For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ANY GAME SIMILAR TO A MARBLE GAME. This phrase shall mean:
(1) Any miniature mechanical bowling game device, by whatever name called; and
(2) Any table, cabinet, or mechanical device equipped for the playing of any game whereby any marble, ball, pellet, or any tangible moving object is propelled, rolled, shot, or released toward a goal, pin, set of pins, or other objective by means of any plunger, ejector, mechanical bat, or mechanical hand, or by means of any other striking or releasing mechanism which is affixed or attached to the table or cabinet, or which is an integral part of the mechanical device, or which is mechanically manipulated, controlled, or guided; either of which is so contrived that at the conclusion of the operation or play thereof, a result is visible or otherwise discernible so as to permit or make practical the paying off or awarding of a prize or reward upon the operation or play of the game.
ANY GAME SIMILAR TO A MARBLE GAME shall not include the games defined in this section as “games of skill and science.”
CASINO EVENT. A fundraising event conducted by a nonprofit organization which includes controlled games, as that term is defined in Cal. Penal Code § 337j(e).
CLAW, HOOK OR GRAB MACHINE. Any amusement machine or device so designed that articles placed or heaped therein for the purpose of the game may be grabbed, hooked, or otherwise displaced, recovered, or removed by the operation of any contrivance simulating in miniature a power shovel, clamshell, dragline, or similar excavating tool or machine.
('65 Code, § 5-3.01(a), (b)) (Ord. 905, passed - - )
GAME ARCADE. Any business location in which there are more than three coin- or token-operated amusement devices or games of skill and science, or any combination thereof, available for use by members of the public and/or business invitees, but shall not include any business location where the floor area devoted to such games is not in excess of 5% of the net floor area occupied by such business, and where the games are conducted in the same room or rooms as the principal business and are not operated in a separate room or partitioned area and does not exceed 10 games. ('65 Code, § 5-3.21) (Ord. 234-C.S., passed - - ; Am. Ord. 236-C.S., passed - - )
GAME OF SKILL AND SCIENCE.
(1) Any game participated in by one or more players:
(a) For any prize, gift, or award of anything of value; or
(b) To produce any mechanically or electrically scored result, visible or otherwise discernible at the conclusion of the operation or play thereof, so as to permit or make practical the paying off or awarding of a prize or reward;
Where and when any charge is made by the person conducting, operating, or maintaining such game, or any consideration is paid by any player for the right to play or participate in any such game, and the dominating factor in determining the result of such game is dependent upon the skill of the players and not upon chance; provided, however, in any case where the result of such game may be dependent to some extent upon the judgment, intelligence, or adroitness of the player, but nevertheless the dominating factor in determining the result of such game is chance, such game shall not be considered as a game of skill and science but shall be considered as a game of chance.
(2)
GAME OF SKILL AND SCIENCE shall not include any athletic games not played upon a table, cabinet, or mechanical device, billiards and pool games played upon billiard and pool tables of standard size and dimensions, the games of chess and checkers, all legal playing card games of skill and science, and athletic sporting events.
HORSE RACING MACHINE. Any mechanically operated amusement machine or device contrived to simulate in miniature the running of a horse race or any other race run by beasts, human beings, or machines, or which is contrived to put in motion any number of objects or symbols which then do, or appear to, run or move against each other in the manner of a miniature race, or which is designed to represent by symbols the running of any race and the order of the finish thereof.
MARBLE GAME. Any table, cabinet, or stand equipped for the playing of a game whereby marbles or balls are, with the aid of a mechanical plunger or other affixed device, propelled, released, shot, or rolled so as to drop or come to rest in holes, clots, cups, or traps, resulting in a score or tally being electrically or otherwise registered or shown, which score or tally depends upon the course followed or point reached by the marble or ball or upon the contact points touched by it along its course, or upon any combination of such factors.
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. This phrase shall have the same meaning as defined in Cal. Bus. and Prof. Code § 19986(h).
PIN GAME. Any table, cabinet, or mechanism equipped for the playing of any game whereby any marble, ball, pellet, or other moving object is propelled, released, rolled, or shot along, over, or above a surface set with pins, pegs, or other obstructions or irregularities which deflect or impede the course of the moving object, or which may divert or direct it beyond the control of the player.
SPECIAL EVENT. A circus, fair, carnival, festival, casino event, or other type of gathering that is intended to or likely to be of substantial size, and is unlike the activities usually associated with the subject property.
(‘65 Code, § 5-3.01(c) - (f)) (Ord. 905, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 648, passed 10-2-18)