(A) All building and fire code standards must be met. Inspection by building officials and the issuance of a certificate of occupancy shall be obtained before a license for an amusement redemption machine game room is issued.
(B) Only one amusement redemption machine game room shall be permitted on any lot or in any single building structure or strip center.
(C) No amusement redemption machine game room shall be situated within 300 feet of any church, school, daycare, hospital or any other amusement redemption machine game room. The distance shall be measured in a straight line without regard to intervening objects or structures and from the nearest lot line of the amusement redemption machine game room seeking a license to the nearest lot line of the church, school, daycare, hospital or any other amusement redemption machine game room.
(D) No alcoholic beverages shall be served or allowed on the licensed premises. No amusement redemption machines or related business activities shall be allowed to be situated and/or performed outdoors.
(E) The hours of operation for an amusement redemption machine game rooms shall be limited to the following hours:
(1) Monday through Thursday, open at 8:30 a.m. and close at 1 1:00 p.m.; and
(2) Friday through Sunday, open at 8:30 a.m. and close at 12:00 a.m.
(F) One parking space shall be provided for each two amusement redemption machines within the amusement redemption machine game room, plus one additional parking space for each employee per shift.
(G) The owner, operator, or manager of the licensed premises must be present to supervise the operation of the amusement redemption machine game room. The amusement redemption machine game room shall not be left unattended.
(H) Amusement redemption machines must be situated within the licensed premises as to be in full and open public view, which entails being visible to all patrons of the establishment.
(I) No person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted inside the building, structure, facility or space housing the amusement redemption machine game room.
(J) A sign stating that no one under the age of 18 is allowed inside the amusement redemption machine game room building shall be posted in plain sight immediately inside the entrance stating that:
“No person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted inside the building, structure, facility or space housing the amusement redemption machine game room.”
(K) An amusement redemption machine game room operator must be a person who is at least 18 years of age.
(L) The total number of amusement redemption machines allowed in one amusement redemption machine game room establishment shall be limited to the maximum number of 20 amusement redemption machine games. Any back-up or replacement amusement redemption machine games shall be secured in a locked storage area or closet to which the public is not allowed to enter and such machines shall not be connected to electricity or otherwise operational. The occupation tax on such back-up or replacement amusement redemption machine games shall be paid annually regardless of whether such machines are used by the game room’s patrons.
(M) Nothing contained herein shall be construed or have the effect to license, permit, authorize or legalize any machine, device, tablel or gaming machine, the keeping, exhibition, operation, display or maintenance of which is illegal or in violation of any ordinance of the city, any section of the penal code of this state, or the constitution of this state.
(Ord. 2018-29, passed 11-20-2018) Penalty, see § 118.99