As used in this article, the following words
shall have the following respective meanings:
Includes any mechanical device used or designed to be operated
for amusement, by insertion of a coin or by the payment of any price
to the owner, attendant, agent, worker and employee, of a monetary
amount, to play such device.
Any music vending machine contrivance or device which upon
the insertion of a coin into any slot, crevice, or other opening,
or by the payment of any price, operates or may operate for the emission
of songs, music, or similar amusement.
Includes any board, surface, floor, table, or structure on
which a game is played by pushing or moving pieces or articles to
reach certain marks or areas.
The definitions as hereinabove stated shall
not be deemed to include any device, the possession or use of which
is otherwise prohibited by law and nothing in this chapter shall be
construed to authorize, license or permit any gambling device or any
mechanism which is otherwise prohibited by law.
No person shall place or deliver for use any
jukebox, shuffleboard, or any coin-operated amusement device on any
premises in the Village, or permit the use thereof in any place under
his or her control, without a license so to do, said license having
been first obtained from the Licensing Officer as hereinafter set
forth.
The owner, conditional vendee, or lessee of
any such jukebox, shuffleboard, or coin-operated amusement device
or their duly authorized agent, who desires to distribute or place
any such jukebox, shuffleboard or coin-operated amusement device for
use, shall file an application with the Village Clerk for such permission
upon blanks to be furnished by the Village Clerk giving the name and
address of the applicant, date and place of birth, a detailed description
of the mechanical or other features of the device, the name and address
of the person having responsible charge of the premises upon which
the device is proposed to be located for use, and the location of
said premises by street and number.
Said application shall be referred by the Licensing
Officer to the Chief of Police for his or her investigation and recommendation.
The Chief of Police shall return the application within a reasonable
time to the Licensing Officer with his or her recommendation as to
approval or disapproval.
The Licensing Officer, upon receipt of the application
with recommendations by the Chief of Police, may issue a license to
the applicant to place and permit the use upon the premises designated
in the application for the jukebox, shuffleboard or coin-operated
amusement device as placed and a suitable card bearing a number and
expiration date shall be obtained from the Licensing Officer and securely
attached to the licensed article.
Any such license and card may be transferred
from one jukebox, shuffleboard or coin-operated amusement device to
another similar jukebox, shuffleboard or device at the same premises.
Not more than one such jukebox, shuffleboard or coin-operated amusement
device shall be operated under one license and card. All licenses
and cards shall be restricted in use to the premises designated in
the application for such license.
The Licensing Officer shall not issue any license
hereunder of any jukebox, shuffleboard or coin-operated device unless
the amount hereinafter set forth opposite the name of such machine
has been paid to the Village Clerk. Such sums to be paid to the Village
Clerk are respectively as follows:
|
Machine
|
Amount
|
|---|---|
|
Coin-operated amusement device
|
$15.00 annually
|
|
Jukebox
|
$20.00
|
|
Shuffleboard
|
$15.00
|
Every license and card issued under this article shall expire on May 31 next following date of issuance. The fee for such licenses granted after December 1 of any fiscal year shall be 1/2 of the amounts set forth in § 64-14 of this article.
Licenses issued under the provisions of this
article may be suspended and/or revoked in the manner provided by
law.
