[Adopted 11-19-1962 as Ch. 4 of the 1962 Code (Ch. 74,
Part 1, Art. II, of the 1987 Code)]
No pool- or billiard room, bowling alley or
music machine in which coins are inserted shall be operated, maintained
or used by any person in any public or quasi-public place or in any
store or place wherein the public is invited or may enter in the Township
as a business unless a license is obtained therefor from the Township
Clerk after approval by the Township Council.
A.
License fees.
(1)
(2)
The fees for all licenses issued under this article
shall be paid to the Township Clerk at the time when the application
for any such license is filed and shall be for the purpose of revenue.
If the application is refused, the fee is to be returned to the applicant.
B.
Each license shall expire on December 31 next after
its issuance.
All licenses issued under the provisions of
this article shall show the name and post office address of the person
licensed, the name of the owner and operator, the license serial number,
the address of the premises wherein such music machine, table or alley
is installed and the fee paid for the license and shall briefly state
that the machine, table or alley to which the names are affixed is
licensed for operation by the Township.
The license for the placing, operation, maintenance
or use of pool and billiard tables, bowling alleys and music devices
shall be issued in the name of the owner thereof and to the address
of the premises where such devices are to be installed.
Nothing contained in this article shall prohibit
the holder of the license from using the same, within the year for
which it is issued, upon substituted devices, provided that the cost
or charge for the operation of the substituted device is the same
type or kind as that for which the license was originally issued.
Upon application to the Township Clerk, they shall transfer a license
from one premises to another.
Whenever the Township Council shall determine
that there is reasonable cause to revoke any license issued under
the provisions of this article, it shall cause a notice to be served,
in writing, upon the licensee or other person in charge of the licensed
place citing them to appear before the Council at such time and place
as it may designate to show cause why such license should not be revoked.
The licensee or other person in charge of the licensed place shall
be afforded a hearing before the Council prior to the final revocation
of the license.
No operator's license shall be issued to any
person not of good moral character or who has been convicted of any
crime or of violating any provision of this article or any law or
ordinance relating to gaming or gambling. No operator's license shall
be issued to any corporation whose officers would not each qualify
for an operator's license under this article.
Before any of the aforementioned amusement or
entertainment machines or devices shall be placed, operated, maintained
or used in any place, there shall be posted in a conspicuous place
the license issued by the Township Clerk for the operation thereof
so that the same shall be easily and quickly identified, and no bowling
alley, pool or billiard table or music machine shall be placed, operated,
maintained or used until this article is complied with.
Every billiard room, poolroom, bowling alley
or such other place as may exist wherein other games of skill may
be carried on or conducted shall be closed at 1:00 a.m. and shall
remain closed until 7:00 a.m. the following morning.
