§ 58-4. Definitions.
As used in
this article, the following words shall have the following respective
meaning:
AMUSEMENT
CENTER -- Any indoor place or enclosure
in which is maintained or operated for the amusement, patronage or recreation
of the public, any coin-controlled amusement device of any description, and
particularly but not by way of limitation, the type commonly known as bagatelle
games, baseball, football and pinball amusement games, is hereby designated as
an "amusement center" and subject to all provisions of this
article.
AMUSEMENT
CENTER GAME -- Any coin-controlled
amusement device of any description and particularly but not by way of
limitation, the type commonly known as bagatelle games, baseball, football and
pinball amusement games.
OWNER OR
OPERATOR OF AN AMUSEMENT CENTER GAME --
Any person who owns, places, distributes, or locates any amusement center game
in any place in which it is operated for the amusement, patronage or recreation
of the public.
§ 58-5. Amusement
center license required.
No person
shall maintain or operate an amusement center without first having obtained a
license to do so. The licensee shall be of good moral character and shall
maintain good order therein.
§ 58-6. Issuance of
amusement center license.
The Mayor is
hereby authorized to issue a license for the maintenance and operation of an
amusement center, and said license may be revoked by the Mayor for violation of
any of the provisions of this article.
§ 58-7. Location of
amusement centers.
No license
shall be granted for any such amusement center if located within 200 yards of a
public or private school, and no minor under 18 years of age shall be allowed
to operate any device covered by this article unless said minor shall be
accompanied by his or her parent or guardian.
§ 58-8. Prohibition of
cash awards.
No cash
awards shall be made in any contest, tournament, league or individual play or
any game maintained in or operated in any amusement center and no device shall
be permitted to be operated if said device delivers to the player coins or
slugs or metal tokens on certain scores or if said device may be readily
converted to deliver to the players such coins, slugs or metal tokens, or any
memoranda entitling the holder to receive any money, credit, allowance or thing
of value.
§ 58-9. License fee for
amusement centers.
The fee for
the license of an amusement center shall be as set from time to time by
resolution of the Board of Trustees and shall expire on the 31st day of August
next succeeding the date of issuance thereof.
§ 58-10. Requirement of
license for owners or operators.
Every owner
or operator of an amusement center game shall be required to obtain a license
and the licensee shall be of good moral character.
§ 58-11. License of
owners or operators.
The Mayor
shall issue a license for owners or operators of amusement center games, upon
payment of the license fee and as provided herein. Said license may be
suspended and revoked for violation of any provisions of this article in the
manner provided in Subsections D and E of § 58-3.
§ 58-12. License fees
for owners or operators.
The license
fee for owners or operators of three or more amusement center games within the
Village shall be as set from time to time by resolution of the Board of
Trustees.
§ 58-13. Identification
of games.
Owners or
operators so licensed shall be required to obtain a tag or seal for each game
in operation in any amusement center. Said tag or seal shall be affixed to the
game in a prominent place and shall bear a serial number and the owner's or
operator's name and license number.
§ 58-14. Information
required.
Every owner
or operator of an amusement center game shall within 24 hours of the placement
of any such games in the Village notify the Mayor of said placement and shall
give the serial number and name of the game and the name of the holder of the
license for the amusement center in which said game is placed.
§ 58-15. Transfer of
identification markers.
A tag or
seal, as provided by § 58-13, may be removed from one game and affixed to
another owned by the same licensed owner or operator, provided notice is filed
with the Mayor within 24 hours of such transfer by giving the serial number of
the tag or seal and the serial number and name of the game from which tag has
been removed as well as the serial number and name of the game to which tag or
seal has been affixed.
§ 58-16. Expiration of
license for owner or operator.
Licenses for
owners or operators of amusement center games shall expire on the 31st day of
August next succeeding the date of issuance thereof, and all tags and seals
issued as part of said license shall expire on the same date.
§ 58-17. Restriction of
issuance of license.
No license
shall be issued under this article to any person who has been convicted of a
crime or of any gambling offense against the laws of the United States or New
York State, and in the event of any conviction subsequent to the issuance of
said license, said license shall be immediately revoked.
