This article as herein established has been written for the purpose of promoting and protecting the public health, safety and general welfare of the community and in the furtherance of conserving the value of property and establishing a community desirable to reside therein.
(Ordinance 366-A, sec. I, adopted 12/21/00)
As pertaining to this article, the following definitions will have their specific meaning as follows:
Amusement center.
Any business establishment in which at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the public floor area is devoted to coin-operated machines used for recreation and amusement purposes, or pool or billiard tables.
Coin-operated machine used for recreation or amusement purposes.
Every machine or device of any kind or character which is operated by or with coins or metal slugs, tokens, or checks and which dispenses or is used or is capable of being used or operated for amusement, pleasure, skill or recreation. This term expressly includes pinball, football, coin-operated pool tables, and other coin-operated machines which dispense or afford skill or pleasure. This term expressly excludes coin-operated music machines, pay toilets, pay telephones, coin-operated rides for children, and all other coin-operated machines which dispense or vend merchandise, commodities, confections or music. This term shall also include machines operated by currency or legal tender.
Owner.
Any person, firm, company, association or corporation owning any coin-operated machine used for recreation, or pool or billiard tables from which he/she derives a profit, save and except religious, charitable and educational organizations authorized under the laws of the state.
Pool or billiard table.
Any table surrounded by a ledge or cushion, with or without pockets, upon which balls are propelled by a stick or cue, and where the player thereon does not or is not required to make a coin deposit causing an electrical connection of any nature or kind before such game may be actually commenced.
Recreation or amusement machine.
Any pool or billiard table or any coin-operated machine used for amusement purposes, any of which tables or machines are operated for profit.
(Ordinance 366-A, sec. II, adopted 12/21/00)
Any person who violates any provision of this article for which no other penalty is set forth shall, upon conviction, be subject to a penalty of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per incident or per day in which such condition exists. Each day that such violation is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense. The term “person” as used in this section shall include the owner, occupant, mortgagee or vender in possession, assignee of rents, receiver, executor, trustee, lessee, agent or another person, firm or corporation directly or indirectly in control of a building or tract of land.
(Ordinance 366-A, sec. XVII, adopted 12/21/00)
The city administrator shall appoint or designate an authorized representative to make periodic inspections of premises licensed under this article to determine compliance with the building provisions, the maintenance of toilets and other sanitary facilities and compliance with the health, plumbing, sanitary and other applicable code provisions and any other ordinance of the city.
(Ordinance 366-A, sec. IX, adopted 12/21/00)
(a) 
The recreation or amusement machines which are operated for profit within a place of business shall not be left unattended.
(b) 
Within each place of business in which recreation or amusement machines are operated for a profit, the machines will be so situated so that the machines will be in full, open, public view.
(c) 
The term “full, open, public view,” as used in this article, shall mean that the machines are clearly and plainly visible from the exterior of the front of the building. The front of a building, as used here, is that side of the structure where the main entrance is located or that side of a structure which fronts a street. Provided, however, if the playing of the recreation or amusement machines is in a recreation center where the majority of the public is engaged in an activity other than the playing of the machines, the machines shall be in full, open, public view if the recreation and amusement machines are clearly and plainly visible from the areas of the building where the other activities are being performed.
(Ordinance 366-A, sec. IV, adopted 12/21/00)
It shall be unlawful to erect or construct in any business establishment in which recreation and amusement machines are operated for a profit, any partition obstructing the full, open, public view of any part of the premises in which recreation or amusement machines are displayed and operated for profit; provided, however, that toilets or other sanitary facilities shall be enclosed and adequately ventilated in accordance with the health, plumbing, sanitary, and other applicable regulations of the city.
(Ordinance 366-A, sec. V, adopted 12/21/00)
No person may engage in the operation for profit of any recreation or amusement machines within the city between the hours of two a.m. (2:00) and seven a.m. (7:00), Monday through Thursday, and between the hours of two a.m. (2:00) to seven a.m. (7:00) on Friday and Saturday. Such recreation or amusement machines may be operated on Sundays only between the hours of one p.m. (1:00) and two a.m. (2:00).
(Ordinance 366-A, sec. VI, adopted 12/21/00)
No person who has the control of any business establishment wherein is kept, used or operated for profit any recreation or amusement machines shall permit or allow any minor under the age of eighteen (18) years to play thereon or to operate any such machine during school hours. It shall be the duty of any person who is the proprietor or keeper of such business establishment to post conspicuously in his/her place of business in the vicinity of the machine’s location within the place of business the following sign: “Minors Under the Age of 18 Years Not Allowed Here During School Hours.”
(Ordinance 366-A, sec. VII, adopted 12/21/00)
The sale of alcoholic beverages in or on the premises licensed under this article is prohibited. No person so licensed shall knowingly permit the sale, use or consumption of any kind of alcoholic beverages in or upon the premises for which a license has been issued.
(Ordinance 366-A, sec. XIII, adopted 12/21/00)