As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
COIN-OPERATED AMUSEMENT DEVICE or DEVICE
Any amusement machine or device operated by means of the insertion
of a coin, token or similar object for the purpose of amusement or skill,
and for the playing of which a fee is charged. Also included within this definition
are coin-operated mechanical or electronic musical devices which are commonly
referred to as "jukeboxes."
DISTRIBUTOR
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association who sets
up for operation by another any device as herein defined, whether such setting
up for operation, leasing or distributing is for a fixed charge or retail,
or on the basis of a division of the income derived from such device, or otherwise.
GAME ROOM
Any premises having nine (9) or more mechanical amusement devices.
PROPRIETOR
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or club who,
as the owner, lessee or proprietor, has under his or its control any establishment,
place or premises in or at which such device is placed or kept for use or
play or is on exhibition for the purpose of use or play.
The provisions of this Article requiring license fees shall not apply
to any church, fraternal or veterans organizations or other religious, charitable
or nonprofit organization which operates a coin-operated amusement device
exclusively for the use of its members and their guests and on premises owned
or controlled by it.
All licenses that are duly in force at the time this chapter is adopted
shall continue in full force and effect until the expiration date of each
such license, after which application for renewal shall be made under this
Article.
All members of the Township Police Department, including special officers,
are authorized to enforce the provisions of this Article.
Any person who violates any provision of this Article shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.)
or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding ninety (90) days, or both. A separate
offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation
occurs or continues.