[MC 1999-7, § 1, July 19, 1999]
It is hereby recognized that there is a need to establish a
fee for distributors and suppliers for installation of machines which
are operated by the public entertainment or amusement whether the
machine is coin operated or not and whether or not it registers scores
or tallies. Examples of mechanical or electronic amusement devices
are pinball machines, pokerino machines, mechanical grab machines,
skee-ball machines, juke boxes, music machines, and similar devices.
[MC 1999-7, § 1, July 19, 1999]
DISTRIBUTOR
Means any person who supplies any mechanical or electronic
amusement device to another for use in his/her place of business whether
under lease or any similar arrangement.
OPERATOR
Means any person in whose place of business any mechanical
or electronic amusement device is placed or kept for operation by
the public.
[MC 1999-7, § 1, July 19, 1999]
No person shall distribute or operate a mechanical or electronic
amusement device within the City of Plainfield without having first
obtained a license and paid the required license fee.
(a) No coin-operated amusement device shall be placed, maintained, operated
or used in any public place, quasi-public place, or in any building,
store or other place wherein the public is expressly or impliedly
invited or may enter within the municipal limits of the City of Plainfield
without the distributor or the owner-proprietor thereof having first
obtained a valid distributor's license, thereof having first obtained
a valid proprietor's license for each such device.
(b) No distributor shall place any such device with any unlicensed proprietor,
nor shall any proprietor receive any such device from any unlicensed
distributor.
[MC 1999-7, § 1, July 19, 1999]
Applicants for distributor's or operator's licenses which are associations shall supply the information as required in Sections
9:3-3; 9:3-4; 9:3-5 of Article 3 for all members of the association. Applications which are corporations shall supply the information required in Sections
9:3-3; 9:3-4; 9:3-5 of Article 3 for all officers and directors and for all stockholders of the corporation who own more than ten percent (10%) of its issued and outstanding capital stock. Corporations shall also supply the name and address of their registered agent.
[MC 1999-7, § 1, July 19, 1999]
(a) Distributors shall be charged the following fee:
(1)
Amusement games, per calendar year, Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00),
distributor license, per location.
(2)
Juke boxes, per calendar year, One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00),
distributor license.
(3)
Automatic kiddie rides, per calendar year, Two Hundred Dollars
($200.00), per distributor license.
(b) Except as provided below in Subsection
(c) of this section, each proprietor shall pay the following respective fees for each and every device of the following respective types:
(1)
Amusement games, per device, per calendar year, One Hundred
Dollars ($100.00).
(2)
Juke boxes, per device, per calendar year, Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
(3)
Automatic kiddie rides, per device, per calendar year, Fifty
Dollars ($50.00).
(c) Each owner-proprietor shall receive both a distributor's license
for each type of device, and a proprietor's license for each and every
device, upon payment of the following prescribed aggregate fees for
each and every device of the following respective types:
(1)
Amusement games, per device, per calendar year, Two Hundred
Dollars ($200.00) for the first five (5) machines and Thirty Dollars
($30.00) for each additional machine.
(2)
Juke boxes, per device, per calendar year, Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
(3)
Automatic kiddie rides, per device, per calendar year, Fifty
Dollars ($50.00).
[MC 1999-7, § 1, July 19, 1999]
Nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize any
gambling device of any kind whatsoever, including any device that
dispenses any kind of payoff or reward, or any device that has been
judicially determined to be a gambling device under any law of the
State of New Jersey. If the Director of Public Safety has reason to
believe any mechanical or electronic amusement device is used as a
gambling device, he shall cause that machine to be seized and impounded.
If after trial it is determined that the machine was in fact being
used as a gambling device, it shall be destroyed, and the license
of the operator or distributor shall be revoked. Revocation of license
and seizure of machine are in addition to any other penalty which
may be imposed for a violation of this article.
[MC 1999-7, § 1, July 19, 1999]
(a) Each distributor licensee shall receive from the City Clerk a license
tag bearing the distributor license number thereof, the year, and
any other pertinent information required by the City Clerk. Such license
tag shall be affixed to the device so licensed in such a manner as
to be conspicuous and not transferable from one device to another.
(b) Each proprietor licensee shall receive from the City Clerk a license
card which shall contain the names of the distributor and the proprietor,
the address where the device is placed, year, the signature of the
City Clerk, and any other information deemed necessary and appropriate
by the City Clerk. Such license card shall be posted in a conspicuous
place, near the device so licensed, in the establishment of the proprietor
licensee.