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ARTICLE III. ARCADES
For the purpose of this article, the following words shall have the following meanings:
(A) ARCADE - Any place of business open to the public containing five or more amusement devices on the premises.
(B) AMUSEMENT DEVICE - A machine on which a person plays a game involving some degree of skill, activated mechanically, electrically, electronically or by coins, including pinball machines and video games, but not including coin-operated pool tables, athletic devices, shuffleboard games and bowling machines.
(C) PRIMARY ARCADE - Any arcade that derives over 50 percent of its gross receipts from amusement devices.
(`64 Code, Sec. 12-6.1) (Ord. No. 2386)
No person is required to obtain an arcade permit in order to operate an arcade. This section does not exempt persons operating arcades from compliance with any other requirements, including the requirement for another permit, business tax certificate or clearance, imposed by the code or by any ordinance, statute, rule or regulation.
(`64 Code, Sec. 12-6.2) (Ord. No. 2386, 2838)
The location and facilities of every arcade shall meet the following standards:
(A) Parking and storage - Accessible and adequate off-street parking facilities for motor vehicles, bicycles, skate boards and other means of personal transportation, and storage facilities to prevent an accumulation of bicycles and skate boards on any public right-of-way.
(B) Location of arcade - Located beyond 500 feet of the boundary of any real property parcel on which a public or private elementary school, junior high school, or senior high school is located.
(C) Floor space - A minimum floor space of 750 square feet, with at least 25 additional square feet for each amusement device in excess of five.
(D) Location of amusement devices -
(1) The amusement devices shall be located no closer than 12 inches from any wall assembly separating the arcade from any adjacent portion of the building. When the amusement devices are located along only one side of an aisle, the aisle shall be a minimum of 66 inches in width and shall be unobstructed.
(2) When the amusement devices are located on both sides of the aisle, the aisle shall not be less than 90 inches in width and shall be unobstructed. No amusement device shall be located closer than 24 inches from any other amusement device.
(E) Toilets - At least two toilet and lavatory facilities accessible to the customers, employees and business invitees.
(F) Visibility - All portions of the interior of a primary arcade, except the restrooms, shall be plainly visible from the outside of the building through unobstructed windows and glass doors.
(G) Lighting - All entrances and interior areas shall provide at a minimum lighting in accordance with the city building code.
(H) Noise - Separation from any adjacent occupied unit by a wall assembly, extending from the floor to roof, having an airborne sound transmission class of 56, as set out in Standard 35-1 of the Uniform Building Code Standards so that the intrusion sound level in adjacent areas does not exceed 40 db.
(I) Bicycle racks - Bicycle racks located within 25 feet of the arcade, with at least one bicycle stall for each amusement device, up to a maximum of 30 stalls, and not located on any required landscape areas, common walkways to the building, common driveways, required parking space, public way, or in such a fashion as to obstruct any entrance or exit to any premises. Bicycle racks shall be of a type that allows bicycles to be locked thereto.
(J) Permitted zones - Located only in C-1 or C-2 Zones.
(`64 Code, Sec. 12-6.3) (Ord. No. 2386)
Every arcade shall comply with the following operating standards:
(A) No primary arcade shall be open for business between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(B) No arcade shall be open unless there is an adult manager on the premises at all times.
(C) No person shall enter, be or remain in any part of a primary arcade while in possession of, using or under the influence of any alcoholic beverage or drug.
(D) The operator shall obtain from each school located within a radius of 1,000 feet of the arcade a schedule of all school holidays, vacations and other days when students are not in attendance, as well as a statement of the hours during which students are in attendance. The operator shall maintain the schedule and update it as necessary.
(E) Between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., the operator shall require persons under the age of 16 years to produce a school identification, from which the operator can determine that the person is not required to be in attendance at school, or a written statement from the person's parent or guardian stating that the child is not required to be in school.
(F) After 10:00 p.m., the operator shall not permit any person under the age of 18 years to enter or remain in the arcade unless accompanied by a parent or guardian.
(G) Each arcade shall maintain signs informing the public that school age persons must produce proof that they are legitimately not in attendance at school between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and that persons under the age of 18 years are prohibited from entering or remaining in an arcade after 10:00 p.m. unless accompanied by a parent or guardian. The signs must be posted in at least two locations in the arcade in letters at least two inches in height.
(`64 Code, Sec. 12-6.4) (Ord. No. 2386)
ARTICLE IV. DANCE PERMIT PROCEDURES
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