For the purpose of this Chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
(a) "Computerized Sweepstakes Device" means any computer, machine, game, or apparatus which, upon the insertion of a coin, token, access number, magnetic card, or similar object, or upon the payment of anything ofvalue, wherein a product or service is provided, and may be operated by the public generally for use as a contest of skill, entertainment or amusement, whether or not registering a score, and which is not gambling under state or local laws. Machines designated for use by the State Lottery Commission are not computerized sweepstake devices for purposes of this Chapter.
(b) "Operator" means any person or persons having authority to control the premises of an arcade and/or sweepstakes/internet cafe.
(c) "Licensee" means the person or persons who sign an application for a license hereunder and to whom such license is issued.
(d) "Anything of value" means cash, cash equivalent, tangible objects, credits to play, and any other tangibles or intangibles, no matter how slight. Anything of value includes playing a game, viewing a video display, hearing an audio transmission, and reading entries or outcomes from any other kind of device. A person who gives anything of value for a product or service, whether tangible or intangible, in any way, directly or indirectly, in association with being given access to the use of an entertainment device, is deemed to have given value for the access to the entertainment device.
(e) "Owner" means any person. who possesses a pecuniary interest, either directly or indirectly, of twenty-five percent (25%) or more in a sweepstakes/internet cafe.
(f) "Premises" means the building or any portion thereof used for conducting the operation of a Sweepstakes Terminal Cafe.
(g) "Sweepstakes/Internet Cafe" means any premises upon which any computerized sweepstakes device is located for the use or entertainment of the public, whether or not such premises have other business purposes of any nature whatsoever.
(Ord. 28-12. Passed 1-16-13.)