[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the City
of Pawtucket: Art. I, approved 9-6-1979 as Ch. No. 1705; Art. II, approved 5-20-1982 as Ch. No. 1797. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Approved 9-6-1979 as Ch. No. 1705]
No person shall keep a billiard table, bagatelle
table, pool table, scippio table or any table of a similar character
in a saloon, shop or place of business within this city or own or
keep any such table for public use or profit within this city or operate
a pinball or game room without first obtaining a license from the
City Council of the City of Pawtucket, and such Council may grant
or refuse to grant said licenses therefor, and licenses so granted
shall continue for a term not exceeding one year.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Limited to those places which derive their principal source
of income from such machines.
Any public place, building or room where three or more gaming
devices, machines or apparatuses are kept for the use and entertainment
of the public; or any place where the purpose of such business is
to maintain three or more machines, which, upon the insertion of a
coin, slug, token, plate or disc, may be operated by the public generally
for use as a game or amusement whether or not registering a score
and whether its operation demands skill or chance or both.
[Amended 2-24-1983 by Ch. No. 1832]
A.
The City Council, before granting a license under
this article, shall hold a public hearing, notice of which shall be
given by advertisement published once a week for at least two weeks
prior to the meeting of the City Council, where said license shall
be considered. Said advertisement shall be published in a local newspaper,
published in the city where the applicant proposes to operate. Said
notice shall be given by the office of the City Clerk, and the cost
thereof shall be borne by the applicant. Said notice shall state that
remonstrants are entitled to be heard before the granting of said
license and shall name the time and place of such hearing.
B.
Notice of said application shall be given, by mail,
to all owners of property whose property shall, in whole or in part,
fall within 200 feet of the property line of the place of business
seeking said application. The manner and method of such notification
shall be done in accordance with the rules and regulations as provided
by the Office of the City Clerk. All costs of such notification shall
be borne by the applicant.
Operation of said establishments shall be permitted
only between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. each day.
The fee for said pinball, billiard, bagatelle,
pool and scippio tables and game rooms shall be $50 per year for each
establishment.
Failure to procure said license or operation
of said establishment without said license shall incur a penalty of
$100 per day.
[Amended 11-22-2017 by Ch. No. 3145]
This article shall take effect on October 1,
1979, with license renewals on December 1 each succeeding year.
[Approved 5-20-1982 as Ch. No. 1797]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any machine, which upon the insertion of a coin, slug, token,
plate or disc, may be operated by the public generally for the use
as a game or amusement whether or not registering a score and whether
its operation demands skill or chance or both. It shall include, but
not be limited to, such devices as pinball machines, shuffleboard
games, video or computer-type games, electronically operated or displayed
games, air games, such as air hockey games, and all games and amusement
devices similar thereto under whatever name they may be called.
No establishment within the boundaries of the City of Pawtucket shall have a game or mechanical amusement device (as defined in § 112-8, above) without first obtaining a license approved by the City Council and issued from the office of the City Clerk of the City of Pawtucket.
Types of establishments that may apply for a
mechanical amusement device license are as follows:
The fee for each mechanical amusement device
shall be $50 for each device.
[Amended 11-22-2017 by Ch. No. 3145]
All licenses issued under this article shall
be for the term of one year, renewed annually on December 1. All licenses
shall be affixed to the mechanical amusement device so that it will
be within the view of the public. All licenses shall be issued to
the owner or operator of the mechanical amusement device, and said
license shall not be transferable.
[Amended 7-25-1996 by Ch. No. 2420]
Failure to procure a license for a mechanical
amusement device or operation of said mechanical amusement device
without such license shall incur a fine of $100 per day.
