Borough of Palmyra, NJ
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2021-03-01
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 72 Amusements and Amusement Devices
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Article III Amusement and Music Machines
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Assessment, Board of
- Ch 8 Claims Payment Procedures
- Ch 10 Court, Municipal
- Ch 13 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 17 Economic Development Committee
- Ch 21 Fire Department
- Ch 23 Green Team
- Ch 24 Health, Board of
- Ch 26 Housing Department
- Ch 30 Meetings
- Ch 35 Officers and Employees
- Ch 40 Personnel
- Ch 43 Police Department
- Ch 47 Public Contracts
- Ch 49 Recycling Committee
- Ch 52 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 54 (Reserved)
- Ch 55 Sewer Utility
- Ch 60 (Reserved)
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 68 Alarms
- Ch 70 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 72 Amusements and Amusement Devices
- Ch 72 Art III Amusement and Music Machines
- § 72-13 License required.
- § 72-14 License fee.
- § 72-15 Application for license.
- § 72-16 Display of license.
- § 72-17 Use restrictions; revocation of license.
- § 72-18 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 74 Animals
- Ch 80 Bicycles
- Ch 82 Block Parties
- Ch 86 Buildings, Unsafe or Unfit
- Ch 88 Burning, Open
- Ch 90 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 93 Certificates of Occupancy
- Ch 95 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 98 Curfew
- Ch 101 Deer and Game
- Ch 105 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 114 Fees
- Ch 117 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 119 Fire Lanes
- Ch 121 Fire Prevention
- Ch 124 Flea Markets
- Ch 126 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 127 Food Handling
- Ch 129 Garage Sales
- Ch 131 Gasoline Stations
- Ch 134 Graffiti
- Ch 137 Handbills and Circulars
- Ch 142 Housing Standards
- Ch 149 Indigent Persons
- Ch 153 Junkyards
- Ch 158 Land Development
- Ch 160 Limousines
- Ch 164 Littering
- Ch 168 Loitering
- Ch 173 Mercantile Licensing
- Ch 178 Noise
- Ch 181 Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 183 Palmyra Harbour
- Ch 187 Parking, Handicapped
- Ch 190 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 195 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 197 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 200 Pool and Billiard Halls
- Ch 202 Precious Metals, Gems and Secondhand Goods
- Ch 203 Property Maintenance
- Ch 206A Regulation of Vacant Properties
- Ch 208 Rental Property
- Ch 215 Sewers
- Ch 219 Sex Offenders' Residency Restrictions
- Ch 222 Skateboarding
- Ch 224 Smoking
- Ch 226 Soil Removal
- Ch 230 Solid Waste
- Ch 234 Storage Facilities
- Ch 235 Storm Sewer System
- Ch 236 Stormwater Control Regulations
- Ch 237 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 240 Swimming Pools
- Ch 242 Tattoos and Body Art Procedures
- Ch 245 Taxation
- Ch 248 Taxicabs
- Ch 252 Tires, Storage of
- Ch 256 Tobacco Products
- Ch 258 Towing
- Ch 259 Trees
- Ch 261 Trespassing
- Ch 264 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 267 Vehicles, Motor-Driven
- Ch 270 Vending Machines
- Ch 271 Outdoor Display of Merchandise
- Part III, Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 275 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 277 (Reserved)
- Ch 285 Plumbing Standards
- Ch 288 Public Health Nuisances
- Ch 292 Retail Food Establishments
- Ch 295 Rodent Control
- Ch 297 Sewer Connections
- Ch 300 Weed Control
- Appendix
- Ch A305 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 10-2-1945 (Ch. 5 of the 1971 Code)]
It shall be unlawful for any person, persons,
club, association, corporation or other organization to install, operate,
maintain or use in any public or quasi-public place or in any building,
store or any other place wherein the public is invited or may enter,
within the Borough of Palmyra, any bagatelle device or pinball machine
or any mechanical coin- or slug-operated machine for amusement purposes
or for production of music, including victrolas, orchestrelles, player
pianos, music vending machines and instruments, whether electrically
operated or not, without a license first had and obtained for each
such machine as hereinafter provided.
[Amended 1-8-1973 by Ord. No. 9-1972; 2-7-1977 by Ord. No.
3-77; 10-13-1981 by Ord. No. 1981-16]
The license fee for each machine shall be $150
for each calendar year or fraction thereof. Said license fee, as hereinbefore
provided, is imposed for revenue purposes.
[Amended 10-13-1981 by Ord. No. 1981-16]
Every applicant for a license shall fill out a form of application to be furnished by the Borough Clerk, who shall issue the license as herein provided upon payment of the appropriate license fee and upon compliance with all of the conditions for approval of such license, as set forth in this article and Chapter 158 of the Code of the Borough of Palmyra, as amended and supplemented, and any and all conditions made by the Planning Board of the Borough of Palmyra upon review of any application for said license.
Each such license shall be prominently displayed
at all times in the premises where the machine is located.
Each such machine shall be licensed for amusement
or musical purposes only, and no such machine or other mechanical
device of any kind or nature shall be used in connection with gaming,
lottery, the awarding of prizes, whether cash, merchandise or tokens,
or any other unlawful activity, and the Mayor and Council may, in
its discretion, summarily, forthwith revoke any such license or permit
for violation of any of the provisions of this article or for violation
of such rules and conditions as the Mayor and Council may make from
time to time in connection with the issuance of such license or permit
for maintaining, operating or using such machine or device so licensed.
[Amended 10-13-1981 by Ord. No. 1981-16]
Any person or persons, club, association, corporation
or other organization violating any of the provisions of this article
or any other ordinance of the Borough of Palmyra applicable to said
license shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not
more than $100 or imprisonment in the county jail in the County of
Burlington for not more than 90 days, at the discretion of the court
before which said conviction shall be had.
