No person shall conduct or operate a miniature golf course in
the Town without first being duly licensed to do so in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter.
A person desiring to conduct and operate a miniature golf course
in the Town shall make application to the Town Clerk for a blank application
form, which shall be properly filled in by the applicant and submitted
to the Municipal Council, which shall either grant or reject the application
by resolution.
Every license issued under this chapter shall be subject to
the following conditions:
A. The license shall not be transferable or assignable except with the
consent of the Municipal Council, expressed by resolution, and the
business or occupation shall be conducted only at the place therein
specified.
B. Such license shall in no way operate to permit violation of any zoning
or other ordinance of the Town, but shall be evidence only of the
payment of the license fee required.
[Amended 1-13-1981 by Ord. No. MC 2622; 12-29-2009 by Ord. No. MC 3413]
The annual fee for a license pursuant to this chapter shall
be $351 which amount shall accompany the application. The license
shall be issued to be in force until the first Monday in June next
following. It shall be signed by the Director of Revenue and Finance
and the Town Clerk, and the seal of the Town affixed. If the license
is not granted, the fee shall be returned to the applicant.
The license authorized by this chapter shall be issued upon
condition that each license shall apply to only one miniature golf
course, which shall be conducted in accordance with the regulations
set forth in this chapter.
Any person making application for a license under this chapter
and to whom such license is granted shall at all times produce such
license while conducting such business or occupation and shall display
it in the ticket or other business office at all times and upon demand
of any official of the Town or of any police officer thereof.
Licenses issued under this chapter shall expire on the first
Monday in June next after the issuance thereof, unless sooner revoked.
If the license is issued between the first Monday in December and
the first Monday in June, then the license fee shall be 1/2 the amount
specified by this chapter. All licenses shall be granted by the Municipal
Council under resolution and may be revoked in like manner. In the
event that any such license be revoked by the Municipal Council, no
part of the license fee will be returned to the licensee. The license
fee shall be imposed for revenue. The Director of Revenue and Finance
shall have the power to suspend any license if in his judgment he
may deem it necessary to do so. Such suspension shall operate until
the next regular meeting of the Municipal Council.
Licenses issued under this chapter shall be subject to revocation
by resolution of the Municipal Council, upon complaint made of any
improper act or thing done or existing in the conduct of such miniature
golf course or of anything deemed detrimental to the welfare of the
people of the Town, if such complaint be found justified by vote of
the Municipal Council.
Every miniature golf course shall be closed at 12:00 midnight
and shall remain closed until 7:00 a.m. of the next morning following.
Any miniature golf course licensed under this chapter shall
be deemed a public place within the meaning of the statutes of this
state, the provisions of this Code and the ordinances of the Town,
and for any violation of such statutes, the provisions of this Code
or ordinances, the person violating the same may be prosecuted as
therein provided.
Every plot and premises used for paid admission to play miniature
golf and every miniature golf course charging paid admissions for
play shall be provided with at least one water closet for each sex
and one lavatory. Unless so provided, such course and business shall
be closed and kept closed until so provided, or the license therefor
shall be thereupon automatically revoked.