# Division 9. Ice and Roller Skating Rinks

Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.

## Division 9. Ice and Roller Skating Rinks

### Sec. 5-176. Definitions

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 5-176 (2026)

(a) The following definitions apply in this Division:

  (1) Director means the Director of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement or the Director's designee.

  (2) Ice or roller skating rink means a facility which provides recreational skating which is not owned or operated by a governmental entity.

  (3) Office means the Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement.

  (4) Special event means any event conducted at an ice or roller skating rink to which the general public is invited or may attend with or without the payment of an admission fee.

### Sec. 5-177. Hours of operation; permit required

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 5-177 (2026)

(a) No ice or roller skating rink shall operate or remain open to the general public between the hours of 1:00 A.M. and 5:00 A.M. except as otherwise allowed by this Division.

(b) A permit shall be required for any general admission skating or special event beginning or continuing after the hour of 1:00 A.M., or for any event featuring live music, or for any event other than skating, whether or not payment of a separate admission fee is required.

(c) An application shall be submitted to the Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement, on forms provided by the Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement, a minimum of ninety (90) days prior to the scheduled event, setting out the nature of the events intended to be held and the date and times of each event. The application may be for a single event or for multiple events occurring within ninety (90) days.

(d) An application fee in the amount of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) must be paid at the time any application is filed.

(e) The Director shall hold a public hearing on the application. Notice of such hearing shall be advertised in a newspaper having general circulation in the County once a week for two consecutive weeks immediately prior to the hearing.

(f) The Director may solicit comments from other agencies as he may deem necessary and may approve and issue a permit for all or any of the requested events under such terms and conditions he deems necessary to protect the health, safety, or welfare of the general public, or he may deny the permit if he finds that the proposed event will be detrimental to the public health, safety, and welfare.

(g) A permit may be renewed without a hearing in the discretion of the Director if the events in the application are substantially the same as those for which a prior permit was issued.

(h) Any person aggrieved by a decision or action of the Director with respect to approval, denial, suspension, or revocation of an application or permit shall have the right to appeal any such decision to the Board of Appeals within ten (10) calendar days after the date of such decision.

### Sec. 5-178. Revocation or modification of a permit

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 5-178 (2026)

Any permit issued under this Division may be revoked, or modified at any time by the Director, after the opportunity for a hearing, for violation of the permit conditions or for any other cause which seriously threatens the health, safety or welfare of the general public.

### Sec. 5-179. Violations

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 5-179 (2026)

(a) It shall be considered a violation of this Division if:

  (1) An owner, operator or lessee of an ice or roller skating rink allows general admission skating or conducts any special event in the facility beginning or continuing after the hour of 1:00 A.M., or allows any event featuring live music, or allows any event other than skating, without first obtaining a permit for that event as required by this Division;

  (2) An owner, operator or lessee of an ice or roller skating rink allows general admission skating or conducts a special event in the facility beginning or continuing after 1:00 A.M., or allows any event featuring live music, or allows any event other than skating and fails to comply with all terms and conditions of any permit issued for that event.

### Sec. 5-180. Civil offense; civil fine

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 5-180 (2026)

(a) Any violation of this Division shall be a civil offense subject to the following penalty:

  (1) Each violation - $1,000.00.

(b) The procedures of Subdivision 1, Division 3, Subtitle 28 of this Code shall apply.

### Sec. 5-181 through 5-184. Reserved

Prince George's County, Md., Code §§ 5-181–5-184 (2026)