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(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.
(Added by Ord. No. 139,204, Eff. 10/23/69.)
(a) Definitions.
1. “FAMILY BILLIARD ROOM” means any billiard room wherein minors are permitted to play billiards under the provisions of this section.
(b) Permit Required. No person shall conduct, operate or manage a family billiard room without a written permit from the Board.
(c) Investigation. Upon the filing of an application for a permit, the Board shall cause to be made such investigation as it deems necessary.
(d) Public Hearings. The Board shall hold a public hearing prior to taking action on an application for a permit pursuant to this section. The applicant shall cause to be published a notice of public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the district where the business is to be located. Said notice shall be published two times, at intervals of not less than five days, within the 21-day period following the filing of an application. Furthermore the Board may give notice by mail to all property owners within three hundred feet of the proposed business. The Board shall cause a suitable public notice to be posted at the location where the business is to be conducted. The applicant shall bear all expenses involved in mailing, printing, publishing and posting such notice. Such public notice 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, its location, the names of the applicant or applicants, the time of the public hearing and the right of persons objecting to be heard. Any interested person may file written protests or objections, or appear at the hearing. The Board shall give consideration to all such protests in reaching a decision on such application.
If the Board shall find that the operation of the family billiard room for which the permit is requested at the location set forth in the application will not violate any law of the State of California or any ordinance of the City of Los Angeles or constitute a menace to the health, peace, or safety of the community, and the applicant has not had a permit revoked by the Board within one year prior to the application, then the Board shall issue a permit to the applicant.
(e) Permits – Conditions. Permits to operate family billiard rooms shall be issued upon and subject to the following conditions:
1. Physical Environment:
(i) Family billiard rooms shall be located at street level or that level which most approximates street level.
(ii) A clear and unobstructed view of the entire interior of the family billiard room shall be visible from the entrance to such room.
(iii) No partitions forming rooms, stalls or other enclosures within which the public may congregate shall be permitted within the family billiard room. However, this shall not prohibit the maintenance of washrooms, toilet rooms or storage closets.
(iv) The family billiard room shall be maintained in a separate room from other business activities of the owner or operator of such room unless the owner or operator has obtained the consent of the Board to do otherwise.
(v) No alcoholic beverages shall be sold, consumed or available in family billiard rooms.
2. Conduct:
(i) Behavior within family billiard rooms shall conform to the rules and regulations of the Board in addition to the provisions of this section and of all other applicable laws. Sufficient adult supervision shall be provided by management to assure compliance with such rules, regulations and laws.
The owners, managers and operators, and each of them, of a family billiard room shall be strictly responsible for the enforcement of all rules and regulations, and shall not permit any person violating any rule, regulation or other applicable law to remain in such family billiard room.
(ii) No person shall bring any form of alcoholic liquor into a family billiard room. No person in an intoxicated condition shall enter or remain in a family billiard room. No person shall conduct themself in a boisterous or disorderly manner in a family billiard room.
(iii) No person having charge or control of any family billiard room shall permit any person to enter or remain therein who has any form of alcoholic liquor in their possession, or permit any intoxicated, boisterous or disorderly person to enter, be or remain in any family billiard room.
(f) Age Limits. Persons under the age of 18 years may enter and remain in family billiard rooms and play billiards therein with the following limitations:
1. No person having charge or control of a family billiard room shall allow a person under the age of 18 years to enter or remain in a family billiard room unaccompanied by their parent or guardian.
2. No person under the age of 18 years shall enter or remain in a family billiard room unless accompanied by their parent or guardian.
EXCEPTION:
A person under the age of 18 years may be present in a family billiard room and engage in the game of billiards, unaccompanied by a parent or guardian, if the parent of guardian of such person has signed and filed with the owner, manager or operator of the family billiard room a consent form of a type approved by the Board. Such form must be signed by the parent or guardian in the presence of the owner, manager or operator.
3. No person having charge or control of any family billiard room shall allow a person under the age of 18 years to enter and remain therein after the receipt of a notice signed by the parent or guardian of such minor person in which notice the parent or guardian has requested that said minor be prevented from entering or remaining in any such premises.
4. No person less than 18 years of age shall enter or remain in a family billiard room between the hours of 12:01 and 9:00 A.M. Nor shall any person having charge or control of a family billiard room permit a person less than 18 years of age to enter or remain in such family billiard room between the hours of 12:01 and 9:00 A.M.
(a) Definitions. As used in this section:
1. “RIDE” includes any merry-go-round, Ferris wheel, carousel, rocket ride, looper ride, roller coaster, dive-ride or other similar device.
(b) Permit Required. No person shall operate or maintain any ride within 500 feet of any dwelling without a written permit from the Board. A separate application and permit shall be required for each location. One or more pieces of equipment described in the application may be installed under one permit at each location.
(c) Public Hearings. The Board shall require a public hearing prior to taking action on an application for a permit pursuant to this section. The applicant shall cause to be published a notice of public hearing two times at intervals of not less than five days, within the 21-day period following the filing of an application, in a newspaper of general circulation in the district where the business is to be located. The Board shall cause a suitable public notice to be posted at the location where the business is to be conducted. The applicant shall bear all expense involved in printing, publishing and posting such notice. Such public notice shall conform to 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, its location, the names of the applicant or applicants, the time of the public hearing and the right of persons objecting to be heard. Any interested person may file written protests or objections or appear at the hearing. The Board shall give consideration to all such protests in reaching a decision on such application. (Amended by Ord. No. 137,649, Eff. 1/6/69.)
(a) Definition. As used in this article:
1. “SKATING RINK, PUBLIC” means a place where skating is regularly conducted on certain days as a business, whether for profit or not, and to which the public is admitted, either with or without charge or at which the public is allowed to participate in the skating either with or without charge.
(b) Permit Required. No person shall conduct or manage a skating rink without a written permit from the Board.
(c) Special Police Officers. A permittee conducting a skating rink may apply to the Board for the appointment of a special police officer to attend such skating rink for the purpose of preserving law and order. Such special police officer shall be paid by such permittee. The presence of a special police officer at a skating rink shall not relieve the permittee or the permittee’s employees from the responsibility for violation of any law or ordinance.
(d) Minors. No minor less than 16 years of age may enter or remain in a skating rink establishment unaccompanied by a parent or guardian between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. unless the parent or guardian of such person has signed and filed with the owner, manager or operator of the skating rink a consent form of a type approved by the Board. Such form must be signed by the parent or guardian in the presence of the owner, manager or operator. (Amended by Ord. No. 157,231, Eff. 12/30/82.)
(e) Illumination. All skating rinks must be properly lighted when open to the public.
(f) Locations Prohibited. No person shall erect, operate or maintain any skating rink or any building or other structure within which persons are permitted to use roller skates for skating within 200 feet of any schoolhouse, church or hospital.
(g) Public Hearings. The Board shall require a public hearing prior to taking action on an application for a permit pursuant to this section. The applicant shall cause to be published a notice of public hearing two times at intervals of not less than five days, within the 21-day period following the filing of an application, in a newspaper of general circulation in the district where the business is to be located. Furthermore, the Board may give notice by mail to all property owners within three hundred feet of the proposed business. The Board shall cause a suitable public notice to be posted at the location where the business is to be conducted. The applicant shall bear all expenses involved in mailing, printing, publishing and posting such notice. Such public notice 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, its location, the names of the applicant or applicants, the time of the public hearing and the right of persons objecting to be heard. Any interested persons may file written protests or objections, or appear at the hearing. The Board shall give consideration to all such protests in reaching a decision on such application. (Amended by Ord. No. 137,649, Eff. 1/6/69.)
(a) Definitions. As used in this article:
1. “GAME OF SKILL AND SCIENCE” means any game of amusement, but not including athletic sporting events, which is participated in by one or more players for any prize, gift or award of anything of value where or when any charge is made by the persons conducting, operating or maintaining such game, or any consideration is paid by any player for the right to play or participate in any such game, and the dominating factor in determining the result of such game is dependent upon the skill of the player or players and not upon chance, provided, that in any case where the result of such game may be dependent to some extent upon the judgment, intelligence or adroitness of the player, but nevertheless the dominating factor in determining the result of such game is chance. Such a game shall not be considered as a game of skill and science, but shall be considered as a game of chance.
(b) Permit Required. No person shall engage in, manage, operate, maintain, conduct, carry on or permit, suffer or allow the operation, maintenance, conducting or carrying on of any game of skill and science without a written permit from the Board.
(c) Findings of Board. If the Board finds that the game proposed to be conducted is a game of skill and science and that such game is not prohibited by the provisions of Chapter 10, Part 1, of the Penal Code of the State of California, or any other law of the State of California, or any law of the City, and that the conducting, operating or maintaining of such game at the location described in the application will comport with the public welfare, the Board may grant such application and issue a permit to conduct the same.
If in making its determination of the questions as to whether the game proposed to be operated, conducted or maintained is a game of skill and science or a game of chance, the Board is of the opinion that although the result of such game is dependent to some extent upon judgment, practice, intelligence or adroitness on the part of participants in such game but nevertheless the dominating factor in determining the result of such game is chance, the Board shall find that the proposed game is a game of chance and not a game of skill and science, the application for permit shall be denied.
(d) Permits – Conditions. Any such permit shall be issued upon and subject to the following conditions:
1. That such permittee will not permit, suffer or allow the game authorized to be played in any manner other than the manner described in detail in the application.
2. That no equipment, apparatus, device, material or contrivance of any kind be used in the conduct of or playing of such game that is not described or referred to in the application.
3. That such permittee shall not give or award any prize, award, or gift to any participant in any such game which is money, tokens, checks, warrants, certificates, or chips exchangeable for money by the permittee, the permittee’s agent or employees; provided, that chips or tokens redeemable in or exchangeable for merchandise or the right to further participation in such game, may be used in playing the game authorized hereby;
4. That such permittee will not and does not enter into any agreement, combine or understanding with any person whatsoever to the effect that either the permittee, the permittee’s agent or someone acting for and on behalf of the permittee as contractor, or otherwise, will buy any gift, prize or award given or awarded to any participant in any game, or exchange any such gift, prize or award for money.
Each of said conditions shall be incorporated in and made a part of each permit issued hereunder.
No person shall conduct, operate or maintain any such game, or permit, suffer or allow the conducting, operation or maintenance of any game in any manner or mode except in accordance with and in strict conformance with all of the conditions set forth in this subsection.
(e) Summary Revocation. If the permittee, the permittee’s agent, employee or servant acting for and on behalf of such permittee in connection with the operation, maintenance or conduct of any game, is convicted in any court of having violated any law of the State of California prohibiting or regulating gaming, or of having violated any of the laws of this City prohibiting or regulating gaming, all permits therefore issued to such permittee shall be revoked by the Board immediately upon the filing of a certified copy of final judgment of conviction of the court with the Board and without hearing or previous notice.
(f) Games Prohibited by Law. No permit issued by the Board shall authorize the conduct of any game which is prohibited by the Penal Code of California or any other law of the State of California or of this City. Any permit issued in violation of the provisions of this section shall be void.
(g) Public Hearings. (Amended by Ord. No. 137,649, Eff. 1/6/69.) The Board shall require a public hearing prior to taking action on an application for a permit pursuant to this section. The applicant shall cause to be published a notice of public hearing two times at intervals of not less than five days, within the 21-day period following the filing of an application, in a newspaper of general circulation in the district where the business is to be located. The Board shall cause a suitable public notice to be posted at the location where the business is to be conducted. The applicant shall bear all expense involved in printing, publishing and posting such notice. Such public notice shall conform to rules and regulations adopted by the Board and shall be designed to inform the public as to the nature of th business to be engaged in, its location, the names of the applicant or applicants, the time of the public hearing and the right of persons objecting to be heard. Any interested person may file written protests or objections or appear at the hearing. The Board shall give consideration to all such protests in reaching a decision on such application.
(Amended by Ord. No. 160,203, Eff. 9/2/85.)
(a) Definitions. As used in this article, the term “premises” shall mean any facility open to the public where activity regulated hereunder is occurring, the room or rooms where such activity is occurring and the area adjacent thereto to which direct access is available from such room and the term “Teenager” shall mean any person over the age of 13 years and under the age of 18 years.
(b) Permit Required.
1. No person, dancing club or other association shall, without first obtaining a permit from the Board, operate, manage or maintain any dance hall, “disco”, nightclub or Social Contact Concierge Establishment, or conduct any public dance or dances wherein teenagers are permitted to be present, except as herein provided.
2. Such permit shall be in addition to any other dance permit required by this article.
(c) Permit – Application – Contents of. An application for a permit shall be accompanied by certification that the premises where a dance is to be held or dancing activity is to occur is adequate for the purpose, and that the premises conform with the existing health, safety, fire and zoning ordinances of the City of Los Angeles. The certification shall also specify the maximum number of persons that may safely be accommodated at the location where the dance or dancing activity is to take place.
(d) Exceptions.
1. A permit shall not be required for any agency or department of the City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, Board of Education, or other political subdivision of the State of California, or for any religious or charitable organization holding a valid tax exempt registration certificate under Section 21.22 of this Code and which is normally engaged in youth or child-serving activities.
2. A permit shall not be required for any hotel, café, restaurant, banquet hall or catering facility which does not predominantly cater to the patronage of teenagers and where no charge or admission is imposed for the privilege of entering or dancing.
(e) Investigation. Upon the filing of an application, the Board shall cause that investigation to be made which it deems necessary. The Board shall issue no permit to the applicant unless the following conditions are satisfied:
1. The dance or dancing activity for which an application has been filed conforms to the laws of the City of Los Angeles and of the State of California, and will not constitute a menace to the health, peace or safety of the community;
2. A sufficient number of adult supervisors who are employees of the location will be provided to insure compliance with the provisions of this section and any rules or regulations promulgated by the Board with respect thereto. For purposes herein, a sufficient number shall constitute, at a minimum, a ratio of one adult to every 35 teenagers in attendance at the teenage dance premises.
(f) Lighting in Hall. Each of the premises where any dance or dancing activity regulated under this section is held, shall be adequately lighted at all times when open for dancing. For purposes herein, the volume of illumination shall at no time be less than one foot-candle in any part of the building and premises accessible to participants.
(g) Parking – Lighting. All off-street parking facilities under the direct or indirect control of a permittee shall be adequately lighted and supervised so as to ensure that violations of this article or other laws do not occur. For purposes herein, adequate lighting and supervision will be established by the Board at the time of the granting or reviewing a permit.
(h) Use of Drugs or Alcoholic Beverages – Prohibited. No alcoholic beverages shall be sold, consumed or be available on the premises where there is a dance or dancing activity is being held which is regulated by this section. Admission to the premises shall be denied to any person showing evidence of drinking any alcoholic beverages or showing symptoms of being intoxicated as a result of the ingestion of any chemical substance.
(i) Time Limit for Dances. Teenage dancing regulated hereunder shall not be permitted after 1:00 a.m. on Saturdays, Sundays, and local public school holidays. On all other days, except Fridays, Saturdays, and the day before a legal holiday, teenage dancing regulated hereunder shall be prohibited after the hour of 10:00 p.m., provided however that permission to continue dancing after 10:00 p.m. on such other days may be granted by the Board during public school vacation periods if the Board finds the continuation of dancing after 10:00 p.m. does not unreasonably disturb the peace and quiet of the surrounding neighborhood. In no event shall such an establishment be permitted to continue such teenage dances or dancing activity later than 1:00 a.m.
(j) Teenagers Under the Age of 15 Years. No person under the age of 15 years shall be permitted to enter any premises where there is dancing activity regulated under this section unless such person is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian unless the parent or legal guardian of such person has signed and filed with the owner, manager or operator of the facility a consent form for such minor to be there unaccompanied by said parent or guardian. The consent shall be set forth on a form approved by the Board. Such form must be signed by the parent or legal guardian in the presence of the owner, manager or operator of the facility and shall contain the minor’s name, date of birth, address, and the parent or legal guardian’s telephone number for use in case of an emergency. In the event no such consent form has been so completed and filed, such teenagers shall not be permitted to enter into or remain at the premises unless accompanied or escorted by their parent or legal guardian. Any teenager admitted and accompanied by a parent or legal guardian shall have the rights and privileges of other legally admitted teenagers. Any teenager entering pursuant to a consent form filed by the teenager’s parent or legal guardian must present valid identification as defined in Subsection (n).
(k) Persons Under the Age of 13 Years. In no event shall any person under the age of 13 years be permitted to enter the premises where there is a dance or dancing activity being held which is regulated under this section.
(l) Persons Over the Age of 20 Years. No person over the age of 20 years shall be permitted to enter the premises where there is a dance or dancing activity being held which is regulated under this section unless that person is a parent or legal guardian accompanying a child as required by Subsections (j) and (m) herein.
(m) Teenagers Between the Age of 15 and 18 Years. No person between the ages of 15 and 18 years may be present at premises regulated under this section unless the person (1) is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, or, if unaccompanied, the parent or legal guardian of such person has signed and filed a consent form similar to that required by Subsection (j) herein; or (2) presents valid proof of age as defined in Subsection (n) herein.
(n) Proof of Age. Proof of age shall be required of each patron entering the establishment. Such proof may be established by identification issued by a governmental agency, the patron’s school, or the Department of Motor Vehicles, and must contain the patron’s name, date of birth, and a picture that has been taken within the preceding two years.
(o) Denial of Entry on Request of Parent. No person having charge or control of any premises regulated under this section shall allow a teenager to enter or remain at the premises after receiving a written notice signed by the parent or legal guardian of such teenager which requests that said teenager be prevented from entering the premises.
(p) Attendance. Except in emergency situations, no patron shall be permitted to leave the premises at which any dance or dancing activity regulated by this section is being held and thereafter re-enter prior to the conclusion of such dance or dancing activity. No pass or other indicia permitting re-entry shall be issued.
(q) Criminal History of Supervisory Staff. No person, dancing club, or other association or entity obtaining a permit under this section shall employ any person as a supervisory employee at the premises at the time of any dancing activity regulated hereunder who has been convicted of a misdemeanor or a felony in the last five (5) years, nor shall such permittee employ any person who has been arrested and is out on bail or on their own recognizance pending trial. As permitted by California Labor Code Section 432.7, such permittee shall ask all applicants for such employment at the premises about any conviction, as that term is used in said Labor Code Section, and about any arrest for which the applicant is out on bail or on their own recognizance pending trial. Copies of the employment applications of all persons hired shall be filed with the Board. Upon a showing of just causes a permittee may apply to the Board for a waiver of this provision. Just cause, as used in this subsection, shall include but is not limited to a demonstration that the prior conviction, or arrest as described herein, would not have an adverse effect on the employee’s ability to supervise teenagers at a location as described within this section. While teenagers are present, all employees also present within the premises, as that term is defined by this section, shall be considered supervisory employees.
(r) Duty of Management. If a teenager is discovered inside the premises showing evidence or symptoms of being intoxicated as a result of the ingestion of alcohol or any chemical substance, that teenager shall be reported by management to local police authorities and to the teenager’s parent or legal guardian. Management shall attempt to separate the teenager from other teenagers at the premises pending the arrival of police or the parent or legal guardian of the teenager. A notice shall be posted by all pay phones containing the local police telephone number and shall request all patrons to call the police if management neglects to take action to report a violation of this subsection.
(s) Operation After 1:00 a.m. – 18 Year Olds. If the premises intends to operate after the closing time set forth in Subsection (i) herein, the premises must first be vacated by all customers, and thereafter only those persons 18 years of age or older who present valid identification containing proof of age established as set forth in Subsection (n) herein may be permitted to enter the premises.
(t) Additional Restrictions by the Board. The Board may promulgate additional rules as necessary with respect thereto.
(u) Regulation by Permittee. Nothing herein is intended to preclude the imposition of more restrictive regulations by any permittee so long as the regulations are not in conflict with any provision of this section.
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