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10 Minutes CASE ~18: OPERATING HOURS FOR BILLIARD/ AMUSEMENT CENTER ESTABLISHMENTS By: Mike Auspos, Chief of Police Background: There exists a discrepancy in the hours of operation at the current establishments that offer billiards and amusement games. In the interest of fairness to license holders and for efficiency of enforcement, short of any extenuating circumstances which would require otherwise, hours of operation should be the same for all such businesses. Current hours of operation for three area businesses holding billiards and amusement center licenses are as follows: The Place: Sunday through Thursday - 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight Friday and Saturday - 11:00 a.m. 1:00 a.m. Cue Time: Sunday through Thursday - 12:00 noon to 12:00 midnight Friday and Saturday - 12:00 noon to 3:00 a.m. Chips on 10: Sunday - 12:00 noon to 11:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday - 12:00 noon to 10:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday - I0:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. These hours are the hours listed on the amusement center application form, as the applicant wishes them to be. The billiards license form does not ask for hours of operation; however, since the amusement center license includes pool tables on its application form as devices, it would appear that the amusement center hours would cover the billiards portion also. As can be seen, the hours vary for all three establishments and appear more to be the hours the applicant expects to be open rather than parameters set down by the City since, in the case of Cue Time and Chips on 10, the licenses were approved in the consent agenda without Council comment. The Pc!ice Department has had minimal calls for service to these places and I have talked to the owner of Cue Time. He tells me that they have not experienced a "bar crowd" clientele after 1:00 a.m. until closing at 3:00 a.m. and have had no problems there. Our records confirm this, although they have cn!y been open for a short time. The conclusion is that the City should desiznate some hours cf operation for these es ..... sn_ents, setting opening and closing hours. Enclosed is pare cf Ordinance ~88-6 entitled "Health, Safety and We!f-re'' regarding curfews. Also enclosed is ' = .... ~ ~_ zn~o.==~on on the three above businesses. Reco~_mendation: Ramsey~s curfew ordinance, for all intents and purposes, limits the hours that the establishments in question can serve those covered by the curfew. Since they make uo the majority of customers for those places, at least insofaras the video games are concerned, practical Business considerations would contro hours cf operaticn usually.