756.09 MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS.

   (a)    Every sweepstakes/internet cafe shall have an adult who is twenty-one years of age or over on the premises and supervising at all times the computerized sweepstakes devices during all hours of operation.

   (b)    The interior of the sweepstakes/internet cafe shall provide a minimum area of forty (40) square feet per computerized sweepstakes device in each room in which such devices are located.

   (c)    No persons under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be permitted on the premises of any sweepstakes/internet cafe.

   (d)    The operator shall require a photo identification of every person to whom anything of value is given, for any single event for which there is a chance of winning a thing of value or cash with a dollar value in excess of ten dollars ($10.00) in connection with the sweepstakes/internet café and shall record the person's name, date of birth, and home address and a description of the thing of value given, a stated dollar value of the thing given, the date and time of the giving and which computerized sweepstakes device is involved in the circumstances of the giving by the serial number or other identifying description of the device. If the thing of value or cash given for any single event for which there is a chance of winning has a dollar value of six hundred dollars ($600.00) or more, the operator shall also include in the record a copy of the recipient's photo identification and the recipient's social security number. By the second Tuesday of each month the operator shall cause to be delivered to the City's Tax Administrator a copy of the record containing the information set forth above for the preceding month. The operator and the City shall not disclose the social security number of any person to anyone except as required by the laws of the City, the State of Ohio and the United States government.

   (e)    The operator shall post in a conspicuous place on the premises in the room where the computerized sweepstakes devices are located in no less than twenty point type the following:

      (1)    Each separate thing of value that may be given, with estimated value, and each separate dollar amount that might be given in association with the use of computerized sweepstakes device, on a per play basis;

      (2)    The odds of winning, as stated in the filing with the City pursuant to Section 756.03(a)(7); and

      (3)    A complete statement of the rules and conditions pertaining to the giving of any prizes, cash or anything of value to any person, whether or not the determination of the giving of the thing of value or 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.

   (f)    The operator shall keep a complete set of all records of the operations of the sweepstakes/internet cafe at the premises at all times, including all federal, state and local tax records, all records of payments and receipts, all records of expenses and revenues of the operation, all banking records, all contracts, leases and agreements affecting the premises, equipment and operation, all personnel records and all other records pertaining to the business. Records shall be maintained and made available for inspection by the City for ten (10) years.

   (g)    It is the intent of this chapter that operators are strictly liable for any violations

   (h)    No person shall be denied any license or the right to use a licensed computerized sweepstakes device under this chapter in the City because of race, color, creed, sex, religious belief or natural origin. (Ord. 2011-12-119. Passed 12-21-11.)