Exeter Municipal Code Ch. 5.24 Family Billiard Parlors

"Family billiard parlor" is defined to be a place sometimes hereinafter referred to as "premises," open to the public where billiard and pool tables are kept and persons are permitted to play or do play thereon, and where no alcoholic beverages are sold, served, or consumed.

(Ord. 239 §1, 1964)

No license to conduct, manage, or carry on a family billiard parlor shall be issued by the license collector except upon the order of the city council, written notice of which shall be given the license collector by the clerk of the city council. Any person desiring to obtain such license shall file with the city council a written application therefor, signed and sworn to by the applicant or by an officer thereof if the applicant is a corporation, stating the exact location of the place where the billiard parlor is to be located. The city council shall have discretion to deny such application if it appears to the council that the applicant is not of good moral character, or is an unfit person to manage or conduct such establishment, or that by reason of the place where such establishment is to be located the conducting or carrying on thereof would be detrimental to the public health, public order, or public morals.

(Ord. 239 §2, 1964)

There shall be no minimum or maximum ages applicable to patrons of a family billiard parlor.

(Ord. 239 §5, 1964)

The license fee for a family billiard parlor shall be the same as that prescribed by ordinance for a billiard parlor or pool hall.

(Ord. 239 §10, 1964)

It is unlawful for any owner, proprietor, manager, or any other person in charge of a family billiard parlor to sell or permit the sale of intoxicating liquors on the premises, or to permit any intoxicating liquors to be consumed on the premises, or to permit any intoxicated, quarreling, or disorderly person to remain on the premises.

(Ord. 239 §3, 1964)

Any establishment where billiard or pool tables are located which adjoins a place where beer, wine or any other alcoholic beverage is sold, served, or consumed and is connected by a common entryway, passageway, door, or other opening of any kind shall be considered a billiard room where alcoholic beverages are sold, served and consumed.

(Ord. 239 §4, 1964)

It is unlawful for any owner, proprietor, manager, or any other person in charge of a family billiard parlor to permit any person to enter or remain upon the premises in violation of any curfew ordinance.

(Ord. 239 §6, 1964)

It is unlawful for any owner, proprietor, manager, or any other person in charge of a family billiard parlor to permit any person who is registered in a public school system or a private school of elementary school or high school level to enter or remain upon the premises during any hours when his school is in session.

(Ord. 239 §7, 1964)

It is unlawful for any owner, proprietor, manager or any other person in charge of a family billiard parlor to permit any intoxicated person to enter, be or remain on the premises, or to permit any gambling thereon or to permit any loud, boisterous or obscene language to be indulged in, at or on the premises, or to fail to keep and maintain the premises in a decent and orderly manner.

(Ord. 239 §8, 1964)

In event of the violation by any licensee as provided for in this chapter of any of the terms of this chapter, it shall be the duty of the chief of police to serve upon the licensee, or his agent, a notice to appear before the city council to show cause why the license shall not be terminated and cancelled; the notice must be served not less than two days before the time fixed for the hearing. The city council shall have the right upon hearing to take sworn testimony relating to the alleged violation, and to determine whether or not the license shall be terminated and cancelled. In the event that violations relate to a license where persons under the age of eighteen are allowed to play, the city council may determine that the license shall be modified to prohibit any further play by such persons. In the event of the termination, cancellation, or modification of such license under the provisions of this section, no new license shall be issued to such licensee, nor shall the license be again modified so as to permit persons under the age of eighteen years to play, nor shall such license be issued to any firm of which the licensee is a member, or to any corporation of which he is a stockholder, for a period of one year thereafter.

(Ord. 239 §9, 1964)

Each separate act in violation of this chapter shall constitute a misdemeanor and be a separate offense; and every person, firm, association, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not exceeding three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the city jail not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in addition to which the license of the billiard parlor in which such violation occurs may be summarily revoked.

(Ord. 239 §11, 1964)