(Amended by Ord. No. 157,104, Eff. 11/27/82.)
(a) Definitions.
1. “BILLIARDS” means any of the several games played on a table, the surface of which is surrounded by an elastic ledge or cushions within which balls are impelled by cues, and shall include all forms of a game known as “pool”.
2. “BILLIARD ROOM” or “POOLROOM” means any place where the game of billiards is permitted to be played on one or more tables designed for that purpose, referred to herein as “billiard tables’ or “pool tables”.
3. “BOWLING ALLEY” means a place, usually indoors, where a game is conducted in which large balls made of composition rubber, plastic or other material are rolled along an alley or lane toward pins, arranged symmetrically.
(b) Permit Required. No person shall operate or maintain a billiard room, poolroom or bowling alley open to the public, whether or not operated for a profit, and to which the public is admitted either with or without charge, without a written permit from the Board.
(c) Notice to Public. Each applicant for a permit shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the community wherein the activity is to be conducted, a notice of intent to conduct or maintain a billiard room, poolroom or bowling alley as defined herein. The notice shall be published twice at intervals of not less than three days within a ten-day period following the date of the filing of the application.
In addition, the Board shall cause a suitable public notice to be posted at the location where the activity is to be conducted within five days after the date of the filing of the application for the required permit.
Both the published and posted notices shall conform to the rules and regulations adopted by the Board and shall be designed to inform the public as to the nature of the business to be engaged in, including the location, and the name or names of the applicant or applicants. Said notices shall also state that persons who object to the proposed activity must present their objections to the Board in writing on or before a final date set forth in the notice, and that objections submitted subsequent to that date shall not be considered. Such final date shall be the date ten days following the first date of publication of the notice, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. The Board shall review the application for the permit, and, in the event objections are submitted within said time limit, shall likewise consider the objections and may withhold issuance of the permit applied for pending a public hearing and further determination thereon. In the event the Board conducts a public hearing with respect to the objections received, the Board shall provide at least a ten-day notice to the applicant and to the objecting parties, and shall permit these and every other interested party to be heard thereat.
All expenses and costs involved in publishing and posting any notices referred to herein shall be borne by the applicant.
The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the issuance of a permit to operate or maintain a billiard room or poolroom containing no more than three billiard or pool tables, where the operation and maintenance thereof is not the principal business activity of the premises where such table or tables are located.
(d) Minors. No person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall enter or remain in, nor shall any person having charge or control of any billiard room or poolroom permit any person under the age of eighteen (18) to enter or remain in, any billiard room or poolroom with two or more pool tables or billiard tables.
EXCEPTION:
Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, persons under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be permitted to enter and remain in family billiard rooms under the provisions of Section 103.112.1 of this Code.