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5.60.060 MINORS.

No person under eighteen years of age shall enter, be, or dance in or at any public dance, and no parent or guardian of a person under eighteen years of age, or the proprietor or person in charge of any public dance, shall permit any such minor person to enter, be, or dance in or at any public dance, unless accompanied by the parent or guardian of such minor or by an adult authorized in writing by such parent or guardian to accompany such minor, or unless such dance is sponsored or supervised by adults approved and accepted by one such parent, or guardian; provided that:

(1) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent such a person under the age of eighteen years from being in a bona fide hotel, cafe or other place where meals are regularly served, and where a public dance is being held; and

(2) Nothing in this section shall apply to children under the age of five years.