For the purpose of this chapter, words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Admission charge,” in addition to its usual and ordinary meaning, means and includes a charge made for using or renting a short-term rental, season tickets or subscriptions, a cover charge or a charge made for use of 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 for purposes of 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; and a charge made and collected by the deposit of a coin into an amusement machine, as defined in Section 721.01(a) of the Business Regulation Code.
(b) “Treasurer” means the Treasurer of the City.
(c) “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, swimming pools, bowling alleys, outdoor amusement parks, raceways, observation towers and any establishment operating an amusement machine, as defined in Section 721.01(a) of the Business Regulation Code, either as a main business or incidental to a main business.
(d) “Person” means any individual, receiver, assignee, firm, copartnership, 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.
(e) “City” means the City of Parma, Ohio.
(f) “Coin” means and includes, in addition to its usual meaning of a piece of metal stamped by or on behalf of the Federal government for use as money, any token, slug, chip or other item which can be deposited into a device to render it operational and which is purchased, leased, rented or exchanged for on the premises of the establishment where the device is located. In such case, the token, slug, chip or other item, as described, shall be valued at the monetary rate of exchange for which it is purchased, leased, rented or exchanged.
(Ord. 118-83. Passed 7-5-83; Ord. 97-19. Passed 6-3-19.)