[Adopted 10-5-1970 (Ch. 5, Art. I, of the 1979 Code); amended
in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
It shall be lawful for any authorized organization,
as defined in § 476 of General Municipal Law, upon obtaining
the required license, to conduct the game of bingo within the territorial
limits of the Village of Delhi, subject to the provisions of this
article, Article 14-H of General Municipal Law and Article 19-B of
Executive Law.
[Adopted 9-10-1984 by L.L. No. 7-1984 (Ch.
5, Art. II, of the 1979 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
AMUSEMENT CENTER
The premises, including a theater, restaurant, hall, auditorium,
tent, structure, building or enclosure of any type, within which is
produced, offered, presented or operated three or more coin-operated
amusement games. This definition does not include such premises in
which jukeboxes are the only type of amusement game.
AMUSEMENT GAME
Any mechanical or electronic device used or designated to
be operated for entertainment or as a game by the insertion of a coin,
token, etc., and shall include the type of mechanical or electronic
device commonly known as "baseball," "radio" or similar target, "pinball,"
"pool table," "snooker table," "foosball," television-screen-type
games such as tennis or handball and those individual mechanical motion-picture
machines commonly referred to as "peep shows." The above enumeration
shall not be deemed to be exclusive. This definition does not include
any device, the possession or use of which is prohibited by law.
PERSON
Includes any individual, any business enterprise, such as
a corporation, partnership, association, trust or firm, and any trustee
or receiver.
No person shall maintain or operate an amusement
center within the Village without first having obtained an amusement
center license.
Amusement center licenses shall expire on December
31 of each year.
Every operator of an amusement center shall
cause his name, business address and telephone number to be affixed
to each game on a sticker to be provided by the Village.
Any person aggrieved by the action of the Code Enforcement Officer in the denial of an application for a license, as provided in §
113-4, shall have the right to appeal to the Village Board of the Village. Such appeal shall be taken by filing, within 14 days after notice of the action complained of has been mailed to such person's last known address, a written statement setting forth fully the grounds for the appeal. Within 30 days of the receipt of such notice, the Village Board shall set a time and place for a hearing on such appeal, and notice of such hearing shall be mailed to the applicant at his last known address at least five days prior to the date set for the hearing. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Village Board shall, within 30 days of the receipt of such decision, appeal to the Supreme Court of New York State.
Any person who shall act as an amusement center
operator, as herein defined, without a license or who shall violate
any of the provisions of this article or who shall continue to act
subsequent to the revocation of his license shall be guilty of an
offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $250 or
imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both. Each day on which
such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.