[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the
City of Gloucester City 5-6-1920. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person or persons shall set up, keep or maintain, or permit
to be set up, kept or maintained, within the City of Gloucester City
(private dwellings and clubhouses excepted), any ball alley, bowling
alley, billiard tables, pool tables, bagatelle tables, shuffleboards
or skating rink without first having obtained a license for that purpose,
as hereinafter mentioned.
No license shall be granted for that purpose except upon application
in writing, setting forth the place and premises where the said ball
alley, bowling alley, billiard tables, pool tables, bagatelle tables,
shuffleboards or skating rink are proposed to be set up or maintained,
and the number of each ball alley, bowling alley, billiard table,
pool table, bagatelle table, shuffleboard or skating rink proposed
to be kept, with an affidavit of the applicant that the matters set
forth in the application are true.
All licenses under this ordinance shall expire on June 1 in
each year, and they shall contain the number of the license, location
of the place or the premises, number of ball alleys, bowling alleys,
billiard tables, pool tables, bagatelle tables, shuffleboards or skating
rinks, and the time for which the licenses are granted, and which
shall be signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk.
[Amended 4-6-1995 by Ord.
No. 7-1995]
The license fee for each ball alley, bowling alley, billiard
table, pool table, bagatelle table, shuffleboard shall be at the rate
or sum of $15 per annum for the first table, alley or board, and the
sum of $7.50 for each additional table, alley or board in the same
room or building, and the license fee for each skating rink shall
be $15 per annum, which shall be paid to the City Clerk upon the filing
of the application for said license.
The licensee, before he, she or they shall set up or maintain,
or permit or suffer to be set up or maintained, any ball alley, bowling
alley, billiard tables, pool tables, bagatelle tables, shuffleboards
or skating rinks under this ordinance, as aforesaid, shall place his,
her or their license certificate in a conspicuous place in the room
or rooms where he, she or they propose to carry on business under
such license, and any omission or failure to do so shall be presumptive
evidence that he, she or they have no license under this ordinance.
[Amended 12-5-1974[1]]
If any person or persons shall set up or maintain, or permit
or suffer to be set up or maintained (except in private dwellings
or clubhouses), any ball alley, bowling alley, billiard tables, pool
tables, bagatelle tables, shuffleboard or skating rinks without first
having obtained license therefor in accordance with this ordinance,
or shall set up or have in use a larger or greater number of ball
alleys, bowling alleys, billiard tables, pool tables, bagatelle tables,
shuffleboards or skating rinks than are mentioned in the license granted,
such person or persons shall, upon conviction thereof before the Judge
of the Municipal Court of said city, be punishable by a fine not exceeding
$500 or by imprisonment for any term not exceeding 90 days, or by
both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the Judge before
whom conviction is had.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith
be and the same are hereby repealed, and this ordinance shall take
effect immediately.
