[Adopted 9-7-1967 as § 5-5.8
of the Revised General Ordinances]
The license for keeping a pool or billiard table or tables shall include
the rooms or premises devoted to this activity.
The license fees provided by this chapter and the regulations contained
in this article shall not apply to any duly incorporated social club, golf
club, field club, religious, charitable, benevolent or nonprofit association
or fraternal organization having a membership in excess of 100 members and
having pool or billiard tables solely for the recreation and amusement of
its members; nor shall it apply to the use of a pool or billiard table in
a private residence, except that in the case of a private residence persons
or organizations claiming exemption shall file a form of application for exemption
with the City Clerk disclosing the information required in applications for
license and the information that discloses their exempt status.
The City Clerk shall transmit copies of all applications for a pool
or billiard license to the Police Director, the Fire Chief and the Building
Inspector, who shall investigate the aspects of the licensed premises in accordance
with their respective jurisdictions and report back, in writing, to the City
Clerk their findings of fact and recommendations. The City Clerk shall complete
whatever additional investigation is required by the terms of this article
within a reasonable time and at the completion thereof shall transmit to the
City Council all materials in his/her possession concerning the license application.
After receipt of the information and reports required in § 17-7, the City Council shall then publish once in the official newspaper of the City notification of the application and shall conduct a public hearing thereon no less than 10 days after publication and at the first regular meeting of the City Council after the expiration of the ten-day period, at which time further information as to the applicant or the licensed premises may be received.
All applicants under the terms of this article shall also, at least
five days prior to the time appointed for a hearing, give notice to all owners
and occupants of property within 200 feet of the property involved in the
application. Such notice may be given by personal service or by registered
or certified mail, return receipt requested; provided, however, that notice
shall not be deemed necessary or required in the case of any application for
the renewal of any such licenses outstanding as of July 8, 1963, or to applications
for the renewal of any such licenses hereafter issued.
Any premises which shall be declared to be unsafe by the written report
of the Building Inspector or a fire hazard by the written report of the Fire
Chief shall be deemed to be ineligible for a license.
No license shall be issued for the operation of any pool or billiard
parlor which is located within 500 feet of any school, church, or publicly
owned building or within 1,000 feet of another pool or billiard parlor. All
distances shall be measured as the shortest distance between the nearest building
entrances, across the street if the entrances are on opposite sides of a street,
and along street frontages if both entrances are on the same side of a street
or within the same block.
If the City Council finds that all of the preceding provisions concerning conditions for licensing under this article have been complied with and that the issuance of a license to conduct, maintain or operate a pool and billiard parlor, as described in § 17-5 of this article, and that the issuance of the license shall not be detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the City, the license shall be issued by the City Clerk upon resolution being duly passed by the City Council and after payment of the prescribed license fee.
The following regulations shall apply to all licensed pool and billiard
parlors and, in addition, shall apply to every room or premises where games
similar to pool or billiards, but differing in the size of table, style, added
or missing elements or equipment, from the standard game of pool or billiards,
are operated.
A.
Hours of operation. The hours of operation of such pool
or billiard rooms shall be between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight on weekdays
and Saturdays and between 1:00 p.m. and 12:00 midnight on Sundays.
B.
Minors. No person under the age of 18 years shall be
admitted to or permitted to play pool or billiards in any licensed premises
or to frequent, lounge, congregate or gather in such room or place unless
accompanied by his or her parent or guardian.
C.
Card playing. In no event shall card playing be permitted
on premises licensed under this article, even if such card playing is for
social purposes.
D.
Outside view of premises. All premises in which the games
of pool and billiards are played shall be on the street floor of any building
and shall be so arranged and so lighted that a full view of the interior may
be had from the public thoroughfare or from adjacent rooms to which the public
is admitted at all hours.
E.
Insurance coverage. No pool or billiard parlor or place
where billiards or pool is played for hire shall be operated unless there
is in force a public liability insurance policy to cover any injury suffered
as a result of the use of the equipment or the operation of the billiard or
pool parlor or place where billiards or pool is played for hire, in the amount
of $50,000 for any one occurrence and $25,000 for injury to any one person.
A certificate of the policy shall be filed with the City Clerk with the application
for a license.
