Every person engaging in the business of operating a billiard or pool room shall pay a license fee based upon the annual gross receipts set forth in Section 5.48.010 of this title per pool table or amusement machine or device.
(Ord. 1592 § 20, 1995)
No person shall establish or operate any billiard room, pool room or other place in the city where any billiard table or pool table is kept for hire, for public use or the use of any member of any club or association, without first having obtained a permit to do so from the council; provided, however, that any person may own, operate or keep for hire not more than two coin-operated billiard tables or pool tables for public use or for the use of any member of any club or association without first having obtained a permit to do so from the city council; and provided further, that nothing herein contained is to exempt the maintenance, operation or keeping for hire of any such coin-operated billiard table or pool table from the license provisions of Section 5.34.080A of this code.
(Prior code § 7-401)
Applications for such permit shall be filed with the director of licensing and code enforcement at least ten days before such permit is granted. The director of licensing and code enforcement shall refer all such applications to the council. Applications shall state, in addition to the information required by Section 5.06.020 of this code, the location of the proposed pool or billiard room, the number and kind of tables proposed to be used and kept, and what, if any, other business is to be conducted in conjunction therewith or under the same management.
(Prior code § 7-402.; Ord. 1284 § 1, 1983; Ord. 1903 § 1, 2007)
No person engaging in the business of operating a billiard or pool room shall allow the playing of billiards or pool in his place of business except between the hours of seven a.m. and two a.m. of the following day.
(Prior code § 7-406)
It is unlawful for any person to engage in, suffer or allow any entertainment or attraction other than billiards or pool in a place of business required to be licensed under this chapter.
(Prior code § 7-407)
A. 
No person under the age of eighteen years shall be in, remain in, enter or visit any billiard or pool room licensed under this chapter, and no person having charge or control of any billiard or pool room licensed under this chapter shall permit or suffer any person under the age of eighteen years to be in, remain in, enter or visit any billiard or pool room licensed under this chapter.
B. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A of this section, a person under the age of eighteen years but over the age of thirteen years may be in, remain in, enter or visit any billiard or pool room licensed under this chapter which also holds a special permit in writing issued by the chief of police authorizing persons under the age of eighteen years to be in, remain in, enter or visit such billiard or pool room. The chief of police shall issue such permit upon written application only if all of the following conditions are met:
1. 
No alcoholic beverages are dispensed, sold, consumed or brought onto the premises on which said billiard or pool room is located;
2. 
Such billiard or pool room shall have posted at each entrance thereto and at not fewer than three additional places within said billiard or pool room, a sign in letters not less than one inch in height reading as follows: "Possession of Alcoholic Beverages is Not Permitted on These Premises. No Person Under 18 Years of Age is Permitted on These Premises Unless Accompanied by One Parent or Unless He or She is Over the Age of 13 Years and Written Permission From His or Her Parent Has Been Personally Filed With The Management."
3. 
No person under the age of eighteen years shall be permitted to be in, remain in, enter or visit any billiard or pool room licensed under this chapter before the hour of nine a.m. nor after the hour of ten p.m. on any day nor during the hours of any day when elementary or high school is in regular session;
4. 
No person under the age of eighteen years shall be permitted in any billiard or pool room licensed under this chapter except in one of the following cases:
a. 
Such person is accompanied by one of his parents, or
b. 
Such person is over the age of thirteen years and one of his parents has personally filed with the operator of such billiard or pool room the written consent of such parent to such person being in, remaining in, entering or visiting said billiard or pool room, setting forth the name of such person, the name, address and telephone number of the parent signing said consent, which said written consent shall be maintained on the premises by the operator at all times and shall be made available for inspection by any duly authorized personnel of the police department at any time during regular business hours.
Any permit issued by the chief of police pursuant to the provisions of this subsection may be suspended or revoked by the chief of police in writing and such suspension and revocation shall be effective for all purposes upon the issuance thereof; provided, however, that any person dissatisfied with the action of the chief of police in suspending or revoking any such permit may appeal such suspension or revocation of such permit to the city council by filing a written notice of appeal with the director of licensing and code enforcement within ten days following the effective day of any such suspension or revocation. Upon receipt of notice of appeal of any such suspension or revocation, the director of licensing and code enforcement shall place the appeal on the agenda of the next regular city council meeting following receipt thereof.
(Prior code § 7-408.; Ord. 1284 § 1, 1983; Ord. 1903 § 1, 2007)
Every person engaging in the business of operating a bowling alley shall pay a license fee of fifty dollars per year or gross receipts basis, whichever is greater.
(Prior code § 7-300)