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CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHARTER of THE CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS
VOLUME I
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2 ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 3 ADVERTISING
CHAPTER 4 RESERVED
CHAPTER 5 AIRCRAFT AND AIRPORTS
CHAPTER 5A AIR POLLUTION
CHAPTER 6 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
CHAPTER 6A AMUSEMENT CENTERS
CHAPTER 7 ANIMALS
CHAPTER 7A ANTI-LITTER REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 8 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
CHAPTER 8A BOARDING HOME FACILITIES
CHAPTER 9 BICYCLES
CHAPTER 9A BILLIARD HALLS
CHAPTER 9B BUILDING SECURITY
CHAPTER 9C RESERVED
CHAPTER 10 RESERVED
CHAPTER 10A RESERVED
CHAPTER 10B RESERVED
CHAPTER 11 CEMETERIES AND BURIALS
CHAPTER 12 CITY YOUTH PROGRAM STANDARDS OF CARE
CHAPTER 12A CODE OF ETHICS
CHAPTER 12B CONVENIENCE STORES
CHAPTER 13 COURTS, FINES AND IMPRISONMENTS
CHAPTER 13A DALLAS TRANSIT SYSTEM
CHAPTER 14 DANCE HALLS
CHAPTER 14A RESERVED
CHAPTER 14B EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 15 RESERVED
CHAPTER 15A ELECTIONS
CHAPTER 15B EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
CHAPTER 15C EMERGENCY REPORTING EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 15D EMERGENCY VEHICLES
CHAPTER 16 DALLAS FIRE CODE
CHAPTER 17 FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS
CHAPTER 18 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES
CHAPTER 19 HEALTH AND SANITATION
CHAPTER 19A RESERVED
CHAPTER 20 EARNED PAID SICK TIME
CHAPTER 20A FAIR HOUSING AND MIXED INCOME HOUSING
CHAPTER 21 RESERVED
CHAPTER 22 RESERVED
CHAPTER 23 RESERVED
CHAPTER 24 LIBRARY
CHAPTER 25 LOAN BROKERS
CHAPTER 25A MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS
CHAPTER 26 RESERVED
CHAPTER 27 MINIMUM PROPERTY STANDARDS
CHAPTER 28 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
VOLUME II
VOLUME III
CHAPTER 6A
AMUSEMENT CENTERS
Sec. 6A-1.   Definitions.
Sec. 6A-2.   License required.
Sec. 6A-3.   Reserved.
Sec. 6A-4.   License application.
Sec. 6A-5.   Fee.
Sec. 6A-6.   License display, replacement, and transferability.
Sec. 6A-7.   Refusal to issue or renew license.
Sec. 6A-8.   License revocation.
Sec. 6A-9.   Appeal from refusal to issue or renew license; from decision to revoke license.
Sec. 6A-10.   Hours of operation.
Sec. 6A-11.   Responsibility of licensee.
SEC. 6A-1.   DEFINITIONS.
   In this chapter:
   (1)   AMUSEMENT CENTER means a business establishment in which at least 25 percent of the public floor area is devoted to coin-operated amusement devices and their public use. If a billiard hall, as defined in Chapter 9A of this code, occupies a portion of a business establishment, the billiard hall floor area shall not be included in determining the total public floor area of the establishment.
   (2)   COIN-OPERATED AMUSEMENT DEVICE means a machine or device operated by electronic transfer of funds or by insertion of a coin, bill, token, card, or similar object, for the purpose of amusement or skill. This term does not include:
      (A)   musical devices;
      (B)   billiard tables;
      (C)   machines designed exclusively for children; or
      (D)   devices designed to train persons in athletic skills or golf, tennis, baseball, archery, or other similar sports.
   (3)   CHIEF OF POLICE means the chief of police of the city of Dallas or his designated agent.
   (4)   LICENSEE means a person licensed to operate an amusement center.
   (5)   OPERATOR means a person who manages or controls an amusement center.
   (6)   PERSON means an individual, assumed name entity, partnership, joint-venture, association, or other legal entity. (Ord. Nos. 14736; 14932; 31620)
SEC. 6A-2.   LICENSE REQUIRED.
   No person may operate an amusement center in the city without first obtaining a license from the chief of police. (Ord. 14736)
SEC. 6A-3.   RESERVED.
(Repealed by Ord. 22140)
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