As used in this chapter, certain terms are defined as follows:
(a) "Amusement center" means any place of business in which a person, firm, partnership or corporation operates five or more coin-operated amusement devices for public use upon premises solely within one enclosure.
(b) “Coin-operated amusement device” means any machine, device or instrument which by the payment of a fee or other things of value. or by the insertion of a coin, plate, disc, slug, key or token operates or may be operated as a game, contest or amusement of any description, or which may be used for any such game, contest or amusement. and which contains no automatic pay-off device for the return of money, coins, or merchandise: except that dispensing of tickets or tokens redeemable for novelty gifts of nominal value shall be permitted. The term includes but is not limited to devices such as pinball machines, any table game or any device commonly known as electronic games and other similar types of devices provided, however, that this definition is not intended to nor shall it be construed to include merchandise vending machines, coin-operated mechanical or electrical musical instruments or devices, mechanical baseball, mechanical football, virtual golf, or similar devices which are primarily used for training or practice purposes. Nothing herein shall be construed to permit the use of any device prohibited by law or the use of any device in any manner prohibited by law.
(c) “Person” means any individual, firm, corporation or association which owns or has title to any mechanical or electrically operated amusement device, any individual, firm, corporation, association in whose place of business any such device is placed for use by the public; and any individual, firm, corporation or association having control over any such device.
(Ord. 81-50. Passed 1-5-82; Ord. 2018-03. Passed 4-3-18.)