[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Town of Mount Airy 8-2-1982
by Ord. No. 123. Amendments noted where applicable.]
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The charging of anything of value by the owner or possessor of a
video game to permit another to use the video game machine.
Any game that has an electronic display screen such as a cathode
ray tube.
On and after September 1, 1982, no person shall operate for profit within
the Town limits any machine or device which displays a video games unless
a license has first been obtained therefor.
Applications for licenses, known as "video game machine licenses," shall
be made at the Town Hall upon forms to be prepared by the Town Clerk with
the approval of the Mayor. Applicants shall be required to state their name,
permanent address, a description of the machine or device, disclosing the
manufacturer, with the popular name of the video game or games to be displayed
by the machine or device and any serial or identification number of the machine
and the address of the location where it will be operated. The applicant must
be at least 18 years of age and must be the actual owner or lessee of the
machine applied for licensing. Upon being satisfied as to the correctness
and completeness of the application, the license may be issued by the Town
Clerk or the Mayor upon payment of the proper fee.
Licenses terminate automatically at the end of the period for which
they were issued. Licensees may renew licenses only by filing new applications
with current information. Such applications may be filed prior to a termination
date to avoid any unlicensed period of time.
Surrender or abandonment of any license or of any licensed machine shall
not entitle the licensee to any refund of license fees.
Licenses shall be securely affixed to the machine for which issued or
to the premises for which issued in close proximity to the machine so as to
be readily visible. Failure to have such a license displayed shall create
a presumption that the license was never issued.
A.
Licenses may not be transferred from one person to another
and are valid only for the machine and for the premises described in each
application.
B.
There shall be no more than three such machines on any
one premises, except that this restriction shall not apply to premises the
principal use of which is as a bowling alley, arcade or recreation center.
Violation of this chapter shall constitute a municipal infraction, subject
to a fine not to exceed $100 upon conviction and a fine not to exceed $200
for each repeated offense.
