For purposes of this Chapter, unless it is plainly evident from the context that a different meaning is intended, the following definitions shall apply:
“Billiard club” means a proprietary club where billiards, bagatelle or pool is played, or in which any billiard, bagatelle or pool table is kept and persons are permitted to play or do play thereon, whether any compensation or reward is charged for the use of such table or not. “Billiard club” does not include a place having only one coin-operated table for billiards, bagatelle or pool if the table is maintained as an incident to some other type of business or activity.
“Billiards, bagatelle, or pool” means a game, played on an oblong table, whose object is to hit balls into pockets around the table’s ledge by means of a cue or stick.
“Director” means the community development director of the city of La Puente or his or her designee.
“Permittee” means any person with a permit to operate a public billiard room or billiard club.
“Person” means any individual, firm, business, partnership, corporation, cooperative, company, association, joint stock association, church, religious sect, religious denomination, society, organization, or league and shall include any trustee, receiver, assignee, agent, solicitor, or other similar representative thereof.
“Public billiard room” means any place open to the public where billiards, bagatelle or pool is played, or in which any billiard, bagatelle or pool table is kept and people are permitted to play or do play thereon, whether any compensation or reward is charged for the use of such table or not. “Public billiard room” does not include a place having only one table for billiards, bagatelle or pool if the table is maintained as an incident to some other type of business or activity.
(Ord. 788 § 4 (part), 1999)