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For the purpose of this division, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section.
BILLIARD OR POOL TABLE. Any table surrounded by a ledge or cushion with or without pockets, upon which balls are impelled by a stick or cue.
COIN-OPERATED BILLIARD OR POOL TABLE. Every coin-operated table surrounded by a ledge or cushion with or without pockets, upon which balls are impelled by a stick or cue.
POOL HALL. Any room, hall, building or place in which there is located any pool or billiard table or tables for the use of which a fee or charge is made, either directly or indirectly, and which place is operated for profit or gain of any kind.
(1964 Code, § 13-25) (Ord. 6738, § 1, passed 10-18-1972)
Cross-reference:
Definitions and rules of construction generally, see § 1-2
The provisions of this division shall not apply to religious, charitable or educational organizations, authorized under the laws of the state, even though a charge is made for playing, where use of the pool or billiard tables or coin-operated billiard or pool tables is restricted to the members of the organization and from which the general public is excluded.
(1964 Code, § 13-39) (Ord. 6738, § 4, passed 10-18-1972)
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a pool hall within the city unless the pool hall has first been licensed for such purpose. The license shall be issued by the assessor-collector of taxes when the conditions of this division have been complied with and when application for license has been approved by the chief of police or the city council.
(1964 Code, § 13-26)
Any person desiring a license to operate a pool hall shall file with the chief of police a written application for such license, duly verified under oath, which application shall contain the following information:
(a) The location by street and number of the place which is to be used for such purpose, the size thereof, the number of pool or billiard tables proposed to be used and the name and address of the applicant;
(b) If the applicant is an individual, a statement that he or she is a bona fide resident of the city and the state, the length of such residence therein, whether or not he or she has ever been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor and, if so, the nature of the offense, and in this connection he or she may be required to submit to fingerprinting by the police department;
(c) If the applicant is a firm, association or partnership, all of the information prescribed in subsection (b) of this section as to each individual composing the firm, association or partnership;
(d) If the applicant is a corporation, a statement that the applicant is organized and chartered under the laws of the state, or if a foreign corporation, that such corporation is licensed to do business in the state, and the same information with reference to the operator or person in charge of such pool hall shall be given as prescribed in subsection (b) of this section; in addition thereto a list of the officers, directors and stockholders of such corporation shall be given; and
(e) Occupation or employment of the applicant for a period of five years next preceding the filing of his or her application.
(1964 Code, § 13-27)
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