A PUBLIC DANCE HALL, as the term is used in this chapter, means any building, place, or space open to public patronage in which dancing wherein the public may participate, is carried on and to which admission may be had by the public, by payment either directly or indirectly, of an admission fee or price for dancing for the personal gain or profit of the person, firm, or corporation conducting, maintaining, or operating such public dance hall.
(Prior Code, § 5.16.020)