No person or persons, firm or corporation shall, within the corporate limits of the Town of Princess Anne, operate any dance hall, bowling alley or poolroom without having first obtained a license therefor from the President and Commissioners in the manner provided in this chapter.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Commissioners of the Town of Princess Anne 12-4-1991 as Ch. VIII, Art. 2 of the 1991 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Any person or persons, firm or corporation desiring to operate or conduct a public dance hall, bowling alley or poolroom within the corporate limits of the Town of Princess Anne shall make application therefor to the President and Commissioners of Princess Anne in writing.
A.
Such application shall contain a description of the building in which the applicant proposes to operate, the location of said building, the number and character of fire exits, the hours and days of the week proposed to operate and whether any other business or activity of any kind, other than that applied for, will be conducted on the premises.
B.
If the application meets with the approval of the President and Commissioners of Princess Anne, they shall issue to the applicant a license to conduct the dance hall, bowling alley or poolroom, and the President and Commissioner of Princess Anne may incorporate in the license any conditions or restrictions under which the establishment is to be operated in addition to or in lieu of the representations contained in the application.
Notice of such application for license shall be published in two consecutive issues of a local paper, stating the applicant's name and the kind and place of business for which an application is made and the date and time of a hearing on the application before the Town Commissioners. All notices and the hearing should be completed within 30 days of the application.