[Adopted by Ord. No. 340 (Secs. 4-1 through 4-13 of the 1970
Revised Ordinances)]
No person shall have, keep, own, maintain or
use, within the limits of the Borough, any billiard or pool rooms
or bowling alleys as a business or for profit of any kind, unless
a license is first obtained as hereinafter provided in this article.
The purpose of this article is to regulate the
businesses herein mentioned in the interests of public morals, health
and safety and to derive revenue by the imposition of license fees
thereon.
A.
Application for a license shall be made to the Borough
Clerk on forms supplied by such Clerk. Each application shall state:
(1)
The name of the applicant, if an individual; the names
of the officers, if a corporation; and the names of the partners,
if a partnership.
(3)
A description of the business to be licensed: if a
billiard or pool room, the number of tables to be used; if a bowling
alley, the number of alleys to be operated.
(4)
A description of the building to be used.
A.
Upon receiving the application for a license, the
Borough Clerk shall forward the application to the Council for reference
by it to the Public Safety Committee for their approval or other action.
Before approving the application, a majority of the members of the
committee shall satisfy themselves that no moral, public safety, fire
or sanitary hazard is involved and that there has been a compliance
with the building, zoning, fire prevention and health ordinances of
the Borough with regard to the premises in which the business is to
be conducted.
B.
No official to whom the application is submitted for
approval shall delay action thereon for more than three days from
the date that he receives the same.
No license shall be issued to conduct any business
specified in this article, except bowling alleys, to anyone where
the place in which it is intended to conduct the business shall be
below the level of the surface of the adjoining street, except that
pool and billiard tables shall be permitted to be used in such places
in conjunction with the operation of bowling alleys.
[Amended by Ord. No. 557]
The fees for licenses issued under this article
shall be as follows:
It shall be the duty of the Borough Clerk to
keep a record of all licenses issued under this article, and to submit
a monthly report to the Council of the licenses issued and of the
fees collected therefor.
A.
The Council is hereby authorized, by motion or resolution,
to make, promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations in respect
to each business referred to in this article as may be advisable or
necessary for the maintenance of good order thereof in the Borough.
All of said rules and regulations shall be considered to be a part
of the license granted under this article, and each license and licensee
shall be obligated to comply with such rules and regulations. Such
rules and regulations shall cover such subjects as opening and closing
hours, special permission for tournaments, the number of persons who
may congregate in each licensed place, and such other provisions as
are not in conflict with the provisions of this article.
B.
A copy of said rules and regulations, and all amendments
thereof and supplements thereto, shall be given to each licensee.
A.
Each licensee shall display his license in a prominent
and conspicuous portion of the premises in which the business is conducted.
B.
Whenever the business is carried on indoors, the entire
interior of the room or place in which the business is conducted shall
be open at all times to full public inspection by the Chief of Police
or other public officer of the Borough.
C.
No person under the age of 16 years shall be permitted
to play pool or billiards in any place licensed pursuant to the terms
of this article.
D.
No games of chance, gaming, gambling, playing for
money among contestants or any other such practices shall be permitted
in any place where a business shall be carried on pursuant to the
terms of this article.
A.
A license may be revoked by the Council by reason
of the violation of the terms of the license or of the provisions
of this article, or of the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
or for the violation of any ordinance or state or federal statute
or for falsification in the application for a license.
B.
The licensee shall be granted a hearing by the Council,
upon his request, prior to revocation of the license.
C.
A license may be suspended by the Public Safety Committee,
without a hearing, for a period not exceeding two weeks.
[Amended by Ord. No. 742]
Any person who violates any provision of this
article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not
exceeding $500 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days,
or both.