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e e ORDINANCE NO. 99- 2313 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING ARTICLE III, "TAXI DANCING", OF CHAPTER 90, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, RELATING TO THE PRESENCE OF MINORS IN PUBLIC DANCE HALLS AND THEIR DANCING FOR COMPENSATION; MAKING VARIOUS FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE NOT TO EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. The City Council of the City of La Porte adopts Article III, "Taxi Dancing", of Chapter 90, "Entertainment", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, to read as follows, to-wit: "Sec. 90-80. Definitions. Minor shall mean a person under the age of 18 years whose disabilities as a minor have not been removed by a court of competent jurisdiction. Public Dance means any dance or ball to which admission can be had by payment of a fee, or by the purchase, possession or presentation of a ticket or token, or in which a charge is made for caring for clothing, or any other dance to which the public generally may gain admission with the payment of a fee directly or indirectly, or without payment of a fee. Public Dance Hall means any room, place, space or building where a public dance is held or conducted. Sec. 90-81. Taxi dancing with minors prohibited. (a) It shall be unlawful for any licensee or operator of a public dance hall to suffer or permit a minor to engage in the activities commonly known as 'taxi dancing', 'dollar dancing' or 'pony dancing', or the like, wherein any person accepts, agrees to accept or solicits any cash, benefit or other thing of monetary value for the privilege of dancing with a minor. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to offer, confer or agree to confer any cash, benefit or other thing of monetary value to any person for the privilege of dancing with a minor.