[Amended 6-16-1998 by Ord. No. 98-11; 2-16-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-08; 5-17-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-08]
In the interpretation of this article, the following words and
phrases, unless the context shows another sense to be intended, shall
be held to have the meanings as follows:
CLASS A MACHINE
Any jukebox, music box or coin-operated electric phonograph
machine.
CLASS B MACHINE
Any pool, bagatelle or similar billiard machine or any shuffleboard
or bowling machine.
CLASS C MACHINE
Any other type of amusement machine operated for amusement
or game other than those included under Class A and Class B, including
but not limited to any automatic or mechanical or computerized machines,
game or device of skill or entertainment which is coin-operated or
set in motion by deposit therein of any coin or coins, tokens or slugs,
or the like thereof, purchased for cash or by any other method.
COIN-OPERATED AMUSEMENT VENDING MACHINE
Any machine or device installed, operated, maintained or
used in any public or quasi-public place or any building, store or
other place wherein the public is invited or wherein the public may
enter, which upon insertion or use, in any way, of a coin or coins
of the United States operates and may be used for amusement and/or
game or similar activity. Wherever in this article the word "machine"
is used, it is intended to mean coin-operated amusement vending machine.
DEALER
Any person who installs, operates, maintains or uses any
machine in the Borough of East Rutherford.
DISTRIBUTOR
Any person who distributes machines to machine locations
in the Borough of East Rutherford.
MACHINE LOCATION
The place in or upon which one or more machines shall be
installed, operated, maintained or used.
MEADOWLANDS DISTRICT
The Meadowlands District shall consist of any establishment
fronting on Route 17 and any area east of Route 17, commonly known
as the "Meadowlands" (except within the area known on the "Meadowlands
Complex" as defined in N.J.S.A. 5:10-3d).
No license shall be issued under this article to any person
who has been convicted of a crime, and in the event that any licensee
shall be convicted of any crime, then the license of such person shall
be forthwith canceled and shall revert to the Borough of East Rutherford,
and the machine to which said license may be affixed or upon which
it may appear shall be deemed to be in operation in violation of this
article.
This article shall include the establishments on the west side
of State Highway Route 17 and areas east of Route 17.
All licenses issued under this article shall
be issued for a specific game as hereinafter defined. It shall be
unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to own or operate within
the Borough of East Rutherford any amusement game or games as said
amusement game or games are defined by the Amusement Games Licensing
Law (P.L. 1959, c. 109), whether said amusement game or games are of skill or
chance, or both, and whether said amusement game or games shall be
played and operated with or without numbers, symbols or figures, without
having first obtained the proper license from the Borough Clerk of
the Borough of East Rutherford. Said license shall be issued subject
to the provisions of the Amusement Games Licensing Law (P.L. 1959,
c. 109) and the revised Amusement Games Regulations (effective April
11, 1966) promulgated by the Office of Amusement Games Control, Department
of Law and Public Safety of the State of New Jersey.
Any person, association or corporation who or
which shall make any false statement in any application for such license
or shall fail to keep such adequate and proper books and records and
shall fully and truly record all transactions connected with the holding,
operating or conducting of amusement games under such license or shall
falsify or make any false entry in any books or records so far as
they relate to any transaction connected with the holding, operating
and conducting of any amusement game under any such license or shall
violate any of the provisions of this article or the Amusement Games
Licensing Law (P.L. 1959, c. 109) or of any of the terms of any such
license shall be a disorderly person and if convicted as such shall,
in addition to suffering any other penalties which may be imposed,
forfeit any license issued to it under this article.
[Amended 3-19-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-03]
There shall be issued to an applicant who shall
qualify for a license a separate license for each specific game authorized
to be held, operated and conducted by the licensee, and a separate
license shall be issued for each location at which the licensee is
authorized to hold, operate and conduct such game. Said license shall
be for the specific term of the affair to be conducted but in no case
should exceed the maximum of 14 days. The license fee for each license
for each game at each specific location shall be $125 for the specific
affair for which the licenses are being sought. Said fee shall be
paid without proration and shall accompany the application for the
license.
All games permitted under the Amusement Games
Licensing Law (P.L. 1959, c. 109) and permitted within the Revised Amusement Games Regulations
of the Office of the Amusement Games Control of the Department of
Law and Public Safety of the State of New Jersey as promulgated April
11, 1966, and as amended, shall be permissible games for which a license
may issue under this article.
All applications for licenses under this article
shall be filed, with the appropriate license fee, with the Borough
Clerk of the Borough of East Rutherford at least 10 days prior to
the proposed issuance date for said license in order that proper investigation
may be made of the applicant, and each license issued under this article
shall be valid only for the specific time enumerated thereon.
No licenses shall be granted for any games permitted
under the Amusement Games Licensing Law (P.L. 1959, c. 109) for any
area west of Route 17 within the Borough of East Rutherford.
For any licenses issued pursuant to the terms
of this article for games authorized to be held, operated and conducted
at the Meadowlands Sports Complex, the New Jersey State Police shall
have and exercise control and supervision over all such amusement
games held, operated or conducted under such license at the Meadowlands
Sports Complex with all the powers authorized or granted under said
Amusement Games Licensing Law (P.L. 1959, c. 109) and all amendments
and supplements thereto. Supervision of all other areas of within
the Borough of East Rutherford shall be vested in the Police Department
for the Borough of East Rutherford.