As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT DEVICE
Any machine which may be operated for entertainment or amusement
in public, whether the machine is coin-operated or not and whether or not
it registers a score or tallies. This definition shall include but shall not
be limited to pinball machines, bowling machines, billiard tables, electronic
games and jukeboxes. This enumeration is intended to be typical and shall
not be construed as exclusive.
OPERATOR
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation or association in whose
place of business a jukebox or commercial amusement device is placed or kept
for operation and use by the public.
No operator shall make any commercial amusement device available for
public use within the Township of Pittsgrove without first having paid the
required fees and then obtaining a license for the premises and each machine
to be used thereon.
All premises license applicants must be at least 18 years of age and
shall submit in writing to the Township Clerk of Pittsgrove the following
information:
A. The name and address of the applicant and whether the
applicant is an individual, partnership or corporation.
B. The age of the applicant, of each partner if a partnership
and of each of the principal officers of the corporation if the applicant
is a corporation.
C. The prior criminal record of the applicant, if any, setting
forth the date or dates of conviction, the nature of the violation and the
jurisdiction in which the violation occurred. If the applicant is a partnership,
the same information shall be supplied for each partner, and if the applicant
is a corporation, this information shall be supplied for each of the principal
officers of said corporation.
D. A full description of the device or devices to be used
by the applicant and made available to the public.
E. The street number and description of the area where the
machines are to be operated, stating the number of floors of the premises
to be utilized.
Upon the payment of all fees, the Township Clerk shall submit the completed
application to the Township Committee for review at its next regular meeting,
wherein a determination shall be made as to whether or not the applicant has
complied with all regulations.
No license issued pursuant to this article shall be transferable from
one place to another, nor from one operator to another.
[Amended 9-13-2005 by Ord. No. 9-2005; 3-14-2006
by Ord. No. 4-2006]
Any operator violating any of the provisions of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be subject to one or more of the following: imprisonment
in the county jail for any term not exceeding 90 days; or by a fine of no
less than $100 and not more than $2,000; or by a period of community service
not exceeding 90 days.