A. Nothing in this chapter shall be in any way construed to authorize, license, or permit any gambling devices whatsoever, or any mechanism that has been judicially determined to be a gambling device, or in any way contrary to law, or that may be contrary to any future laws of the state of Illinois. No such gambling devices or other such devices shall be permitted or displayed within the city.
B. If the chief of police shall have reason to believe any amusement device is a gambling device or is used as a gambling device, such device may be seized by the police and impounded, and if, upon trial of the cause for allowing said device to be used as a gambling device, the device is determined to be a gambling device, such device shall be destroyed by the police department.
C. If the mayor or chief of police, or any of their duly authorized enforcement officers, shall have reasonable basis for believing any amusement device is operated unlicensed, or is being used as a gambling device or for gambling purposes, said device may be seized by any duly authorized law enforcement official, followed by an administrative hearing to determine the appropriateness of the seizure, and held until such time as the owner of such device pays the delinquent fee, and reimburses the department of police for actual cartage costs incurred in the seizure and pays the city the sum of twenty dollars ($20.00) per day for each day or part of day said device has been in storage.
D. It shall be the responsibility of the owner to pay for any cartage for the return of any device to its original location. (Ord. 2000-O-49, 8-15-2000)