[Adopted as Ch. 5.20 of the 2003 Municipal Code; amended
at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
AUTOMATIC GAMING AND AMUSEMENT DEVICE
Any machine or device which, upon insertion of a coin, slug,
token plate, disc, electronic card, may be operated by the public
for use as a game, entertainment or amusement, whether or not registering
a score. Automatic amusement devices include, but are not limited
to, bagatelle, automated rides, pinball, duckpin pool, jukeboxes,
shuffleboard, shooting galleries, mechanical grab machines and video
games and all games, operations or transactions similar thereto, under
whatever name they may be indicated.
The purpose of this article is to license, regulate and control
those automatic coin-operated amusement devices which are operated
for the purpose of making a profit so as to prevent nuisances to patrons
and the public, fire hazards from overcrowding, poor ingress and egress
at premises where the automatic coin-operated machines are located
and to prevent gambling, loitering or the creation of an unhealthy
atmosphere for the youth of the Township, or other foreseeable undesirable
effects of such machines.
It is unlawful for any person to operate, maintain or install any automatic coin-operated machine in any public or quasi-public place or in any building, store or other place where the public is invited or wherein the public may enter within the Township unless such person shall have first obtained a license in compliance with the provisions of this article and Chapter
214, Business Licenses.
Every application for a license under this article shall be made in conjunction with a business license, and shall provide, in addition to the requirements of Chapter
214, Business Licenses, the name and description of every machine proposed to be licensed, the number of licensed machines to be located on the premises described in the application, and the name and address of the owner of each such machine.
The license fee for each machine governed by this article shall be as set forth in Chapter
260, Fee Schedule.
The license fee shall cover all or any part of the period from
July 1st of each year until June 30th of the following year running
concurrently with the establishment's business license. This fee shall
be payable on or before July 1st of each year.
Every person holding a license issued hereunder shall be required
to display the licensed machine or machines in a conspicuous place
in the place of business of the licensee, and such license shall also
be displayed in a conspicuous place in the place of business of the
licensee.
Any time after the granting of a license, the Township Committee
may revoke such license or licenses if, after a hearing, it finds:
A. Gambling on the premises.
B. False or incorrect information
on the application furnished by the applicant.
C. Failure to maintain good and safe
conduct on the premises.
D. Violation of the provisions of
this article.
[Adopted as Ch. 5.08 of the 2003 Municipal Code; amended
at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
It is unlawful for any person or persons, association or corporation to operate a skating rink, pool or billiard room or bowling alley, including coin-operated pool and billiard tables, without first having obtained a business license in compliance with Chapter
214, Business Licenses, as well as with the provisions of this article. A "pool or billiard room", as used in this section, shall mean a place where commercial use of two or more pool or billiard tables is carried on as the primary occupancy of the licensed premises.
Applications for amusement facilities as described in §
178-10, in addition to the requirements for a business license in Chapter
214, Business Licenses, must submit a plan showing the interior layout of the premises to be licensed detailing the number and location of all viewing booths, seats, coin-operated machines, pool or billiard tables, or bowling alleys, as the case may be, within such premises.
Every licensee of an amusement business, including but not limited
to a pool or billiard room or bowling alley, shall comply with the
following regulations:
A. The hours of operation of the
activities shall be not earlier than 9:00 a.m. and not later than
12:00 midnight, prevailing time on weekdays and Saturday.
B. No person under the age of 16
years shall be admitted or permitted to play in any pool or billiard
room in any licensed premises or to frequent, lounge, congregate or
gather in such room unless accompanied by parent or guardian or as
part of an organized, supervised activity. There shall be at least
one sign displayed giving notice that no person under the age of 16
years shall be permitted on licensed premises unless accompanied by
parent or guardian or as part of an organized, supervised activity.
C. No person under the age of 14
years shall be admitted to or permitted to bowl in any bowling alley
licensed hereunder or to frequent, lounge, congregate or gather in
such establishment after 8:00 p.m., prevailing time, unless accompanied
by a parent or guardian or as part of an organized, supervised activity.
There shall be at least one sign displayed giving notice that no person
under the age of 14 years shall be permitted on licensed premises
after 8:00 p.m., prevailing time, unless accompanied by parent or
guardian or as part of an organized, supervised activity.
D. In no event shall card-playing
be permitted on said licensed premises, even if such card-playing
is for social purposes.