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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING SECTION 19-21 ENTITLED "DANCE HALLS" OF CHAPTER 19 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1965. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT SECTION 19-21 ENTITLED "DANCE HALLS" OF CHAPTER 19 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1965, BE AMENDED AND REENACTED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 19-21. DANCE HALLS. ANY PERSON DESIRING TO CONDUCT A DANCE HALL IN WHICH PUBLIC DANCING IS TO BE ALLOWED, WHERE AN ADMISSION FEE IS CHARGED OR A CHARGE IS MADE FOR PARTICIPATING IN SUCH DANCING, SHALL FIRST PROCURE THE BUSINESS LICENSE REQUIRED FOR DANCE HALLS. A COPY OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO SUCH PERSON AT THE TIME HE OBTAINS THE BUSINESS LICENSE. MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO ENTER ANY DANCE HALL AT ALL HOURS TO SEE THAT THE PEACE AND QUIET OF THE CITY ARE PRESERVED, AND IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR THE PERSON WHO OBTAINED THE BUSINESS LICENSE FOR THE DANCE HALL TO PERMIT DISORDERLY CONDUCT IN SUCH DANCE HALL. • UPON CONVICTION OF VIOLATING THIS SECTION THE JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT MAY, IN ADDITION TO THE PUNISHMENT IMPOSED UPON SUCH CONVICTION REVOKE THE BUSINESS LICENSE FOR SUCH DANCE HALL. THERE SHALL BE NO PRORATION OF THE BUSINESS LICENSE IF IT IS REVOKED AS HEREINABOVE PROVIDED. ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL MARCH 65 1967 AYES: MR. HAGGERTY, MR. JOHNSON, MR. MOUNT, MR. RENNOLDS AND MR. VOGT. NOES: NONE. CLERK PRESIDENT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING SECTION 28-16 ENTITLED "MARQUEES" OF CHAPTER 28 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1965, BY THE ADDITION THERETO OF NEW SUBSECTION ( c) . BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT SECTION 28-16 ENTITLED "MARQUEES" OF CHAPTER 28 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 19655 BE AMENDED BY THE ADDITION THERETO OF A NEW SUBSECTION (C) AND REENACTED AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 28-16. MARQUEES. AND SHALL NOT EXTEND NEARER THE CURB LINE THAN TWO FEET. THE RESTRICTION ON SQUARE FOOTAGE AS SET FORTH BY SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THEATRE MARQUEES. SUCH SIGNS MAY EXTEND ABOVE THE TOP OF THE MARQUEE, PROVIDED THE VERTICAL DIMENSION OF THE STRUCTURE, INCLUDING BOTH MARQUEE AND SIGN, SHALL NOT EXCEED FIVE FEET. IF SUCH SIGNS ARE ILLUMINATED, EXPOSED LIGHT SOURCES SHALL • NOT BE USED. ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL MARCH 61 1967 (C) SIGNS MAY BE LOCATED UNDER MARQUEES SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS: (1) THERE SHALL BE ONLY ONE SIGN FOR EACH STORE ENTRANCE. (2) SUCH SIGNS SHALL NOT EXCEED 12" IN DEPTH, WHICH DEPTH SHALL INCLUDE THE • SUPPORTS AND HANGERS ATTACHING THE SIGN TO THE MARQUEE. (3) THERE SHALL BE A MINIMUM DISTANCE FROM THE BOTTOM OF SUCH SIGN TO THE SURFACE OF THE SIDEWALK OF 8 FEET. (4) SUCH SIGNS MAY EXTEND FROM THE STORE FRONT TO A POINT 6" TO THE REAR OF THE FRONT OF THE MARQUEE, WHICH MEANS THAT SUCH SIGNS SHALL BE AT LEAST 22 FEET TO THE REAR OF THE CURB. (5) IF SUCH SIGNS ARE ILLUMINATED THE ILLUMINATION SHALL BE BY INTERIOR LIGHTING ONLY, SUBJECT TO THE INTERIOR LIGHTING RESTRICTIONS AS SET FORTH IN THIS CHAPTER. (D) THEATRE MARQUEES PROJECTING OVER A PUBLIC SIDEWALK SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN NINE FEET ABOVE THE SIDEWALK AT THE LOWEST PART OF THE MARQUEE, SHALL NOT EXCEED FIVE FEET IN THE VERTICAL DIMENSION AND SHALL NOT EXTEND NEARER THE CURB LINE THAN TWO FEET. THE RESTRICTION ON SQUARE FOOTAGE AS SET FORTH BY SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THEATRE MARQUEES. SUCH SIGNS MAY EXTEND ABOVE THE TOP OF THE MARQUEE, PROVIDED THE VERTICAL DIMENSION OF THE STRUCTURE, INCLUDING BOTH MARQUEE AND SIGN, SHALL NOT EXCEED FIVE FEET. IF SUCH SIGNS ARE ILLUMINATED, EXPOSED LIGHT SOURCES SHALL • NOT BE USED. ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL MARCH 61 1967