Any room, place or space which is occupied or arranged to
be occupied to accommodate more than 50 persons, with or without the
levy of an admission fee, for the gathering, collecting or congregating
of persons for a common purpose such as, but not limited to, recreational,
amusement, social, sports, patriotic, civic, educational, travel and
similar purposes; any room, place or space which is occupied or arranged
to be occupied to accommodate up to 50 persons, with or without the
levy of an admission fee, for the gathering, collecting or congregating
of children and/or their parents or guardians for a common purpose
such as, but not limited to, gymboree, playroom activities, arts and
crafts, parent-child bonding activities, children's parties and
similar purposes; this definition shall include assembly halls, lecture
rooms, exhibition halls, museums, auditoriums, instruction rooms,
discotheques, dance halls or studios, cabarets, nightclubs, cocktail
bars, restaurants, any room or space used for private banquets, feasts,
socials, card parties, bingo or weddings, lodge or meeting halls or
rooms, skating rinks, gymnasiums, public swimming pools, billiard
rooms, bowling alleys, archery ranges, halls used for public or private
gathering purposes, funeral parlors, private schools, concert halls,
theaters or any other buildings, sheds or enclosures, tents and other
similar classifications of this section as determined by the Commissioner
of the Department of Planning and Development or his designee. Family
gatherings in residential buildings are exempt from this definition.
[Amended 4-16-1985 by L.L. No. 1-1985; 7-7-1992 by L.L. No.
1-1992]