A recreational machine that provides the user with an opportunity
to receive something of value other than the right of replay.
A police officer, code enforcement officer or building official
of the City of Pflugerville.
A building, facility or other place that is open to the public
and that contains one or more operational amusement redemption machines.
A person who has an ownership interest in a game room.
A machine that is ready to be played and accessible to the
public.
(Ordinance 871-07-04-10, passed 4-10-07)
An owner, manager or employee of a game room or other person
exercising control over a game room, a portion of a game room or an
operational amusement redemption machine, shall provide a city official
with immediate unrestricted access during business hours to all areas
of the game room and to all operational amusement redemption machines
located in the game room.
(Ordinance 871-07-04-10, passed 4-10-07)
(A)
A city
official may inspect a game room or an operational amusement redemption
machine located within the City of Pflugerville, Texas’ incorporated
city limits to determine whether the game room or the operational
amusement redemption machine complies with the City of Pflugerville
Code of Ordinances and state law.
(B)
An
owner, manager or employee of a game room or other person who does
not allow a city official to inspect a game room or operational amusement
redemption machine commits an offense.
(Ordinance 871-07-04-10, passed 4-10-07)
A game room owner shall mark each entrance to a game room with
a conspicuous sign that:
(1)
Bears
the words “GAME ROOM” in six-inch or larger block letters;
and
(2)
Is
legible from a distance of twenty-five (25) feet.
(Ordinance 871-07-04-10, passed 4-10-07)
(A)
Every
game room shall have transparent unobstructed windows or open space
on at least one (1) side so that the area is open to view by the general
public passing by on a public street or using a corridor, lobby or
other room to which the public has access and is admitted without
charge. The owner, manager or employee of a game room shall not permit
any obstruction of such public view by the use of drawn shades, blinds,
partitions, tinting or other structures or obstructions.
(B)
The requirements of subsection (A) above may be waived or modified by the Building Official if the game room owner can demonstrate:
(1)
The game room is located in a structure deemed a historic landmark,
or the structure is within a historic district, and deemed to have
architectural or historic significance; and
(2)
Compliance with the unobstructed view requirement shall require alterations
to the structure that will have a substantially detrimental effect
on its historic or architectural features; or
(3)
The game room is at least three thousand five hundred (3,500) square
feet in floor space and the business derives at least fifty-one percent
(51%) of its net revenue from sources other than amusement redemption
machines.
(Ordinance 871-07-04-10, passed 4-10-07)
(A)
All
game rooms shall have their hours of operation clearly marked on every
entrance.
(B)
All
game room shall have all doors providing ingress and egress from the
game room unlocked during the hours of operation.
(C)
It
shall be unlawful for any person to keep, conduct or operate any game
room for profit or to allow or permit any game room to remain open
for business or open to the public before the hour of 7:00 a.m. or
after the hour of 2:00 a.m.
(Ordinance 871-07-04-10, passed 4-10-07)
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter
or fail to comply therewith shall be deemed guilty of a Class C misdemeanor
and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $1.00 nor more
than $500.00. This offense is hereby declared to be a strict liability
offense and the culpable mental state required by Chapter 6.02 of
the Texas Penal Code is hereby specifically negated and clearly dispensed
with. Each day that the violation occurs shall constitute a distinct
and separate offense.
(Ordinance 871-07-04-10, passed 4-10-07)
