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5.60.010 DEFINITIONS.

The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall for the purposes herein have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:

(1) "Dancing academy" means a regularly established place maintained or conducted for the purpose of giving instructions in dancing, for which instructions the person maintaining or conducting the same makes a bona fide selection or choice of the persons so instructed or to be so instructed therein, and contracts specially with each such person for a specified series of lessons in dancing to be given on different dates;

(2) "Public dance" means

(A) Any dance to which admission can be had by payment of a fee or by the purchase, possession or presentation of a ticket or token, or

(B) Any dance to which a person may gain admission without invitation, or

(C) Any dance to which an invitation may be procured by more than fifty persons, or by anyone who cannot be identified at the time of the issuance of the invitation by the sender, or

(D) Any gathering of persons upon any premises where dancing is participated in, either as the main purpose for such gathering or as an incident to some other purpose to which the public is admitted.

(3) Provided that none of the following shall be considered a public dance:

(A) The normal activities of a dancing academy,

(B) A dance given and paid for by an individual or individuals entirely for social purposes where invitations are issued by the individual or individuals giving the dance, to persons known to such individual or individuals, and no admission fee is charged, no food or beverages are sold on the premises to those invited to the dance, and the public is not admitted either for the purpose of dancing or otherwise, and the dancing is not an incident to any other purpose,

(C) A dance given or sponsored by the park and recreation department, any church or church group, the board of education of any school district within the City, any parochial or private school board or group, and

(D) A dance given by a bona fide club or fraternal organization.