File #: ORD-57:1999    Version: 1 Name: Amend Ordinance 855 regarding tent shows and exhibitions
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 8/5/1957 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 8/5/1957
Title: AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO.855, SAME BEING AN ORDINANCE TO LICENSE AND REGULATE ALL PUBLIC TENT SHOWS AND EXHIBITIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Indexes: Policy - creation/amendment
Related files: MIN-57:17
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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO.855, SAME BEING AN ORDINANCE TO LICENSE AND REGULATE ALL PUBLIC TENT SHOWS AND EXHIBITIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:

SECTION 1: Ordinance No.855 of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas is hereby amended by the following additions: From and after the passage of this ordinance no tent show including wild west shows, circuses, dog and pony shows, minstrels, carnivals and all other public tent shows or exhibitions or any other structures of any nature whatsoever closer than 300 feet of any public street, right-of-way, and any person, firm or corporation owning or having control of any land or premises leased or rented, for the use of any shows herein specified and any person, firm or corporation owning, operating, or having control of any land or premises leased or rented, for the use of any shows herein specified and any person, firm or corporation owning, operating, or having control of any such show, exhibit or structure of any nature whatsoever violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in accordance with Section 2 of the original ordinance No.855.

SECTION 2: From and after the passage and adoption of this ordinance no permit or license to conduct any such show hereinabove specified shall be issued or granted except upon the deposit with the City Collector of the sum of $100.00 conditioned upon and to guarantee that the premises occupied by said show or exhibitions herein mentioned shall be left in a clean and sanitary condition and that all paper, trash and rubbish of any nature whatsoever shall be picked up and disposed of as now provided by the City Garbage Collection laws and all laws then in effect; said deposit to be returned after inspection of said premises by the Chief or Police or some person designated by him and found to be in a clean and sanitary condi...

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