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Codified Ordinances of Willowick, OH
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WILLOWICK, OHIO
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
CHAPTER 705 Special Events
CHAPTER 709 Canvassers and Solicitors
CHAPTER 713 Coin-Operated Cleaning Establishments
CHAPTER 717 Community Antenna Television Systems (Repealed)
CHAPTER 719 Video Service Providers
CHAPTER 721 Garbage and Rubbish Collectors
CHAPTER 725 Goods Manufactured by the Blind
CHAPTER 729 Private Investigators
CHAPTER 733 Public Dances and Dance Halls
CHAPTER 737 Public Sales
CHAPTER 739 Sale of Phosphate Detergents
CHAPTER 741 School Buses
CHAPTER 745 Taxicabs
CHAPTER 747 Vendors From Vehicles
CHAPTER 749 Casual Sales
CHAPTER 750 Sale of Vehicles
CHAPTER 751 Registration of Contractors
CHAPTER 753 Boarding and Rooming Houses
CHAPTER 755 Commercial Establishments
CHAPTER 760 Private Security Officers
CHAPTER 761 Entertainment Device Arcades
CHAPTER 763 Mechanical Amusement Devices and Game Rooms
CHAPTER 765 Items Designed or Marketed For Use With Marihuana or Other Controlled Substances
CHAPTER 769 Tattooing Establishments
CHAPTER 773 Airplanes and Helicopters
CHAPTER 775 Massage Parlors
CHAPTER 777 Hot Tub Establishments
CHAPTER 779 Billiard and Pool Rooms
CHAPTER 783 Emergency Alarm Systems
CHAPTER 785 Adult Entertainment Establishments
CHAPTER 787 Outdoor Collection Boxes
CHAPTER 788 Medical Marijuana Licensure
CHAPTER 789 Event Centers
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
CHAPTER 763
Mechanical Amusement Devices and Game Rooms
763.01   Definitions.
763.02   Mechanical amusement device license display required.
763.03   Application for amusement device license.
763.04   Mechanical amusement device license fee.
763.05   Game room license required.
763.06   Game room license application: approval or disapproval.
763.07   Game room license fee.
763.08   Interior requirements.
763.09   Supervision.
763.10   Hours.
763.11   Control of sound levels.
763.12   License expiration, suspension or revocation.
763.13   Prohibition against violation; injunctions.
763.14   Certificate of exemption.
763.15   Electric powered amusement rides.
763.99   Penalty.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   State licensing of portable amusement devices - see Ohio R.C. 1711.11
   Disturbing the peace - see GEN. OFF. 509.03 
   Littering - see GEN. OFF. 509.11 
   Gambling see GEN. OFF. Ch. 517 
   Slugs - see GEN. OFF. 545.11 
   Tampering with coin machines - see GEN. OFF. 545.12 
   Amusements - see BUS. REG. Ch. 705
763.01 DEFINITIONS.
   As used in this chapter certain terms are defined as follows:
   (a)   “Game room” means a building, room enclosure, premises, place or establishment in the City which contains more than six mechanical amusement devices, other than telephones or coin-operated rides, which require coins or tokens for the operation of such mechanical amusement device. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as pertaining to machines which dispense a product or merchandise upon deposit of one or more coins or tokens.
   (b)   “Decibels” means a unit for the measurement of relative sound levels as indicated by a sound level meter conforming with the American Standards Association Specification Z.24.3-1944.
   (c)   “Director of Finance” means the duly appointed or acting Director of Finance of the City of Willowick, Ohio.
   (d)   “Director of Public Safety” means the duly appointed or acting Director of Public Safety of the City of Willowick.
(Ord. 81- 47.Passed 9-1- 81.)
   (e)   “Mechanical amusement device” means a machine or device other than a telephone, jukebox or coin-operated ride, which, upon the insertion of a coin or token, operates or may be operated for use as a game, contest or amusement of any description, or which may be used for any such game, contest or amusement.
   (f)   “Jukebox” means any music vending machine, contrivance or device, which, upon the insertion of a coin, slug, token, plate, disc or key into any slot, crevice or other opening, or by the payment of any price, operates or may be operated for the emission of songs, music or similar amusement.
   (g)   “Amusement ride” is hereby defined, for purposes of this chapter, as set forth in Ohio R.C. 1711.50(A).
   (h)   “Temporary amusement ride” is hereby defined, for purposes of this chapter, as set forth in Ohio R.C. 1711.50(B).
   (i)   “Permanent amusement ride” is hereby defined, for purposes of this chapter, as set forth in Ohio R.C. 1711.50(C).
   (j)   “Owner” is hereby defined, for purposes of this chapter, as set forth in Ohio R.C. 1711.50(D).
   (k)   “Operation” is hereby defined, for purposes of this chapter, as set forth in Ohio R.C. 1711.50(E).
   (l)   “Amusement ride operator” is hereby defined, for purposes of this chapter, as set forth in Ohio R.C. 1711.50(G).
(Ord. 81-68. Passed 1-4-82; Ord. 2003-51. Passed 10-7-03; Ord. 2003-60. Passed 10-7-03.)
763.02 MECHANICAL AMUSEMENT DEVICE LICENSE DISPLAY REQUIRED.
   No person shall display or exhibit a mechanical amusement device without having first obtained a license therefor from the Director of Finance as provided by this chapter. A separate display decal shall be obtained for each mechanical amusement device displayed.
(Ord. 81-47. Passed 9-1-81.)
763.03 APPLICATION FOR AMUSEMENT DEVICE LICENSE.
   Application for a license to display a mechanical amusement device shall be made to the Director of Finance upon such forms as prepared by the Director. The application shall be made by the owner or proprietor of the business or place at which the mechanical amusement device is to be displayed. The application shall state the name of the owner of the place or business, the address of the place at which the mechanical device is to be displayed, the residence address of the owner, the serial number and name of manufacturer of the mechanical amusement device, the owner of the mechanical amusement device, the name and address of the distributor of the mechanical amusement device, the nature of the business in conjunction with which the mechanical amusement device is to be displayed and such other information as may be required by the Director.
   No application for an amusement device license shall be granted and no amusement device license shall be issued until the applicant has furnished to the Director of Public Safety, evidence of public liability insurance for bodily injury in the minimum amount of one hundred thousand/three hundred thousand dollars ($100,000/$300,000), and for property damage in the minimum amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
(Ord. 81-47. Passed 9-1-81.)
763.04 MECHANICAL AMUSEMENT DEVICE LICENSE FEE.
   Any applicant to which a license to display a mechanical amusement device is granted shall pay a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each mechanical amusement device and shall receive from the Director of Finance an insignia or decal-type stamp, as prepared by the Director, for each mechanical amusement device. This insignia or decal-type stamp shall be affixed to the mechanical amusement device in a prominent location as evidence of the license. The machines for which such licenses have been issued may be substituted without an additional fee provided however, that upon each such substitution all information required by Section 763.03 for original licensing shall be supplied to the Director on a form prescribed by him. Upon being satisfied that all the requirements of Section 763.03 relating to the application for the substituted mechanical amusement device have been complied with the Director shall issue the insignia or decal-type stamp for the substituted machine without additional charge.
(Ord. 81-66. Passed 1-4-82.)
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