Forum For Music Rules and RegulationsTo review the Spokane City code as it now exists you may visit:
http://www.spokanecity.org/citycode/?Chapter=10.23These pages address Spokane's "Cabaret" code and the Teen Club License Code.
They will change and expand with your ideas and our revisions.
All civil emails will be posted.
Thank you,Steve Spickard -- steves@iea.com
Sue Marion -- sukmarion@yahoo.comCABARET RULES --- THE NOISE ORDNANCE --- TEEN CLUB LICENCE --- CURRENT DIPPER STATUS
The Code does not reflect the common use of the term "Cabaret" and includes areas not meant to be covered.
Proposed changes from the term "Cabaret" and areas meant to be coveredTitle 10 Regulation of Activities
Division II License Code
Chapter: 10.23 Amusement Facilities
Article IV Cabarets
Listing 10.23.040 Dancing -- Definitions.For the purposes of this chapter:
A. "Bar" is any bar or counter from which liquor is served to customers for consumption, including the space behind the bar where the liquor for sale is kept.
B. "Cabaret" is any room, place, or space in which music, singing, dancing, or other similar entertainment is permitted .
C. "Liquor" is any of the four varieties of liquor defined by the Washington State Liquor Act, Title 66 RCW.
D. "Service bar" is any bar upon which food or liquor is placed and from which it is then conveyed to customers seated at tables or in booths.(Ord. C-30017)
Effective Date: 5/1/1991
Passed On: 4/1/1991"Cabaret" from Webster's Dictionary:
1. a tavern: a house where liquors are retailed.
2. a set or service, as for tea or coffee
3. a restaurant or barroom with dancing and singing as entertainment: hence, entertainment of this typeThe code incorrectly defines the common usage of the word. The word should be changed.
Having a "Cabaret License" implies to the public the facility serves alcohol. This can be a burden to operator(s).We recommend:
Title 10 Regulation of Activities
Division II License Code
Chapter: 10.23 Amusement Facilities
Article IV Event Facility
Listing 10.23.040 Dancing -- Definitions.For the purposes of this chapter:
A. "Bar" is any bar or counter from which liquor is served to customers for consumption, including the space behind the bar where the liquor for sale is kept.
B. "Event Facility" is a building or part of a building in which live music, recorded music where patrons are given to dance, singing, and similar entertainment, is permitted.
C. "Liquor" is any of the four varieties of liquor defined by the Washington State Liquor Act, Title 66 RCW.
D. "Service bar" is any bar upon which food or liquor is placed and from which it is then conveyed to customers seated at tables or in booths.(Ord. C-30017)
Effective Date: asap
With this adjustment, we don't have to get an year to year cabaret license to play tunes in our cars, homes, retail shops, offices, etc.
Let the written word reflect reality.
Under the code, music may not emanate from the facility in which the event is held.
In reality, music emanates from the facilities in which performances are held.This should be rewritten.
The Police should still be given the power to make operators be civil to their neighbors, realistic of the situation.
Here's the law:Title 10 Regulation of Activities
Division II License Code
Chapter: 10.23 Amusement Facilities
Article IV Cabarets
Listing 10.23.045 Special Regulations.A. No cabaret operator may serve liquor to any person under the age of twenty-one years.
B. No licensee or employee may consume any liquor on licensed premises during the time of such persons employment.
C. No person under the age of eighteen years may be in any premises licensed under Section 10.23.041 between the hours of one a.m. and six a.m., nor shall any licensee permit such minor to be on the premises between those hours.
D. No licensee may conduct any dancing activity between the hours of two a.m. and six a.m. without prior special permission of the license officer.
E. No licensee or employee may do, or permit to be done:1. soliciting of dancing partners or the purchase of refreshments on a commission basis;
2. dancing with patrons or customers;
3. immoral or obscene dancing; or
4. smoking on any dance floor.F. The operator must maintain illumination in a cabaret at a minimum level of three foot-candles at a plane three feet above the dance floor.
G. The operator of a cabaret where dancing is permitted:1. must not permit music to emanate off the premises;
2. must not permit pre-recorded music unless it is delivered and controlled by a live entertainer on the premises whose sole function in the cabaret is entertainment;
3. must keep the portion of the premises devoted to the preparation of food entirely separate from the dance floor;
4. must provide a dance floor of not less than one hundred fifty square feet with each side being at least ten feet long;
5. if the dance floor is elevated, must not maintain the dance floor higher than eighteen inches above the surrounding floor or closer than six feet from the nearest patron.(Ord. C-30017)
Effective Date: 5/1/1991Remove it? Are there noise ordinances that cover this?
See our next installment or pursue the edge yourself.Wanna Play?
Visit the Spokane City code: http://www.spokanecity.org/citycode/?Chapter=10.23
cut and paste, make changes and email.Thanks for stopping by,
Steve Spickard: steves@iea.com
Sue Marion: suekmarion@yahoo.comsj:-)