The following words and phrases, when used in
this chapter, shall, for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings
respectively ascribed to them by this section, unless the particular
provision or the context otherwise requires:
BUSINESS ORGANIZATION
A voluntary organization composed of individuals and businesses
who have joined together to advance the commercial, financial, industrial,
and civic interests of a community.
[Added 10-18-1994]
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION
An organization or institution organized and operated to
benefit an indefinite number of the public. The service rendered to
those eligible for benefits must also confer some benefit on the public.
EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION
An organization or institution organized and operated to
provide systematic instruction in useful branches of learning by methods
common to schools and institutions of learning which compare favorably
in scope and intensity with the course of study presented in tax-supported
schools.
EMPLOYEE
Any and all persons over 18 years of age, other than the
masseurs or masseuses, who render any service within a massage establishment
permittee and who receive compensation from said permittee and/or
the patrons.
ENGAGE IN BUSINESS
A person shall be deemed to "engage in business" if an admission
fee is charged, a charge is made for the use of vehicles or other
facilities, or if in any other manner a person shall receive money
or other valuable thing from spectators or persons using the facilities.
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION
An organization of persons having a common interest, the
primary interest of which is to both promote the welfare of its members
and provide assistance to the general public in such a way as to lessen
the burdens of government by caring for those who otherwise would
be cared for by the government.
HARDSHIP ORGANIZATION
A nonprofit fund-raising organization that has not been in
existence continuously for a period of five years immediately before
making application for a license that the County determines to be
organized for the sole purpose of providing financial assistance to
an identified individual or group of individuals suffering extreme
financial hardship as the result of an illness, disability, accident,
or disaster.
[Added 10-18-1994]
KEY LOCATION
The location where the poker run concludes and the prize
or prizes are awarded.
[Added 2-19-2019]
LABOR ORGANIZATION
An organization composed of workers organized with the objectives
of betterment of the conditions of those engaged in such, pursuant
to the development of a higher degree of efficiency in their respective
occupations.
MASSAGE
Any method of providing pressure on or friction against or
stroking of or kneading, rubbing, tapping, pounding, vibrating or
stimulating the external or superficial soft parts of the body, either
with the hands or with the aid of any mechanical, magnetic, or electrical
apparatus or appliance and with or without such supplementary aids
as hot packs or rubbing alcohol, liniments, antiseptics, oils, powder,
creams, lotions, ointments, or other similar preparations commonly
used in this practice and with or without the application of air,
liquid, or baths of any kind whatever.
MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT
Any establishment having a fixed place of business, or any premises, place of business or membership club where any person engages in or carries on or permits to be engaged in or carried on any of the activities mentioned in Article
III of this chapter for monetary consideration.
[Amended 2-17-2015]
MASSEUR, MASSEUSE or MASSAGE TECHNICIAN
Any person over 18 years of age who, for any monetary consideration
whatsoever, anticipated or realized, probable or possible, engages
in the practice of massage as herein defined.
MCLEAN COUNTY
All of the area of McLean County, Illinois, outside of the
limits of any city, village and incorporated town.
NET PROCEEDS
The gross receipts from the conduct of raffles or poker runs,
less reasonable sums expended for prizes, local license fees and other
reasonable operating expenses incurred as a result of operating a
raffle or poker run.
[Amended 2-19-2019]
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
An organization or institution organized and conducted on
a not-for-profit basis with no personal profit inuring to anyone as
a result of the operation.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, firm, association of individuals,
joint stock company, corporation, or combination of individuals acting
for a common purpose.
PLACE OF ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION
Any track, course, trail, roadway, field or other place where
the primary activity is the operation of an internal-combustion-powered
vehicle (including, but not limited to, automobile, truck, motorcycle,
motorbike, and midget automobile commonly called a "go-cart"). Such
places shall be so designated whether they are enclosed or unenclosed,
and whether an improved or unimproved surface is employed.
POKER RUN
An event organized by an organization licensed under this
chapter in which participants travel to multiple predetermined locations,
including a key location, drawing a playing card or equivalent item
at each location in order to assemble a facsimile of a poker hand
or other numeric score. "Poker run" includes dice runs, marble runs,
or other events where the objective is to build the best hand or highest
score by obtaining an item at each location.
[Added 2-19-2019]
RAFFLE
A form of lottery, as defined in 720 ILCS 5/28-2, conducted
by an organization licensed under this chapter in which:
A.
The player pays or agrees to pay something of
value for a chance, presented and differentiated by a number or by
a combination of numbers, or by some other medium, one or more of
which chances is to be designated the winning chance.
B.
The winning chance is to be determined through
a drawing or by other method based on an element of chance by an act
or set of acts on the party of persons conducting or connected with
the lottery, except that the winning chance shall not be determined
by the outcome of a publicly exhibited sporting contest.
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION
Any church, congregation, society, or organization founded
for the purpose of religious worship.
SEXUAL AREA
The genitalia pubes or anus of any person and the breasts
of any female person.
VETERANS ORGANIZATION
An organization or association comprised of members substantially
all of whom are individuals who are veterans or spouses, widows or
widowers of veterans, the primary purpose of which is to promote the
welfare of its members and to provide assistance to the general public
in such a way as to confer a public benefit.