Definitions
N.D. Cent. Code § 53-02-01
in effect53-02-01. Definitions
In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:
1. "Music festival" means a musical performance by one or more groups held out of
doors with the audience being present primarily for the purpose of listening to music.
2. "Person" means a natural person, firm, association, corporation, or limited liability
company.
3. "Public concert" means a musical performance by one or more groups held indoors
where the audience is seated by reserve or general admission with the audience being
present primarily for the purpose of listening to music and the location of such musical
performance having a seating capacity of at least one thousand people.
4. "Public dance" means any dance where the public may participate and is present
primarily for the sole purpose of dancing and where the location of the dance has a
capacity of at least one hundred people.
5. "Public dancing place" means a room, place, or space, which has a capacity of at least
one hundred people, open to public patronage where dancing in which the public may
participate is carried on and where the public is present primarily for the sole purpose
of dancing.
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