All persons licensed under this chapter shall be subject to the regulations of the Town Council. In addition to the other terms and conditions contained in this chapter, any licenses issued hereunder shall be conditional on and subject to the following:
(A) Enforcement of truancy laws. It shall be a violation of this chapter for an exhibitor or employee to allow a child under 16 years of age who is subject to compulsory school attendance laws of the state and who is not accompanied by a parent, custodian or legal guardian to be present in an amusement location between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on a day when that child's school is in session.
(B) Enforcement of minor curfew. It shall be a violation of this chapter for an exhibitor or an exhibitor's employee to allow a person who has not reached the age of 18 years to be present in an amusement location after the hours established by statute or town ordinance for juvenile curfew unless accompanied by a parent, legal guardian, custodian or an adult specified by the child's parent, legal guardian or custodian [see § 130.20 et seq.].
(C) Use of pool/billiard tables by minors restricted. No person operating an amusement location wherein pool or billiard tables are maintained or other games requiring the use of cue and balls, shall permit any person under 18 years of age to use those tables or games except in the company of a parent or guardian.
(D) Notice of certain regulations required. It shall be a violation of this chapter to operate an amusement location unless a sign is conspicuously posted inside the location stating the regulations applicable under division (A), (B) and if applicable, (C) above.
(E) Full-time adult attendant required. It shall be a violation of this chapter to operate an amusement location without having a full-time adult operator and/or attendant on duty at all time when the same is open to the public and/or when customers are present on the premises.
(F) Persons operating amusement machines required to be visible. It shall be a violation of this chapter to allow a patron to be present in or operate an amusement machine unless he or she is totally visible.
(G) Security requirement. It shall be a violation of this chapter for an exhibitor or the exhibitor's employee to operate an amusement location without providing adequate protection and security to persons visiting the premises or to property of persons located on the premises.
(H) Enforcement of orderly conduct. It shall be a violation of this chapter for an exhibitor or the exhibitor's employee to permit persons to congregate in a disturbing manner on the premises of his or her place of business.
(I) Proximity of amusement devices to schools and playgrounds restricted. No holder of any license issued under this chapter shall cause or allow any amusement device to be located, operated or maintained within 300 feet of the nearest street entrance to or exit from any public playground or public or private school of elementary, junior high or high school level.
(J) Valuable inducements and payoffs prohibited. No holder of any license issued under this chapter or his or her employee, shall allow or permit any award, payoff or delivery of anything of value or representing or exchangeable or redeemable for anything of value in any play, contest, tournament or individual's operation of an amusement device and it shall be a violation of this chapter for any exhibitor or his or her employee to cause or permit or allow the same.
(K) General compliance with laws and ordinances; operation of illegal devices prohibited. No exhibitor or exhibitor's employee shall violate any statute or town ordinance, including this chapter, or allow any other person to commit a violation on the premises of the exhibitor's place of business. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to permit the licensing, maintenance or operation of any amusement device which is contrary to any of the laws of the state or the United States, or the town, nor to permit the operation of any amusement device licensed under this chapter in such manner as to be contrary to any of the laws.
('85 Code, § 3-1-13) (Ord. 1983-1, passed 4-13-83; Am. Ord. 1985-C12, passed 9-16-85) Penalty, see § 111.99
Cross-reference:
Offenses against city regulations, see Ch. 130