§ 14-216. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Adequate parking means one parking space for each 50 square feet of customer service area within the premises of the applicant.

Burlesque theater means a place where musical entertainment is carried out consisting of a series of unrelated episodes and dances, all with the purpose of depicting or suggesting sex-centered subjects or objects, and which is not licensed by the city to sell alcoholic beverages therein.

Church means a permanent building where persons regularly assemble for religious worship.

College means only such state, county, city, church or other colleges as teach the subjects commonly taught in the common colleges of this state and does not include private colleges where only specialized subjects such as law, stenography, business, music, art, medicine, dentistry, vocational occupations and other special subjects are taught.

License means the authorization by the mayor to conduct, operate and maintain a burlesque theater.

Licensee means a person, real or artificial, holding any class of license issued under this article.

Private residence means a house or dwelling wherein not less than one or more than three families customarily reside and does not include a mobile home, an apartment house having facilities for housing more than four families, a boardinghouse or roominghouse where there are five or more boarders or roomers or any residence which has been unoccupied for a period of six months immediately prior to the filing of an application.

School means only such state, county, city, church or other schools as teach the subjects commonly taught in the common schools of this state and does not include private schools where only specialized subjects such as law, stenography, business, music, art, medicine, dentistry, vocational occupations and other special subjects are taught.

Striptease means the removal of substantially all of the entertainer's apparel while dancing and the performing of gyrations of portions of the entertainer's body backward and forward in either fast or slow motion, including side-to-side and circular movements.

Zoning chapter means part 16 of this Code.

(Code 1977, § 14-6071(1), (3)—(7), (11)—(14))

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.