[Adopted as Ch. 18, Art. IV, of the 1994 Code of Ordinances]
[Amended 4-7-2020 by Ord.
No. 20-015]
Any premises which shall be declared to be unsafe or a fire
hazard by the written report of the director of the Department of
Community and Economic Development shall be deemed to be ineligible
to house a pool or billiard parlor.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former §§ 104-13, License required, 104-14, Exemptions from article, 104-15, Investigation of applicants for license, 104-16, Publication of notice of application for license; hearing, and 104-17, Notice to abutting property owners of application for license, were repealed 8-19-2014 by Ord. No. 14-048. This ordinance also provided for the redesignation of §§ 104-18 and 104-19 as §§ 104-5 and 104-6, respectively.
No pool or billiard parlor shall be located within 500 feet
of any school, church or publicly owned building or within 1,000 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 a street, and
along street frontages if both entrances are on the same side of a
street or within the same block.
[Amended 11-9-2000 by Ord. No. 00-049]
The following regulations shall apply to all pool and billiard
parlors and shall, in addition, apply to every room or premises where
games similar to pool or billiards but differing in the size of table,
style, added or missing elements or equipment from the standard game
of pool or billiards are conducted:
A.
Hours of operation. The hours of operation of such
pool or billiard rooms shall be between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. on
weekdays and Saturdays and 12:00 noon to 12:00 midnight on Sundays.
B.
Minors. No person under the age of 14 shall be admitted
to or permitted to play pool or billiards in any premises subject
to this article or to frequent, lounge, congregate or gather in such
room or place unless accompanied by his parent, guardian or a relative
18 years of age or older.
C.
Card playing. In no event shall card playing be permitted
on premises subject to this article, even if such card playing is
for social purposes.
D.
Outside view of premises. All premises in which the
games of pool and billiards are played shall be on the street floor
of any building and shall be so arranged and so 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.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former § 104-23, License fee, which
immediately followed this section, was repealed 8-19-2014 by Ord.
No. 14-048.
