[Adopted 6-7-1982 by Ord.
No. 11-1982 as Ch. 66 of the 1982 Code]
This article is enacted for the purpose of raising revenue and for the
regulation and control of coin-operated amusement games, devices or machines.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
COIN-OPERATED AMUSEMENT GAME, DEVICE OR MACHINE
Any coin-operated machine or device, whether mechanical, electrical or electronic, designed for operation by the public by the insertion of a coin for use as a game, entertainment or amusement, the object of which is to achieve a score which, by comparison to that obtained by other players, demonstrates relative supposed skill or competence, irrespective of whether skill or competence was required. It shall include but not be limited to devices such as pinball machines, skeeball machines, devices utilizing a video or cathode tube and other similar machines or devices designed to be representative of real games or activities; provided, however, that the definition shall not include vending machines designed for the sale of a product which do not incorporate gaming or amusement features and shall not include jukeboxes as defined in Article
II of this chapter.
All coin-operated amusement games, devices or machines operated, maintained
or used in any public or quasi-public place or in any building, store or other
place wherein the public are invited or wherein the public may enter, and
particularly, but not by way of limitation, all coin-operated amusement games,
devices or machines operated, maintained or used as aforesaid, may be licensed
by the city and shall not be placed, operated, maintained or used within the
municipal limits of the city without a license for that purpose.
A separate application for each machine shall be filed on a form to
be furnished by the City Clerk or designee, which form shall show:
A. The name of the applicant.
C. The number of machines the applicant intends to operate.
D. The manufacturer's serial number of each machine.
E. Whether or not the person making the application has
ever been convicted of a violation of this article.
F. Such other information as the City Clerk or designee
shall deem necessary or proper.
The licenses for the placing, operation, maintenance or use of such
amusement devices or machines shall be issued by the City Clerk or designee
to and in the name of the proprietor of the premises and shall be issued for
the year commencing June 1 and expiring May 31 at 12:00 midnight.
If a license has been issued and the person to whom it has been issued
shall thereafter be convicted of a violation of this article, said license
and every other license held by the licensee under and by virtue of this article
shall immediately be revoked by the Council.
No machine or device licensed under this article shall be used, placed,
maintained or operated in any premises within 200 feet of any school.
[Amended 6-21-1982 by Ord.
No. 14-1982; 10-1-1984 by Ord.
No. 21-1984]
A. No person shall use, or permit to be used, any of the
machines or devices licensed hereunder for the purposes of gambling.
B. No more than three coin-operated amusement games, devices
or machines shall be allowed on any one premises of any licensee.
Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not less
than $100 nor more than $1,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days
and/or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days. Each day such
violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense and shall be punishable as such.
[Adopted 6-7-1982 by Ord.
No. 11-1982 as Art. III of Ch. 155 of the 1982 Code]
As used in this article, the following definitions shall have the meanings
indicated:
JUKEBOX
Any music vending machine or device which, upon the insertion of
a coin or purchased token, may be operated for the playing of music, songs
or other melodies or similar sounds.
No person owning, keeping, leasing or having possession, in any store,
cafe, restaurant, nightclub, bar, saloon or in any place of amusement or business
in the city, of a device for playing music by records, commonly known as a
"jukebox," shall operate said jukebox or cause or permit the jukebox to be
operated between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 8:00 a.m. in such a loud
or offensive manner as to disturb or interfere with the peace, quiet or health
of persons in, or the good order of the neighborhood in which, the jukebox
is operated.
No person shall operate a jukebox at any time in such a manner as to
create and maintain thereby a public nuisance in the city.
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punished by a fine not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days and/or a period of community service not
exceeding 90 days.