[Ord. No. 886 §1, 6-21-1983]
No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business of keeping, operating, or exhibiting three (3) or more coin-operated amusement devices without first obtaining an occupational license pursuant to Chapter 605. No such license shall be transferable or assignable. Each license that is issued to a designated address or location shall not be used for any other location with the City of Parkville unless application for a different address or location shall first have been made to the Board of Aldermen and permission granted by the Board of Aldermen
[Ord. No. 886 §2, 6-21-1983]
Includes pinball machines, pool tables, coin-operated shuffleboard,
video games and any other devices operated by the insertion of a coin,
disc, or other insertion piece, whether or not manipulated by the
operator, and which operate for the amusement of the operator, whether
or not by registering a score. It shall not include "slot machines,"
"claw machines," or other machines prohibited by State law, nor shall
it include machines or devices used bona fide and solely for the vending
of cigarettes, food confections, merchandise, jukeboxes, or coin-operated
radio or television devices in a private room of a hotel or motel.
Applies to any premises where three (3) or more coin-operated
amusement devices are exhibited or maintained for operation.
Includes any person who exhibits or maintains for operation
three or more coin-operated amusement devices on the same premises
within the City.
Any person, firm, corporation, or association which exhibits
or maintains for operation three or more coin-operated amusement devices.
The term "other coin-operated amusement devices" shall include
all devices not specifically defined herein.
[Ord. No. 886 §3, 6-21-1983]
A.Â
No license
shall be issued to any person, firm, partnership or corporation operating
any coin-operated amusement device which is so constructed as to make
possible either directly or by use of an adjustment the return of
cash, tickets, discs, or other tokens or certificates of any kind,
to a player operating the same, whether or not such tokens or certificates
have a value of any kind. Only operators who operate machines exclusively
for the amusement provided by the operation thereof shall be licensed,
and no machine shall return and no operator shall offer or give any
reward or thing of value as reward for the making of any score or
accomplishing any result in the playing of the machines, except that,
as a reward for his skill, the player may be given free plays.
B.Â
Slot Machines, Similar Devices. Machines commonly known
as "slot machines," "claw machines," and other machines prohibited
by State law shall not be licensed nor shall their use be permitted
in any place for which a license is issued.
C.Â
No arcade
operator or agent thereof shall knowingly allow gambling among customers
or other persons on the premises for which a license has been issued.
[Ord. No. 886 §4, 6-21-1983]
Any person exhibiting or maintaining for operation three (3) or more coin-operated amusement devices at one (1) location shall be required to purchase an occupational license for maintaining a coin-operated amusement arcade as required by Section 605.030 of this Title and shall be considered a Merchant for purposes of Section 605.130 of this Title.
[Ord. No. 886 §5, 6-21-1983; Ord. No. 1459 §§1 — 2, 9-20-1994]
A.Â
The application
for a license under the provisions of this Chapter shall be made on
forms provided by the City Clerk and shall include the following information:
1.Â
Name,
home address, age, and date of birth of the applicant.
2.Â
Business
address of the place in which the coin-operated amusement device or
devices will be located and the phone number of said business.
3.Â
A description
of each device to be located at the premises, its trade or popular
name, mechanical or electronic features, and the owner of the machine,
if other than applicant.
B.Â
No license
shall be issued to any applicant unless that individual is at least
twenty-one (21) years of age or older, of good moral character and
has never been convicted of a felony.
[Ord. No. 886 §6, 6-21-1983]
The license shall be displayed conspicuously at the location
of the amusement devices.
[Ord. No. 886 §7, 6-21-1983]
A.Â
No coin-operated
amusement device or arcade shall be operated so as to constitute a
public nuisance.
B.Â
It shall
be the duty of the licensee to maintain order and prevent loitering
on the premises where any device is maintained for operation.
C.Â
It shall
be the duty of the licensee to see that the premises on which a device
is maintained for operation do not become overcrowded so as to constitute
a hazard to the health and safety of the persons therein.
D.Â
The license
required and described in this Chapter shall be purely a personal
privilege and shall not constitute property nor shall any license
granted be transferable to any other person, premise or device.
E.Â
There
shall be a minimum of one hundred (100) square feet premise floor
space allotted for each coin-operated amusement device exhibited or
maintained for operation on the premises for which a license is granted.
F.Â
The premises
where coin-operated amusement devices are maintained for operation
shall at all times during business hours have an attendant present
who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age, of good moral character,
and has never been convicted of a felony.
G.Â
It shall
be the duty of the arcade operator to provide separate restrooms for
each sex on the premises for which a license is granted.
H.Â
The permissible
hours of operation for any premises qualifying as a coin-operated
amusement arcade shall be between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 10:00
P.M., Sunday through Thursday, and 10:00 A.M. and 11:30 P.M. on Friday
and Saturday.
I.Â
No arcade
operator shall allow any controlled substances or alcoholic beverages
to be bought, sold, or consumed on the premises for which a license
has been granted.
J.Â
It shall
be the duty of the arcade operator to provide parking spaces for the
premises in compliance with the zoning laws of the City of Parkville.
K.Â
The premises
where coin-operated amusement devices are maintained for operation
shall be located or situated at a greater distance than two hundred
fifty (250) feet from any school, church or place of worship.
[Ord. No. 886 §8, 6-21-1983]
The Chief of Police shall be charged with the duty and authority
to enforce the provisions of this Chapter and to report any violations
thereof.
[Ord. No. 886 §9, 6-21-1983]
A.Â
Licenses
issued under the provisions of this Chapter may be suspended or revoked
by the Mayor or Board of Aldermen of the City of Parkville for any
of the following causes:
1.Â
Fraud,
misrepresentation or any false statement contained in the application.
2.Â
Any
violation of the provisions of this Chapter.
3.Â
Conducting
the business licensed under the provisions of this Chapter in an unlawful
manner or in such manner as to constitute a breach of peace or be
detrimental to the public health, encourage juvenile delinquency,
or constitute a breach of rules of safety, morals or welfare.
[Ord. No. 886 §10, 6-21-1983]
If the Chief of Police shall have reason to believe any amusement
device is used as a gambling device, such device may be seized by
the police and impounded, and if upon trial for allowing it to be
used as a gambling device said arcade operator is found guilty, such
device shall be destroyed by the police.
[Ord. No. 886 §11, 6-21-1983]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall
upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not less than one
hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00)
or imprisoned in the City Jail not exceeding ninety (90) days or both
fine and imprisonment. Each violation or failure to comply with the
above provisions shall constitute a separate misdemeanor and shall
be punished as above indicated.
