Where a statutory definition of 'club' is confined to a building, the prohibition on clubs does not extend to the entire operations of a sporting club; the use of a clubhouse may be characterised as ancillary to the dominant recreational purpose of the sporting facilities. A car park serving a golf club on separately-zoned land may be permissible as ancillary to a 'recreation area' use where the dominant purpose of the club's operations is sporting activity.
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