(A) It shall be unlawful and is hereby declared to be a nuisance for any person to keep, maintain, install, place, or possess in any place of business or in any place of public resort:
(1) Any pin game, marble game, or any game similar to a marble game, any claw, hook, or grab machine, or any horse race machine, the operation of which game or machine is controlled, permitted, or made available by placing therein a coin, plug, disk, key, or token, or which is let for use, operation, or play upon the payment or delivery of anything of value therefor or upon the making of any purchase, except “flipper-type” pin games and other similar games determined to be games of skill by the Appellate Courts of the state;
(2) Any mechanical device or mechanically operated contrivance for the playing of any game of chance, the use or operation of which is controlled, permitted, or made available by placing therein any coin, plug, disk, key, or token, or which is let for use, operation, or play upon the payment or delivery of anything of value therefor or upon the making of any purchase; and
(3) Any machine, contrivance, appliance, device, game, ticket, chance, share, interest, instrument, or article operated, used, kept, possessed, placed, or maintained in violation of the provisions of Cal. Penal Code § 330a or any section enumerated in Cal. Penal Code Chapter 9, Title 9, Part 1.
(B) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the keeping, possessing, or exhibiting of any such mechanical contrivance not permitted or allowed to be operated, manipulated, or played, except as incident to a demonstration for the purposes of sale.
('65 Code, § 5-3.02) (Ord. 905, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 206-C.S., passed - - ) Penalty, see § 10.99