Section 20-215
* § 20-215 License; general provisions. a. It shall be unlawful for
any person to maintain, operate, conduct or engage in the business of
conducting and maintaining a billiard or pocket billiard room or place
unless the premises are licensed by the commissioner in the manner
prescribed herein.
b. A membership corporation, club, association or society in whose
premises billiards or pocket billiards are played or in whose premises
billiard or pocket billiard tables are maintained which are available or
held out as being available to persons for the playing of billiards or
pocket billiards, shall be deemed to be conducting a billiard or pocket
billiard room.
* NB There are 2 § 20-215's
Section 20-216
* § 20-216 Definitions. Whenever used in this subchapter, the
following terms shall mean:
1. "Billiard and pocket billiard room". Any room or place in the city
in which billiards or pocket billiards are played, and which includes
three or more billiard or pocket billiard tables, which are available or
held out to persons as being available, for the purpose of playing
billiards or pocket billiards.
2. "Person". An individual, corporation, club, partnership,
association, society or any other organized group of persons and shall
include officers, directors and trustees of a corporation club
association or society.
* NB There are 2 § 20-216's
Section 20-217
§ 20-217 Prohibitions. It shall be unlawful for a person, firm,
corporation, association, society or any other organized group of
persons holding such license to:
1. Suffer or permit any game of chance to be played or gambling in any
manner on the licensed premises.
2. Suffer or permit the licensed premises to become disorderly.
3. Sell, barter, furnish or possess in such billiard room or place any
habit forming drugs or any appliances for administering same.
4. Suffer or permit any minor under the age of sixteen years to enter
or remain in such billiard or pocket billiard room or place unless
accompanied by his or her parent or guardian, or by an adult person
authorized by his or her parent or guardian.
Section 20-218
§ 20-218 Fees; term. The biennial license fee for a billiard or pocket
billiard room or rooms shall be three hundred forty dollars for the
first billiard or pocket billiard table and forty dollars for each
additional billiard or pocket billiard table in the same room or place.
Section 20-219
§ 20-219 Exemptions. This subchapter shall not apply to:
1. Premises owned, occupied and used exclusively by a membership
corporation, club, society or association where the billiard or pocket
billiard facilities for the playing of billiards or pocket billiards are
incidental to the other facilities or activities of the organization and
are not the dominant facility or activity of the organization.
2. Premises owned, occupied and used exclusively by a religious,
charitable, eleemosynary or educational corporation or institution.
3. Premises owned, occupied and used exclusively as a private
residence.
Section 20-220
§ 20-220 Regulations. The commissioner may make and promulgate such
rules and regulations and prescribe such forms as are necessary to carry
out any provision of this subchapter.
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