(A) Minors under 18 years of age. Except as otherwise provided in this section, it shall be unlawful for any person owning, managing or operating a billiard room to allow any minor under the age of 18 years to enter the billiard room except for the transaction of business. It shall be unlawful for any such minor who is in a billiard room for the transaction of business to remain therein after the business has been transacted, and it shall be unlawful for the owner, manager or operator of the billiard room to allow such minor to thereafter remain in the billiard room.
(B) Minors between 16 and 18 and under 16 years of age.
(1) Any person owning, managing or operating a billiard room may, in his or her discretion, allow minors between the ages of 16 and 18 years to play or watch the play of billiards in the billiard room when:
(a) No alcoholic beverage is sold or consumed in the billiard room or in any other area or place accessible from the billiard room;
(b) The interior of the billiard room is lighted throughout at a level of 40 footcandles;
(c) No partitions, other than those for toilet facilities, are maintained in the billiard room; and
(d) No window in the billiard room is permanently covered or otherwise obstructed. The minor shall be solely responsible for establishing his or her age. Unless the foregoing provisions of this section are complied with, it shall be unlawful for any person owning, managing or operating a billiard room to permit any minor between the ages of 16 and 18 years to enter the billiard room.
(2) Any person owning, managing or operating a billiard room may, in his or her discretion, allow minors under the age of 16 years to play or watch the play of billiards in a billiard room under the same conditions and circumstances minors between the ages of 16 and 18 years are allowed to play or watch the play of billiards in a billiard room when each minor is accompanied by one of his or her parents or person in loco parentis or legal guardian. The person accompanying a minor under the age of 16 years shall be solely responsible for establishing the age of the minor and the relationship of the minor to such person. Unless the foregoing provisions of this division are complied with, it shall be unlawful for any person owning, managing or operating a billiard room to permit any minor under the age of 16 years to enter the billiard room.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any person to accompany a minor under the age of 16 years in a billiard room unless such person is a parent or person in loco parentis or legal guardian of the minor. It shall be unlawful for a parent, person in loco parentis or legal guardian to permit his or her child who is under the age of 16 years to enter a billiard room unless the child is accompanied by such parent, person or guardian. It shall be unlawful for a parent, person in loco parentis or legal guardian, having accompanied his or her child in a billiard room, to leave the billiard room without the child. It shall be unlawful for any minor who is under the age of 16 years to enter a billiard room without one of his or her parents or the person in loco parentis of the minor or the minor’s legal guardian. It shall be unlawful for any person owning, managing or operating a billiard room to knowingly permit any person to violate the provisions of this division (B)(3).
(1997 Code, § 111.13) Penalty, see § 10.99