6.32.010 Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter and unless the context plainly requires otherwise the following definitions are adopted:
“Department” shall mean department of finance.
“Director” shall mean finance director.
“Knowingly” shall have the definition set forth in the Bellingham Municipal Code.
“Person” includes any natural person and, in addition, a corporation, partnership or an unincorporated association.
“Public dance” means any dance that is readily accessible to the public and which:
A. Is held and conducted for a profit, direct or indirect; or
B. Requires a monetary payment or contribution from any of the persons admitted.
“Sponsored” shall mean the person putting on a teen dance shares responsibility for the organizing of the dance and providing the financial cost to put on the dance. Any person receiving profits from a dance in which the person has not provided the organization and financial support for the dance, is not considered a sponsor.
“Teen dance” means any public dance as herein defined which permits the entry of persons under the age of 18 years.
“Teen dance hall” means any place where a teen dance is conducted, operated or maintained, including but not limited to all parking areas, hallways, bathrooms, and all adjoining areas on the premises accessible to the public during the dance and under the control of the operator of the teen dance. [Ord. 2010-11-062; Ord. 10197, 1991].