(a) Supervision of Entertainment Devices. An entertainment device arcade shall have an adult supervisor who is 21 years of age or older during all hours of operation of the entertainment devices.
(b) Square Footage. The interior of an entertainment device arcade shall provide a minimum area of 50 square feet per entertainment device.
(c) No Alcoholic Beverages. No licensee or operator shall permit the sale, possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises of an entertainment device arcade.
(d) Public Peace. A licensee or operator shall maintain order and quiet on the premises so as not to violate the public peace.
(e) No Minors. No person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted on the premises of any entertainment device arcade.
(f) Photo Identification. The operator shall require a government photo identification of each person to whom anything of value is given in connection with the entertainment device arcade. If the dollar value is six hundred dollars ($600.00) or more, the operator shall make and maintain a photocopy of the person's government photo identification and shall record the person's name, home address, phone number, social security number, a description of the thing given and the dollar value thereof; the date when the thing is given; and, if an entertainment device is involved in the circumstances of the giving, the serial number or other identifying description of the device. On or before the second Tuesday of each month, the licensee and operator shall cause to be delivered to the Tax Administrator or Deputy Tax Administrator a copy of the record of things given to persons together with the above-required information given during the preceding month. The operator, the Tax Administrator and the Deputy Tax Administrator shall not disclose social security or driver's license numbers to anyone except as required or permitted by the laws of the State of Ohio and the United States government.
(g) Posting. The operator shall post in a conspicuous place on the premises in the room where the entertainment devices are located in no less than 20-point type or font:
(1) Each separate prize that may be given and the dollar amount of each.
(2) The odds as stated in the filing with the Community Development Administrator required under Section 745.03(b).
(3) A complete statement of the rules and conditions to receive or win a prize or a thing of value, whether the delivery of the thing of value occurs totally within the confines of the premises or requires some event, occurrence or happening at another location.
(4) On each machine, a serial number, a unique identification number for each machine or, if none, a sticker issued at the direction of and by the Community Development Administrator indicating that it has been registered by the operator with the Community Development Administrator.
(h) Records. The licensee and operator shall keep a complete set of all records of the operation of the arcade, including all federal, state and local tax records; all records of payments to customers and receipts; all records of expenses and revenues of the operation; banking records, contracts, leases and agreements for the premises, equipment and operation of the arcade; personnel records; and other business records regularly and customarily kept in the ordinary course of the operation of a business. All records shall be available for inspection and copying by any entity with the right of entry under Section 745.03
(f). Records more than ten years old are exempt from this requirement.
(i) Correct Information. No applicant shall make a false or incorrect statement in an application for an entertainment device arcade license. A licensee or operator shall update the information to the Community Development Administrator to reflect current operation of the arcade as required in Section 745.03(c).
(j) Reporting of Internet Time. Any entertainment device arcade that engages in the sale of internet time or computer usage time in exchange for anything of value shall provide to the Community Development Administrator, no later than the second Tuesday of each month, a report detailing the daily amount of time sold in the preceding calendar month.
(k) Strict Liability for Violations. Operators and licensees are strictly liable for violations of this chapter.
(Ord. 2930. Passed 6-9-16; Ord. 3040. Passed 12-13-18.)