Chapter 5.20
MINIATURE GOLF COURSES
Sections:
5.20.030 License – Application requirements.
5.20.060 Restrictions on minors.
5.20.070 Availability and maintenance of sanitary facilities.
5.20.090 Revocation of permit.
5.20.100 Penalty for violation.
5.20.010 Definitions.
The word “person,” as used in this chapter, includes the singular and plural, also firm, company, corporation, copartnership, association, club, society or any other organization. [Ord. 315 § 1, 1930.]
5.20.020 License – Required.
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, or 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 provided in this chapter, and complying with all the regulations and requirements contained in this chapter. [Ord. 315 § 2, 1930.]
5.20.030 License – Application requirements.
A. Any person desiring to carry on such business in the City shall file a written application with the City Clerk, upon forms furnished by the City Clerk, for a permit and license to do so. Such application shall be signed by the applicant; shall state his true and/or fictitious name and address; and shall set forth the exact location at which it is proposed to conduct the business. It shall show also the names of all partners, directors, trustees and/or other persons proposed to be connected, directly or indirectly, with the conduct and/or operation of the business, with their present addresses.
B. All applications shall be made in duplicate, one of which shall be transmitted to the Chief of Police for investigation, and the permit shall not be granted or license issued until the expiration of 10 days from the date of application, unless a satisfactory report is made by the Chief of Police before the expiration of such period.
C. If no adverse report is made by the Chief of Police within the period of 10 days, then such application shall be presumed acceptable, and the permit granted, whereupon the license shall be issued, upon the payment of the required fee. [Ord. 315 § 3, 1930.]
5.20.040 License – Fee.
Every person owning, conducting, or maintaining a public miniature golf course, for gain or a fixed charge, or otherwise, in the City, shall pay to the City a license fee of $25.00 per half-year in advance, payable January 1st and July 1st of each year. [Ord. 315 § 4, 1930.]
5.20.050 Hours of operation.
It is unlawful for any person to operate, conduct, or keep open for patronage any miniature golf course between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 7:00 a.m. of the following morning, and 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; and no operator or owner of any such golf course, nor his agents, servants or employees, shall work or tamp such course between such hours. [Ord. 315 § 5, 1930.]
5.20.060 Restrictions on minors.
It is unlawful for any person conducting, operating or carrying on such business to allow or permit any minor child under the age of 16 years to play or engage in the playing of the game after the hour of 9:00 p.m. of any day, unless accompanied by the parent or adult companion of such minor child. [Ord. 315 § 6, 1930.]
5.20.070 Availability and maintenance of sanitary facilities.
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. 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 the units may be in one building. [Ord. 315 § 7, 1930.]
5.20.080 Noise restrictions.
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 10:00 p.m. of any day and 10:00 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 the premises. [Ord. 315 § 8, 1930.]
5.20.090 Revocation of permit.
The City Council is empowered to revoke the permit to carry on such business upon receiving satisfactory evidence of the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or any other law or ordinance of the City, or any law of the State, in connection with the conduct of such business, or that the business is being conducted and/or operated in a disorderly manner.
Whenever a permit shall have been revoked under the terms of this chapter, no other application by such person to carry on a similar business in the City shall be considered for a period of one year from the date of such revocation. [Ord. 315 § 9, 1930.]
5.20.100 Penalty for violation.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $100.00, or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. [Ord. 315 § 10, 1930.]