In this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Permit" means a banquet permit authorized by RCW 66.20.010(3).

(2) "Banquet"

(a) Means any event not open to the general public to be held or conducted at a specific place upon a specific date where the persons in attendance will have some common purpose or interest, either business or social or a combination thereof, for attending;

(b) Does not mean or refer to an event or affair requiring the presence or service of food as might be construed in the more formal sense of that term; nor is there any implication that such events are limited to any specific number of times that they may be held or conducted, if the applicants are qualified and the events are conducted in conformance with this chapter;

(c) Is not intended to refer to or be applicable to an event, affair, or occasion held in the privacy of a person's home.