For the purposes of this chapter, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
No person shall operate or conduct a pool or billiard hall or parlor without having first obtained from this municipality a license so to do and upon payment to the municipality of an annual license fee as set forth in Chapter
139, Fees.
The Township Clerk shall immediately upon the
filing of an application institute such investigation of the applicant's
qualifications for a license, including moral character, business
responsibility and other information, which shall be reasonably necessary
for the protection of the public welfare, and if the application is
approved, then upon payment of the appropriate fee he shall issue
the license.
Any person aggrieved by the action of the Township Clerk in the denial of an application for a license as provided herein shall have the right to appeal to the Township Council. Such appeal shall be taken within 14 days after notice of the denial of the application has been mailed to such person's last known address. The Township Council shall set a time and place for hearing on such application, and notice of such hearing shall be given to the applicant in the same manner as provided in §
68-5 for notice of a hearing on revocation.
The license to operate a pool hall or billiard
hall shall be conspicuously posted and displayed in any premises licensed
under this chapter.
No billiard or pool hall shall be licensed to
sell or be permitted to have a liquor license for the sale of packaged
goods and/or dispensing of alcohol on the premises.
Any person, firm or corporation who or which
shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction
thereof, be subject to a fine or not more than $500 or to imprisonment
in the county jail for not more than 90 days, or both such fine and
imprisonment. In addition thereto any such violation may result in
the suspension or revocation of the license.