As used in this chapter:
(a) APPLICANT. The person or persons who sign an application for a license hereunder.
(b) CHIEF OF POLICE. The Police Chief of the City of Mason or his or her designee.
(c) CITY MANAGER. The City Manager of the City of Mason or his or her designee.
(d) COMPUTERIZED SWEEPSTAKES DEVICE. Any computer, machine, game or apparatus which, upon insertion of a coin, token, access number, magnetic card, or similar object, or upon the payment of anything of value, and which 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 provides the user with a chance to win anything of value that is not de minimus. Machines designated for use by the State Lottery Commission and video game arcades are not COMPUTERIZED SWEEPSTAKES DEVICES for purposes of this chapter.
(e) LICENSEE. The person or persons who sign an application for a license hereunder and to whom such license is issued.
(f) OPERATOR. The person or persons having authority to control the premises of a sweepstakes/internet café.
(g) OWNER. Any person who possesses any interest, either directly or indirectly, in a sweepstakes/internet café.
(h) PERSON. Any natural person, firm partnership, association, corporation or any other form of business organization.
(i) PREMISES. The building or any portion thereof used for conducting the operation of a sweepstakes/internet café.
(j) SWEEPSTAKES/INTERNET CAFÉ. Any premises upon which any computerized sweepstakes device is located for the use or entertainment of the public, whether or not such a premises has other business purposes of any nature whatsoever.
(Ord. 2011-69, passed 8-8-2011)