The following words and phrases, when used in this
article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section
except when the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
AMUSEMENT
All manner and form of entertainment, cultural, educational
or otherwise, including but not limited to theatrical or operatic
performances, concerts, lectures, exhibits, moving-picture shows,
vaudeville, circuses, carnivals, fairs and sideshows; all forms of
entertainment, cultural, educational or otherwise, at fairgrounds,
amusement parks and places or areas of exhibition; athletic contests
or diversion, including but not limited to: among others, wrestling
matches, boxing and sparring exhibitions, football, basketball and
baseball games, skating, golfing, tennis, hockey, bathing, bowling,
swimming, archery, shooting, riding, dancing, automobile racing, horse
racing and all other forms of diversion, sport, recreation or pastime,
shows, exhibitions, contests, displays and games, as well as all other
methods of obtaining monetary admission charges, donations, contributions
or monetary charges of any character from the general public or a
limited or selected number thereof.
ESTABLISHED PRICE
Regular monetary charge of any character whatever, including
moneys, fees, membership fees (periodical or otherwise), donations
and contributions, fixed and exacted or in any manner fixed and received
by producers, as herein defined, from the general public or a limited
or selected number thereof, directly or indirectly, for such admission
or for the privilege to attend, witness or engage in any amusement
as herein defined.
PERSON
Every individual person, copartnership, association, unincorporated
enterprise owned or operated by two or more persons or corporation,
domestic or foreign. Whenever used in any clause prescribing and imposing
a penalty, or both, the term "person," as applied to copartnerships
or associations, shall mean the partners or members thereof, and,
as applied to corporations, the officers thereof. The word "person"
shall not include an entity which for tax purposes is considered as
a nonprofit organization.
PLACE OF AMUSEMENT
Any place, indoors or outdoors, above or below ground, within
the Township of Washington, Berks County, Pennsylvania, where the
general public or a limited or selected number thereof may, upon payment
of an established price, attend, witness or engage in any amusement,
as herein defined, including but not limited to places or areas of
exhibition, theaters, opera houses, auditoriums, moving-picture houses,
amusement parks, stadiums, arenas, gymnasiums, baseball parks, skating
rinks, circus or carnival tents or grounds, fairgrounds, halls, lodge
rooms, riding academies, golf courses, bathing and swimming places,
bowling alleys, dance halls, tennis courts, archery, rifle or shotgun
ranges, racetracks, roof gardens, cabarets, nightclubs and other like
places.
PRODUCER
Any person, as herein defined, conducting any place of amusement,
as herein defined, where the general public or a limited or selected
number thereof may, upon the payment of an established price, attend
or engage in any amusement.
TAX COLLECTOR
Such person or persons appointed by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Washington, Berks County, Pennsylvania, to administer
the provisions of this article and collect the permit fees and taxes
provided herein.
TEMPORARY AMUSEMENT
An amusement to be conducted at one location for a period
of less than one month.