§ 509.10. Vacant lots and temporary structures used for entertainment purposes.  


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  • No vacant lot, temporary structure of any kind, or lot or part of a lot appurtenant to any building in the City shall be used, or permitted by the owner or person in control thereof to be used, for any kind of amusement, performance, singing, playing on musical or other instruments, dancing, preaching, exhorting or lecturing without first obtaining the consent in writing of three-fourths of the resident housekeepers in the block where the performance or other such activity is to be conducted, and in the block confronting the same block, nor shall such activity be conducted after 10:00 p.m. or in a manner to disturb the peace or quiet of the neighborhood within any of the blocks above mentioned; provided, that singing or playing on musical instruments as a part of the performance connected with theatres, moving picture shows or open air concerts, when it does not disturb the peace and quiet of the neighborhood, may be permitted to continue on secular days and while a part of such performance or concert until 11:00 p.m.

(Code 1979, § 14-1-57; Code 1991, § 509.10)