(A) As used in this chapter, the following definition shall apply. MECHANICAL OR ELECTRONIC AMUSEMENT DEVICE. Any mechanical or electronic amusement machine or device, including but not limited to pool and billiard tables, the operation of which is governed and controlled by the deposit of currency, money, credit, electronic currency, tokens or a similar equivalent, or other item of value operates as a game or contest of skill or amusement of any kind or description. This includes each machine vending recorded music, jukebox, or a period of radio or television entertainment; provided this does not include coin-operated radios or television sets in private quarters.
(B) License fee. It shall be unlawful for any person to install, operate, or maintain any such mechanical amusement or music device without having first obtained a license. Applications shall be made to the City Clerk.
(C) Issuance. No license shall be issued except to a person of good character. Upon approval of the applicant and the payment of the license fee, the City Clerk shall issue a stamp or self-adhesive permit bearing the official logo for the City of Lockport and the calendar year in which the license was issued. One license shall be issued for each device licensed and it shall be placed in a conspicuous place and so affixed that it cannot be transferred from one machine to another.
(D) Devices to be kept in plain view; gambling devices unlawful except pursuant to state law. All such devices shall at all times be kept and placed in plain view of any person or persons who may frequent or be in any place of business where such devices are kept or used. It shall be unlawful for any license holder to suffer or permit any species of gambling in the premises, or any part thereof or any place adjacent thereto, under the license holder’s control unless authorized by state law.
(E) Inspection. The Chief of Police shall inspect or cause the inspection of any place or building in which any such device or devices are operated or setup for operation, and inspect, investigate, and test such devices at least twice each month.
(F) Gambling devices prohibited. No automatic amusement machine involving the use or depiction of roulette, slot machine-style games, keno, bingo, playing cards or dice, including but not limited to those commonly called "Poker," "Blackjack," "Twenty-One," "Little Casino," or "Craps" machines, shall be licensed or permitted in the city. All such machines described in this division are hereby declared to be gambling devices under this code and are prohibited in the city, unless so authorized and licensed as video gaming terminals as defined by the Illinois Video Gaming Act, ILCS Ch. 230. Act 40, §§ 1 et seq., as amended, as prescribed under this chapter.
(`79 Code, § 110.031) (Am. Ord. 12-036, passed 8-15-12; Am. Ord. 21-014, passed 7-7-21) Penalty, see § 10.99