[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Freedom at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person or persons, firm, partnership or corporation shall at any time have in his, her, its or their possession within the borough any mechanical, coin-operated or amusement device, machine or apparatus whatsoever for the playing of games, music or amusement without first having procured a license therefor as hereinafter provided. These coin-operated mechanical or amusement devices include but are not limited to pinball machines, electronically operated shuffleboard, bowling, video games, electronically operated tennis, billiards, rides, other games of amusement, any coin-operated musical devices, jukebox, phonograph or music box upon which games, rides or recordings are played through the insertion therein of a coin or other metal disc, slug or token whatsoever.
Any person or persons, firm, partnership or corporation desiring to procure a license, as provided in § 60-1 hereof, shall apply therefor, in writing, to the Borough Secretary. Said application shall be signed by the applicant or applicants and shall set forth the name or names, the residence or residences of the person or persons, firm, partnership or corporation so applying, together with the present and previous occupation of the applicant or applicants and the length of residence at the present and the previous place of residence, the name of the owner of the premises upon which the machines are to be used and installed and, if the owner of the premises is not the applicant, then the applicant shall set forth the length of time for which the premises has been leased and whether the applicant is a citizen of the United States. The application shall also set forth the manufacture and nature of the machines to be installed and used.
No license shall be granted until a period of seven (7) days shall have elapsed from the date of application, during which time the Borough Secretary may, at his or her discretion, investigate the facts set forth in the application. No license shall be granted to any person not a citizen of the United States.
Nothing herein shall in any way be construed to authorize or permit any gambling device whatsoever or any mechanism that has been judicially determined to be a gambling device or in any way contrary to law or that may be contrary to any future laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
No license shall be issued until an annual fee therefor shall have been paid to the Borough Secretary in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.) for each jukebox and one hundred dollars ($100.) each for any other type of mechanical amusement device so installed and used, under the terms hereof, in the borough. All licenses issued hereunder shall expire on December 31 of the year in which they are issued.
Upon payment of the license fee provided herein, the Borough Secretary shall issue a metal disc or cloth tag setting forth the number of the license for each machine so licensed, which said disc or plate shall be attached and fastened to such machine or device so that the same may be clearly observable and readable.
Any person who shall violate any provision hereof shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding six hundred dollars ($600.) and costs and, in default of payment thereof, shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not to exceed thirty (30) days. Each day that a violation hereof continues shall constitute a separate offense.