Sections:
5.44.030 - Permit requirements.
5.44.040 - Sanitary facilities.
"Outdoor amusement center" means any establishment intended to operate for more than two weeks which maintains one or more amusement devices such as rides, merchandise booths, games of skill, exhibitions or similar devices, located wholly or partly in the open air; excepting, however, any such establishment consisting of not more than two coin-operated mechanically actuated rides designed for and used exclusively by preschool children.
(Prior code § 5-4.23)
It is unlawful for any person to establish, maintain, conduct, carry on or engage in the business of an outdoor amusement center in the city unless there exists a valid permit therefor granted and existing in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 5.02. The investigating official referred to in Section 5.02.030, to whom the application shall be referred, shall be the Chief of Police and he or she shall have the power to grant or deny the permit applied for without referring the same to the City Manager. The Chief of Police is empowered to make inspections and enforce the regulations prescribed by the provisions of this chapter and shall have the power to make and enforce such rules and regulations as may in his or her discretion be necessary to protect the person and property of patrons of said outdoor amusement centers, including trampoline centers, and the safety and welfare of the general public. Any permit granted shall be on condition that the applicant shall within thirty (30) days after the site shall have ceased to be used as an outdoor amusement center, including outdoor trampoline center, restore said site to a safe and level condition, and shall execute to the city and deliver to the City Clerk, a bond, approved by the City Attorney, in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the faithful performance of said condition, or applicant may, in lieu of said bond, deposit with the city cash, or a certified check in the amount of said bond. Existing outdoor amusement centers, including outdoor trampoline centers, shall comply with all of the provisions of this Ordinance within thirty (30) days from the date of its final adoption.
(Prior code § 5-4.24)
5.44.030 - Permit requirements.
In addition to the requirements of Section 5.02.020 the applicant for an outdoor amusement center permit shall furnish the Chief of Police, to such extent as he or she may require, letters of recommendation and other evidence of the good reputation of the applicant and his or her proposed outdoor amusement center based upon the conduct thereof in cities in which he or she has conducted similar centers during the preceding five years. An application for such permit shall be denied if any applicant shall be found to have a record of prior conviction of any public offense involving juveniles, morals, liquor, or narcotics.
(Prior code § 5-4.25)
5.44.040 - Sanitary facilities.
It is unlawful for any person to operate or maintain, or cause or permit to be operated or maintained, any outdoor amusement center referred to in Section 5.44.020, unless there is maintained upon the premises thereof adequate lavatories, water closets and all usual incidental sanitary facilities for the use of whomsoever shall be lawfully upon the premises. There shall not be less than one separate unit of said sanitary facilities for men and not less than one separate unit of said sanitary facilities for women.
(Prior code § 5-4.26)
No permit shall be issued to establish, maintain, conduct, carry on or engage in the business of an outdoor amusement center until the applicant therefor has placed on file with the City Clerk a certificate, or certificates, of an insurance carrier duly authorized to do business within the state of California, that it has issued and there is in effect for the benefit of the person conducting such amusement center, public liability insurance covering all claims for damages arising out of the use and operation of any and all devices operated in connection with such center and resulting in personal injury or death, which insurance shall be in the minimum amount of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) for the injury or death of any one person, and five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) for injury or death to two or more persons in any one accident. Such certificate, or certificates, of said insurance shall provide that no cancellation or reduction in coverage thereof shall be effective except upon ten days' written notice thereof to the City Clerk and shall be subject to the approval of the City Attorney as to form and legality.
(Prior code § 5-4.27)