Any city or town shall have the power to license, tax, regulate, restrain, or prohibit theatrical and other amusements, billiard and pool tables, nine or tenpin alleys, box or ball alleys, shooting galleries, theatres, parks, and other places of amusement when, in the opinion of the council or other governing body, the public good or safety demands it, to refuse to license any or all such businesses and to authorize the mayor or other chief executive officer by proclamation to cause any or all houses or places of amusement or houses or places for the sale of firearms or other deadly weapons to be closed for a period of not longer than the next meeting of the city or town council or other governing body.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.
Division 1 - General Provisions.
Section 11-51-90 - Municipal Business Licenses; Branch Offices; Application.
Section 11-51-90.1 - Definitions.
Section 11-51-90.4 - Electronic Processing and Recordation of Business License Renewals.
Section 11-51-91 - Licenses for Business, etc., Conducted Outside Corporate Limits of Municipality.
Section 11-51-92 - Licenses Based on a Flat Rate, Taken Out After July 1; Transfer of Licenses.
Section 11-51-93 - Violations; Penalties.
Section 11-51-95 - Taxpayer to Be Licensed for Each Applicable Line of Business.
Section 11-51-96 - Lien for License Taxes.
Section 11-51-98 - License Tax on Vending and Weighing Machines - Authorized Generally.
Section 11-51-100 - Regulation and Control of Vending Machines on Which Music Is Played.
Section 11-51-101 - Licensing, etc., of Carts, Wagons, Carriages, Etc.
Section 11-51-105 - Municipalities Not to Charge Farmers for Sale, etc., of Farm Products.