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A. No person conducting or operating a teen dance or person maintaining a teen dance hall shall permit, either by act or omission, persons under the age of sixteen to enter or remain on the premises without a parent or legal guardian present or persons over the age of twenty to enter or remain on the premises except a parent or legal guardian accompanying a person under the age of twenty years, and except bona fide employees of the person conducting or operating such teen dance or teen dance hall; provided, however, it is permissible to allow a person under the age of sixteen to enter or remain on the premises without a parent or legal guardian present if the person is a senior high school student and provides proof of high school attendance in the form of a valid high school student picture identification card or such other form of picture identification indicating that the person is of senior high school age such as a Washington State picture identification card.

B. No person conducting or operating a public dance or public dance hall shall allow persons over the age of twenty to enter or remain on the premises, except for bona fide employees of the person operating or conducting such public dance or public dance hall and parents or guardians accompanying a person when persons under the age of twenty-one are present.

C. Every person who knowingly or recklessly shall allow a person to enter or remain in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. It is the responsibility of the person conducting and/or operating a public dance to require picture identification showing the age of each person admitted or in the case of students attending senior high school, such identification may include valid high school student picture identification cards or such other form of picture identification indicating that the person is of senior high school age such as a Washington State picture identification card.

D. Any person who shall by affirmative misrepresentation of age obtain admission to or permission to remain in any teen dance or public dance in violation of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

E. No public dance shall be conducted past the hour of two a.m.; provided, however, no teen dance shall be conducted past the hour of one-thirty a.m.

F. It shall be the obligation of every person licensed under this chapter to provide proper security at public dances. The licensee shall hire uniformed security personnel approved by the chief of police. The licensee shall hire a minimum of two uniformed security personnel or such other number as recommended by the chief of police. The uniformed security personnel shall be present both during and following all public dances to maintain order and ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter as well as the laws of the state of Washington and ordinances of the city.

G. It shall be the obligation of every person licensed under this chapter to provide proper and adequate illumination of the public dance hall and such illumination shall be maintained which is generally distributed in all parts of the premises available for use by the public. Such illumination shall be not less than ten foot candles at floor level at all times when the premises are open for the public or when any member of the public is permitted to enter and remain therein. (Ord. 1558-89 § 1, 1989.)