[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Borough Council of the
Borough of Seaside Park 3-16-1962 by Ord. No. 606 (Ch. 6 of the 1970 Borough
Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is hereby determined, declared and found that this municipality
constitutes a seashore resort with parts thereof customarily constituting
an amusement or entertainment area according to the customary understanding
of said terms in the community, and which said parts thereof are more
particularly described as follows: All of the lands located within
the area bounded on the north by the center line of Porter Avenue
and the said center line extended in an easterly direction; on the
south by the center line of Stockton Avenue and the said center line
extended in an easterly direction; on the west by the easterly side
of Ocean Avenue; and on the east by a line running parallel to and
500 feet easterly from the high-water mark of the Atlantic Ocean.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
own or operate within this municipality any amusement game or games,
as said terms are defined by said "Amusement Games Licensing Law"
(Chapter 109, P.L. 1959),[1] whether said game or games are of skill or chance, or
both, and whether said game or games be played and operated with or
without numbers or figures, without first having obtained a license
from the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Seaside Park so to do.
Said license shall be issued pursuant to and subject to the provisions
of "Amusement Games Licensing Law" (Chapter 109, P.L. 1959).
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 5:8-100 et seq.
Each applicant for a license shall file with the Municipal Clerk
a written application in such form as prescribed by and in accordance
with said Amusement Games Licensing Law, as amended and supplemented,
and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Amusement Games Control
Commissioner of the State of New Jersey.
[Amended 12-29-1969 by Ord. No. 663; 12-16-1982 by Ord. No. 856; 5-19-1983 by Ord. No. 875; 5-16-1985 by Ord. No. 931; 3-15-1990 by Ord. No.
1087; 11-19-2001 by Ord. No. 1285]
The fee for an amusement game license shall be $650.
No loud sounds or noise shall emanate from buildings where the
aforesaid games are conducted, and all amplifiers must face inside
the building so that the sound will be modified and will not be heard
outside of the building.
Each applicant and applicant employee shall pay a fee of $1
for fingerprinting, registering and issuance of identification cards
under the rules and regulations promulgated by the Amusement Games
Control Commissioner for each licensee and employee of said licensee.
The Mayor and Council of the Borough of Seaside Park shall have
and exercise control and supervision over all amusement games held,
operated or conducted under such license, with all the powers authorized
or granted to it under the Amusement Games Licensing Law and all amendments
and supplements thereto and the rules and regulations of the State
Amusement Games Control Commissioner.
In the event that any licensee shall violate any of the provisions
of this chapter or the Amusement Games Licensing Law or the rules
and regulations promulgated by the State Amusement Games Control Commissioner
or the terms of such license, such licensee shall be a disorderly
person and, if convicted as such, shall, in addition to suffering
any other penalties which may be imposed, forfeit any license issued
to said licensee under this chapter.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the general penalty in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty, of the Borough Code. In addition, the governing body shall have the powers of suspension and revocation of any such license as provided for herein.
