A “karaoke club” is a retail business whose primary purpose is to provide a place for patrons to perform karaoke in an informal setting where separate food operations admission fees and retail beer and wine sales are permitted. For the purposes of this chapter, “karaoke” means a music entertainment system providing prerecorded accompaniment to popular songs that a performer sings live, usually by following the words on a video screen.
(a) It is unlawful for any person, firm, association, partnership, company, or corporation to commence, carry on, engage in or continue to operate a karaoke club without first making application and obtaining a business license as required by Titles 6 and 8 of this code.
(b) It is unlawful for any karaoke club licensed to serve retail beer and wine to allow minors to patronize the business except that a karaoke club licensed for a restaurant or category 2 restaurant may allow minors into the restaurant or category 2 restaurant portion of the business only at tables or booths and only for the purposes eating meals. Minors are not permitted to engage in karaoke while on the premises of a karaoke club licensed to serve retail beer and wine. It is the intent of this section that minors do not loiter in a karaoke club. For the purposes of this section, “loiter” means to remain in or hang around an area. (Ord. L-233-06 § 5, 2006)