[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners (now City Council) of the City of Brigantine 6-15-1960 by Ord. No. 6-1960. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Land use — See Ch. 198.
Mercantile businesses — See Ch. 210.
[Amended 3-18-1964 by Ord. No. 7-1964]
A. 
It is hereby determined and declared and found that the City of Brigantine constitutes a seashore resort with parts thereof customarily constituting an amusement or entertainment area according to the customary understanding of said terms in the community.
B. 
The amusement or entertainment area in said City are more particularly described as follows:
(1) 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection B(1), regarding the premises known as "1400C" and "1400D" East Brigantine Avenue and situated on the premises known as the "Seahorse Pier," was repealed 6-20-2012 by Ord. No. 20-2012.
(2) 
The area bounded as follows: beginning at the intersection of the northerly line of Brigantine Avenue and the easterly line of 13th Street North; thence northwardly along the easterly line of 13th Street North 125 feet; thence eastwardly parallel with Brigantine Avenue 200 feet to the westerly line of 14th Street North; thence southwardly along the westerly line of 14th Street North 125 feet to the northerly line of Brigantine Avenue; thence westwardly along the northerly line of Brigantine Avenue 200 feet to the point and place of beginning.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to own or operate within this municipality any amusement game or games as said terms are defined by the Amusement Games Licensing Law (Chapter 109 of the Laws of 1959),[1] whether said game or games are of skill or chance, or both, and whether said game or games be played and operated with or without numbers or figures without first having obtained a license from the Board of Commissioners of the City of Brigantine so to do. Said license shall be issued pursuant to and subject to the provision of the Amusement Games Licensing Law (Chapter 109 of the Laws of 1959).
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 5:8-100 et seq.
Each applicant for such a license shall file with the City Clerk a written application in such form as prescribed by and in accordance with said Amusement Games Licensing Law, as amended and supplemented,[1] and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Amusement Games Control Commissioner of the State of New Jersey.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 5:8-100 et seq.
[Amended 12-28-1992 by Ord. No. 28-1992]
The annual fees for the type of licenses to be issued hereunder shall be as follows, and said annual fees shall accompany the application for said licenses:
A. 
For games permitted under Category and Certification No. 1 of the Amusement Games Control State Commissioner, including games being generally known as "balloon game," "barrel game," "basketball game," "bear pitch game," "break-the-dish game," "bullpen ball game," "cigarette cork rifle game," "cigarette dart game," "cigarette toss game," "dart game," "dodgem game," "glass pitch game," "hoopla game," "mammy doll game," "milk bottle game," "milk can game," "number dart game," "over-and-under game," "penny pitch game," "pig slide game," "ping-pong ball game," "ring toss game," "shooting gallery game," "stuffed cat game" and any similar type of game granted certification, the license fee shall be as set forth in Chapter 210, Mercantile Businesses, Article II, Fees Schedule.
B. 
For games permitted under Category and Certification No. 2 of the Amusement Games Control State Commissioner, including arcade games generally known as "baseball machine," "basketball machine," " bouncing ball machine," "bowling machine," "crane machine," "dexterity tester machine," "digger machine," "football machine," "golf machine," "gun machine," "hockey machine," "intelligence tester machine," "pinball machine," "pokerino machine," "pool table machine," "pusher machine," "roll down machine," "rotary arm machine," "shooting machine," "shuffle alley machine," "skee ball machine," "skill tester machine," "strength tester machine" or any game of similar type granted certification, the license fees shall be as set forth in Chapter 210, Mercantile Businesses, Article II, Fees Schedule.
C. 
For games permitted under Category and Certification No. 3 of the Amusement Games Control State Commissioner, including nondraw raffle games such as duck pond game, fish pond game, grab-bag game, pick-the-stick game or any game of similar type granted certification, the license fee shall be as set forth in Chapter 210, Mercantile Businesses, Article II, Fees Schedule.
D. 
For games permitted under Category and Certification No. 4 of the Amusement Games Control State Commissioner, including competitive games generally known as "bowlo game," "fascination game," "greyhound game," "skilo game," "throw fascination game" or any game of similar type granted certification, the license fee, depending upon the seating capacity of the place to be licensed, shall be as set forth in Chapter 210, Mercantile Businesses, Article II, Fees Schedule.
E. 
For games permitted under Category and Certification No. 5 of the Amusement Games Control State Commissioner, including games commonly known as "stop and go" or like games granted certification, the license fee shall be as set forth in Chapter 210, Mercantile Businesses, Article II, Fees Schedule.
F. 
For games permitted under Category and Certification No. 6 of the Amusement Games State Control Commissioner, including games commonly known as "guessing games," such as guess your weight game, guess your age game or any like game granted certification, the license fee shall be as set forth in Chapter 210, Mercantile Businesses, Article II, Fees Schedule.
G. 
For games permitted under Category and Certification No. 7 of the Amusement Games Control State Commissioner, including games wherein a single player attempts to ring a bell or gong by striking with a maul one end of a horizontal lever arm and the other end of which propels a weight upward along a vertical wire at the top of which is a bell or gong, generally known as "ring the bell game" or "high striker game" or any like game granted certification, the license fee shall be as set forth in Chapter 210, Mercantile Businesses, Article II, Fees Schedule.
H. 
For any game not listed or subsequently certified by the State Commissioner, the license fee shall be as set forth in Chapter 210, Mercantile Businesses, Article II, Fees Schedule.
The Board of Commissioners of the City of Brigantine shall have and exercise control and supervision over all amusement games held, operated or conducted under such license with all the powers authorized or granted to it under the Amusement Games Licensing Law and all amendments and supplements thereto[1] and the rules and regulation of the State Amusement Games Control Commissioner.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 5:8-100 et seq.
In the event that any licensee shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or the Amusement Games Licensing Law[1] or the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Amusement Games Control Commissioner or the terms of such license, such licensee shall be a disorderly person and, if convicted as such, shall, in addition to suffering any other penalties which may be imposed, suffer the forfeiture, revocation or suspension of any license issued to such licensee under this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 5:8-100 et seq.
[Amended 12-28-1992 by Ord. No. 28-1992]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject by the Municipal Court to a penalty not to exceed $200 or imprisonment not to exceed 90 days, or both, in the discretion of the Judge of said Court, and the same shall be in addition to the powers of suspension or revocation of any such license as provided for by the City of Brigantine. The above penalty and suspension are in addition to any penalty or suspension of license which may be imposed pursuant to N.J.S.A. 5:8-1 et seq. or other applicable statutes.