[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Dennis 10-27-97 as Ord. No. 97-14. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The voters of the township authorized the licensing of amusement games by referendum at the 1959 General Election. This township has various campgrounds and is a resort area generally considered to be a place of entertainment and amusement according to customary understanding of such terms. It is determined, declared and recognized that the area which permits amusement games consists of all areas presently licensed as campgrounds, as defined in the Code of the Township of Dennis as supplemented and amended.
The annual license fee for each specific kind of game authorized to be held, operated and conducted on the licensed premises by the licensee is hereby fixed at the sum of $250 per year regardless of the number of units of the same specific kind of game or games to be held, operated and conducted at each licensed premises. The annual fee is not subject to proration and shall cover the annual term beginning January 1 to December 31 in the year within which the license is to be operative and any license shall be operative on the annual basis provided, however, any and every license shall not be operative upon any day, part of the day or days when otherwise prohibited by law or by any rule or regulation promulgated by authority of the government of the State of New Jersey or any appropriate and authorized agency thereof.
The license fee shall accompany the license application which must be filed and paid to the Township Clerk and if granted, shall expire at midnight on December 31 next thereafter regardless of the dates applied for or obtained.
Unless otherwise prohibited by law or ordinance, or by any rule or regulation promulgated under authority of the State of New Jersey, as aforesaid, the holder of each and every license may hold, operate and conduct the kind of game licensed on the licensed premises, each day, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight.
The amusement games to be licensed and regulated pursuant hereto are those recognized by the provisions of the Amusement Games Control Law, Chapter 108 of the Laws of New Jersey, 1959, and the Amusement Games Licensing Law, Chapter 109 of the Laws of New Jersey, 1959; and any amendments, revision or supplements thereto which may since have been enacted or which may at any future time be enacted, and all licenses issued hereunder are subject to authority of any such laws, together with any and all rules or regulations now or which may hereafter be promulgated by the State Commissioner of Amusement Games Control, or those of any other department, board, commissioner, person or agency properly authorized to promulgate any such rule or regulation.
The holding, operating and conducting of any amusement game or games at any time or times prohibited herein is hereby declared unlawful.
Any person engaged in the ownership and/or operation of mechanical amusement or recreational devices, golf courses or other games, trampolines and similar devices which are operated for commercial or amusement purposes intended for the use and enjoyment of the public will be required to carry sufficient public liability insurance to adequately protect the general public and those persons using such devices and games.
For the purposes of this chapter, insurance coverage will be deemed to be adequate if the same is in amounts of no less than $100,000 per person, $300,000 per accident and $50,000 property damage.
Any person affected by this chapter will be required to submit proof of the coverage to the Township Clerk in conjunction with his/her annual application for municipal licensing, which proof shall be in the form of an up-to-date insurance certificate covering the period for which the license is sought.
It shall be the obligation of any person covered by this chapter, on demand of the Township Clerk, to produce competent evidence in the form of a certificate of insurance of the required insurance coverage. In the event that the firm or person covered by insurance fails to produce the coverage within a reasonable period of time when demanded, not to be an excess of seven days, the Township Clerk shall have the right to revoke the license which shall not be returned nor the business covered thereby operated until the necessary proof of insurance is deposited with the Township Clerk.
Any person, firm, association, partnership or corporation violating any subsection of this chapter shall be liable, upon conviction, to the penalty stated in Chapter 1, Section 1-9. Any repetition of any violation of this chapter shall be deemed a new offense, and each day any violation is permitted to continue shall be deemed a new offense.