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Entertainment

“Entertainment” means any room, place, space, or private club in the City open for the serving of the public or member, in which:

 

• the members, guests, patrons, entertainers, or other person are permitted to sing, perform, or otherwise engage in musical entertainment*;
• Dance to live or recorded music;
• Presentation of recorded music played on equipment which is operated by an agent or contractor of the establishment, commonly known as a “DJ” or “disc jockey;”
• Presentations by single or multiple performers, such as hypnotists, mimes, comedians; musical song or dance acts;
• Plays;
• Concerts;
• Any type of contest;
• Sporting events, exhibitions, carnival, rodeo or circus acts, demonstrations of talent;
• Exhibitions, theatrical performances, shows;
• Or similar amusements to which the public or members are invited or allowed to

watch, listen, or participate or that is conducted for the purposes of holding the attention or, gaining the attention of or diverting or amusing guest

 

*“Musical entertainment,” as used for the purposes of determining whether an Entertainment license is required by an establishment, shall not apply to phonographs, radios, or mechanical devices used for the reproduction of music for the listening enjoyment of the members or patrons only.

 

Classes of Entertainment with Alcohol Served

 

A. “Class ‘A’ Entertainment” shall mean any live entertainment in which one or more persons are engaged or employed to provide dancing performances or other similar amusements, where the entertainers receive compensation directly from the patrons, and shall include any activities authorized under the “B” and “C” class licenses.

 

B. “Class ‘B’ Entertainment” shall mean any live entertainment in which the patrons are permitted to dance, and shall include any activities authorized under Class “C” licenses.

 

C. “Class ‘C’ Entertainment” shall mean any live entertainment not included in the definition of Class “A” Entertainment and Class “B” Entertainment above, and shall include entertainment where a musical, theatrical, or dramatic performance, show, or other similar performance is provided.

 



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