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ORDINANCE NO: d,!( r9
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO REGUIATING
BILLIARD ROOMS AND POOLROOMS WITHIN SAm CITY
THE MAYOR AND C(H.iON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
DO ORDA.IN AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION ONE: It shall be unlawful for any person, whether
as principal, officer, clerk, agent or employee, either for him-
self or for any other person to engage in, conduct, carryon
or maintain the business, trade, occupation or calling of
conducting a billiard room or poolroom in the City, without first
having procured therefor, a license from the City Clerk and a
permit in writing from the Common Council.
SECTION TWO: Any person who shall desire to procure a
permit for conducting or maintaining in the City a billiard room
or poolroom, shall make application therefor in writing to the
City Clerk. Such application shall be made on a form prescribed
by the City Clerk, and shall be verified by one of the applicants
Such application shall set forth the name of the applicant or
applicants, the location of such proposed business and the
number of billiard or pool tables intended to be kept therein.
SECTION THREE: Each permit shall be made conditional upon,
and it shall be unlawful:
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(a) For any person under the age of sixteen years to enter
and remain in any establishment where any billiard or pool table
is maintained for public use or hire unless accompanied by a
parent, guardian or responsible adult;
(b) For the management of any establishment where any
billiard or pool table is maintained for public use or hire to
p~rmit a person under the age of sixteen years to enter and
remain in such establishment unless accompanied by a parent,
guardian or responsible adult;
(c) For any person under the age of sixteen years to enter
and remain in any establishment where any billiard or pool table
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is maintained for public use or hire after the hour of 10
o'clock P~M~;
(d) For the management of any establishment where any
billiard or pool table is maintained for public use or hire to
permit a person under the age of sixteen years to enter and
remain in such an establishment after the hour of 10 o'clock
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(e) For any person under the age of twenty-one years to
violate any law pertaining to alcoholic beverages in any
establishment where any billiard or pool table is maintained for
public use or hire;
(f) For the management of any establishment where any
billiard or pool table is maintained for public use or hire to
violate any law pertaining to alcoholic bevera~es;
(g) For the management of an~ establishment where any
billiard or pool table is maintained for public use or hire to
fail to have an employee of the age of twenty-one years or older
in attendance at all times when the establishment is open to the
public;
(h) The term "management" shall include owner, lessee,
or any agent, employee, representative or concessionaire of such
owner or lessee;
(i) For the purpose of preventing the violation of any
portion of this Section, the management shall refuse to permit
any person to remain in any establishment where any billiard or
pool table is maintained for public use or hire who is unable to
produce adequate written evidence that he or she is over the age
of sixteen or twenty-one years, as the case may be, or in the
case of a person under the age of sixteen years who is not
accompanied by a parent, guardian, or responsible adult.
SECTION FOUR: It shall be unlawful for any person to
violate any law pertaining to lotteries, gaming, or gambling on
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the premises of the billiard room or poolroom.
SECTION FIVE: No profanity of any kind shall be used.
suffered. allowed. or permitted on the premises of the billiard
room or poolroom.
SECTION SIX: The owners. managers. and operators. and
each of them. of the billiard room or poolroom shall be strictly
responsible for the enforcement of all required rules and
regulations. and shall not permit any person violatin~ any rule
or regulation to remain in such billiard room or poolroom. and
shall not permit any habitual violator to enter such billiard
room or poolroom.
SECTION SEVEN: At least four signs shall be posted and
maintained at conspicuous places in and about the billiard room
or poolroom. printed in bold one-inch high letters placed on a
contrasting background. and setting forth the substance of the
rules and regulations contained in these Sections.
SECTION EIGHT: When any room or place 18 maintained where
games of billiards. pool or bagatelle are conducted for profit.
which said room or place is a part or portion of a business
affording amusement or recreational games for which a fee is
charged. said games shall be at all times open to public view
from the sidewalk or street right of way adjoining the said room
or place; and any partitions between said room or place and
other game areas. shall be made of not less than 501. transparent
glass between a point 3 feet above the floor and a point 6 feet
above the floor.
SECTION NINE: The COIIIIlOn Council may.impose any reasonable
condition upon the issuance of said permit in addition to the
aforesaid conditions and regulations.
SECTION TEN: At the time of filing each original
application. the applicant shall pay to the City Clerk an
application investigation fee of $25.00 for each location or
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address where it is proposed to conduct a billiard room or pool-
room. If said application is denied, such fee shall not be
refunded.
SECTION ELEVEN: Any permit issued for a billiard room or
poolroom may be revoked or 8Q8pended for a violation of any
of the conditions of the perDIit, or of the provisions of this
Ordinance or other provisions of law, or for good cause, which
shall include but not be limited to a material mis-statement in
the application for the per.it, or conduct which does not comport
with the public welfare. No permit shall be revoked for any
cause or violation until a public hearing has been held thereon
by the COmmon Council, and the permittee has been ~iven five (5)
days notice in writing of the time and place of such hearing
either by United States mai~, or by personal service, and a brief
statement of specific charges; provided that any permit may be
suspended by the Mayor, pending the holding of a public hearing
as provided abo~e, by causing a written notice of such temporary
suspension to be delivered to the permittee personally, or to his
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SECTION TWELVE: Any, 'person, firm or copporation
violating any of the provlstons of this Ordinance sha'll be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be
punishable bya fine of not more than Five Hundred ($500.00)
Dollars, or by imprisonment for a period of not more than six
months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each person,
firm or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense
for each day during any portion of which any violation of any
provision of this Ordinance is committed, continued or permitted
by such person, firm or corporation and shall be punishable
therefor as provided by this Ordinance.
SECTION THIRTEEN: If any section, sub-section, sentence,
clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for .any reason held to be
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1 invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
2 competent jurisdiction, suc~ decision shall not affect the
3 validity of the remaining portions of said Ordinance. The Mayor
4 and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino hereby declare
5 that they would have passed said Ordinance, and each section,
6 sub-section, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective
7 of the fact that anyone or more other sections, sub-sections,
8 clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
9 SECTION FOURTEEN: Ordinance No. 319 and 477 are hereby
10 repealed.
1.1 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly
12 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San
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eting thereof, held
1964, by the
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following vote, to wit:
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'!'he foregoing Ordinance
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is hereby approved this c~1'~./ day
. 1964.
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Approved as to form:
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JUN 23 1964
.IA~ T. ~N, City Clerk
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