ARTICLE III. - BILLIARD, BAGATELLE, POOL, SCIPPIO TABLES AND GAME ROOMS
Part of the Code of Ordinances of Warren, RI.
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--- (4) --- State Law reference— Authority to license billiard, bagatelle, pool, scippio tables and game rooms, G.L. 1956, § 5-2-10.
DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY#
Sec. 11-76. - Definition.#
The words pinball or game room as used in this article shall mean any public place, building, or room where three (3) or more gaming devices, machines, or apparatuses are kept for the use and entertainment of the public; or any place where the purpose of such business is to maintain three (3) or more machines, which upon the insertion of a coin, slug, token, plate or disc may be operated by the public generally for use as a game or amusement whether or not registering a score and whether its operation demands skill or chance or both. The definition of game room shall be limited to those places which derive their principal source of income from such machines.
(Ord. of 1-8-80, § 19-14)
Cross reference— Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2.
State Law reference— Similar definition, G.L. 1956, § 5-2-10.
Secs. 11-77—11-95. - Reserved.#
DIVISION 2. - LICENSE#
Sec. 11-96. - Required.#
No person shall keep a billiard table, bagatelle table, pool table, scippio table, or any table of a similar character, in any saloon, shop, or place of business or own or keep any such table for public use or profit or operate a pinball or game room within the town without first obtaining a license from the town council to do so.
(Ord. of 1-8-80, § 19-15)
State Law reference— Similar provisions, G.L. 1956, § 5-2-10.
Sec. 11-97. - Fees.#
The annual fee per coin-operated table for any license required under this article, if issued to a saloon, shop or place of business shall: Two hundred dollars ($200.00).
The annual fee per non-coin-operated table for any license required under this article, if issued to a saloon, shop or place of business shall be: Ten dollars ($10.00).
The annual fee for such license issued under this article for a game room shall be: Two thousand dollars ($2,000.00).
(Ord. of 1-8-80, § 19-16; Ord. of 4-9-91(1); Ord. of 4-12-2005; Ord. of 2-12-2013)
State Law reference— Fees authorized, G.L. 1956, § 5-2-11.
Sec. 11-98. - Contents; term.#
Every license issued under the provisions of this article shall specify the person licensed, the business licensed, and the building or room in which the tables shall be kept, and shall continue and be in force until December 1, following the date of issue, unless sooner revoked for cause.
(Ord. of 1-8-80, § 19-17)
Sec. 11-99. - Regulations and restrictions.#
Licenses issued under the provisions of this article shall be subject to such regulations and restrictions as the town council may from time to time make and prescribe.
(Ord. of 1-8-80, § 19-18)
Sec. 11-100. - Doing business without license or in unauthorized place.#
Every person in the town who shall keep a billiard table, bagatelle table, pool table, scippio table or any table of a similar character, in any saloon, shop, or place of business, or own or keep any such table for public use or profit, or operate a pinball or game room without first obtaining a license from the town council, or in any place other than that specified in such license, shall be fined twenty dollars ($20.00) or be imprisoned not exceeding three (3) months for each offense.
(Ord. of 1-8-80, § 19-19)
State Law reference— Similar provisions, G.L. 1956, § 5-2-12.
Sec. 11-101. - Limitations on number of licenses to be issued.#
Pursuant to the provisions of section 5-2-10 of the General Laws, the town council hereby limits the number of the licenses to be issued as follows: (1)
The maximum number of licenses to be issued [by] the town [to] saloons, shops or places of business within this town for the keeping of a billiard table, bagatelle table, pool table, scippio table, or any table [of a] similar character is fixed at twenty-five (25).
(2)
The maximum number of licenses for operation of a pinball or game room to be issued by the town is fixed at two (2).
(Ord. of 1-8-80, § 19-20; Ord. of 10-9-2012)