(A) Video gaming is allowed within the corporate limits of the Village of Winthrop Harbor, strictly subject to the provisions of this chapter.
(B) An appropriate video gaming license duly issued by the Illinois State Gaming Board is required as a pre-condition to the grant of any license for video gaming by the Village Clerk.
(C) No video gaming terminal meeting the definition of such a device set forth at ILCS Ch. 230, Act 40, § 5 shall be installed, maintained or suffered to exist in any location within the corporate limits of the Village of Winthrop Harbor unless the owner or operator of such premises shall first have a video gaming license duly issued by the Village Clerk pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(D) No business owner or operator shall encourage, permit, allow or suffer the use, operation or maintenance of any video gaming terminal meeting the definition of such a device set forth at ILCS Ch. 230, Act 40, § 5 within or upon his, her or its premises within the corporate limits of the Village of Winthrop Harbor, except in strict compliance with the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of the Illinois Video Gaming Act (ILCS Ch. 230, Act 40, §§ 1 et seq.) and the regulations promulgated under the said Act by the Illinois State Gaming Board.
(E) The fee for each video gaming terminal meeting the definition of such a device set forth at ILCS Ch. 230, Act 40, § 5 shall be $250 per year, or for any part of a year.
(F) The application and issuance process for any video gaming licenses shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter 120 of this code, unless inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of the Illinois Video Gaming Act (ILCS Ch. 230, Act 40, §§ 1 et seq.) or the regulations of the Illinois State Gaming Board in which case, the more specific regulations shall apply.
(G) The term of video gaming licenses shall be from May 1 of any year to the following April 30, whereupon said licenses shall automatically expire unless renewed for an additional term consistent with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 12-O-22, passed 10-16-12; Ord. 2022-O-1, passed 1-18-22)