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ORDINANCE NS-814 AMENDING PART 3, CHAPTER 3, OF ARTICLE VI OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE REGULATING POOL AND BILLIARD HALLS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That Part 3, Chapter 3, of Article VI of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: Part 3 - Pool and Billiard Halls SECTION 6330. Application for Permit. Any person desiring to engage in any business where games of billiards or pool are conducted for profit shall first make application in writing to the Council. The Council shall have full power to grant or deny said permit and, after investigation, if it shall appear to the Council that said person is a proper and suitable person and the location and arrangement of the proposed place where said business is to be conducted is satis- factory, the Council shall grant said permit, subject to all applicable provisions of this Code; otherwise, it shall deny the same. SECTION 6331. Right to Control. The Council, in granting a permit or license for the carrying on of said business, reserves the right at all times to determine where said games may or shall be carried on, including the character and nature of the building, its surroundings, arrange- ment, construction, accessibility, and suitability for the purpose of conducting said business. The character, reputation and reliability of the person conducting said business and of his employees shall be considered. SECTION 6332. Entrance Open. The entrance to every place or room where games of billiards or pool are conducted for profit shall be open and unobstructed to all peace officers, firemen, City inspectors, and adults at all times when such games are so carried on. SECTION 6333. Certain Games Prohibited. No games of cards, dice, or other games of chance shall be carried on in any room in which any of the above businesses shall be conducted or in any room accessible therefrom. SECTION 6334. When Minor May Enter. When any room or place is maintained where games of billiards or pool are conducted for profit, which said room or place is a part and portion of a business affording amusement or recreation games for which a fee is charged, and which said room or place occupies not more than 6~ of the total floor space devoted to such games, and which business primarily provides for family recrea~on and amusement which is regularly used by husbands, wives, and children, minors under the age of 18 years may be permitted to enter the room or area where billiards and pool are offered to the public and may be permitted to play at said games. Provided, however, that no minor under the age of 18 years shall be permitted to enter the room or place where billiards or pool are so conducted after the hour of 10:00 P.M. of any day, and the owner, operator, or any person in charge of any such room or place shall not permit any minor under the age of 18 years to remain therein after the hour of 10:00 P.M. of any day. -1-