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Attorney John Boger presented a proposed Ordinance Regulating Places of Amusement. After a disc~sion, several minor changes were made. Commissioner Hamm~t~ made motion to adopt the ordinance as amended. Commissioner Cook seconded the motion and vote car~ed. The adopted ordinance is as fo~ows: 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 I. It shall be unlawful for any person, fi~m or corpor~on to operate a pool or b~d room where more than ten (10) pool or bd~d or bagatelle table~ or tables of like character are kept for rent or h~e or for any other compensation, directly or indirectly. Section 2. No pool or billiard room or establishment shall be operated later than 11 o'clock p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays, or later than 11: 30 .o ' clock p.m. on Fridays or Saturdays. No pool or billiard room establish- ment sh~ll be operated on Sundays. Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any owner, manager, or person in charge of a pool or billiard room or establishment to a~low gambling or the consumption of any a~coholic beverage upon the premises of such e~£ablishment. Section 4. (a) No person under eighteen (18) year~ of'age shall b'e allowed to enter or loiter in a poolroom where any billiard, pool or bagatelle table or tables of like character are kept for rent or hire, or for compensation directly or ind~ectly. No owner, manager, or per~on in charge of a pool or bil~d room where a table is kept for the purpose specified herein, violating any provisions of this section by a~lowing persons under eighteen (18) ye~s of age to enter such poolrooms, and any person under eighteen (18) years of age violating any provisions of this section shall be guilty o f a misdemeanor. (b) No owner, manager, or person in charge of any poolroom or billiard pa~lor sha~l admit any minor under eighteen (18) years of age unless said minor shall be accompanied by h~s or her parent or legal guardian. (c) A copy of th~ section shall be conspi¢iously posted in every poolroom and billiard parlor. Section 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to place or .keep any k~nd o4 stain, paint, c~rtains or other things on or in front of any glass which obscures the view into any place or building where a poolroom is maintained. Section 6. (a) Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be punished by a fine not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00) or imprisoned for a period not to exceed thi~y (30) days or by both such fine and imprisonment. (b) The Board of Commissioners of Cabarrus County may take civil action, including the application for injunctive relief, against any person violating the provisions of this ordinance. Section 7. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the Ist day of May, 1977. "The undersigned Fire Protection Commissioners of the Harrisburg Fire District do recommend that the Harr~burg Fire District be extended to include the area set forth in the boundary discription advertised for the hearing at the March meeting of the Cabar~us County Commissioners.