As used in this chapter, certain terms and words are defined as follows:
(a) 'Admission charge,' in addition to its usual and ordinary meaning, means and includes a charge made for season tickets or subscriptions, a cover charge or a charge made for use of exercise facilities, seats and tables, reserved or otherwise, and similar accommodations; a charge made for food and refreshments in any place where any free entertainment, recreation or amusement is provided; a charge made for rental or use of equipment or facilities, including classes wherein the equipment or facilities are used for purposes of education, recreation or amusement and, where the rental of the equipment or facilities is necessary to the enjoyment of the privileges for which a general admission is charged, the combined charge shall be considered as the admission charge; and a charge made for automobile parking where the amount of the charge is determined according to the number of passengers in an automobile.
(b) 'Place' includes, but is not restricted to, indoor or outdoor theaters, dance halls, amphitheaters, auditoriums, stadiums, athletic pavilions and fields, golf courses, miniature golf courses, golf driving ranges, baseball and athletic parks, gyms and other exercise facilities, circuses, side shows, swimming pools, bowling alleys, outdoor amusement parks, raceways and such attractions as merry-go-rounds, Ferris wheels, dodge-ems, roller coasters and observation towers.
(c) 'Person' means any individual, receiver, assignee, firm, partnership, joint venture, corporation, company, joint stock company, association, society or any group of individuals acting as a unit, whether mutual, cooperative, fraternal, nonprofit or otherwise. (Ord. 2018-32. Passed 10-3-18.)