[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Scranton 11-29-2022 by Ord. No. 37-2022.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 172,
Arcades and Mechanical Amusement Devices, adopted 5-20-2004 by Ord.
No. 38-2004. This ordinance provided an effective date of 1-1-2023.
[Amended 1-17-2023 by Ord. No. 45-2023]
Any person, firm, partnership, association, company, or organization
displaying for public patronage or keeping for operation any skill
gaming machine shall be required to obtain a license from the City
of Scranton upon application and payment of the appropriate license
fee. Application for such license shall be made to the Director of
the Bureau of Code Enforcement upon a form provided by the City for
that purpose. Each license shall be for a period of one year and shall
be paid on or before January 31 of each year.
The gaming machine license fee shall be $100 per machine.
The license or licenses herein provided shall be posted permanently
and conspicuously at the location of the machine in the premises wherein
the device is to be operated or maintained to be operated. Such license
may be transferred from one machine or device to another similar machine
upon application to the Bureau of Code Enforcement to such effect
and the giving of a description and the serial number of the new machine
or device. Not more than one machine shall be operated under one license
and the applicant or licensee shall be required to secure a license
for each and every machine displayed or operated by him. If the licensee
shall move his place of business to another location within the City,
the license may be transferred to such new location upon application
to the Director of the Department of Permits, Licensing and Inspections
giving the street and number of the new location.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this chapter shall be liable for a civil fine of no less than $200
and not more than $600 for each violation or shall be imprisoned for
a term not to exceed 30 days, or both. Every day that a violation
of the chapter continues shall constitute a separate offense with
a separate fine.
