(a) "Entertainment club" means commercial premises which are open to the public, the primary function of which is to offer patrons an opportunity to engage in social activities such as dancing, or the enjoyment of live or prerecorded music, or the enjoyment of entertainment provided by dancers or other performers. As an incidental function, an entertainment club may sell and serve food and beverages to its patrons.
The term "entertainment club" does not include the following: premises which serve alcoholic beverages as defined by State law; adult cabarets; theaters where the patrons sit in parallel rows of fixed seats; full service restaurants where the only entertainment consists of background music which is incidental to the primary function of serving food; outdoor performances; a banquet, party or celebration conducted for invited guests which is not open to the public; dances or events sponsored and operated by a governmental entity, an educational institution, or nonprofit religious, charitable, benevolent, fraternal, or social organization.
(b) "Club premises" means any place where an entertainment club is operated or maintained, including all hallways, bathrooms, parking areas and other adjacent portions of the premises which are accessible to the public during operating hours.
(c) "Teen club" means any entertainment club which restricts its admissions to persons under the age of twenty-one years of age.
(d) "Over twenty-one club" means any entertainment club which restricts its admissions to persons age twenty-one years and over.
(Ord. 146-94. Passed 7-11-94.)