(a) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
GAME ROOM
or
GAMING ROOM.
Any room or operation in which more than two amusement devices or miniature game machines or gaming devices are housed or located, such as pool tables, pinball machines, video games, shuffleboards, gaming devices and other similar devices.
GAMING DEVICES AND MACHINES.
Includes both mechanical and electronic amusement devices, and means any machine which, by the payment of moneys or other things of value, or by insertion of a coin, slug, token, plate or disc, operates or may be operated as a game, contest or amusement.
PREMISES
(which are open to the public or similar words as used in this chapter). Includes clubs, private clubs, headquarters and meeting places of fraternal and other societies, associations and bodies, and all other public places, stores or business establishments, including private homes open to the public.
(b) For purposes of this chapter the provisions hereof shall apply primarily, but not exclusively to game rooms. Where there are two or less gaming devices or machines, the businesses or establishments having less than two such devices or machines are not “game rooms” as defined herein, and accordingly, the sections which apply to game rooms herein will not apply to such establishments unless the section or provision thereof shall expressly specify some requirement for an establishment having any gaming device, mechanical game or amusement device or machine for which a permit under this chapter is required.
(Ord. 7596, passed 10-26-1982)