§ 12-141. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:

Director unless otherwise described, means the director of finance of the city or his designee.

Private dance means any dance given or held at any location by a non-profit club, society, association or corporation organized for civic, fraternal, or charitable purpose, having a permanent membership to which members are not admitted for casual or limited times only and for admissions or initiation as members to which the same fee, if any, is charged all persons becoming members thereof (except those becoming life members), and the dues to which are required to be paid for periods of not less than six months, and which club, society, association or corporation does not have any business or commercial purposes and which owns, rents, or maintains a place, building or house for the accommodation of its members for other material, social, civic, fraternal or charitable purposes besides that of dancing; and admission to which dance is granted to members and their invited guests only and from which the general public is excluded.

Public dance means every dance to which admission is or can be had or obtained by paying a fee or in connection with which any charge is made directly or indirectly for admission, and, generally shall include any dance to which the public can gain admission without the payment of any fee and includes every dance except "private dances" as defined in this section.

Public dance hall means any and every room, place, space, building or floor where a "public dance" is held or conducted.

(Ord. No. 110351, § 1, 5-12-11)