[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Pleasant
Hills 10-11-1948 by Ord. No. 33. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to own or operate a billiard
or pool room for pay as a business without first having made application for
and having received an annual license to own and operate the same.
The application shall be in writing and shall set forth the owner of
the building, the owner of the billiard or pool room, the manager thereof,
if any, the previous occupation of the owner and manager, if any, thereof,
the location of the said billiard or pool room proposed to be licensed, number
of tables to be used, the number of rooms, the character and use of the building
in which said billiard or pool room is to be located, and the part of the
building such billiard or pool room shall occupy.
[Amended 5-17-2004 by Ord. No. 824]
No license shall be issued upon any application made unless a license
fee for the calendar year shall accompany the application for the license.
The license fee shall be as set forth in the current Fees Resolution of the
Borough of Pleasant Hills.
No person under 18 years of age shall be permitted to participate in
or play billiards or pool in any billiard or pool room so licensed, nor shall
the playing of billiards or pool be permitted during the hours of 2:00 a.m.
and 8:00 a.m., nor on Sundays. No license shall permit drunken or disorderly
persons to frequent or congregate on the premises for which a license has
been granted.
The Police Department shall have and is hereby given power and authority
in any case of any disorder, drunkenness, disturbance or other annoyance in
any billiard or pool room to enter upon and into such place and arrest on
view all persons acting in a disorderly manner, or who have disturbed the
public peace.
The Mayor shall have and he is hereby given the right, power and authority
to close any licensed place violating the provisions of this chapter and to
revoke the license thereof in case of violations.
[Amended 5-17-2004 by Ord. No. 824]
It shall be unlawful for any person to play billiards or pool in a licensed
place between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. or to frequent such billiard
or pool rooms in a drunken or disorderly manner, or to otherwise cause a disturbance
or annoyance of any kind upon the licensed premises.
Every person engaged in keeping an unlicensed billiard or pool room
for the use of the public and for profit, shall be subject to a fine of not
less than $25, nor more than $100 for each and every day such billiard or
pool room shall be kept open and in operation. The fine or fines shall be
recovered summarily before any District Justice of the Borough.
Every person otherwise, than in the preceding section, violating any
of the provisions of this chapter and its regulations shall be subject to
a fine of not less than $5, nor more than $25 upon conviction before any District
Justice of the Borough, and in default of payment of fine and costs shall
be committed to the Borough lockup for a period of not more than six days
or to the Allegheny County Jail for a period of not more than 30 days.
