Section 110-24 POOLROOMS AND GAME ROOMS.


A.    Hours of operation.

    1.    Public poolrooms and billiard rooms in the town shall close not later than 2:00 a.m. and remain closed until 7:00 a.m.  All other business in the Town of Front Royal which have upon their premises, available for public use, pool tables or billiard tables shall not permit said devices to be operated between the hours of 2:00 a.m.and 7:00 a.m.

(Ord. 4-07 Amended (1) 1-8-07-Effective Upon Passage)

    2.    Public arcades, pinball and electronic game establishments in the town shall close at 10:00 p.m. and remain closed until 10:00 a.m. the following day. All other businesses in the Town of Front Royal which have upon their premises, available for the public use, arcade game machines, pinball machines or electronic game machines, shall not permit said device to be operated between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. the following day.

    3.    Any owner or operator of a public poolroom, billiard room, arcade, pinball or electronic game establishment  or such other business with said game devices upon the premises who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

B.    It shall be unlawful for the owner or manager of a poolroom,  shooting gallery, bowling alley or other licensed place of similar or kindred games and amusements to paint or frost the windows or the glass in the doors or to place curtains, screens or blinds thereupon or thereabout or in any way obscure, shield or screen from view the interior of such room or any room adjoining or connecting there-with or any part thereof *.

(Ord. No. 6-83 Amended 10-10-83)

*    Editor's Note: Former Sec. 19-38 of the 1965 Code, Profane swearing, which immediately followed this section, was deleted at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.