(1)
Definitions.[595]
In this Section the following definitions apply:
(a)
Admission
Charge. Any charge made to view any sport, athletic contests or exhibition,
including contributions solicited, directly or indirectly, at or in connection
with the sport, athletic contest or
exhibition.
(2)
Licenses.
(a) No person shall conduct,
stage, manage, permit or present any sport, athletic contest or exhibition to
which an admission charge is made or is incidental, unless he has obtained a
license from the Department of Licenses and Inspections, pursuant to §
9-701(2)(b) or (c).
(b) No license for athletic contests other than as
provided in § 9-701(2)(c) shall be issued unless the
applicant:
(.1) furnishes the information required by the Department
concerning the athletic contest with respect to its nature, location and
anticipated attendance;
(.2) pays a license fee for each athletic
contest based on a reasonable estimate made by the Police and Fire Departments
of the number of policemen and firemen necessary to protect the public safety at
the premises of such contest, at the daily rate of $70.00 per man; provided,
that where all of the proceeds of any athletic contest, less the actual cost of
necessary operating expenses, inure directly to the benefit of any bona fide
religious, educational or charitable institution, society or organization, the
applicant shall pay a license fee not in excess of
$70.00.
[596] (c)
License
for Sunday Activities.[597] No
license shall be issued to any person who conducts, stages, manages or presents
any baseball or football game to which an admission fee is charged or is
incidental, to be held on Sunday between 1 P.M. and 7 P.M. unless the
applicant:
(.1) furnishes the information required by the Department
concerning the athletic contest with respect to the kind of game to be played,
the date, time and place, whether the place is equipped with stands or other
accommodations for seating spectators, and the seating
capacity;
(.2) pays a license fee consistent with Section
9-701(2)(b)(.2).
[598] (d) The
Department, the Police Department, or the Fire Department may prevent the
holding of any athletic contest or exhibition to which an admission fee is
charged or is incidental, when the license required by this Section has not been
obtained.
[599] (e) When
the holding of any licensed sport, athletic contest or exhibition is postponed,
a substituted license may be issued for amusement or entertainment which is
operated by the insertion of a later date without additional payment.