§ 3.30.010. Purpose.  


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  • The City of Wichita encourages the development of Arts and Culture and recognizes that having entertainment establishments provide a means for such activity. The City of Wichita further recognizes that having a variety of entertainment in the City promotes a rich and diverse cultural experience.

    The City of Wichita also recognizes that entertainment establishments serving alcohol have demonstrated the potential for creating an environment where various types of disturbances, excessive noise and disorderly conduct by inebriated patrons may occur. These negative effects are adverse to the public safety and the quality of life in the community.

    The City of Wichita finds and determines that some nightclubs and entertainment establishments within the City contribute to public intoxication, public urination, noise, disorderly conduct, assaults, and other similar problems connected primarily with the routine congregation of persons around such nightclubs, especially those which are managed without adequate security and attention to preventing these problems.

    The City of Wichita finds that in the Old Town Entertainment District, a significant amount of police resources are being expended to address safety issues at large entertainment establishments located within the District.

    The purpose of this Chapter is to regulate the operation of all entertainment establishments so as to minimize the negative effects and to preserve the public safety, health and welfare. It is not the City's intent to regulate or restrict the type or content of entertainment provided in these establishments. All licensees will be responsible for controlling patron conduct on the premises of such establishments, making adequate provisions for security and crowd control to minimize disturbances caused by the operation of such entertainment establishments.

(Ord. No. 48-352, § 3, 3-23-09; Ord. No. 50-409, § 1, 1-17-17)