Norfolk City Code § 5-1 Permit for operation of theater, motion picture establishment, etc.
Sec. 5-1. - Permit for operation of theater, motion picture establishment, etc.
(a) It shall be unlawful and a Class 3 misdemeanor for any person to operate a theater, motion picture establishment or other similar exhibition in the city, without first obtaining a permit so to do from the city council.
(b) No license shall be issued by the commissioner of the revenue for the operation of a theater, motion picture establishment or other similar exhibition in the city, until the permit required by this section has been granted.
(c) Any person desiring to obtain a permit required by this section shall make application, in writing, to the council, stating in such application the place of the proposed operation and the name and address of the person who is to operate the same.
(d) Upon receipt of an application for a permit under this section, the council may hear statements and evidence of citizens and others desiring to be heard as to the suitability of the location of the proposed theater, motion picture establishment or other exhibition, and as to the fitness of the person who proposed to conduct the same, and shall grant the permit, unless it appears to the council, from such statements and evidence, that such operation will be detrimental to the health, morals, comfort, safety, convenience or welfare of the inhabitants of the city, in which latter event the permit shall be refused.
(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any theater, motion picture or other similar exhibition in operation on February 23, 1932.
(Code 1958, § 31-75)