Terms as used in this chapter shall mean:
BANQUET HALL: An establishment which is under the control of a single proprietor or manager which has suitable facilities for serving meals on premises where the meal service consists of no less than one entree, complete with vegetable, salad, bread or rolls, and beverage, either catered or prepared on-site; which has facilities for seating not fewer than fifty (50) guests at one time at tables; which is not open to the general public but which is available for rental by individuals or groups for meetings, parties, weddings, or similar occasions; and in which the equipment and premises meet the provisions of all the Food and Health Codes.
BILLIARD HALL: Any establishment having a resident proprietor or manager, having ten (10) or more billiard or pool tables and the necessary accessories such as cue sticks and balls, having a minimum square footage dedicated to the playing of billiards or pool either equal to the product of ten (10) tables times two hundred (200) square feet per table (2,000 square feet) or equal to the product of sixty percent (60%) times the total square footage of the premises of the establishment, whichever product is greater, possessing any required billiard licenses, and being open to members of the public principally for the playing of billiards or pool with no live entertainment or dancing being allowed on the premises.
CLUB: Any corporation duly organized under the laws of the State for civil, fraternal, social or business purposes or for intellectual improvement, or for the promotion of sports, or a congressionally chartered veterans' organization, which shall have more than fifty (50) members and which shall, for more than a year have owned, hired or leased a building or space in a building of such extent and character as may be suitable and adequate for the reasonable and comfortable accommodation of its members, and whose affairs and management are conducted by a board of directors, executive committee or other similar body chosen by the members at a meeting held for that purpose, none of whose members, officers, agents or employees are paid directly or indirectly any compensation by way of profit from the distribution or sale of beverages to the members of the club or to its guests, beyond the amount of such reasonable salary or wages as may be fixed and voted each year by the directors or other governing body.
EXCLUSIVE LIQUOR STORES: An establishment used exclusively for the sale of intoxicating liquor except for the incidental sale of ice, tobacco, 3.2 percent malt liquor, beverages for mixing with intoxicating liquor, and soft drinks that may be sold, and the establishment may offer recorded or live entertainment and make available coin operated amusement devices. "Exclusive liquor store" also includes an on-sale or combination on-sale and off-sale intoxicating liquor establishment which sells food for on premises consumption when authorized by the municipality issuing the license.
HOTEL: Any establishment having a resident proprietor or manager where, in consideration of payment therefor, food and lodging are regularly furnished to transients, which maintains for the use of its guests not less than one hundred (100) rooms, which is provided at the main entrance with a suitable lobby, desk and office for the registration of its guests on the ground floor, which employs an adequate staff to provide suitable and usual service, and which maintains under the same management and control as the rest of the establishment and has, as an integral part thereof, a dining room with appropriate facilities for seating not less than fifty (50) guests at one time, where the general public is, in consideration of payment therefor, served with meals at tables.
INTOXICATING LIQUOR: Ethyl alcohol, distilled, fermented, spirituous, vinous, and malt beverages containing more than 3.2 percent of alcohol by weight.
MALT LIQUOR: Any beer, ale, or other beverage made from malt by fermentation and containing not less than one half of one percent (0.5%) alcohol by volume.
MOTEL: Any establishment having a resident proprietor or manager where, in consideration of payment therefor, food and lodging are regularly furnished to transients, having as one of its features drive-in facilities whereby the transients who are lodging there may drive up to the unit in which they are lodged for the night, and which maintains for the use of its guests not less than one hundred (100) separate and distinct guest units for lodgers and which employs an adequate staff to provide suitable and usual service and which maintains under the same management and control as the rest of the establishment and has as an integral part thereof a dining room with appropriate facilities for seating not less than fifty (50) guests at one time, where the general public is, in consideration of payment thereof, served with meals at tables.
NONPROFIT CORPORATION: Any organization nonprofit in nature, with a charitable, benevolent, philanthropic, patriotic, social services, welfare, education, cultural, artistic or public interest purpose.
RESTAURANT: Any establishment, other than a hotel, under the control of a single proprietor or manager, where meals are regularly served at tables to the general public, and having seating capacity for at least thirty (30) guests. For the purpose of obtaining a license according to section 2-3-3 of this chapter, a "restaurant" shall also include a banquet hall as defined in this section. Persons under the age of eighteen (18) may purchase and consume food on the premises of a restaurant which also holds a liquor license.
TASTING: An event at which persons pay a fee to participate and are allowed to consume wine, malt liquor, or spirits by the glass without paying a separate charge for each glass.
THEATER: A building containing an auditorium in which live dramatic, musical, dance, or literary performances are regularly presented to holders of tickets for those performances.
3.2 PERCENT MALT LIQUOR: Malt liquor containing not less than one-half of one percent alcohol by volume nor more than 3.2 percent alcohol by weight. (Ord. 2018-04, 2-26-2018; amd. Ord. 2019-11, 12-9-2019)