Is it illegal to open a chess room? Is it restricted by the state?

It is not illegal to open a chess room in the community, but you must apply for relevant documents and cannot engage in gambling and other activities. To open a chess room, you need to apply for a self-employed business license in the industrial and commercial department. To open a chess room, you must abide by the Regulations on the Administration of Entertainment Places, and gambling is not allowed. It is also necessary to apply to the cultural department of the local people's government at the county level.

In addition to the business license, the establishment of a chess room shall meet the following conditions:

I. Administrative licensing conditions

1, with the qualification of enterprise legal person.

2 investors, legal representatives and responsible persons have no illegal and criminal acts listed in Article 5 of the Regulations on the Administration of Entertainment Places;

3, shall not be established in the following circumstances:

(1) Residential buildings (including commercial and residential buildings), museums, libraries, art galleries, cemeteries, cemeteries, schools, kindergartens, places for children's activities and buildings approved as cultural relics protection units;

(2) In residential areas and in and around schools, hospitals and institutions;

(3) Stations, airports and other crowded places;

(4) Below the basement of the building (excluding the basement);

(5) The area adjacent to the hazardous chemicals warehouse.

4. There are no primary and secondary schools within 200 meters;

5. The fire-fighting facilities are complete and effective, the entrances and exits are clearly marked, the building structure is safe and reasonable, and the number, evacuation width and distance of the safe exits of the business premises meet the provisions of the relevant national code for fire protection design of buildings;

6. Having standard business premises and supporting facilities;

7. The business area is more than 40 square meters (referring to the actual use area with complete opinions on the same plane, excluding the area of auxiliary functional areas such as service desk and toilet), and the area of each chess room is not less than 8 square meters;

8, set up a separate room, the room should be not less than 5; If there are private rooms attached to the chess room, there shall be no less than 2 private rooms. If private rooms are set up separately and the chess room is attached with private rooms, there shall be no less than 2 private rooms on the same floor. The actual use area of each private room is more than 8 square meters, and the area of each chess room is not less than 8 square meters;

9. The lighting equipment in the private room is adjusted by the outdoor or central control room, and there are no auxiliary rooms such as partitions, internal locking devices and toilets in the private room;

10, the compartment door or the partition wall along the aisle side is off the ground1.2m, and the transparent material area is over 0.4m2, with clear perspective;

1 1, sanitation, ventilation and other facilities meet the standards set by the health authorities;

12, the noise at the boundary of the site must meet the environmental noise emission standards stipulated by the state;

13, necessary management system.

Two. Application materials (in duplicate)

1. Shanghai chess room entertainment business license application form and commitment letter;

2. Articles of association;

3, the legal representative of the investor, the proposed person, the provincial person in charge of the certificate and a copy;

4. A statement on the application for the establishment of a chess room and a letter of investigation from Shanghai investors, legal representatives and persons in charge of entertainment places that there is no violation of the law (within the validity period of half a year);

5. Apply for a map of the location of the project, indicating that there are no primary and secondary schools within 200 meters around;

6. The building plan of the business premises with the scale of 1 to 100. If a private room is set up, the elevation of doors and windows (1.2m or more, with transparent material of 0.4m) shall also be provided;

7, issued by the public security fire department "public gathering places put into use, fire safety inspection certificate before business" or "fire safety inspection opinions" copy;

8, in line with national environmental noise emission standards;

9. Copy of business license or notice of pre-approval of enterprise name;

10. A copy of the property right certificate of the business premises or the house lease contract and the lessor's property right certificate, which is stamped with the official seal or private seal and signed by the property owner, and is "consistent with the original" and dated;

1 1. If the club membership system is implemented, the articles of association, membership card and other related materials shall also be provided.

legal ground

Article 8 of the Regulations on Individual Industrial and Commercial Households: Anyone who applies for registration as an individual industrial and commercial house shall apply to the registration authority where the business premises are located. The applicant shall submit an application for registration, identity certificate and proof of business premises. The registered items of individual industrial and commercial households include the name and domicile, composition, business scope and business premises of the operators. Individual industrial and commercial households use the name, with the name as a registered item.

Article 70 of the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment provides conditions for gambling for the purpose of making profits, or participates in gambling in a large amount, and shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be detained for more than 10 and less than 15, and fined for more than 3,000 yuan in 500 yuan.