[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Long Branch 1-26-1971 by Ord. No. 590 as Sec. 7-5 of the 1971 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Zoning — See § 345-49.
It is determined and found that the city constitutes a seashore resort with parts customarily constituting an amusement or entertainment area according to the customary understanding of the terms in the community and which the parts thereof are more particularly described as follows:
A. 
All of the lands fronting on both sides of Ocean Avenue between Morris Avenue and North Broadway.
B. 
All of the lands fronting on the north side of Brighton Avenue between Ocean Boulevard and Second Avenue.
No person shall own or operate any amusement game, as defined by the Amusement Games Licensing Law, N.J.S.A. 5:8-78 et seq.,[1] whether the game is of skill, chance or both and whether the game is played and operated with or without numbers or figures, without having first obtained a license to do so. The license shall be issued pursuant to and subject to the provisions of the Amusement Games Licensing Law.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Amusement Games Licensing Law is more accurately located at N.J.S.A. 5:8-100 et seq.
Applicants for such a license shall file with the City Clerk a written application in such form as prescribed by the Amusement Games Licensing Law and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Amusement Games Control Commissioner of the State of New Jersey.
A. 
The fees for the types of licenses to be issued shall accompany the application for the license and shall be as follows:
(1) 
Games permitted under category and certification number 1.
(a) 
Balloon game, individually operated: $25.
(b) 
Barrel game: $25.
(c) 
Basketball game: $25.
(d) 
Bear pitch game: $25.
(e) 
Break-the-dish game: $25.
(f) 
Bull pen ball game, per unit: $25.
(g) 
Cigarette cork rifle game: $25.
(h) 
Cigarette dart game: $25.
(i) 
Cigarette toss game: $25.
(j) 
Dart game, multiple of $0.10 to play: $25.
(k) 
Dodgem game: $25.
(l) 
Glass pitch game: $25.
(m) 
Hoopla game: $25.
(n) 
Mammy doll game: $25.
(o) 
Milk bottle game: $25.
(p) 
Milk can game: $25.
(q) 
Penny pitch game: $25.
(r) 
Pig slide game: $25.
(s) 
Ping pong ball game: $25.
(t) 
Ring toss game: $25.
(u) 
Shooting gallery game, with prizes: $25.
(v) 
Stuffed cat game: $25.
(2) 
Games permitted under category and certification number 2.
[Amended 1-12-1984 by Ord. No. 1148]
(a) 
Arcade games.
[1] 
One to 50 machines: $100.
[2] 
For each machine over the original 50, an additional $10 per machine.
(b) 
Pokerino, unless included in arcade operation: $100.
(3) 
Games permitted under category and certification number 3.
(a) 
Nondraw raffle games:
[1] 
Duck pond game: $25.
[2] 
Fish pond game: $25.
[3] 
Grab-bag game: $25.
[4] 
Pick-the-stick game: $25.
(4) 
Games permitted under category and certification number 4.
(a) 
Competitive games:
[1] 
Bowlo game: $25.
[2] 
Fascination game.
[a] 
Fifty-unit: $2.
[b] 
Each additional unit above 50: $100.
[3] 
Greyhound game, per unit: $25.
[4] 
Skilo game: $25.
[5] 
Throw fascination game: $25.
(5) 
Games permitted under category and certification number 5.
(a) 
Games of chance; stop and go: $25.
(6) 
Games permitted under category and certification number 6.
(a) 
Guessing games:
[1] 
Guess your weight game: $25.
[2] 
Guess your age game: $25.
(b) 
Any game not specifically mentioned in this section, but permissible under P.L. 1959, c. 108[1]: $25.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 5:8-78 et seq.
(7) 
Games permitted under category and certification number 7.
[Added 1-12-1984 by Ord. No. 1148]
(a) 
Ring the bell game: $25.
(b) 
High striker game: $25.
(8) 
Games permitted under category and certification number 8.
[Added 1-12-1984 by Ord. No. 1148]
(a) 
Log roll: $25.
(b) 
Rope climb: $25.
(c) 
Fishing game: $25.
(d) 
Skin the wire game: $25.
B. 
Each applicant shall pay a fee of $1 for fingerprinting and issuance of identification cards under the rules and regulations promulgated by the Amusement Games Control Commissioner for each licensee and employee of a licensee.
The City Council shall have and exercise control and supervision over all amusement games held, operated or conducted under the license with all the powers authorized or granted to it under the Amusement Games Licensing Law and the rules and regulations of the State Amusement Games Control Commissioner.
[Added 8-12-1982 by Ord. No. 1073]
Nothing herein shall in any manner be construed to authorize, permit or license any arcade establishment, as defined in § 345-3, Definitions, in any location except as authorized pursuant to Chapter 345, Zoning.