For the purpose of Sections 9.08.010 and 9.08.020, a public billiard room is defined to be any place open to the public where billiards, bagatelle or pool is played, or in which any billiard, bagatelle or pool table is kept and persons are permitted to play or do play thereon, whether any compensation or reward is charged for the use of such table or not; provided, however, that a public billiard room as used therein shall not include any place operated and maintained on the same premises with and strictly incidental to another lawful principal use of the premises, and only during the hours that such principal use is open to the public.
(Prior code § 13.1-5)
Every person who carries on, opens or causes to be opened, or
who conducts, either as owner, tenant, licensee or employee any place
in the city where billiard, pool or combination billiard and pool
tables are kept for hire for public use is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Prior code § 13.1-6)
Every person who carries on, opens or causes to be opened, or
who conducts, either as owner, tenant, licensee or employee any place
in the city, for the purpose of permitting or causing any game of
cards, other than those named in Section 330 of the Penal Code of
the state, to be played by the public for hire is guilty of a misdemeanor,
and every person who plays at or against any of such prohibited games
at any place mentioned in this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Prior code § 13.1-7)
