Torrance Municipal Code Art. 5 Exhibitions, Contests, Amusement and Gambling Devices

No person shall promote, advertise, stage, hold, manage, conduct or carry on any bullfight contest or exhibition or any fight game contest or exhibition of similar nature held for amusement or gain.

Nothing in Sections 45.5.010 and 45.5.020 shall be construed to prohibit rodeos and similar exhibitions.

Sections 45.5.010 and 45.5.020 do not permit any act prohibited by Section 597(b) or subsection thereof of the State Penal Code or prohibit any other act prohibited by the laws and the Constitution of the State of California.

(Added by O-40; Amended by O-44; O-136; O-197; O-350; O-927; O-945; O-1409; O-1547)

It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct or keep open for business any poolroom or billiard hall, whether operated alone or in conjunction with any other business, between the hours of 2:00 A.M. and 6:00 A.M.

(Added by O-40; Amended by O-44; O-136; O-197; O-350; O-927; O-1519)

a) Unlawful to Admit Persons Under Sixteen Years of Age Unless Accompanied by Parent. No owner, manager, proprietor, or other person in charge of any public billiard room shall permit any person below the age of 16 years of age to be in, remain in, enter or visit such place whether with or without parental consent, unless said minor is accompanied by one of his parents, or by his guardian.

b) Unlawful to Admit Person Under Eighteen Years of Age Without Written Consent. No owner shall allow a person below the age of 18 years of age to be in, remain, enter or visit such a place unless said person’s parent or guardian personally presents written consent to the owner, manager, proprietor or other person in charge of said room.

c) Unlawful for Minors to Enter. No person under the age of 18 shall be in, remain in, enter, or visit any public billiard parlor if the owner of said parlor is prohibited by any law from admitting said person.

It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his possession or under his control in any business establishment in the City or in any other public place in the City, an object which is commonly known and designated as a punchboard or any other device or board where holes are made in such board and numbers or names or other data are written or printed on pieces of paper which are concealed in such holes by covering material, and are drawn by punching through such covering, and the person punching is paid the designated amount or merchandise, if any, indicated on such pieces of paper so punched from the board.