For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:

    "Business organization" means a voluntary organization composed of individuals and businesses who have joined together to advance the commercial, financial, industrial and civic interests of the community.

    "Charitable organization" means 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 upon the public.

    "City council" means the city council of the city of Columbia.

    "Educational organization" means 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 their scope and intensity with the course of study presented in tax-supported schools.

    "Fraternal organization" means an organization of persons having a common interest, the primary interest of which is to both promote the welfare of its members and to 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.

    "Labor organizations" means an organization composed of workers organized with the objective of betterment of the conditions of those engaged in this pursuit and the development of a higher degree of efficiency in their respective occupations.

    "Licensee" means an organization which has been issued a license by the city to operate a raffle.

    "Net proceeds" means the gross receipts from the conduct of raffles, less sums expended for prizes, local license fees, and other reasonable operating expenses incurred as a result of operating a raffle.

    "Nonprofit" means a license applicant which is organized, operated, and conducted on a not-for-profit basis with no personal profit inuring to anyone as a result of the operation.

    "Person" means an individual, firm, organization, public or private corporation, government, partnership, or unincorporated association.

    "Raffle" means a form of lottery, as defined in Section 28-2(b) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (S.H.A. Ch. 38, § 28-2), conducted by an organization licensed under this chapter, in which:

    1.    The player pays or agrees to pay something of value for a chance represented and differentiated by a number or by a combination of numbers or by some other means, one or more of which chances is to be designated the winning chance;

    2.    The winning chance is to be determined through a drawing or by some other method based on an element of chance by an act or set of acts on the part 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" means any church, congregation, society or organization founded for the purpose of religious worship.

    "Veterans organizations" means an organization or association comprised of members of which substantially all 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. (Ord. 636 § 1 (part), 1987: prior code § 22-1-3)