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VILLAGE OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEP I N COUNTY, M I NNESOTA
AN ORD I NANCE REGULAT I NG THE L I CENS 1 NG AND OPERATION
OF DANCE HALLS WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF EDEN PRAIRIE
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ORDINANCE NO, 102
The Council of the Village of Eden Prairie does ordain as follows:
Section I . State Law to Govern. All dances held in this City hereafter
shall be con ucted in accordance with the provisions
of Chapter M.S.A. 62h regulating the conduct of dances as
heretofore or hereafter amended. Except as defined in this
ordinance, the definitions of terms in the first section of
said act are hereby adopted.
Section 2. Definition. A public dance is hereby defined to be one which
is r�may be attended by the public generally, whether or not
a charge for admission for dancing is made. Except that, this
definition of a public dance does not apply to a place where
dancing is incidental to restaurant, hotel or tavern service
and the dance floor area does not exceed 1000 square feet.
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j Section 3. Permits. No person shall conduct a dance/in th i s A Ile¢ unless
a permit shall have been procured therefor from the Village Clerk.
The fees for such permits shall be as follows:
A. Public Dance (annual fees)
I . $400 if live musicians are employed.
2. $100 where music is provided exclusively by electrical
or mechanical device.
B. Incidental Dance (annual fees)
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1 . $300 if live musicians are employed.
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2. $50 where music is provided exclusively by electrical
or mechanical device.
C. $25 when live musicians are employed and when the applicant
is a religious, charitable or other non-profit organization
and the permit is for a special event or limited period;
when music is to be provided exclusively by electrical or
mechanical means for such a non-profit organization, the
fee shall be $10.
D. No fee is required for dances conducted by the Park and
CRecreation Department or any agency of the Eden Prairie
School District.
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E. Expiration Date. All permits expire on December 31st of
the year f or which such permit is issued, unless a different
expiration date is set by the Village Council in granting
the permit and, where the applicant is a lessee, the permit
expires on the date of the expiration of the appIi cant Is
right to exclusive occupancy and control of the premises.
Section Application.
A. Any adult person or persons desiring a permit to hold or
conduct a dance in the Village shall make application there-
for on blanks furnished by the Village Clerk. The application
shall set forth:
1 . the name and address of the adult person, persons,
committee or organization which is to conduct the dance;
2. time and place where such dance is to be held;
3. the area of the dance floor;
Z�. affirmatively that each of the applicants is an
adult person of good moral character and reputation
in the community in which he lives;
5. that none of the applicants has within five years prior
to making of such application been convicted of a felony,
gross misdemeanor, or of violating any of the provisions
of Chapter 624 M.S.A., or of any ordinance or law
regulating dances any place in the United States;
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6. that no one of the applicants is a keeper of any disorderly
house of any kind;
7. that the place where the dance is to be conducted does
not have any so-called "private apartments" or "private
rooms" furnished or used for any other than legitimate
business purposes which adjoin such dancing places or
which may be reached by elevator, stairway or passageway
leading from such dancing place;
B. that the place where the dance is to be given is properly
ventilated and equipped with necessary toilets, wash
rooms and lighting facilities.
S. The application shall also be accompanied by the affidavits of
two freeholders in the Village to the effect that +hey have
read the application as signed by the applicant and that all
the statements made therein are true to their own personal
knowledge.
C. The application shall be made at least five days prior to
the regular meeting of the Village Council next preceding
the first date upon which the applicant is desirous of con-
ducting a dance.
D. At the time of filing any application for a public dance
permit, the applicant shall file a general liability insurance
policy in the following minimum amounts:
I . Personal Injury (one person) $100,000
2. Personal Injury (more than one person 200,000
3. Property Damage 5,000
Section 5. Granting of a Permit. Permit to be Posted. The Village Clerk
shall refer such application and the accompanying affidavits to
the Council , which in its discretion may grant or refuse to grant
the permit applied for. In case the permit be issued, the same
shall be posted in a public place in the dance hall described therein
during the time the dance is being given, and the persons named
in the permit shall be responsible under the law for the manner in
which such dance is to be held and conducted.
Section 6. Notice of Dance. in the case of dances other than those regularly
sc a ule un er a yearly license, the person conducting such dance
shall notify° the proper police authorities of said dance at least
five days before said dance. j
Section 7. The Council may as a condition of granting the license require i
the licensee to provide such numbers of police officers on or about I
the premises which in their judgment they deem necessary. That in
the event that it is determined by the Sheriff of Hennepin County or
the Village Council that more police officers are likely to be j
needed, either may direct such additional police officers be provided I
specifying the number. if t'he licensee objects to providing such
additional officers, it shall notify the Mayor or Clerk in writing 1
within 24 hours after receiving notice from the Sheriff or Council
that such additional police officers are to be furnished. As soon
as possible thereafter the Village Council shall determine as to
whether or not such additional officers, or some lesser number, shall t
be provided. The licensee shall thereupon provide such additional
police officers as the Village Council shall reasonably determines,
to be necessary.
Any extraordinary police expense incurred by the Village as a result
of the license being granted shall be borne by the licensee, and
the licensee shall reimburse the Village for any such expenses
so incurred.
A. Failure of the licensee to provide the police officers
required by the Village under the provisions of this paragraph,
or to reimburse the Village for extraordinary police expense
that it occurred as herein provided, shall be grounds for
timmediate suspension and revocation of the license.
B. The licensee shall not permit persons who have paid admission
to a dance to leave the dance and return to the same dance without
paying another full admission.
C. The police officers provided by the licensee who are engaged in
supervising on and near the licensed premises shall not permit
patrons of the licensee, or other persons in the vicinity, to loiter
in the parking lots or on the public streets and thoroughfares in
the vicinity of the licensed premises.
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D. The licensee shall provide such parking as the Village Council
deems necessary and shall promptly install lighting in all of said
parking lots, so as to provide good visibility throughout all of
the licensed premises at all times while dances are being conducted
therein.
E. Licensee shall take such other measures as are necessary to prevent,
insofar as possible, the illegal presence of under-age persons at
such dances, the illegal possession and consumption of intoxicating z
and non-intoxicating malt liquer on the licensed premises, fighting
and disorderly conduct on or near the premises, and other violations
of law commonly occurring where public dances are conducted.
F. Failure to observe any conditions that might be imposed upon the
licensee by the Village Council , as a condition of the granting
of the License shall be grounds for suspension and revocation
of such license by the Village Council . .
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First rea at a regular,.. meeting of the Council of the Village of Eden Prairie
this �� day of 1.�, ,L. 1967, and finally read, adopted and ordered
pub I *shed at a regular meeting of the Counc it of said Village on the _day
Of 1967-
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Village ttorney
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
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W. JOHN BERTRAM. being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all the times herein stated
has been the general manager and printer of the newspaper known as the Hennepin County
Review and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows: (1) Said newspaper to
printed in the English language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form
equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches. (2) Said newspaper 1s a weekly and
is distributed at least once each week. (3) Said newspaper
has SOgo of its news columns devoted
to new" of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not wholly
duplicate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and < ;
advertisements. (4) Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipality which It purports
to serve, has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to to ` 8
p g paying aubscrIbera, has an average of
at least 7517 of its total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears etR
and has entry as second-class matter in its local post-office. (5) Said newspaper purports to
serve the City of Hopkins and Villages of Minnetonka and Eden Prairie in the County of
Hennepin and it has its known office of issue in the City of Hopkins in said county, established
and open during its regular business hours for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements
and sale of subscriptions and maintained by the publisher of said newspaper and subject to � c
his direction and control during all such regular business hours and at which said newspaper is
printed. (6) Said newspaper files a copy of each issue itmnediately with the State Historical
Suctei-r. t'f) eaid newspaper has complied wiith all the foregoing conditions for at least tvr..
years preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below. (8) Said newspaper has
filed with the Secretary of Stale of Minnesota prior to January 1. I988 and each January 1
thereafter an affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the t � r ' kskfF
publisher of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper
is a legal newspaper.
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He further states on path that the printed ORDINANCE
hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed
and published therein in the English language, once each week, for 1 successive weeks;
that it was first so published on Thtil•Q the day atAlIg157
and was thereafter printed andh,..'n published on every to and including
the day of is and that the following is a printed copy
of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being
the size and kind of type used In the composition and publication of said notice, to wit:
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(Notarial Seal)
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Alice J. Nelson, Notary Pabnc. Henn p n County, Minn.
My Commission Expires December 26. 1973
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