(A) No Establishment where a video gaming terminal is situated or placed shall allow any person under 21-years of age to play or use any video gaming terminal. No person under the age of 21 shall play or use a video gaming terminal.
(B) Each video gaming terminal must be located in an area restricted to persons over 21 years of age the entrance to which is within the view of at least one employee who is over 21 years of age, of the Establishment in which the terminal is located.
(C) No Establishment having any video gaming terminal license shall be situated within 100 feet of a school (measured from property line to property line) or of a place of worship (measured from building line of the place of worship to the property line of the Establishment); provided that this restriction shall not apply if the school or church locates within the restricted area after the Establishment has been licensed.
(D) No Establishment, except a Licensed Truck Stop Establishment or a Licensed Large Truck Stop Establishment shall be licensed hereunder unless said Establishment shall possess a valid liquor license issued by the City of Mt. Vernon pursuant to Chapter 111 of the Revised Code of Ordinances, and said liquor license must be in effect at the time of application and at all times thereafter during which a video gaming terminal is made available to the public to play at the location.
(E) No video gaming terminal licensed under this Section may be played or used except during the legal hours of operation allowed for the consumption of alcoholic beverages at the Establishment as set forth within § 111.14 of the Revised Code of Ordinances of the City of Mt. Vernon, except that this restriction shall not apply to a Licensed Truck Stop Establishment or a Licensed Large Truck Stop Establishment that does not hold a liquor license. A licensed Truck Stop Establishment or a Licensed Large Truck Stop Establishment that does not hold a liquor license may operate a video gaming terminal on a continuous basis.
(F) No Establishment having any video gaming terminal licenses shall be situated within one-hundred (100) feet of another Establishment having a video gaming terminal license, measured from property line to property line. Not more than one Establishment shall be issued license(s) for video gaming terminals for any structure or for any lot as defined within Chapter 161 of the Revised Code of Ordinances. The location restrictions within this subparagraph shall not apply to a premises having a valid license for the sale at retail of alcoholic liquor issued prior to June 18, 2012 so as to prevent issuance of a license for that premises so long as the liquor license for the premises in question is renewed each subsequent year and continues in effect during all periods from such date; nor shall the location restriction within this subparagraph with regard to each structure or lot apply to an Establishment being part of a planned shopping center upon real estate having the zoning classification B-PL, Planned Business District; however the distance restriction within this subparagraph shall be applicable.
(G) No video gaming terminal may be placed in any Establishment nor shall any Establishment be licensed unless the Establishment has entered into a Written Use Agreement with the terminal operator of the video gaming terminal for placement of the terminal within the Establishment; a copy of the Written Use Agreement shall be filed with the City Clerk at the time an application for license is filed, and if any amendments or revisions are made to said Agreement, the amended or revised Agreement shall be filed with the City Clerk within ten days of said amendment or revision.
(H) No Establishment licensed hereunder shall place or have situated upon its premises, nor shall any person own, operate, or possess any device that awards credits and contains a circuit, meter, or switch capable of removing and recording the removal of credits when the award of credits is dependent upon chance.
(I) No Establishment, nor video gaming terminal shall be placed or operated except in strict compliance with the provisions of the Illinois Video Gaming Act (including Rules and Regulations of the Illinois Gaming Board) and with the provisions of this Section.
(J) No Establishment nor employee or other agent of same nor other person shall permit any disturbance or disorderly conduct or illegal act upon any Establishment where any video gaming terminal is placed.
(Prior Code, Art. 11, § 11.16)