Health endlor of the Fire Department pf the City of ililo
and ,any C rnanty official, m~av at any tine enter any ^ublic dance
house or h=11 for the rnirnose of inspect~nrr the conditions
therein.
"ecticn 1`1. T,icepse and Condition:; to he Di>nlaved.
any license issued cinder this '~rdinance .shall he displayed in
a consni c~.rnu s pl ace upon the r reP, ^F ^ for ,;!hi ch .aid l i cease
issued.
section 1~. 1`Io nerson a+t~>nd?nn an~,r nUbl)c dance h0'.lso
~~r h.a1l ~hal.l take '~ or into said pubic dance house or hall
any intoxicating l.i q uor what.never~ and no nerson shall. rirink
or consume any intnxicatinc? li~~or in any public .dance house
or Y~,ell or env pmtr~ sr~s ar~nneated ther-~-~Ti th.
?e.cti on 1 S. Ch; ]_dren undr~r ni,~htF>en, rrohih~ tE~r. It
1] be. i]nlay!{„1 for anV ]. 1.C"'n.TiPp )' ?nV publ]C d,-nC°. }lOU SB
c-}; a
or hall, or any arrest nr servant of such licensee, to permit
children ,:n~er the age of eighteen (lA) years to v~^it or
dance house nr 'r!al7 ~?ur:nrx its use for
remain in a public
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section 1F. ]enalties. ~imr r~r.on ~:.ho shall violate
any nr the nrov? ions ~f this 'rrdin ace, or who shall operate
or a ;ist in th=~ operation o{ a nurl~c '}epee hou:-~! or ha71
~,;itho!rt a licenr~~, ~}„11 he p>>R~shf~~r r;" fine not excE:edinn
n'iv^ ~'undre~? Dollar^ (?;;5~[1.0~).
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~1nd in t'~~= event an<< T,CPn~~'R or ny nt.°e.. of n, pu lc
'` d,~nee house nr hall_ sha17 he cnnvlc±e~a of ~n~ mTs~~orr~anor
under this' rd~nance, then in -~lltion t~ th, oena]t~e°
hF`r^lnh('~~?rF' rxpYF S (' 7, t~'..e ,Tlld~r' '7r n~ ~-+-.'i ~-t T!Tag] ^t Y~tE` 1P
imX,osincr sentence mac suspend nr revoke the ]icense of s~lch
per=n n =.nd mar prescribe anv period -got morE than on^ ~1)
ce~r dllrina u.*hich such person may ,n,~~the,7Tu?ne nr )istr~ctn?
anv license under this irdinance;
P~~agi~trate mac su:;pend the use oa such puhl.lc dance house or
h=11 for dances. for any rerio~7 of time not ercee~3.inq ~>ne (1)
year.
cP, C.t lop 1~. The TrPlS11 rE'r 7~ the ~',n11ntV n{" i~a Wall mar
revoke an~r lien.°e ~ ssned under this Ir~linance upon the proper
showing heron madam to him that any of the conditions of ss~d
license h,ve been viol~tEd by the holder thereof or any ~f hir
servants, agents or empl weer: or that ther~onsumedEinrand~ism,
fight= or intox~eatinq liquor fnrn~s~~ldfor ~~~hich ~ ]icense has
upon the nreiT.ises, ~?anc~ housA "r
been issued f~?r the use thnre?f.
iECtinn lR. 'biter ~~ license r~ronntynnf~~Haw~iisshallrfnd
herein and if the Treasurer of the ~ ;n an
that any false st~tcment had hPPn k.rn,.i_noly made Y
application, he sha71 fort.h~s*ith revore euch license.
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