[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Lodi 1-25-1954 by Ord. No. 771. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any automatic mechanical or electronic amusement device,
game or device of skill or entertainment which is operated or set
in motion by the deposit therein of any coin or coins, tokens or slugs
or the like thereof, purchased for cash, including but not limited
to video-type games or machines, pinball machines or similar devices
that use a display screen for points, lines or dots or light that
can be manipulated to simulate games or other types of entertainment,
and any type of coin-operated device in which a person views films,
pictures, animation or any type of visual display whatsoever.[1]
Any individual, firm, member of firm, partnership, member
of partnership, corporation or any officer, director or stockholder
of any corporation, or any agent or any employees of any such firm,
partnership or corporation.
No person shall place or exhibit in any store, place of business or elsewhere within the limits of the Borough of Lodi any automatic amusement device or devices without first obtaining an operator's license from the Clerk of the Borough of Lodi for the installation of the same, and obtaining a license for each such automatic amusement device and paying a fee as provided in Chapter 235, Fees, Article IV, Fee Schedule, for same, as provided in § 142-3 herein. Such operator's license shall be obtained from the Clerk upon written application, which application shall state the name and address of the applicant and, in the case of corporate applicants, the application shall be signed by an officer and shall state the names and addresses of all stockholders and officers thereof. All applications shall further state the number and type of automatic amusement devices to be installed by the applicant in the Borough of Lodi, the number being limited to four automatic amusement devices per any one location.
The fee payable for the operator's license provided for in § 142-2 herein shall be a sum as provided in Chapter 235, fees, Article IV, Fee Schedule, or any portion thereof, and said licenses shall expire on the second day of each year. Said operator's license shall entitle the holder thereof to install automatic amusement devices in locations within the Borough of Lodi upon payment of an additional fee as provided in Chapter 235, Article IV, Fee Schedule, or portion thereof, for each such device installed. The Clerk shall issue a separate license for each such automatic amusement device for which a fee as provided in Chapter 235, Article IV, Fee Schedule, is paid, and such license shall be exhibited on such device at all times; and it is provided, further, that such license shall expire on the second day of each year.
The operator's license and the individual licenses for each automatic amusement device as provided for in § 142-3 herein may be transferred from person to person by the Clerk of the Borough of Lodi upon application in writing to said Clerk containing the same information required in an original application, and further containing the written consent of the holder of such licenses.
This chapter is enacted for the purpose of regulation and control
of the business of dealing in and placing for public use automatic
amusement devices.
Any person who violates this chapter shall, upon conviction
thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment for
a period not exceeding 90 days and/or a period of community service
not exceeding 90 days.
