[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Island Park as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Peace and good order — See Ch. 403.
[Adopted by Ord. No. 40; amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
No person or persons, firm, association or corporation
shall exhibit for money or hire any theatrical representation of feats
of horsemanship, circus, caravan of animals or artificial curiosity,
or give any shows, exhibitions or performance, except motion pictures
or moving picture shows, or furnish music with hand-organ or any other
musical instrument without obtaining a license therefor. The Mayor
is hereby empowered to issue such license to the person applying therefor
in form and manner provided by law and to specify therein in the name
of the Village a proper license fee. The license fees are set from
time to time by the Board of Trustees.
Any person committing an offense against this
article shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine not exceeding
$250 or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 15 days for each
offense, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
[Adopted 12-2-1938 by Ord. No. 61]
As used in this article, the following words
shall have the following respective meanings:
Any indoor place or enclosure in which is maintained or operated
for the amusement, patronage or recreation of the public any coin-controlled
device of any description, and particularly, but not by way of limitation,
the type commonly known as bagatelle games, baseball, football and
pinball amusement games, is hereby designated as an "amusement center"
and subject to all the provisions of this article.
Any coin-controlled amusement device of any description and
particularly, but not by way of limitation, the type commonly known
as bagatelle games, baseball, football, and pinball amusement games.
Any person who owns, places, distributes, or locates an amusement
center game in any place in which it is operated for the amusement,
patronage or recreation of the public.
Any partnership, individual, firm, corporation, trust, trustee
or receiver.
No person shall maintain or operate an amusement
center without first having obtained a license to do so and the licensee
shall be of good moral character and shall maintain good order therein.
Every owner or operator of an amusement center shall, within 24 hours
of the placement of any such games in his establishment, notify the
Village Clerk of such placement.
The Mayor is hereby authorized to issue a license
for the maintenance and operation of amusement centers and said license
may be revoked by the Mayor for violation of any of the provisions
of this article.[1]
No cash awards shall be made in any contest,
tournament, league or individual play on any game maintained or operated
in any amusement center, and no device shall be permitted to operate
if said device delivers to the player coins or slugs or metal tokens
on certain scores or if said device may be readily converted to deliver
to the players such coins or slugs or metal tokens.
The fee for the license for an amusement center
shall be as set from time to time by the Board of Trustees and shall
expire on the 30th day of April next succeeding the date of issuance
thereof, and all tags and seals, issued as a part of said license,
shall expire on the same date.
Operators so licensed shall be required to purchase
a tag or seal for each game in operation in any amusement center,
and shall a sum as set from time to time by the Board of Trustees
for each tag or seal purchased. Said tag or seal shall be affixed
to the game in a prominent place and shall bear a serial
number.
A tag or seal, as provided by § 131-8, may be removed from one game and affixed to another maintained by the same licensed owner or operator.
No license shall be issued under this article
to any person who has been convicted of a crime or of any gambling
offense against the laws of New York State, and in the event of such
conviction subsequent to the issuance of said license, said license
shall be immediately revoked.
Any person committing an offense against this
article shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine not exceeding
$250 or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 15 days for each
offense, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
