This entire article shall be deemed an exercise of the police
power of the State of New York and of the Village of Roslyn for the
protection of the economic and social welfare and the preservation
of peace and good order and of the public health.
A.
AMUSEMENT DEVICE
DISTRIBUTOR
PREMISES
PROPRIETOR
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any device, coin-operated or not, mechanical or electrical,
or contrivance which by means of the insertion of a coin, token, slug,
disk, or other article into a slot, crevice, opening or attachment
connected with or forming a part of any such devices or contrivances
effects the operation thereof for use as a game, contest, or amusement,
or which may be so used. The term "amusement device" includes but
is not necessarily limited to pinball machines, electronic games,
bagatelle, pool tables, and similar devices. The term "amusement device"
does not include jukeboxes.
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association
who or which sets up for operation by another any device as herein
defined whether such setting up for operation, leasing or distributing
is for a fixed charge at retail or on the basis of a division of the
income derived from such device or otherwise.
Any legal, public or quasi-public place, building, group
of buildings or store.
Any person who as the owner, lessee or proprietor has under
his or her control any establishment, place, or premises in or at
which such device is placed or kept for use or play or on exhibition
for the purpose of use or play.
B.
Where more than one business establishment is operated within a single
building or at one address, whether through lease, sublease or ownership,
the entire premises or building will be considered for the purpose
of this article to be one business establishment or unit, and all
regulations of this article will pertain as if it were a single business
establishment or premises, and no more than two machines will be permitted
in the entire building.
No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business
of a distributor or proprietor of coin-operated amusement devices,
as the terms are herein defined, in the Village of Roslyn without
first having obtained the proper license therefor.
A.
Any person
desiring to obtain a license shall file each application with the
Village Clerk/Treasurer, in duplicate, and shall specify:
(1)
The name, address, social security number and telephone number of
the applicant and, if a firm, corporation, partnership or association,
the principal officers thereof and their addresses, social security
numbers and telephone numbers.
(2)
The address of the premises where the licensed device or devices
are to be operated, together with the character of the business as
carried on at such place.
(3)
The name, address and social security number of the registered agent
of the applicant upon whom service of process is authorized to be
made.
(4)
The name, address, social security number, and telephone number of
the manager of the applicant who shall be in charge of the applicant's
business in the Village of Roslyn.
(5)
With respect to each person whose name appears on the application,
the fact of conviction in any jurisdiction of any offense which under
the laws of New York is denominated a misdemeanor, a high misdemeanor
or an offense involving moral turpitude and/or the fact of conviction
in any jurisdiction of any offense which under the Penal Law is denominated
as a crime of any degree with a full disclosure of the nature of the
offense, time, place of commission, legal proceedings and penalty
imposed.
B.
The trade
name and general description of the device or devices to be licensed;
the name of the manufacturer and the serial numbers of each such device
shall be attached conspicuously to the device or kept on the premises.
C.
The application
shall contain a certification under oath made by the applicant that
the information contained in the application is complete, accurate,
and truthful to the best of his or her belief.
The fee for amusement device licenses shall be set from time
to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees.
