(a) Construction. This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its purpose and objectives.
(b) Severability. If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision, and neither the remainder of this chapter nor the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall be affected thereby.
(c) Applicability. This chapter shall apply to the operation of entertainment devices that are lawfully operated pursuant to the Ohio Revised Code and does not legalize or license any operation of a device that is unlawful to operate pursuant to the Ohio Revised Code. This chapter shall apply immediately to all entertainment device arcades that commence operations after the date of enactment of this chapter. All entertainment device arcades in operation at the time of enactment of this chapter shall come into compliance with all sections of this chapter no later than thirty (30) days after the enactment of this chapter, unless otherwise stated herein.
(Ord. 2023-32. Passed 10-23-23.)