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Chapter VI — BUSINESSES, OCCUPATIONS AND INDUSTRIES›Article V — AMUSEMENT AND RECREATIONAL PLACES

Alameda Municipal Code § 6-21 Pool, Billiard and Game Rooms

Alameda Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Alameda

Cite as: Alameda Municipal Code § 6-21 · Text as of 2026-10-04

6-21.1 - Business Hours.

It shall be the duty of every proprietor or keeper of any room or place where cards are played for money or compensation to the person in charge of such room or place, or where goods or merchandise are sold as part of the consideration for the use of tables or other accommodations at such room or place, to cause all persons other than himself/herself, his/her family and regularly employed assistants, to depart from such room or place and to close the same and all rooms used in connection therewith for any purposes at 12:00 midnight of each day, and to keep the same closed until 5:00 in the morning, and no person other than those herein excepted shall be admitted to any such room or place during the same is so closed; provided, that Police Officers in the discharge of their duties shall have access to such rooms or places at all hours.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. 12-331; Ord. No. 1304 N.S.)

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6-21.2 - Minors Not to Visit or Loiter About Place.

It shall be unlawful for the proprietor, manager, or other person in charge of any place where billiards, pool or cards are played for money or compensation to the person in charge of the place, to permit any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to visit any such place or to loiter or be or remain in or about such place, and it shall be unlawful for any such person under the age of eighteen (18) years to visit any such place or loiter or be or remain therein.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. 12-332)

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Editor's Note: For additional provisions regarding minors, see Section 4-29 of this Code.

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