[Ord. No. 1647, § 1]
No person, firm, corporation or organization shall display for
public or private patronage or keep for operation any mechanical amusement
devices commonly called "pinball machines," whether coin-operated
or for which there is a charge, and including also marble machines,
skill ball and other mechanical amusement devices, electrically operated
or not, and by whatever name same may be known, without first obtaining
a license from the Township Clerk.
[Ord. No. 1647, § 1; amended by Ord. No. 2088, 6-4-1985, § 1; Ord. No. 3518, 9-30-1997, § 18]
Every applicant, before being granted a license, shall pay an annual license fee as set forth in Appendix III of Chapter 2 for the calendar year or any part thereof in which it is issued.
[Ord. No. 1647, § 1]
(a)
Applications for a license shall be filed in triplicate with the
Township Clerk, upon a form to be supplied by the Township Clerk for
that purpose, by the owner of the machine.
(b)
A separate application shall be required for each machine.
(c)
The application shall contain the following information: full name
and address of applicant; location where machine or game is to be
displayed, the business conducted at that place and the name of the
owner of said business; description of the machine to be covered by
the license, including mechanical features, name of manufacturer and
serial number; prior convictions of applicant, if any; whether machine
is designed for use by minors; and such other information as the council
may deem necessary or proper.
(d)
The application shall be signed by applicant, and his signature shall
be witnessed. The license fee shall accompany the application; however,
if the application is denied, the fee shall be returned to applicant.
[Ord. No. 1647, § 1]
(a)
Upon receipt of the application, accompanied by the fee, the Township
Clerk shall refer one copy each to the building inspector, Police
Chief and Fire Chief, each of whom shall determine if said machine
complies with the applicable provisions of this Code, and shall attach
his report, indicating his approval or disapproval, and the reasons
therefor. No license shall be issued without the approval of the building
inspector, Police Chief and Fire Chief.
(b)
A license shall apply only to the person to whom it is granted, and
the location stated in the application. A license shall not be transferred
to another person or location. Licensee may substitute another machine
for the licensed machine, but not more than one machine shall be operated
under one license, and in no event shall any machine be operated without
the inspection and approval of the Construction Official, Police Chief
and Fire Chief as hereinabove provided.
(c)
No license shall be issued to any person under the age of eighteen
years, or to any person not a citizen of the United States, or to
any person convicted of a crime.
[Ord. No. 1647, § 1]
The license, when granted, shall be affixed permanently and
conspicuously to the machine for which it is issued, and shall indicate
whether its use by minors is permitted or is not permitted.
[Ord. No. 1647, § 1]
No machine or device licensed under this article shall be used,
placed, maintained or operated in any premises within two hundred
feet of any grade, junior or high school, church or synagogue.
[Ord. No. 1647, § 1]
Nothing in this article shall in any way be construed to authorize,
license or permit any gambling contrary to the present or future laws
of the state.
[Ord. No. 1647, § 1]
No more than two machines or devices of the type herein described
shall be permitted to be used or operated in any one place, location
or premises. However, if such machines are to be located on the premises
owned or rented by and under the control of an educational institution,
additional machines may be permitted if they otherwise conform to
the provisions of this article.
[Ord. No. 1647, § 1]
Every license issued under this article is subject to the right
of the Township Council, which is hereby expressly reserved, to revoke
same should licensee permit the machine to be operated contrary to
the provisions of this article and the laws of the state. Said license
may be revoked by the Council after written notice has been given
to licensee specifying the violations, if after a hearing the licensee
is found guilty of same. Licensee shall be given ten days' notice
of hearing, and may appear at such hearing in person or by attorney,
and may present evidence and witnesses in his defense.
[Ord. No. 3039, 8-5-1986, § 1]
A nonprofit membership organization is permitted to maintain
coin-operated machines for 24 hours no more than once per calendar
year without a license, fee or limitation on the number of machines,
when proof of nonprofit status has been submitted to and verified
by the Township Clerk.
