5.20.010 Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter and unless the context plainly requires otherwise the following definitions are adopted:
A. “City” means the city of Everett, its officers, employees and agents.
B. “Clerk” means the Everett city clerk or his or her authorized representative.
C. “Knowledge” means that a person knows or acts knowingly or with knowledge when:
1. He/she is aware of a fact, facts or circumstances or result described by this chapter, or
2. He/she has information which would lead a reasonable person in the same situation to believe that facts exist, which facts are described by this chapter.
D. “Person” includes any natural person and, in addition, any corporation, partnership or an unincorporated association.
E. “Public dance” means any dance that is open to the public and which:
1. Is held and conducted for a profit, direct or indirect; or
2. Requires a monetary payment or contribution from any of the persons admitted.
The term “public dance” does not include a banquet, party or celebration conducted for invited guests which is not open to the public.
F. “Public dancehall” means any place where a public dance is conducted, operated or maintained and includes the premises in which the public 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.
G. “Recklessly” means that a person acts recklessly or with recklessness when he/she knows of and disregards a substantial risk that a wrongful act may occur and his/her disregard of such substantial risk is a gross deviation from the standard of conduct that a reasonable person would exercise in the same situation.
H. “Teen dance” means any public dance as herein defined which permits the entry of persons under eighteen years.
I. “Teen dancehall” means any place where a teen dance is conducted, operated or maintained and includes the premises in which the 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. (Ord. 1488-88 § 1, 1988; Ord. 1454-88 § 3, 1988.)