An application for such license issuable under this chapter
shall be made to the Township Clerk, in writing, signed by the person
or persons, society, club, corporation or association intending to
conduct such place of business. Said writing shall specify the location
of the premises; the approximate size and the type and nature of the
building and the structure thereon; the nature of the business to
be conducted therein; the name, residence, age and occupation of the
applicant; the number of billiard and/or pool tables to be licensed
and such other information and data as under the rules and regulations
of the governing body shall be considered pertinent. Applicants shall
furnish a two-by-two-inch photograph of the principal owners and/or
operators of the business in question. In addition, the applicant
shall agree, in writing, to conform his business hours to those set
forth in this chapter.
No license to operate or conduct a billiard room and/or poolroom,
or combination thereof, or such other place where the business of
playing billiards and/or pool is conducted, shall be issued:
A. To any person under the age of 18 years.
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No. 81-17]
B. To any person convicted of crime or violation of any state law or
municipal ordinance involving gambling or moral turpitude.
C. Unless the applicant is found to be of good moral character and the
particular application will not work to the detriment of the health
or welfare of the Township of West Deptford or the residents thereof.
The term "applicant" hereunder shall include the principals of a corporate
applicant.
This chapter shall not apply to any duly authorized church or
to any bona fide veterans, charitable, educational, religious, civic
or fraternal organizations; provided, however, that such organizations
are organized on a nonpecuniary profit basis and do not have a plenary
retail consumption license issued to such organization.