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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 14-319 Live entertainment or dancing.">
  <section prefix="§" num="14-319" heading="Live entertainment or dancing.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Additional application requirements.">An application for conditional-use authorization to provide live entertainment or dancing must include:<para num="(1)">a description of the type of live entertainment or dancing to be provided;</para>
      <para num="(2)">a floor plan that describes, in sufficient detail:<para num="(i)">the establishment generally;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the live entertainment or dancing venue within the establishment;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">if dancing is to be provided, the location and dimensions of the dance floor; and</para>
        <para num="(iv)">the maximum authorized occupant load, as approved by the Fire Department, for:<para num="(A)">all configurations of the establishment, generally; and</para>
          <para num="(B)">the live entertainment or dancing venue, specifically.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Imposition of conditions.">In approving a conditional use for live entertainment or dancing, the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals or the Mayor and City Council, as the case may be, may:<para num="(1)">limit the types of live entertainment or dancing to which the use is allowed; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">impose conditions, as appropriate, concerning:<para num="(i)">days and hours of operation for:<para num="(A)">the establishment’s operations generally; and</para>
          <para num="(B)">the live entertainment or dancing to be provided;</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(ii)">use of amplification, noise levels, and need for soundproofing;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">limits on the size of the establishment or on the size, location, or configuration of the live entertainment or dancing venue within the establishment;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">number of live entertainers;</para>
        <para num="(v)">number of seats proposed for outdoor dining;</para>
        <para num="(vi)">exterior lighting;</para>
        <para num="(vii)">whether to limit the use to live entertainment only or dancing only;</para>
        <para num="(viii)">public need and desire for the establishment;</para>
        <para num="(ix)">number and location of other, similar establishments in the area and potential effect of the new use on those establishments;</para>
        <para num="(x)">proximity of residential dwellings, educational facilities, places of worship, or parks or playgrounds to the establishment;</para>
        <para num="(xi)">maximum authorized occupant loads of the establishment and of the live entertainment or dancing venue within the establishment;</para>
        <para num="(xii)">volume and types of vehicular and pedestrian traffic in the area of the establishment; and</para>
        <para num="(xiii)">the establishment and maintenance of:<para num="(A)">a traffic management plan;</para>
          <para num="(B)">a parking management plan;</para>
          <para num="(C)">an indoor and outdoor security plan; and</para>
          <para num="(D)">a sanitation plan.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 18-167</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
