As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
AMUSEMENT ARCADE
Any premises or arcade operated by any organization, whether
incorporated or not, which is the owner, lessee or occupant of a building
whose primary purpose or object of its existence or operation is that
of providing amusement devices to the public at retail and/or any
premises operated by any organization, whether incorporated or not,
which is the owner, lessee or occupant of a building the majority
of whose gross receipts are derived from the providing of amusement
devices to the public at retail or where three or more amusement devices
are located.
AMUSEMENT DEVICE
Any table, platform, or electronic or mechanical device or
apparatus operated or intended to be operated for amusement, pleasure,
test of skill, competition or sport, the use or operation of which
is conditioned upon payment of a consideration either by insertion
of a coin or token in a slot or otherwise. "Amusement device" shall
include, but not be limited to, devices commonly known as baseball,
foosball, basketball, hockey, pinball, shuffleboard, ray guns, bowling
games, bumper games, skeeball, electronic video games, and dart boards
and shall also include billiard tables and pool tables (whether coin-operated
or not). Such definition does not include a bowling alley, jukebox
or other coin-operated music machine or a mechanical children's
amusement riding device.
The following general requirements shall apply to all amusement
arcades licensed in accordance with this article:
A. All amusement arcades shall:
(1) Have
a supervisor, age 18 or older, on the premises at all times in which
the game room is open to the public.
(2) Be
located solely and entirely on the street level and have open windows
without any obstructions to prevent a clear view into the premises
from the street.
(3) Have
two easily available, marked and useful exits to the outside.
(4) Have
separate, clean, adequate and immediately accessible washrooms and
toilets for each sex on the licensed premises.
(5) Have
an operational telephone installed on the premises.
(6) Have
exterior areas adequately lighted during hours of darkness.
B. Every amusement arcade shall provide an adequate area and number
of bicycle racks for the orderly parking of bicycles, as determined
by the Village Board, which area shall be separate from a required
vehicle parking stall and shall be so located as not to occupy any
portion of a public sidewalk or to otherwise obstruct pedestrian passage
to and from the premises.
C. Game rooms licensed herein shall comply with all other building and
fire codes and applicable Village laws and regulations.
D. All arcades shall post rules of nonacceptable patron conduct.
E. During hours of operation, no entrances or exits shall be locked.
F. No gambling shall be permitted on the premises.
G. No alcoholic or fermented malt beverage shall be allowed on or permitted
to be brought into the premises.
H. No person who is obviously under any degree of intoxication shall
be allowed on the premises.
I. There shall be no pictures, movies, exhibits, or reading material
on the premises which is obscene, lewd, lascivious or indecent.
J. Frequenters of the premises shall not be permitted to congregate
within 10 feet of the entrances and exits of said building, either
within or without the building, or congregate on the public walks
and thoroughfares adjacent to said premises, or park bicycles so as
to obstruct entrances to the premises and public walks adjacent to
the premises.
K. There shall be no use of drugs or marijuana on the premises, and
anyone under the influence thereof shall be ejected forthwith.
L. There shall be no use of tobacco on the premises.
M. There shall be no live entertainment on the premises.
N. The owner of the premises shall be responsible for the removal of
any litter found within 300 feet of the entrances to the premises.
O. Occupancy at any given time shall be restricted to the number of
persons per square foot of floor space of the premises as determined
by the Fire Inspector. The total number of persons permitted under
this subsection shall be clearly posted at the interior of each entrance.
No person, other than the licensee (or agent of a corporate
licensee), shall assume or be permitted to assume the charge or any
supervision of an amusement enterprise without a license from the
Village Board to do so. The fee for such a license shall be as set
by the Village Board and shall expire on June 30 following its issuance.
No person shall be so licensed unless he or she is at least 18 years
of age and of good moral character.
Licenses may be revoked by the Village Board after notice and
public hearing in the event that an amusement arcade's location
or operation fails to conform to standards provided in this article
or violates any other provision of this Code.