[Adopted 11-27-1957 as Ch. 5A of the General Ordinances, approved 11-28-1957]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
AMUSEMENT DEVICE
Includes amusement devices designed for and used exclusively by children, such as but not limited to any mechanically or electrically operated pony, horse, boat, airplane, rocket and/or equipment of similar design which may be placed on a stationary platform within any premises to which the public is invited, and which devices are to provide an up-and-down, rocking and/or circular motion for the enjoyment of one or more children.
It shall be unlawful to keep, maintain, offer to the public or operate any such amusement device unless the person desiring to keep, maintain, offer to the public or operate same shall, before doing so, obtain a license from the City Clerk.
Application for such license shall be made to the City Clerk upon such forms as he shall prescribe. Such application shall contain the name and residence of the person, and if a partnership, the names and addresses of the partners, and if a corporation, the names and residence addresses of the officers of such corporation; the place of business at which such amusement device is to be located and the type of amusement device to be used. Upon filing such application, the applicant shall furnish a policy or duplicate policy or certificate of public liability insurance with limits of not less than $25,000 for injury to one person and not less than $50,000 for one accident, which policy or certificate or copy thereof shall be approved as to form and sufficiency by the Corporation Counsel.
Before issuing such license, the City Clerk shall request an inspection to be made of each such amusement device by the Building Commissioner to determine whether such device is so constructed mechanically and electrically as to permit its operation safely and without danger to the users thereof.
No license shall be issued by the City Clerk unless the application shall have endorsed upon it the approval of the Building Commissioner. Subsequent to the issuance of the license the City Clerk shall cause periodic inspections to be made of all such devices and may, if any such device is found defective or unsafe, revoke the license therefor.
The Building Commissioner is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to inspect amusement devices as defined in this article and to cause same to be inspected by the Electrical Bureau of the New York Board of Fire Underwriters.
[Amended 12-26-1968, approved 12-27-1968; 6-10-1992, approved 6-11-1992]
The applicant for a license shall pay to the City Clerk before the issuance thereof an annual license fee of $50 for each device operated by him, it or them.
[Amended 12-26-1968, approved 12-27-1968; 6-10-1992, approved 6-11-1992]
All licenses shall expire on the 31st day of May in each year. Written application for renewal shall be filed within 30 days prior to the expiration date. No license shall be renewed by the City Clerk without the endorsed approval of the Building Commissioner and payment of the renewal fee of $50.