(A) Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provision of this chapter for which another penalty is not specifically provided shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding $750. A separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during which a violation occurs or continues.
(B) (1) Any persons, firms, corporations, partnerships or other entities who violate the provisions of §§ 113.040 through 113.046 by failing to apply for and obtain a license for each coin-operated amusement device operated or to be operated on their premises, shall be fined not less than $100, nor more than $750, for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed for each device which is not licensed and for each day during which a violation occurs or continues. No license shall be issued to an applicant until all penalties are paid in full.
(2) Any persons, firms, corporations, partnerships or entities who violate the provisions of §§ 113.040 through 113.046 by maintaining on their premises a number of coin-operated amusement devices in excess of the maximum number allowed by the provisions of §§ 113.040 through 113.046, shall be fined not less than $100, nor more than $750 for each offense. They shall also be required to remove the excess number of devices from their premises within three days of the date they are notified by the City Clerk of such a violation.
(Prior Code, § 113.999)
(2) A person convicted of failing to display a license for each video gaming terminal shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $100 per unlicensed terminal.
(3) A separate offense shall be committed each time a person operates a video gaming terminal in a manner that violates § 113.186. A separate offense shall be committed each 24-hour period, or part thereof, that a person is in possession of or maintains a video gaming terminal in violation of § 113.186 or is in possession of any other electronic gaming machine that can be used for video gaming in violation of § 113.186.
(4) Any video gaming terminal unlawfully used may be seized by the city in accordance with the Illinois Criminal Code, 720 ILCS 5/28-5 and the Video Gaming Act, 230 ILCS 40/35.
(5) Any liquor license issued under the Liquor Control Act of 1934, being 235 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq., to any owner or operator of a licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, or licensed veterans establishment that operates or permits the operation of a video gaming terminal within its establishment in violation of this Act, in accordance with 230 ILCS 40/35(a), shall be immediately revoked.
(D) A person violating any provision of §§ 113.200 through 113.208 is subject to prosecution and shall be fined not less than $250, nor more than $750, for each offense, and a separate and distinct offense shall be considered as having been committed for each and every day on which any person shall be found guilty of any such violation.
(Ord. 2018-049, passed 9-25-2018)