[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Rocky Hill 2-2-1981
by Ord. No. 92-81. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fees — See Ch. A249.
The regulation by licensing of mechanical amusement devices, including
pinball game machines and other machine games of skill, and the constant supervision
of the operation of such machines are hereby declared necessary for the protection
of the health, safety and morals of the Town of Rocky Hill.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any mechanical pinball amusement device which is so constructed that
the result of its operation depends upon chance, or upon the skill of the
operator, or upon both;
Any mechanical device which in its operation shoots or propels an electric
light, ray or impulse to a target;
Any table bowling, shuffleboard or other mechanical table game or amusement
device involving the propulsion of spheres or other projectiles, mechanically
or by hand; or
Any coin-operated or coin-in-the-slot table amusement device or game.
An individual, partnership, corporation, club or association.
A.
No person shall have in any place within a permanent
structure open to the general public or occupied by any club or association
any mechanical amusement device without first having obtained a license therefor.
Application for a license shall be made to the Town Clerk upon a form
furnished by him and shall contain the following information under oath:
A.
The name of the applicant; if a partnership, the names
of all partners; if a corporation, club or association, the names of the officers.
B.
The residence of the applicant.
C.
The place and state of birth; if a corporation, club
or association, the date organized and under the laws of what state, and the
place and date of birth of the officers.
D.
The location of the place where licensed business is
to be conducted.
E.
The type of business.
F.
The citizenship status of the applicant or of the officers,
if the applicant is a corporation, club or association.
G.
Whether the applicant or, if a corporation, club or association,
whether the officers have ever been convicted of a crime.
H.
The number of mechanical amusement devices for which
the license is sought.
The application shall then be referred to the Chief of Police for approval
of the character and record of the applicant or, in a case of a corporation,
club or association, of its officers. Each applicant or each officer, if the
applicant is a corporation, club or association, shall be not less than 18
years of age and a citizen of the United States. The applicant shall be the
actual owner of the business for which the license is sought. The Chief of
Police shall issue each license in the name of the applicant, and he shall
not approve said application or issue a license unless he finds that the requirements
for such license have been fully met and satisfied.
[Amended 8-18-1986 by Ord.
No. 139-86]
The license fee shall be that which is established by Council resolution,
and which may be modified when the Council so determines.[1]
The license shall be conspicuously posted in the place of business of
the licensee.
Each licensee shall maintain good order in his place of business and
shall not permit his mechanical amusement devices to be used by persons under
legal age or used for gambling. A violation of this section by an agent or
employee of a licensee shall be deemed a violation hereof by the licensee.
[Amended 1-6-1992 by Ord.
No. 171-92]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be
fined $25 per day for each violation, with each day counting as a separate
offense.
The police shall have the power to revoke any license issued hereunder
for cause after due notice, in writing, to the licensee. Cause shall be deemed
to include, but not be limited to, conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude
subsequent to the granting of the license or false information knowingly given
in the application for a license, or for any violation of this chapter.
Any person aggrieved by any order of the Police Chief issued in the
administration of this chapter may appeal from said adverse decision within
10 days thereafter to the Director of Public Safety, and if this decision
is adverse, within 10 days thereafter to the Superior Court for the Judicial
District of Hartford/New Britain on the next return day to which such appeal
can be made returnable.
