(A) License required. No person, firm, or corporation shall place or install, or maintain or operate in any building or place within the city any mechanical or electronic coin-controlled amusement devices for use by the public and for which a fee is charged, without first having obtained a license for each mechanical or electronic device that is maintained or operated.
(B) Application. Any person, firm or corporation desiring the license required in and by this section shall make application for that purpose to the City Hall, which application shall set forth the full name of the applicant and his or her address, the location and character of the building or place where the mechanical or electronic coin controlled amusement devices are to be located, maintained, and operated, the number of the devices to be located, maintained, and operated in that building or place, the type of machine to be located maintained and operated and the charge to be made to the customer for operating each of the devices.
(D) Prohibited devices. It shall be unlawful to operate, and no license shall be issued for, any coin-operated pinball machine, video game, or other similar device strictly prohibited by the ordinances of the city or by State Law.
(E) Number of devices. There can be no more than one device for every 500 square feet of usable space open to the public within the building and not to exceed a total of ten devices at any one location.
(F) Hours of operation. It shall be unlawful to operate any automatic or electronic coin-operated amusement device between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on any weekday or between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on Sunday.
(G) Amusement and recreation establishment. Any establishment where 11 or more mechanical or electronic amusement devices are located shall be deemed an amusement and recreation establishment, indoor, and must apply for a special use permit to operate and continue such use. An amusement and recreation establishment, indoor, shall be located in those districts where such a use is allowed as a special use under the City Zoning Code, as amended. Those establishments with less than 11 mechanical or electronic amusement devices need not apply for a special use permit as aforementioned.
(H) Definition. COIN-OPERATED AUTOMATIC AMUSEMENT DEVICE shall mean any machine upon which the insertion of a coin, token or similar object or upon the use of a magnetic strip card in lieu of a token, may be operated by the public generally for use as a game, entertainment or amusement, whether or not registering a score. It shall include, but not be limited to, such devices as juke boxes, marble machines, pinball machines, dart boards, movie and video booths or stands, games played with any number of balls, spheres or electrically operated devices upon a table or board having holes, pockets, cups or electrically activated devices that are actuated by said balls, or spheres, or electrical contacts, electrical impulse and/or cathode tube games, and all games, operations or transactions similar thereto under whatever name by which they may be indicated. The term shall not include a pool or billiard table licenses as provided by § 113.27 of this Code.
(Ord. O-04-05, passed 2-15-05) Penalty, see § 110.99