[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Teterboro 6-4-1935 by Ord. No. 10. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
AUTOMATIC AMUSEMENT DEVICE
A. 
Any device or machine which, upon the insertion of a coin, slug, token, plate or disk, or operated for any other consideration, may be operated by the public generally for use as a game, entertainment or amusement, whether or not registering a score, including but not limited to such devices as video games, pinball machines, skill ball, mechanical grab machines, billiard tables, bowling games and all games, operations or transactions similar thereto under whatever name they may be indicated. In addition to electromechanical devices, it shall include video-type devices or similar devices that use a display screen for points, lines and dots of light that can be manipulated to stimulate games or other types of entertainment.
B. 
This chapter shall not apply to coin-operated amusements commonly known as "kiddy rides," more specifically, those coin-operated machines which are sat upon or in and cause a certain motion or gyration following the insertion of a coin and are designated primarily for use by children under the age of 10. It shall also not apply to music-playing devices such as jukeboxes. Shooting galleries where guns or firearms which fire projectiles are used for an amusement, prize or otherwise are not intended to be included in this chapter and shall not be licensed or permitted within the limits of the borough.
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Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
No person, persons, firm or corporation shall store, place or exhibit in any store, place of business or club room any machine or mechanical contraption commonly known as "bagatelle," "ballyhoo" or "pin amusement games" or similar machines or devices within the limits of the Borough of Teterboro without first obtaining therefor a permit from the Borough of Teterboro for each and every machine to be installed.
Any person, persons, firm or corporation desiring to install such automatic amusement games within the Borough of Teterboro shall first make application to the Clerk of the borough for a license, which application shall state the name of the owner or the tenant of the premises within which the machine is to be operated, used and maintained and the address of the premises where such machine is to be operated, used and maintained and the kind or type of automatic amusement device to be installed therein.
No license shall be issued to any person, persons, firm or corporation to install, display, use, operate or maintain any such automatic amusement machine in any store, place of business or club room within the limits of the Borough of Teterboro without first obtaining therefor a permit from the Clerk of the borough and paying a permit fee of $15 for each and every such automatic amusement machine.
Any operator of any device or machine within the preview of this chapter, and this shall include any person, persons, firm, partnership, association, corporation, trustee or receiver who shall knowingly and willfully permit, use or permit to be used any of the machines licensed hereto for purposes of gambling, shall be deemed to be guilty of a violation of this chapter and punishable therefor as hereinafter provided.
Every such license shall expire on the 15th day of May following the date of issue, all such licenses being for the term of one year beginning on the 16th day of May and terminating on the 15th day of May.
A. 
Any person, persons, firm, partnership, trustee or receiver (not including a corporation) violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000, a term of imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof.
B. 
Any corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine of not exceeding $1,000, a term of imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof. Said fine may be recovered in an action of debt; provided however, that upon any such conviction the Recorder before whom such violation has been tried, may, in his or her discretion, revoke the license or licenses of any person, persons, firm, partnership, corporation, trustee or receiver so convicted.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).