4-156-180 Installation prerequisites.

   It shall be unlawful for the owner or lessee of any premises or person in control of such premises to permit the installation or use of an automatic amusement device within the City of Chicago for gain or profit unless the tax has been paid and is evidenced by a tax emblem affixed to the automatic amusement device in a conspicuous location. Each such device shall be plainly labeled with the name, address and telephone number of its owner. No person shall remove, alter or deface the tax emblem or label required by this section, or allow use of an automatic amusement machine if the tax emblem or label has been removed, altered, defaced or become illegible. The owner or lessee of the premises where the device is placed for operation by the public and every person responsible for the premises shall be jointly and severally liable for a violation of this section.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 12-15-99, p. 21529, § 1)

4-156-190 Seizure for unlawful use.

   If the mayor, superintendent of police, or the comptroller, the commissioner of business affairs and consumer protection, the city clerk or their duly authorized enforcement officer shall have a reasonable basis for believing any amusement device is an illegal amusement device, said device or any part or contents thereof may be seized by any duly authorized enforcement official, followed by an administrative hearing with notice to the owner within seven days of such seizure for the purpose of reviewing the appropriateness of the seizure, and held until such time as the owner of such device pays the delinquent tax, reimburses the department of finance, business affairs and consumer protection or the city clerk for actual cartage cost incurred in the seizure and pays to the department of finance, business affairs and consumer protection or the city clerk $20.00 for each day or part of day said device has been in storage. If criminal charges involving the use or condition of the device are pending, the device shall be held until disposition of the criminal charges. If it is determined at the hearing by a preponderance of the evidence that the seized device is not an illegal amusement device, it shall be returned to the owner without charge. If it is determined at the hearing that the automatic amusement device was used for illegal gambling, it shall be destroyed by the city, and all money found within the device at the time of confiscation shall become the property of the city, and shall be used to defray the costs of cartage, notice, storage and hearings. If the owner of the device does not claim the automatic amusement device within 14 days after the mailing of the notice, the device and its contents will be treated as abandoned property and the device will be destroyed.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 4-1-98, p. 65262; Amend Coun. J. 7-27-05, p. 53211, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-08, p. 47220, Art. V, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 6-30-09, p. 65579, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. I, § 4)

4-156-200 Reserved.

Editor's note – Coun. J. 5-9-12, p. 27485, § 76 repealed § 4-156-200, which pertained to a license requirement.

4-156-210 Reserved.

Editor's note – Coun. J. 5-9-12, p. 27485, § 77 repealed § 4-156-210, which pertained to license application and examination of records.

4-156-220 Reserved.

Editor's note – Coun. J. 5-9-12, p. 27485, § 78 repealed § 4-156-220, which pertained to investigation and refusal of license application.

4-156-230 Number of devices limited.

   It is unlawful for any person to operate or permit the operation of an arcade unless the person in control of such place has first obtained a public place of amusement license.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 7-2-97, p. 48017)

4-156-240 Reserved.

Editor's note – Coun. J. 7-2-97, p. 48017, repealed § 4-156-240, which pertained to arcades – location restrictions.

4-156-260 Reserved.

Editor's note – Coun. J. 7-2-97, p. 48017, repealed § 4-156-260, which pertained to games rooms – locations restrictions.

4-156-270 Restrictions on use by minors.

   (a)   No person, firm, corporation, organization or other legal entity shall permit, and it shall be unlawful for, any person under 17 years of age, who is not accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, to operate any automatic amusement device, except upon the premises of the city airports, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on days in which the city's public schools are in session.

   (b)   No person, firm, corporation, organization or other legal entity shall permit, and it shall be unlawful for, any person under the age of 21 to play an automatic amusement device located at an establishment which sells alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises.

      The prohibition described in this subsection (b) shall not prohibit any person or legal entity to permit any person under the age of 21 to play an automatic amusement device located at an establishment validly licensed as a restaurant which sells alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises, if the minor is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 1-12-94, p. 44537; Amend Coun. J. 7-2-97, p. 48017, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 5-9-07, p. 105047, § 9; Amend Coun. J. 4-10-13, p. 51227, § 1)