[Adopted 12-30-2008;[1] amended in its entirety by the City Council 7-19-2016 by Order No. 16-61.10]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance was adopted as Ch. 154 but was renumbered as Ch. 149, Art. III, to maintain the organization of the Code.
[Amended 5-15-2018 by Order No. 18-116-01]
The City Council has determined that the regulation of arcade devices, coin-operated amusement devices and electronic video machines promotes the health, safety, and welfare of Sanford's citizens by assuring that all arcade devices, electronic video machines and coin-operated amusement devices are operated in conformance with the laws of the State of Maine and of the City.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ARCADE DEVICE
A coin-operated amusement device for amusement and entertainment.
[Added 5-15-2018 by Order No. 18-116-01]
COIN-OPERATED AMUSEMENT DEVICES
Any machine or device which upon the insertion of a coin may be operated by the public generally for use as a game, entertainment, or amusement, whether or not registering a score, and which is operated for amusement only and does not dispense any form of payoff, prize, or reward except free replays. For the purposes of licensing, the owner of the establishment where the device is located shall be the party responsible for obtaining the license.
[Added 5-15-2018 by Order No. 18-116-01]
ELECTRONIC VIDEO MACHINE
A machine, however operated, which has a video screen featuring an electronically simulated game or games, and delivers or entitles the person playing or operating it to receive the privilege of playing the electronic video machine, but does not deliver or entitle the person playing or operating the electronic video machine to receive any cash, premiums, merchandise, tickets or something of value other than the privilege of playing the electronic video machine without charge.
[Amended 5-15-2018 by Order No. 18-116-01]
No person, firm, or corporation shall keep, maintain, operate, lease, or otherwise establish an arcade device, coin-operated amusement device or devices or electronic video machines, in any premises, building, apartment, or place without first obtaining a license from the City Clerk. Licenses under this article shall not be issued unless the City Clerk receives affirmation from the Inspection Team that the applicant's proposed operation meets all applicable requirements. Any person carrying out such activity without a license is in violation of these provisions. Failure to comply with any of these requirements shall be deemed a violation of this article and is adequate grounds for the denial, revocation, or suspension of a license.
License applications under this article shall be processed according to the procedures established in this article and Chapter 149, Licensing. A license may be issued after the annual fee required has been paid through the City Clerk's office. The fee for an electronic video machine license shall be established under Chapter 149, Licensing, § 149-1.4, Fees, of this Code, for electronic video machines, arcade devices, and coin-operated amusement devices.
In addition to the requirements of § 149-3.3 and Article I of this chapter, each applicant must annually submit the following information with an application for licensing each electronic video machine:
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The following affidavit must be signed by each member of the governing board of the applicant and by the applicant's manager and shall be duly notarized.
[Amended 5-15-2018 by Order No. 18-116-01]
"I __________ (Name) do declare under the penalties of false swearing, pursuant to 17-A M.R.S.A. § 452, and/or the revocation of any licenses granted pursuant to Chapter 149: Licensing of the Code of the City of Sanford, Maine, that in my capacity as an officer or manager of the __________ (Name) I am familiar with the laws, both state and local, which govern the operation of electronic video machines. I am unaware of any illegal activity, including but not limited to illegal gambling as defined in Title 17-A M.R.S.A. Part 2, Chapter 39, regarding our electronic video machines, and should I become aware of any illegal activity I will immediately notify the Maine State Police, Bureau of Non-Profit Gaming Licenses."