[Adopted 6-8-1970 as Sec. 6-9 of the Revised General Ordinances]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any place in which pool or billiard tables are maintained
and are available for use by persons, whether or not a fee or charge
is made therefor, and regardless of whether operated as a business
or as incidental to some other business use.
Includes any type of table commonly known as a pool or billiard
table, other than coin-operated pool or billiard tables, for which
licenses have been obtained under any ordinance of the Town licensing
and regulating pinball and other similar machines.
No person shall maintain, operate, conduct or pursue the business
or occupation of keeping any public room or place where the games
commonly known as "pool" or "billiards" are played without first having
obtained a license.
In addition to the information required by § 171-2, the application shall set forth the number of pool and billiard tables to be located upon the premises to be licensed.
After an investigation is made as provided in § 171-3, except that it shall be performed by the Police Chief, Fire Chief and Construction Official, the Clerk shall transmit the application together with the reports to the Council. If the Council shall then find that all of the terms of this article have been complied with and that the issuance of the license shall not be detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Town, the license shall be issued by the Clerk upon resolution being duly passed by the Council and after payment of the license fee.
The annual fee to be paid for a license issued under this article shall be as set forth in § 100-4C.
Any premises which shall be declared to be unsafe by the written
report of the Construction Official, or a fire hazard by the written
report of the Fire Chief or Construction Official, shall be deemed
ineligible for a license.
No license shall be issued for the operation of any pool or
billiard room or parlor which is located within 350 feet of any school
or church, nor within 500 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 the street, and along street frontages if both
entrances are on the same side of the street or within the same block.
No licensee shall operate or permit any pool or billiard room
or parlor to be operated except between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and
1:00 a.m. on Mondays through Thursdays, inclusive; between 9:00 a.m.
and 2:00 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays; and between 1:00 p.m. and
1:00 a.m. following on Sundays.
A.
No person under the age of 16 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 parent or guardian.
B.
No person under the age of 18 years who is enrolled in any public
or private secondary school shall be permitted to enter or remain
in any licensed premises after 10:00 p.m. unless accompanied by his
parent or guardian.
In no event shall card playing or any form of gambling be permitted
on premises licensed under this article, even if such card playing
or gambling is for special purposes.
All premises in which the games of pool or billiards are played
shall be on the street floor of a building, and shall be so arranged
and 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.
No alcoholic beverages shall be brought into any licensed premises
or consumed on the premises.
This article shall not apply to a religious, charitable, benevolent
or nonprofit association or corporation which operates or maintains
any pool or billiard tables solely for the recreation and amusement
of its members, provided such organization is bona fide in character
and is not intended as a means or device for evading the terms and
provisions of this article, nor shall this article apply to the keeping
of any pool or billiard tables in private residences.
There shall be conspicuously posted and displayed in any premises
licensed under this article:
By applying for a license under this article, each applicant
shall be deemed to have given any member of the Police Department,
for the term of such license, the right to make inspections of the
premises involved during business hours without the necessity of a
search warrant.
No pool or billiard parlor or place where billiards or pool
are played for hire shall be operated unless there is in force a public
liability insurance policy to cover any injuries as a result of the
use of the equipment or the operation of the billiard or pool parlor
or place where billiards or pool are played for hire in the amount
of $500,000 for any one occurrence and $500,000 for injury to any
one person. A certificate of such policy shall be filed with the Clerk
with the application for a license.
