(a) No person shall permit amusement or gaming devices to be operated or played before 2:00 p.m. on school days by any minor under the age of eighteen (18) years unless said minor is accompanied by and in direct personal charge of a parent or legal guardian. It shall be the duty of the person in whose place of business any such device is placed, or who has title to or owns any such device, or who has control over any such device to determine if in fact school is in session for the individual operating, or wishing to operate, said device.
(b) No minor under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be permitted to operate an amusement or gaming device or to be within the premises of a gaming room or amusement arcade at any time that the serving or consumption of alcoholic beverages is permitted at the place of business where the device is displayed or at the gaming room or amusement arcade unless:
(1) Such device is located in a room in which the service and consumption of alcoholic beverages is prohibited and such room is separated, by floor-to-ceiling walls and doors which are kept closed except when used by an individual for ingress or egress, from all rooms in which the serving or consumption of alcoholic beverages is permitted; and
(2) Such minor under the age of eighteen (18) years is accompanied by and in direct personal charge of a parent or legal guardian.
(c) No person shall permit the operation of an amusement or gaming device by a minor under the age of sixteen (16) years at any time unless said minor is accompanied by and in direct personal charge of a parent or legal guardian notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section.
(d) No person shall permit the operation of an amusement or gaming device by a minor during the hours of curfew applicable to the minor. It shall be the duty of the person in whose place of business any such device is placed, or who has title to or owns any such device, or who has control over any such device, to prominently display the curfew laws of the City of Rocky River and it shall further be the duty of such person to ascertain if his patrons are violating said curfew laws and if so, to eject them from the place of business.
(e) No parent or guardian of a minor under the age of eighteen (18) years shall allow such minor to operate a mechanical or electrically operated amusement device in violation of this section.
(f) No person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall knowingly show or give false information concerning his name, age or other identification for the purpose of playing or operating an amusement or gaming device or entering or remaining upon the premises of a gaming room or amusement arcade, in violation of any provision of this chapter.
(g) No person shall knowingly furnish any false information as to the name, age or other identification of another person under the age of eighteen (18) years for the purpose of such other person operating or playing an amusement or gaming device or entering or remaining upon the premises of a gaming room or amusement arcade, in violation of any provision of this chapter.
(Ord. 49-81. Passed 10-12-81.)