[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Bordentown as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor's Note: Former Art. I, Automatic Gaming and Amusement Devices, adopted as Ch. 5.20 of the 2003 Municipal Code, as amended, was repealed 4-8-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-04.
[Adopted as Ch. 5.08 of the 2003 Municipal Code; amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
It is unlawful for any person or persons, association or corporation to operate a skating rink, pool or billiard room or bowling alley, including coin-operated pool and billiard tables, without first having obtained a business license in compliance with Chapter 214, Business Licenses, as well as with the provisions of this article. A "pool or billiard room", as used in this section, shall mean a place where commercial use of two or more pool or billiard tables is carried on as the primary occupancy of the licensed premises.
Applications for amusement facilities as described in § 178-10, in addition to the requirements for a business license in Chapter 214, Business Licenses, must submit a plan showing the interior layout of the premises to be licensed detailing the number and location of all viewing booths, seats, coin-operated machines, pool or billiard tables, or bowling alleys, as the case may be, within such premises.
Every licensee of an amusement business, including but not limited to a pool or billiard room or bowling alley, shall comply with the following regulations:
A. 
The hours of operation of the activities shall be not earlier than 9:00 a.m. and not later than 12:00 midnight, prevailing time on weekdays and Saturday.
B. 
No person under the age of 16 years shall be admitted or permitted to play in any pool or billiard room in any licensed premises or to frequent, lounge, congregate or gather in such room unless accompanied by parent or guardian or as part of an organized, supervised activity. There shall be at least one sign displayed giving notice that no person under the age of 16 years shall be permitted on licensed premises unless accompanied by parent or guardian or as part of an organized, supervised activity.
C. 
No person under the age of 14 years shall be admitted to or permitted to bowl in any bowling alley licensed hereunder or to frequent, lounge, congregate or gather in such establishment after 8:00 p.m., prevailing time, unless accompanied by a parent or guardian or as part of an organized, supervised activity. There shall be at least one sign displayed giving notice that no person under the age of 14 years shall be permitted on licensed premises after 8:00 p.m., prevailing time, unless accompanied by parent or guardian or as part of an organized, supervised activity.
D. 
In no event shall card-playing be permitted on said licensed premises, even if such card-playing is for social purposes.