(A) (1) It shall be required that the proprietor of all business establishments being operated as a game room submit to and file with the City’s Finance and Administration Department a complete floor plan of the premises which shall clearly indicate all points of entrance and exit. The floor plan shall be drawn on the form to be submitted to each proprietor by the City’s Finance and Administration Department. It shall be submitted by the proprietor to the City’s Finance and Administration Department at the time of his or her next permit renewal or at the time of initial application for the permit.
(2) (a) The proprietor shall be required to supplement or update the floor plan from time to time and in the event that the business premises shall undergo any change in the number of entrances and exits.
(b) The addition to or removal from any business premises of any entrance or exit shall be clearly indicated on the supplemental or updated floor plan.
(3) An entrance or exit shall be construed as a door, opening or passageway that is or can be used as a point of ingress and egress to the business premises.
(B) The premises in which such coin-operated machines are located shall conform to all building codes and fire prevention codes of the City and commonwealth and the Fire Chief of the City and his or her assistants and the Building Inspector may enter into the premises where the machines are located at any time during normal business hours for the purpose of inspecting the premises for fire hazards.
(C) Any proprietor who desires a permit for the operation of 10 or more coin-operated machines in 1 specific location shall be required to provide sufficient off-street parking to accommodate the motor vehicles of the patrons. The parking area shall be maintained in a safe, clean manner and shall not interfere with safe and expeditious movement of other vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
(D) (1) All coin-operated machines and any person operating the same must be visible from the entrance to the business establishment being conducted as a game room and the entrance must be unlocked during all times that the premises in question is open for business.
(2) All law enforcement personnel of the City shall have the right to enter into the premises, which shall also include the right to enter into any adjoining or adjacent room or rooms to the licensed premises, at any time during normal business hours for the purpose of enforcement of the terms of this subchapter.
(3) The lighting in the business establishment being conducted as a game room must be sufficient enough that all coin-operated machines and any person operating the same are clearly visible from the entrance. Lighting emitted solely from the coin-operated machine itself shall not be sufficient.
(4) Failure to comply with this provision shall be grounds for revocation or suspension of the permit issued under this subchapter.
(1995 Code, § 5.36.120)