[Adopted 6-12-1956 by Ord.
No. 4-56]
No person shall place or maintain or permit to be placed, operated,
used or maintained in any public or quasi-public place or in any building,
store or other place wherein the public is invited or may enter, including
premises used as a clubhouse or as clubrooms, within the limits of the Borough
of Oaklyn, any coin- controlled amusement device without first having obtained
a license for each such device.
For the purpose of this article, the terms used herein shall have the
meanings indicated:
A machine which upon insertion of a coin or slug operates or may
be operated for use as a game, contest or amusement of any description or
which may be used for any such game, contest or amusement and which contains
no automatic payoff device for the return of slugs, money, coin checks, tokens
or merchandise, and shall include pinball machines and other coin-controlled
devices in which marbles, balls or pellets are projected or propelled by spring
or plunger or any other means and wherein such marbles, balls or pellets fall
into slots, tracks, grooves or any other position or wherein said marbles,
balls or pellets strike pins or objects, which machine may be used as a game
of skill or amusement.
Any individual, corporation, firm, association, partnership, trustee
or receiver.
[Amended 9-13-1977 by Ord.
No. 13-77]
The license for the placing, operation, maintenance or use of such coin-controlled amusement device shall be issued by the Clerk of the Borough of Oaklyn to and in the name of the owner of such device or machine. All licenses issued hereunder shall expire on December 31 of each year. The license fee for each coin-controlled amusement device shall be as provided for in Chapter 73, Fees. A separate license shall be obtained for each such device or machine and shall be affixed thereto.
Application for licenses hereunder shall be made to the Clerk of the
Borough of Oaklyn upon a form furnished by the Borough of Oaklyn and shall
contain the following information:
A.
Name of applicant. If the applicant is a corporation,
the names of the officers and directors of the corporation.
B.
Residence of applicant.
C.
Place of business of applicant.
D.
Number of licenses desired.
E.
Address or addresses where each machine or device is
to be located.
F.
Precise location in the premises where the machine or
device is to be located.
[Added 9-13-1977 by Ord.
No. 13-77]
No coin-controlled amusement device shall be placed, operated, maintained
or used or permitted to be placed, operated, maintained or used in the Borough
of Oaklyn until the license required hereunder shall be affixed thereto in
a conspicuous place so that the same may be easily identified. Any such device
or machine which shall not have a license, as required herein, affixed thereto
shall be deemed to be an unlicensed device or machine. Any person having supervision
or control over any building, store or other place where the public may enter
or any clubhouse or clubroom wherein any such device or machine without a
license affixed thereto is operated, used or maintained shall be deemed to
have permitted such unlicensed device or machine to be placed, operated, used
and maintained therein in violation of the provisions of this article.
Every license issued hereunder shall be numbered and shall disclose
on its face the name and post office address of the licensee to whom it is
issued and the address of the establishment wherein the licensed device or
machine shall be located.
[Amended 9-13-1977 by Ord.
No. 13-77]
The holder of a license issued hereunder shall be permitted to transfer such license from any machine to any other like or similar machine operated in the same premises for which the license is issued by removing the license from such machine and affixing it to such other machine. The holder of any license shall be permitted to transfer any license issued hereunder from a machine in any establishment to a like or similar machine in another establishment by surrendering such license to the Clerk of the Borough of Oaklyn and obtaining a new license for such machine for the location to which the license is transferred upon payment to the Clerk of a transfer fee in an amount as provided for in Chapter 73, Fees.
No person shall use or permit to be used any coin-controlled amusement
device, licensed hereunder, for the purpose of gambling.
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Editor's Note: Former § 54-9, Use by minors, added 3-8-1960
by Ord. No. 1-60, was repealed 3-9-1982 by Ord. No. 1-82.
[Added 9-13-1977 by Ord.
No. 13-77]
No more than four devices or machines of any type or types shall be
permitted to be operated, maintained or used in any one place, location or
premises.
[Added 9-13-1977 by Ord.
No. 13-77]
All coin-operated amusement devices are to be so placed within the premises
so that they do not unreasonably interfere with the quiet enjoyment of neighboring
properties and of the public in general.
[Amended 9-13-1977 by Ord.
No. 13-77]
The purpose of this article is for the regulation and control of coin-controlled
amusement devices.
[Amended 9-13-1977 by Ord.
No. 13-77]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon
conviction, be punishable by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both.
