Sacramento Municipal Code Ch. 5.84 Miniature Golf

It is unlawful for any person as proprietor, agent, manager, owner or otherwise to carry on or conduct the business of operating a public miniature golf course in any place in the city for gain, either by direct charge, by a club membership plan or by any other indirect means whereby a charge is made without first having obtained a permit and license to do so, as and complying with all of the regulations and requirements contained in this chapter. (Prior code § 5.03.010)

No person shall erect, construct or lay out any miniature golf course or begin the erection, construction or laying out of any such course without first obtaining the permit and license required by this chapter. (Prior code § 5.03.011)

Any person desiring to carry on the business of a miniature golf course in the city shall file a written application with the building inspector upon forms furnished by the building inspector for a permit to do so.

Such application shall be signed by the applicant, shall state his or her true and fictitious name and address and shall set forth the exact location and indicate all property proposed to be used, at which place it is proposed to conduct such business. It shall show also the names of all partners, directors, trustees and all other persons proposed to be connected, directly or indirectly, with the conduct or operation of such business, with their present addresses.

All applications shall be made in duplicate, one of which shall be transmitted to the chief of police for investigation. No permit shall be granted or license issued until the expiration of ten (10) days from the date of application, unless a satisfactory report is made by the chief of police before the expiration of such period. (Prior code § 5.03.012)

If no adverse report is made by the chief of police within a period of ten (10) days, then the application shall be presumed acceptable and the permit granted, whereupon a license shall be issued upon the payment of the required fee. (Prior code § 5.03.013)

It is unlawful for any person to admit patrons to any miniature golf course between the hours of twelve midnight and seven-thirty a.m. of the following morning; provided, however, that players admitted prior to midnight shall be allowed until one a.m. to complete their game. All lights on such premises shall be turned out and kept turned out, between such hours except such lights as are absolutely necessary for police protection. No operator or owner of any such golf course nor his or her agents, servants or employees shall work or tamp such course between such hours; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to any such course erected, constructed or laid out within a building. (Prior code § 5.03.014)

Every person owning, conducting or maintaining a miniature golf course shall provide or cause to be provided and maintained, in a sanitary condition, adequate lavatories, water closets and all usual incidental sanitary facilities for the use of whosoever shall be lawfully upon the course or premises, all in accordance with Chapter 8.36 of this code. There shall be not less than one separate unit for men and not less than one separate unit for women; provided, however, that all of such units may be in one building. (Prior code § 5.03.015)

It is unlawful for any person, as operator, owner, manager or otherwise, to have in operation, or cause or permit to be in operation, any radio receiving set, piano or other musical instrument between the hours of ten p.m. of any day and ten a.m. of the following day or to permit or allow any loud or unusual noise or boisterous or disorderly conduct, at any time on such premises; provided, however, this section shall not apply to any such course erected, constructed or laid out within a building. (Prior code § 5.03.016)