§ 7-303 LIMITATIONS ON ISSUANCE.

   No license shall be issued for the operation of a poolroom if the premises in which the same is to be conducted do not comply with the laws of the state, the provisions of this Code and other ordinances of the city. No license shall be issued until after the expiration of seven days from the date of the filing of the application therefor.

(1989 Code, § 7-303)

§ 7-304 DISQUALIFICATIONS.

   (A)   The City Council shall not approve the issuance of a poolroom license to:

      (1)   Any person who shall have been convicted of a second offense against the provisions of this section within the last two years preceding the filing of the application;

      (2)   Any partnership of which a member shall have been convicted as provided in the preceding subsection;

      (3)   Any person who has been convicted of a felony within three years or who has been convicted of a felony more than three years previously and he or she has not had his or her citizenship restored;

      (4)   Any partnership of which a member has been convicted of a felony within three years, or of which a member has been convicted of a felony more than three years previously and he or she has not had his or her citizenship restored;

      (5)   Any person who is of immoral character or who is an habitual user of intoxicating liquors or narcotic drugs;

      (6)   Any corporation of which any officer or director has been convicted of a second offense against the provisions of this section within two years preceding the filing of the application;

      (7)   Any corporation of which any officer or director has been convicted of a felony within three years or any corporation of which any officer or director has been convicted of a felony more than three years previously and he or she has not had his or her citizenship restored, or of which any officer or director is of immoral character or is an habitual user of intoxicating beverages or controlled substances;

   (B)   The City Council in any case may for cause refuse to approve the issuance of a license for the operation of a poolroom.

(1989 Code, § 7-304) (Am. Ord. passed 11-16-99)

§ 7-305 ISSUANCE; SPECIFICATIONS.

   Upon a majority vote of the City Council approving the issuance of a poolroom license, the Tax Collector shall issue it. The license shall specify the name of the licensee, the specific place where the business is to be carried on, the number of tables that are to be operated and the days on which the license shall become effective and expire.

(1989 Code, § 7-305)

§ 7-306 PAYMENT OF FEE; REFUND.

   At the time of filing application for a license in compliance with the provisions of this article, each applicant shall pay in cash or by certified check the entire amount of the license fee required for the year in which such application is made, but in the event that the application for a license is refused, the city shall immediately return to the applicant such payment.

(1989 Code, § 7-306)

§ 7-307 NONTRANSFERABILITY.

   The poolroom license shall not be transferable to any person nor to any place of business.

(1989 Code, § 7-307)

§ 7-308 REVOCATION.

   The City Council may at any time for cause and on such reasonable hearing as it may prescribe revoke a poolroom license, and if the license of any licensee is revoked no license shall be issued within one year thereafter to such licensee or the partnership or corporation of which such licensee is a member, officer or stockholder. When the City Council finds that the application for license, upon which a license was issued was materially false in any particular, such license shall be revoked. A conviction for violation of any of the provisions of this article shall, when such judgment becomes final, be sufficient grounds for the City Council to revoke the license.

(1989 Code, § 7-308)

ARTICLE IX: TAXICABS AND OTHER VEHICLES FOR HIRE

Section

Division 1: Generally

   7-326   Definitions

   7-327   Compliance with article required

   7-328   Vehicles to comply with legal requirements; specifications

   7-329   Insurance required

   7-330   Depot or terminal required; stopping on street to solicit passengers prohibited

   7-331   Driver’s obligation to transport passengers; passenger’s obligation to pay fare; misleading calls prohibited

   7-332   Hailing taxicab on public street

   7-333   Cruising for employment prohibited

   7-334   Passenger restrictions; receipt for fare

   7-335   Information to be furnished to law enforcement personnel

Division 2: Driver’s Permit

   7-346   Required; display

   7-347   Application

   7-348   Grounds for denial

   7-349   Grounds for revocation

   7-350   Investigation; issuance

   7-351   Fee; temporary permit

Division 3: Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

   7-366   Required

   7-367   Application

   7-368   Investigation and hearing

   7-369   Notice of findings; vehicle information required

   7-370   Issuance; transfer

   7-371   Entitlement of present owners

   7-372   Fee; term; transfer

   7-373   Issuance of license

   7-374   Revocation

Statutory reference:

   Age of driver of public passenger-carrying vehicle, see G.S. § 20-10

   Authority of town to regulate taxicabs and the drivers and operators thereof, see G.S. § 20-37, G.S. § 160A-304

   Financial responsibility, see G.S.§ 20-280

   Marking of vehicles for hire, see G.S. § 20-101

   Taxicab registration fees, see G.S. § 20-87

   Transporting alcoholic beverages in taxicabs, see G.S. § 18B-401

DIVISION 1: GENERALLY