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AN ORDINANCE REL~TI~iG TO ')i`~N;?'': rGiLl.S Oit 1:OUSES.
BE IT ORDAINED 3Y THE i~OEii~D OF SL~I'EPVISO:?S OP `CHL COUNTY OF HA[aAII:
SECTIOP? 1, Public Dance House or Hall. Definition. A
public dance house er-hall withir. the meaning of this Ordinance is
any house, hall, building or' rcom used for public dancing, for
admission to which fees are charged or collected, whether directly
for tickets or indirectly in any manner by 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
compensation; provided, however, that church halls, club houses or
halls which are occasionally used for dances, at which no compensation
is paid or agreed to be paid to any female dancing partners, are not
included within the meaning of this ordinance; provided further that
a license fee of One Dollar (:1.00) shall be paid to the Treasurer
of the County of Hawaii for each clay or night when dances are held
in such church halls, clu)~ houses or halls to which admission
charges o.r f-ees are collected,
SECTION 2. License. It shall be unlawful for any person to
keep or conduct a public dance house or hall in the County of Hawaii,
unless licensed so to do,
SECTION 3, Application for license. Any person desiring to
keep or conduct a public dance house or hall in the County of Hawaii
shall make application th~refo.r ir. w.riting verified under oath to
the Treasurer of the County of- Hawaii, which application shall set
forth:
a. The full name and address of the applicant, 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 the conduct of
dances in said dance house ox hallo
b. The application of the occupant,
c. A brief description of the place and the location of the
public dance house or hall for oahich a license i.s desired.
d, The full name and address of the owner of such place, or
of the person or persons in control of said premises.
e. The term for which the applicant desires a license, that
is, oahether for one day, several days, a month cs a year.
f. A statement under oath that neither the applicant, the
person to have charge of the public dances nor any person intended
to be employed have been convicted of any offense against the laws
of the State of Hawaii or the United States of America involving
moral turpitude or intoxicating liquors.
SECTIODt 4. Location of Dance House or Hall. Every public
dance house or hall shall be located next to and adjacent or
contiguous to a public road or highway, or in a building located
next to and adjacent or contiguous to a public road or highway.
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SECTION S, Consent of Property Owners. No license shall be
issued for a public dance house or hall unless there shall first be
presented to and filed with the Treasurer of the County of Hawaii
the written consent of seventy-five percent of the owners of
property within a radius of two hundred and fifty feet o]` the
center of such dance house or hall or any proposed dance house or
hall, No property owner shall be considered as having consented
unless and until any and all lessees of any property, the owner of
which is required to consent, shall have joined with such owner in
a written consent to the issuance of sucYc license.
SECTION 6. ~::rritten i?ermit. Every application for a license
shall have attached to it a written permit setting forth the fact
that the dance house or hall is fit and :in proper condition for
dances to be held therein, and which written permit shall be duly
signed and approved by the T3uilding Inspector of the County of
Hawaii, the Fire Chief of the iii to Fire Department or a Deputy Fire
D4arshal of the State of Hawaii and the Board of Health or its duly
appointed agent.
SECTIODI 7. Issuance of License, 1-then the application,
written consent and written permit mentioned above have keen filed
by the applicant and accented by ti.e Treasurer of the County of
Hawaii, the applicant shall pay the fee ~~ereinaf-ter specified to
said Treasurer for tile- tem oa terms stated in the application; and
then the said Treasurer shall issue a license to operate the described
house or hall as a public dance house or hall for the term or terms
for which the fees havF: been paid,
SECTION 3. Nc license issued under this Ordinance shall be
transferrable or transferred except to a transferree approved by the
Treasurer of the Cowlty of Hawaii after such transferree has filed
an application as provided by erection 3 of this Ordinance, as though
he were an original applicant,
SECTION 9, License Fees. I'he anr.t:al fee for a license to
operate a public dance .souse or hall for one year shall be One
Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150,.00); the fee for thirty (30) days shall
be Fifty Dollars ($50,00); and the fee for one (1) day or night or
for any number of days or nights less than thirty (30) days shall
be at the rate of Five Dollars 05,00) per day or per night, All
fees shall be payable in advance prior to the issuance of a license.
SECTION 10. Conditions of License. All licenses to operate
a public dance house or hall shall be subject to the following
conditions which shall be written and placed upon the license:
a. the dance house or hall and the premises shall be brightly
lighted during all the time it is in use,
b. No undue familiarity i,~etween partners shall be permitted
at any dance. No violation of law shall be allowed or countenanced
in any dance house or hall,
c. No person under the influence of liquor shall be permitted
to be or remain in said dance house or hall or upon the premises
used in connection therewith,
d, Dancing shall cease at one (1) o°clock a,m,
e. No person shall be employed with the conduct or operation of
such public dance house or hall, who has been convicted of any offense
involving immorality, moral turpitude or intoxicating liquor, or who
is under the age of eighteen (lb) years,.
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f. There shall be employed and be present at such public dance
house or hall when dances are being carried cn, one person who shall
be approved in writing by the Chief of Police of the County of
Hawaii or his deputy. The duties of the person so employed shall be
to keep order and enforce the observance of law and the conditions
of the license.
g, No female shall be permitted to dance, as a dancing
partner, in any public dance house or hall, until she produces or
shows a birth certificate or other documentary proof to the holder
of a license or his manager and to the person employed as provided
in the foregoing paragraph (f) that she is over the age of eighteen
(18) years.
SECTION 11. The Treasurer of the County of Hawaii shall
require the licensee to furnish a bond to the County of Hawaii in
the sum of Five Hundred Dollars 0500.00) for the faithful observance
of law and order in such public dance house or :hall and of the
conditions of the license.
SECTION 12. 'r he Chief of Police, his deputy or any regular
police officer of the County, i'iembers of the Board of Health and/or
of the Fire Department of the City of Hilo and any County official,
may at any time enter any public dance house or hall for the purpose
of inspecting the conditions therein.
SECTION 13. License and Conditions to be misplayed, ilny
license issued under this Ordinance shall be displayed in a
conspicuous place upon the premises for crhich said license is issued.
SECTIOftT 14. Tin person. attending any public: dance house or hall
shall take to or into said public dance house or. hall any intoxicating
liquor whatsoever; and r.o person shall drink or consume any
intoxicating liquor in any pub'.ic dance House or hall or any
premises connected therecaitl~.
SECTION 15. Children under eighteen, prohibited, It shall be
unlawful for any licensee of any public dance house or hall, or any
agent or servant of such licensee, to permit children under the age
of eighteen (18) years to visit or remain in a public dance house
or hall during its use fo.r dancing.
SECTION 16. Penalties. Any person who shall violate any of
the provisions of this Ordinance, or who shall operate or assist in
the operation of a public dance house or hall orithout a license,
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five I-Iundred Dollars
(c65O0.00).
And in the event any licensee or any owner of any public
dance house or hall shall be convicted of any misdemeanor under
this Ordinance, then in addition to the penalties hereinbefore
expressed, the Judge or District 'l.iagistrate in imposing sentence
may suspend or revoke the license of such person and may prescribe
any period not more than one (1) year during which such person may
be prohibited from obtaining any license under this Ordinance; and
the Judge or District P.~Iagistrate may suspend the use of such public
dance house or hall for dances for any period of time not exceeding
one (1) year .
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SECTION 17, The Treasurer of the County of Hawaii may revoke
any license issued under this Ordinance upon the proper showing
being made to him that any of the conditions of said license have
been violated by the holder thereof or any of h:is servants, agents
or employees; or that there has been rowdyism, fights or intoxicating
liquor furnished or consumed in and upon the premises, dance house
or hall for which a license has been issued for tYie use thereof,
SECTION 18, 1\f ter a license has been issued as provided herein
and if the Treasurer of the County of Hawaii shall find that any
false statement had been knowingly made in any application, he
shall forthwith revoke such license,
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