For the purposes of this chapter, a PUBLIC DANCING PLACE shall be construed to mean any room, place or space open to public patronage in which dancing, wherein the public may participate, is carried on and to which admission may be had by the public upon the payment, directly or indirectly, of an admission fee or price for dancing. A PUBLIC DANCE, as the term is used in this chapter, shall be taken to mean any dance wherein the public may participate by payment, directly or indirectly of an admission fee or price for dancing, or a fee for a membership in a club and shall include any manner of holding a dance which may be participated in by the public through the payment of money, directly or indirectly.
(1973 Code, § 9-1) (Ord. 233, passed 2-7-1949) Penalty, see § 10.99