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Amending Section 9-703 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Special Assembly Occupancies," by imposing various requirements on promoters of events at special assembly occupancies; all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 9-703 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
ยง 9-703. Special Assembly Occupancies.
(1) Definitions.
(a) "Special Assembly Occupancy" shall mean the following types of establishments, provided that 50 or more people congregate at such establishment primarily for social entertainment purposes at one or more times during the course of any year:
(.1) nightclubs, discotheques and cabarets;
(.2) taverns and bars;
(.3) restaurants;
(.4) private clubs;
(.5) banquet halls; and
(.6) similar places of assembly without primarily fixed seating.
(b) "Social entertainment purposes" shall mean dancing, entertainment by live music or a disc jockey, observing a theatrical or other performance or similar activities. The phrase shall not include the consumption of food and beverages, listening to a speaker or lecture, watching television, watching or participating in athletic events, or other similar activities.
(c) "Teen event" shall mean any event or time for which the special assembly occupancy is open for use either overwhelmingly or exclusively by minors.
(d) "Performance Act" shall mean any person or group of persons engaged in the act of singing, rapping, dancing, playing musical instruments, and/or acting for an audience or group of patrons.
(e) "Promoted Event" shall mean any event wherein the operator of a special assembly occupancy relinquishes operational control over a special assembly occupancy to an outside operator, but shall not include any of the following:
(.1) an event which occurs on a regular or recurring schedule at the special assembly occupancy;
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