No person shall maintain, operate, conduct or pursue the business or
occupation of keeping a public room or place wherein the games commonly known
as "pool" or "billiards" are played without having first obtained a license
from the Township Committee.
An application for a license shall set forth, in addition to general
requirements, the following:
A. In case of a corporation, the names and addresses of
the officers, directors and all stockholders presently holding stock and all
who for six (6) months prior to the making of the application have been officers,
directors or stockholders.
B. In the case of clubs or associations, the names and addresses
of all officers.
C. The number of pool tables and billiard tables to be located
upon the premises to be licensed.
A license may be issued by the Township Clerk only after a resolution
of the Township Committee shall have been adopted approving the application
after the payment of the license fee.
The license fee to operate a billiard or pool room shall be as provided in Chapter
123, Fees.
The following shall apply:
A. Billiard or pool rooms shall not open earlier than 10:00
a.m. on any weekday and shall close no later than 11:00 p.m. on the same day
and shall remain closed all day Sunday.
B. Minors under the age of eighteen (18) shall not be permitted
to enter or remain in, on or about the premises for any purpose nor to indulge
in the playing of any game of any nature.
C. No person known to have been convicted of a crime or
of the violation of any state law or municipal ordinance involving gambling
shall be permitted to enter in, on or about the premises for any purpose or
to indulge in the playing of any game of any nature.
D. The licensee shall post conspicuously the following sign:
"Minors under the age of eighteen (18) years are not allowed here."
The operation of all billiard or pool rooms shall be subject to the
supervision of the Police Department, and a license to operate the same may
be suspended or revoked for cause.
The licensee shall be notified, in writing, of any charge preferred
against the licensee and shall be afforded the opportunity of a hearing before
the Police Committee, which Committee shall make its recommendation to the
Township Committee as to whether the license heretofore issued should not
be suspended or revoked and, if suspended or revoked, the period of time that
penalty shall remain in force and effect.
The number of licenses issued or to be issued under the provisions of
this chapter to conduct a public amusement place, wherein the game of pool
or billiards or a combination thereof is to be played, shall not exceed one
(1) for every fifteen thousand (15,000) residents of the township, according
to the last federal census.