[Adopted 8-13-1991 by Ch. No. 983 as §§ 7-81
through 7-83 of the 1991 Code (as amended through Ch. No. 1148)]
[Amended 10-25-2004 by Ch. No. 1516]
A. No person shall maintain, operate or conduct any amusement, including but not limited to a merry-go-round, whip, bumper car, kiddy ride, airplane ride, Ferris wheel, or similar or like amusement device, or motorized vehicles, watercraft, or any other rental-for-profit endeavor on land or water, water slide, batting cage, miniature golf, bowling alley and roller-skating rinks, unless such person shall have first obtained a license in accordance with §
158-2.
[Amended 4-12-2010 by Ch. No. 1712]
B. All licenses granted pursuant to the provisions of this article are subject to approval of proper authorities as specified in §
158-3.
[Amended 4-12-2010 by Ch. No. 1712]
A. The license fee for maintaining, operating or conducting any such amusement shall be as specified in Chapter
121, Fees.
B. All licenses granted hereunder shall expire in accordance with §
158-8.
[Amended 4-12-2010 by Ch. No. 1712]
In addition to the requisite information, the
application for such license shall indicate the number and types of
amusements to be maintained, operated or conducted. Proof of insurance
shall accompany the application.
[Amended 4-12-2010 by Ch. No. 1712]
A. Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall be guilty of an offense against the Town punishable as provided in Chapter
1, Article
II, General Penalty.
B. All members
of the Police Department are authorized to enforce the provisions
of this article.
[Adopted 8-13-1991 by Ch. No. 983 as §§ 7-101
through 7-112 of the 1991 Code]
As used in this article, unless the context
otherwise indicates, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
COIN-OPERATED AMUSEMENT MACHINE OR DEVICE
Any amusement machine or device operated by means of the
insertion of a coin, token or similar object for the purpose of amusement
or skill and for the playing of which a fee is charged. Also included
within this definition are coin-operated mechanical or electronic
musical devices which are commonly referred to as "jukeboxes."
DISTRIBUTOR
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association
who 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 or retail or on the basis of a division of the
income derived from such device, or otherwise.
PROPRIETOR
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or
club who or which, as the owner, lessee or proprietor, has under his
or its 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.
[Amended 4-12-2010 by Ch. No. 1712]
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, without first having obtained a license in accordance with §
158-2.
[Amended 5-10-2004 by Ch. No. 1490; 4-12-2010 by Ch. No. 1712]
A. The license fee for each distributor and each proprietor shall be as specified in Chapter
121, Fees.
B. All licenses granted hereunder shall expire in accordance with §
158-8.
[Amended 4-12-2010 by Ch. No. 1712]
A. In addition
to the requisite information, the application for such license shall
specify the number of devices to be licensed and the trade name, a
general description, the serial number and the manufacturer of each
such device, as well as a statement of prior arrests or convictions,
if any, of each person listed on the application.
B. The Licensing
Board, before granting any such license to a proprietor of three or
more coin-operated devices, shall hold a public hearing, notice of
which shall be given by advertising once a week for at least two successive
weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town. The notice
shall contain the name of the applicant, the location for which the
license is required, the date, time and place of the hearing, and
shall state that remonstrants are entitled to be heard. The expense
of such advertising shall be borne by the applicant. The provision
for a public hearing shall not apply to licenses for less than three
coin-operated devices or to existing licenses or to renewals of licenses.
C. No license
shall be issued to any applicant unless he/she shall be over 18 years
of age.
[Amended 4-12-2010 by Ch. No. 1712]
All licenses granted pursuant to the provisions of this article are subject to approval of proper authorities as specified in §
158-3.
[Amended 4-12-2010 by Ch. No. 1712]
Any proprietor who owns such device shall file with the Clerk
evidence of such ownership prior to the issuance of a license.
[Amended 4-12-2010 by Ch. No. 1712]
A. The license
number assigned to each coin-operated device of a distributor shall
be permanently affixed to the device so that it can be easily ascertained.
B. All licenses
issued to proprietors and distributors shall be nonassignable and
nontransferable.