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(E) Live Performance shall mean any act, play, review, pantomime, scene, song, dance act,
<br />song and dance act, poetry recitation, fashion or style show, or the playing or use of any
<br />instrument or equipment capable of producing or used to produce musical or percussion
<br />sounds, including but not limited to reed, brass, percussion, or string -like instruments, CD
<br />players, record players, mixers, or computer software or hardware. Live performance shall not
<br />include such activities when conducted by a Nonprofit Club or Organization as defined in
<br />subsection (F).
<br />(F) Nonprofit Club or Organization shall mean any fraternal, charitable, religious,
<br />benevolent, or other nonprofit organization for mutual social, mental, political, or civic welfare,
<br />to which admission is limited to members and guests if the revenue accruing therefrom is used
<br />exclusively for the benevolent purposes of said organization or agency, and if the organization
<br />or agency is exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue laws of the United States as a
<br />bona fide fraternal, charitable, religious, benevolent, or nonprofit organization.
<br />(G) Promoter shall mean any person who both holds an entertainment event and receives
<br />compensation in connection with the event, except:
<br />(1) A print, broadcast, or Internet medium that is paid solely for page space or
<br />broadcast time to advertise an event, but exercises no other responsibilities in connection with
<br />the event;
<br />(2) A ticket seller who sells admission tickets to an event from its own place of
<br />business, in advance of the event and not at the site of the event but exercises no other
<br />responsibilities in connection with the event;
<br />(3) An entertainer or performer who is not compensated, or who is compensated
<br />solely for his or her performance or presentation of entertainment at the event.
<br />(4) An agent of an entertainer or performer that engages in Entertainment as defined
<br />above in section (A);
<br />(5) An employee of a Promoter; or
<br />(6) An agent, official, or employee of the City acting in the course of his or her
<br />position as an agent, official, or employee.
<br />(H) Notice shall mean written notice, given by personal service upon the addressee, or given
<br />by United States Postal Service, postage prepaid, addressed to the person to be notified at his
<br />last known address. Service of such notice shall be effective upon the completion of personal
<br />service, or upon the placing of the same in the custody of the United States Postal Service.
<br />(I) Place of Entertainment shall mean a place open to members of the public, with or
<br />without charge, in which entertainment is offered or performed.
<br />U) Permit Authority shall mean the Chief of Police or such other person designated by the
<br />Chief of Police to exercise the duties of permit authority pursuant to this chapter.
<br />Permit Required.
<br />No person shall conduct or allow the conduct of any act of Entertainment or Live Performance
<br />in any commercial establishment as the owner or operator of such place, or the Promoter of
<br />such Entertainment or Live Performance, without first obtaining a Place of Entertainment
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