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ORDINANCE REGULATING PLACES OF AMDSEblENT BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of Cabarrus County, North Carolina, that the following ordinance be and the same is hereby adopted: Section 1. It shall be unlawful ~or any person, firm or~orporation to operate a pool or billiard room where more than tee (10)'pool or billiard or bagatelle tables or tables of like cbaracter are kept for rent or hire or for any other compensation, directly or indirectly. Section 5. No pool or billiard room or establishment shall be operated later than 11 o'clock p.m. on Mondays, Tudsdays, Wednesdays, 'or Thursdays, or later than 11:00 o'clock p.m. on FCidays or Satetdaya. No pool or billiard room establishment shall be operated on Sundays. Section 3. It shell be unlawful [or any owner, manager, or any person in charge of a pool or billiard room or establishment to allow gambling or the consumption of any alcoholic beverage upon the premises of snch establishmeet. Section 4. (a) No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall be allowed co enter or loiter in s poolroom where any billiard, pool or bagatelle table or tablss of like character are kept for rent or hire. or for compensation directly or indire£tly. No o%a%er, mansger, or person in charge of a pool or billiard room where m table is kept for the uurpose specified herein, violating any provisions of this section by allowing persons under eighteen (]8) years~of age to enter such poolrooms, and any person under eighteen (18) years of age vtol~ti~ any provisions of ~bis section shall be guilty of s misdememaor (b) No owner, manager, or person in charge of any poolroom or billiard parlor shall admit any minor nnder eighteen (i8) years of age unless said minor shall be accompn~ied by his or her parent or legal gnard lan. (c) h copy of this section shall be conspiciously posted in every poolroom and billiard parlor. Section 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to place or keep any kind of stain, paint, curtains or other tbings oe or ~n front of any glass which obscures the ¥iew into any place or building where a poolroom is maiutained Sectio,1 6. (a) Any person violating the provisions of this ordieaece shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction may he punished by a fine not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00) or imprisoned for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days or by both such fine and imprisonment. (b) The Board of Commissioners of Cabarrus County msy take civil ac~ioe~ including tile application for injunctive relief~ against any person violating the provisions of tbis ordinance. Section 7. This ordinance shall be in ~ull force and effect from and after the 1st day of May, 1977.