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• <br /> ORDINANCE NO. /950_ 95 <br /> EVERETT <br /> AN ORDINANCE amending Section 8 of Ordinance No. 1454- <br /> 88 as amended by Ordinance Nos. 1488-88 and 1558- <br /> 89 (EMC 5. 20. 080) , the City's Dance Hall <br /> Ordinance. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: <br /> SECTION 1: Section 8 of Ordinance No. 1454-88 , as amended by <br /> Ordinance Nos. 1488-88 and 1558-89 (EMC 5. 20. 080) , which reads as <br /> follows: <br /> Section 8 : Requirements of Operation - Age - <br /> Restrictions - Penalty. <br /> A. No person conducting or operating a teen dance or <br /> person maintaining a teen dance hall shall permit, <br /> either by act or omission, persons under the age of <br /> sixteen (16) to enter or remain on the premises without <br /> a parent or legal guardian present or persons over the <br /> age of twenty (20) to enter or remain on the premises <br /> except a parent or legal guardian accompanying a person <br /> under the age of twenty (20) years, and except bona <br /> fide employees of the person conducting or operating <br /> such teen dance or teen dance hall: provided, however, <br /> it is permissible to allow a person under the age of <br /> sixteen (16) to enter or remain on the premises without <br /> a parent or legal guardian present if the person is a <br /> senior high school student and provides proof of high <br /> school attendance in the form of a valid high school <br /> student picture identification card or such other form <br /> of picture identification indicating that the person is <br /> of senior high school age such as a Washington State <br /> picture identification card. <br /> B. No person conducting or operating a public dance <br /> or public dance hall shall allow persons over the age <br /> of twenty (20) to enter or remain on the premises, <br /> except for bona fide employees of the person operating <br /> or conducting such public dance or public dance hall <br /> and parents or guardians accompanying a person when <br /> persons under the age of twenty-one (21) are present. <br /> C. Every person who knowingly or recklessly shall <br /> allow a person to enter or remain in violation of this <br /> section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. It is the <br /> responsibility of the person conducting and/or <br /> operating a public dance to require picture <br /> identification showing the age of each person admitted <br /> or in the case of students attending senior high <br /> school, such identification may include valid high <br /> school student picture identification cards or such <br />