(1)
No person shall operate, maintain, or conduct a billiard or pool hall, or bagatelle or pigeon-hole table open to the public without having first obtained a license therefor as provided in this Section.
(2)
The annual fee for such a license shall be set by Resolution of the City Council, which shall be in addition to the fee for any business license required by Chapter 1 of this Title. Such license shall be applied for to the License Officer in the same manner as licenses issued under Chapter 1 of this Title, but shall not be issued by the License Officer except upon specific approval by the City Council.
(3)
No person under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall be allowed to frequent, loiter, or remain in any pool or billiard hall if beer is kept, sold, or consumed on the premises. It shall be unlawful for the proprietor or any person in charge of any hall where beer is kept, sold, or consumed on the premises to allow or permit any such person under the age of 21 years to frequent, loiter, or remain within the hall. Each billiard or pool hall licensed under this Section, where beer is kept, sold, or consumed on the premises, shall keep conspicuously posted a sign stating "No Person Under 21 Years of Age Permitted in These Premises." Persons under the age of 21 may be allowed in any pool or billiard hall where beer is not kept, sold, or consumed on the premises, except that it shall be unlawful for any proprietor or other person in charge of any such hall to allow a minor under the age of eighteen (18) years to remain within such hall after 11:00 p.m. on any day of the week other than Fridays and Saturdays. These provisions shall not apply where such minor is accompanied by his parent or guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of such minor.
(4)
It shall be unlawful for the proprietor or any person in charge of any pool or billiard hall to permit any person using profane language or conducting himself in an indecent or disorderly manner or under the influence or alcohol to enter or remain within the hall.
(5)
All billiard halls and pool rooms shall be closed at 12:00 midnight of each day and remain closed until 6:00 a.m. of the next succeeding day.
(6)
The owner or operator of any pool or billiard hall shall not have any private rooms in connection with such hall or any card rooms in connection therewith, or permit games of cards to be played therein.
(1968 Code 5-3-1; minor changes in phraseology made in codification 1979; 1979 Code 7-2-1; amended by Ordinance No. 2-82; amended by Ordinance No. 6-88, 6-90, and 4-06)