§9-701. Athletic Contests. [594]


(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.