For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
Owner or Licensee. (The latter term will apply when a license is issued.) An individual, partnership, corporation, association, or any other business or commercial entity whether established for profit, who or which owns, leases, or rents any permanent or temporary structure as defined hereinabove, which is used to accommodate more than one person to observe, view, watch, or witness public shows; or any exhibitor, promoter, or producer of a public show; provided that an exhibitor, promoter, or producer shall not be deemed an owner if the owner, lessee, or tenant of the permanent or temporary structure for public shows has a license therefor.
Public Show. Any exhibition, show, or performance produced, presented, staged, shown, displayed, exhibited, or performed to which an admission fee is charged or for which a fee is collected in any permanent or temporary structure designed to accommodate more than one person to observe, view, watch, or witness such public shows and which is subject to licensing under HRS §§ 445-161 to 445-164. A permanent structure shall include but is not limited to auditoriums, theaters, concert halls, arenas, convention halls, meeting rooms, and restaurants with stages, while a temporary structure shall include but is not limited to tents consisting of canvas or plastic materials. Exempted under this section are “public shows,” which are subject to the control and supervision of any board, commission, department, or agency of the State or the city and any of the aforementioned permanent or temporary structures owned and controlled by the State or city.
(Sec. 13-38.1, R.O. 1978 (1983 Ed.)) (1990 Code, Ch. 41, Art. 15, § 41-15.1)