Compton Municipal Code § 7-11 Minors

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Editor's Note: See also § 7-2, Curfew; Loitering by Minors Prohibited.

[Ord. #856, § 4502; Ord. #915]

No person under the age of 21 years shall make any false declaration or representation of his age or present any false credentials of his age or any false identification for the purpose of circumventing or in any way avoiding any of the provisions or prohibitions of this Code.

[Added by Ord. #915, § 4503.3]

a. Minor to Attend with Parents. No minor under the age of 16 years shall attend any prize fight or boxing, sparring, or wrestling exhibition carried on within the City unless such minor is accompanied by his parent or legal guardian.

b. Parents or Guardian Not to Permit Attendance. No parent or legal guardian of any such minor shall knowingly permit such minor to attend any such exhibition without being accompanied by his parent or legal guardian.

c. Promoters or Agents Not to Permit Minors. No person, either as owner, promoter, agent, employee, or otherwise of such exhibition, carried on within the City shall knowingly permit any such minor to attend any such exhibition without such minor being accompanied by his parent or legal guardian.

d. Proof of Age Required. Any minor whose age is questioned and who is not accompanied by his parent or legal guardian shall be denied admittance to any such exhibition until such minor shall have established by satisfactory proof that he is over the age of 16 years.

[Added by Ord. #915, §§ 4504 — 4506; Ord. #1248]

a. Minors Under 15 Years Prohibited. No person under the age of 15 years shall be in, remain in, enter, or visit any public billiard room unless such minor person is accompanied by one of his parents or by his legal guardian.

b. Further Limitations.

1. No person under the age of 21 years shall be in, remain in, enter, or visit any public billiard room in which any alcoholic beverages are sold, offered for sale, dispensed, or permitted to be consumed.

2. No person under the age of 18 years shall be in, remain in, enter, or visit any public billiard room in which any card games are permitted, played, operated, or taught in any manner.

3. No person under the age of 21 years shall be in, remain in, enter, or visit any public billiard room between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and the time of sunrise the following day when not accompanied by his or her parent or legal guardian having legal custody and control of such person, or by the spouse of such person, which spouse is 21 or more years of age.

c. Persons Responsible for Violation. No owner, manager, proprietor, or other person in charge of or having control of any public billiard room shall allow or permit any person under the age of 15 years to be in, remain in, enter, or visit such place unless such minor person is accompanied by one of his parents or his legal guardian.

d. Persons Responsible for Violation — Further Limitations.

1. No owner, manager, proprietor, or other person in charge of, or having control of, a public billiard room in which any alcoholic beverages are sold, offered for sale, dispensed, or permitted to be consumed shall allow or permit any person under the age of 21 years to be in, remain in, enter, or visit such billiard room.

2. No owner, manager, proprietor, or other person in charge of, or having control of, a public billiard room in which any card games are permitted or suffered to be played, operated, or taught in any manner shall allow or permit any person under the age of 18 years to be in, remain in, enter, or visit such billiard room.

3. No owner, manager, proprietor, or other person in charge of, or having control of, a public billiard room shall allow or permit any person under the age of 21 years to be in, remain in, enter, or visit any public billiard room between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and the time of sunrise the following day when not accompanied by his or her parent or legal guardian having legal custody and control of such person, or by the spouse of such person, which spouse is 21 or more years of age.

e. Billiard Room Defined. For the purposes of this section, "public billiard room" is defined to be any place open to the public where billiards, bagatelle, or pool is played, or in which any billiard, bagatelle, or pool table is kept and persons are permitted to play or do play thereon, whether any compensation or reward is charged for the use of such table or not.

f. Social Billiard Club Defined. As used in this section, "social billiard club" means a bona fide social club with a limited membership into which admission cannot be obtained by any person at his pleasure, and the sole or main purpose of which is to furnish to its members and to the guests of such members a place in which to play billiards, bagatelle, or pool.

Any place which is a "public billiard room", as defined in Subsection 7-11.3e is not a "social billiard club."