For the purpose of this chapter certain terms and words are hereby defined.
1. “Special event” means an event sponsored by an individual, organization, club, group, partnership or corporation in which the public is invited to attend and which requires the use of public streets or other public property as a staging area for promotion of the event.
2. “Special event area” means a place designated by the special event promoter as provided in this chapter where the general public is invited to gather for an event and where the area of interest of the promoter will be promoted and/or celebrated and where, in connection with the special event, there may be displays, speeches, the performance of music or the arts, games, and other similar celebrations, and the sale and/or distribution of literature, antiques, crafts, curios, art or artifacts, food, and other similar items, all under the sponsorship of a “special event promoter” as defined in this section. The area designated as a special event area may include property which is privately owned, provided that the inclusion of private property within the special event area shall not be construed as requiring the owner of the private property to participate in or otherwise allow the property to be used in the special event without his, her or its consent, or as prohibiting the owner of the private property from using the private property in a manner otherwise allowed by law.
3. “Special event merchant” means an individual, organization, club, group, partnership or corporation which engages in the sale of items within a “special event area” as defined in this section through the permission of the special event promoter.
4. “Special event promoter” means an individual, organization, club, group, partnership or corporation which organizes, sponsors, promotes or makes space available for a special event or is otherwise considered the organizer of the special event.