[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Town
of Dover 7-27-1970 as Art. 36 of the 1969 Revised Ordinances.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any person or group of persons, association or corporation, which
meets for the purpose of promoting athletic sports, contests, exhibitions,
classes or gymnasium.
Any person or group of persons, association or corporation, which
owns, leases, operates or controls premises for the purpose of social intercourse
and entertainment (excluding, however, fraternal organizations of state or
national scope and religious organizations).
It shall not be lawful for any person or persons, association or corporation
to operate, lease or control or promote any social, athletic or gymnastic
organization, group or club or to give athletic, boxing or gymnastic exhibitions
without having first obtained a license from the Town Clerk so to do.
[Amended 3-11-1980 by Ord. No. 8-1980; 11-26-1991
by Ord. No. 37-91]
The Town Clerk is hereby authorized to issue any such license, upon
approval by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, upon payment by the applicant
of the fee of $25.
Every such license shall remain in force and be valid up to December
31 of each year and can be suspended or revoked in the discretion of the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen and shall apply only to the person or persons, association
or corporation to whom granted and shall not be transferable. The violation
of any town, county, state or national ordinance or statute, or the operation
of the premises in a disorderly, boisterous or objectionable manner, or the
congregation upon the premises of undesirable people, shall constitute sufficient
cause for the suspension or revocation of said license.
[Amended 12-10-1984 by Ord. No. 18-1984]
Any social and athletic club licensed under this chapter shall not operate
said facility after the hour of 2:00 a.m., without specific approval from
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Town of Dover.
Any person or persons violating this chapter or conducting any premises
as a social or athletic club, as herein defined, without a license, or after
the license shall have been suspended or revoked, shall be subject to one
or more of the following: forfeit and pay a fine of not more than one thousand
($1,000.) for each and every offense, be subject to a term of imprisonment
not exceeding 90 days or be subject to a period of community service not exceeding
90 days.
