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.
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.
C. The applicant shall pay an initial license fee and thereafter
shall pay an annual fee. The amount of said fees shall be as set by the President
and Commissioners by resolution from time to time.
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.
A violation of this chapter shall be declared to be a municipal infraction and shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, §
1-8 of this Code.