§ 8.20.020.410. Tournament billiard club.

"Tournament billiard club" means an establishment whose primary purpose is the providing of billiard related entertainment that contains the following:

(a)

A minimum of thirty-five billiard tables (thirty of the billiard tables shall measure at least four and one-half feet by nine feet in size);

(b)

At least a five-foot separation on all sides between all billiard tables;

(c)

A restaurant as defined in this chapter; and

(d)

An area dedicated for play of ten or more coin-operated nongaming amusement devices.

All of the above requirements must be available to the public at all times that liquor service, if offered and properly licensed, is available.

If the location has been issued a liquor license, the establishment shall provide adequate security to ensure that minors are not served or permitted to consume alcoholic beverages. Gaming activities conducted in the establishment, if any, shall be conducted wholly within the area reserved for the bar and lounge. In addition to the minimum requirements set forth above, each tournament billiard club shall conduct a minimum of two competitive billiard tournaments per calendar year. Each tournament shall offer a minimum cash prize of five thousand dollars to the winner thereto. If appropriately licensed, alcoholic beverages and food service may be consumed in the bar and lounge area, dining area and at the billiard tables. Food, but not alcoholic beverage service, shall be permitted in any area which is reserved for the playing of coin-operated nongaming amusement devices.

If the tournament billiard club holds a full bar liquor license, the operation of the tournament billiard club shall be the primary business of the establishment and to ensure compliance with this requirement, the gross revenues generated from the operation of the billiard tables, coin-operated nongaming amusement devices and the restaurant as compared with the gross revenue from liquor sales (including complimentary alcohol at the retail rate) and the location's net gaming win from all sources shall be not less than fifty-five percent of the total gross sales. In order to ensure compliance with the revenue percentages set forth above, the licensee shall be required to maintain accurate records consistent with proper accounting procedures indicating total gross revenues generated from the operation of the billiard tables, coin-operated nongaming amusement devices, sales of food, sales of alcoholic beverages and location's net gaming win.

If the tournament billiard club holds a full bar liquor license, it is the intent of this section that the service of alcoholic beverages and gaming is merely an adjunct to the overall operation of the establishment. To assist in attaining such intent, no tournament billiard club shall engage in any form of advertising for the establishment, save and except, no more than one two-sided lighted exterior sign which comports with all applicable zoning ordinances, which states directly or indirectly that alcoholic beverages or gaming are available at the licensed location. Every customer must be given a cash register receipt for every purchase of alcoholic beverages or food which such receipt shall distinguish alcoholic beverage service and food service on the face thereof. Every customer who requests such a receipt must be given a receipt for billiard table rentals. The cash register copy of all such receipts shall be retained for three years subject to audit.

(a)

For the purpose of the definition of tournament billiard club only, "location's net gaming win" means the location's share of gross drop less jackpots and fills.

(Ord. L-232-05 § 84, 2005)