It is unlawful for any person who has not reached the age of 18 years, unless accompanied by a parent or guardian, to play billiards or to be permitted to remain in a billiard room for any purpose, or to play any coin- operated pool table; and it is unlawful for any person to represent himself to have reached the age of 18 years in order to obtain admission to such billiard room or to be permitted to remain therein, or to play any coin- operated pool table, when such person is in fact under 18 years of age.
No person shall operate any billiard or poolroom between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. or harbor or permit any person to be or remain in any such room between such hours. This section, however, shall not be construed to prevent regular employees from performing necessary work within the premises during such prohibited hours of operation. Nor shall this section prohibit a licensed billiard or poolroom which is also a duly licensed liquor establishment from operating during the hours established by the liquor license; provided, however, that no game of billiards or pool shall be allowed to commence later than 30 minutes before the end of liquor service as allowed by the license. The licensee of the billiard or poolroom shall post a sign, visible in the area of the billiard or pool table, indicating the latest time for commencing a game of pool or billiards.
No person conducting or operating any billiard or poolroom shall allow or permit any screens, curtains, blinds, partitions or other obstructions to be placed between the front windows and back or rear wall of such room, but an unobstructed view of the entire interior must be maintained at all times. This provision, however, shall not be construed to preclude the maintenance of washrooms or toilet rooms, or the maintenance of closets for storing purposes exclusively.
(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 7-2-97, p. 48017; Amend Coun. J. 9-29-99, p. 12261, § 1)