This chapter and all amendments, codifications and recodifications hereof
shall be known and may be cited as the "Games and Arcades Control Law of the
Town of Wheatfield."
The unrestricted establishment of commercial game rooms and arcades
would pose substantial hazards to the peace, comfort, health, safety and welfare
of Town residents. Likewise, the unregulated proliferation of games and other
amusement devices, as incidental uses within established business premises,
would pose equally serious problems in the maintenance of an orderly and peaceful
flow of commerce, in the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare
and in the promotion of legitimate and necessary uses within the business
community. It is the purpose of this chapter to assure the protection and
preservation of the Town's comprehensive planning, the safeguarding of the
general health, welfare, morals and comfort of the Town citizenry and the
restriction and prohibition of certain unsuitable uses which, by their nature
or evolution within the community, would seriously impede or adversely affect
proper land use and development, the efficient delivery of essential municipal
services, the orderly regulation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic and the
reasonable enjoyment of recreational activity within the community as a whole.
Insofar as it may actually conflict with the provisions of any other
law, ordinance, rule, order or regulation, this chapter and all amendments,
codifications and recodifications hereof shall be deemed to supersede and
take precedence and control over every such contrary provision, but only to
the extent and degree necessary to effect the purposes of this chapter and
carry out its provisions and for no other reason.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon
conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than $150 and not more than $250
for each such violation; and every violation of this chapter shall constitute
disorderly conduct, and every person violating or aiding and abetting a violation
of this chapter shall be a disorderly person and shall, upon conviction, be
subject to the aforesaid fine and imprisonment for not more than 15 days,
or to both such fine and imprisonment, for each such violation. Each day that
a violation of this chapter shall continue shall constitute a separate violation
hereof.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:
A. Not-for-profit corporations, including but not limited
to veteran organizations and volunteer fire companies.
C. Businesses with one game or amusement device as defined
herein.
D. Jukeboxes or record-playing machines.