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CHAPTER 715
Billiard and Pool Rooms
715.01   Definitions.
715.02   License required.
715.03   Application.
715.04   Citizenship required.
715.05   License fee.
715.06   Expiration of license.
715.07   Operating hours.
715.08   Minors prohibited.
715.99   Penalty.
 
CROSS REFERENCES
Power to regulate - see Ohio R. C. 715.51, 715.61
Gambling - see GEN. OFF. 517.02 et seq.
 
715.01 DEFINITIONS.
   "Billiards" as used in this chapter means any of the several games played on a table surrounded by an elastic ledge or cushions with balls which are impelled by a cue and includes all forms of the game know as pool. "Billiard room or saloon" means any public place where the game of pool or billiards is permitted to be played.
(Ord. 682-1922. Passed 6-19-22.)
715.02 LICENSE REQUIRED.
   No person shall open, conduct, maintain or operate a billiard room within the City unless such person has been licensed by the City for such purpose. However, the provisions of this chapter do not apply to private residences.
(Ord. 682-1922. Passed 6-19-22. )
715.03 APPLICATION.
   Whoever desires to open or maintain a billiard room must make application to the Director of Public Safety for a billiard room license.
715.04 CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED.
   A billiard room license shall not be granted to a person who is not a citizen of the United States.
(Ord. 682-1922. Passed 6-19-22.)
715.05 LICENSE FEE.
   Whoever is granted a billiard room license shall pay an annual fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) per table. However, where the applicant is a society or club not organized for profit, no license fee shall be charged for the use of any table or tables. All moneys received as license fees shall be paid into the General Fund of the City.
715.06 EXPIRATION OF LICENSE.
   All licenses granted under the provisions of this chapter shall expire at midnight December 31 of the year in which the license is granted.
(Ord. 682-1922. Passed 6-19-22.)
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