A. License Required: No person, either as owner, lessee, manager, officer or agent, or in any other capacity, shall operate or permit to be operated a bowling alley, carnival, motion picture theater or pool hall without having first obtained a license to do so.
B. License Displayed: No person shall install a video gaming terminal or operate a bowling alley, carnival, motion picture theater or pool hall, unless there is displayed in the establishment a license for the current fiscal year (May 1 through April 30) posted pursuant to this chapter.
C. License To Be Current: No person shall deliver or install or cause to be delivered or installed a video gaming terminal within this City for use by any person from the operation thereof unless there is a license therefor for the current calendar year.
D. Gambling Devices Prohibited: Nothing in this chapter shall in any way be construed to authorize, license or permit any gambling device whatsoever, or any mechanism that has been judicially determined to be a gambling device, or in any way contrary to law, or that may be contrary to any future laws of the State, with the exception of gaming terminals allowed under subsection E of this section.
E. Gaming Terminals: Gaming, as allowed under the Illinois Video Gaming Act, may be allowed to those holders of a valid liquor license under title 2 of this Code and a State gaming license under the Illinois Video Gaming Act, and who have purchased a license from the City of Carbondale and are in full compliance with the requirements of this chapter. The number of video gaming licenses shall be limited to one hundred eighty (180) video gaming terminals for establishments licensed under title 2 of this Code and fifteen (15) video gaming terminals for truck stops as defined in this chapter. (Ord. 2018-21; Ord. 2019-13; Ord. 2019-26; Ord. 2020-10)