For purposes of this chapter, unless it is plainly evident from the context that a different meaning is intended, the following definitions shall apply:
“Dance promoter” means an individual or organization who uses the facilities of another owner to organize, oversee, or otherwise promote a private dance, public dance, special dance or teenage dance. When more than one promoter is involved in promoting one event, they shall decide among themselves which one shall be considered the dance promoter for the purposes of this chapter.
“Dancing school” means an establishment that provides classes or instruction predominantly on dancing.
“Director” means the director of community development or his or her designee.
“Establishment” means a public hall, private hall or dancing school.
“Manager” means any individual designated as responsible for the private dance, public dance, special dance or teenage dance taking place at an establishment and who is employed by the owner or lessor of the establishment allowing the dance.
“Owner” means the owner of the establishment where any private dance, public dance, special dance or teenage dance is held.
“Permittee” means any person with a permit to hold a private dance, public dance, special dance or teenage dance.
“Person” means any individual, firm, business, partnership, corporation, cooperative, company, association, joint stock association, church, religious sect, religious denomination, society, organization, or league and shall include any trustee, receiver, assignee, agent, solicitor, or other similar representative thereof.
“Private dance” means recreational dancing that occurs at a private dance hall.
“Private dance hall” means a business establishment that provides recreational dancing facilities, either as its main purpose, or as an incident thereto, for its members or their bona fide guests.
“Public dance” means recreational dancing that occurs at a public dance hall.
“Public dance hall” means a business establishment that is open to the public and that provides recreational dancing facilities, either as its main purpose or as an incident thereto, for members of the public.
“Recreational dance” or “recreational dancing” means dancing for purposes of amusement or diversion. “Recreational dancing” includes, but is not limited to, social dancing and does not include a dance performance for purposes of entertaining an audience.
“Special dance” means an individual public dance or private dance conducted by any person, dancing club, dancing school or association of persons, dancing clubs or dancing schools, which dance, if authorized, will result in not more than three such dances being held by such person or group in any three month period.
“Teenage dance” means a recreational dance held at a private dance hall or a public dance hall for minors between the ages of thirteen and nineteen years of age to which no person twenty-one years of age or over, or under thirteen years of age, is admitted as a participant.
(Ord. 788 § 5 (part), 1999)