In this chapter, unless it is apparent from the context hereof that some other meaning is intended, the term
PUBLIC DANCE HALL shall mean any hall, room, platform, pavilion, building, restaurant or refreshment place or other place of business which is resorted to by the public at large for the purpose of engaging in or carrying on the pastime of dancing. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to require any permit for the maintenance of a bona fide school of instruction in the pastime of dancing.
(1995 Code, § 5.48.010)