Chapter 5.04
AMUSEMENT DEVICES, CARDROOMS AND PUBLIC DANCES
Sections:
5.04.030 Licenses – Form – Contents.
5.04.040 License fee refunds prohibited.
5.04.050 License display required.
5.04.070 Machine confiscation or padlocking.
5.04.080 Cardroom licenses – Fee.
5.04.090 Cabaret and public dance licenses – Fees.
5.04.010 Definitions.
A. “Jukebox machine” means any music vending machine or device which, upon the insertion of a coin, slug, token, plate, disc or key into any slot or other opening, or by the payment of any price, operates or may be operated for the emission of songs, music or similar amusement.
B. “Other coin-operated amusement devices” means any machine or device (except pool tables) designed to be operated, played or used upon the insertion of a coin, slug, token or similar object and which is played or operated essentially for amusement and entertainment, but shall not mean or include any device used exclusively for the vending of merchandise. “Amusement device,” within the meaning of this chapter, does not include coin-operated riding devices for the accommodation of not more than two persons at a time. Shuffleboards are included under this chapter’s definition as an amusement device.
C. “Pinball machine” means any pinball machine which is so constructed, designed or operated as to allow only automatically the playing of additional games, known in the trade as “flippers.” [Ord. 2019-01 § 2 (Exh. A), 2019].
5.04.020 License fees.
It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to install, maintain or operate in any business establishment or for the purpose of profit any of the following amusement devices without first obtaining from the city clerk-treasurer a license to do so and without paying to the city the applicable annual license fee as established by resolution: jukebox machines, pool tables, pinball machines, and all other coin-operated amusement devices. The licenses required by this chapter are in addition to a business license that may be required under Chapter 5.01 CRMC. [Ord. 2019-01 § 2 (Exh. A), 2019].
5.04.030 Licenses – Form – Contents.
The city clerk-treasurer shall prescribe the form of all licenses provided for in this chapter and each license covering the operation of an amusement device, machine or game, as set forth in CRMC 5.04.020; cardrooms as set forth in CRMC 5.04.080; and cabarets or dance halls as set forth in CRMC 5.04.090; and shall indicate thereon the serial number of such devices, machines or games, if any is provided, the make of same, and any other information which may be necessary to identify same; and also shall indicate thereon the location at which the device, machine or game shall be displayed for use by the public or the location of such cardroom, cabaret or dance hall. No amusement device, machine or coin-operated game shall be removed from the location shown in the license issued therefor without notifying the city clerk-treasurer. [Ord. 2019-01 § 2 (Exh. A), 2019].
5.04.040 License fee refunds prohibited.
No surrender, revocation or other cancellation, irrespective of the cause therefor, of any license issued under this chapter shall entitle the holder thereof to any refund of any license fee paid hereunder or any part thereof. [Ord. 2019-01 § 2 (Exh. A), 2019].
5.04.050 License display required.
A license as described in CRMC 5.04.030 must at all times be publicly displayed at the business or location of the amusement devices. [Ord. 2019-01 § 2 (Exh. A), 2019].
5.04.060 License transfer.
A license issued pursuant to this chapter may be transferred to any person, firm, corporation or association upon application of such transfer being made to the city clerk-treasurer by the licensee and by the proposed transferee of such license, and upon payment to the city of a transfer fee as established by resolution. [Ord. 2019-01 § 2 (Exh. A), 2019].
5.04.070 Machine confiscation or padlocking.
Any machine operated in violation of this chapter may be confiscated by the city or may be padlocked or otherwise rendered unplayable as the city clerk-treasurer may see fit, and any person removing the padlock from such machine or making such a machine playable without the written permission of the city clerk-treasurer shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. [Ord. 2019-01 § 2 (Exh. A), 2019].
5.04.080 Cardroom licenses – Fee.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to operate any business establishment for the purpose of profit as a cardroom without first obtaining from the city clerk-treasurer a license to do so and without paying to the city an annual license fee as established by resolution. [Ord. 2019-01 § 2 (Exh. A), 2019].
5.04.090 Cabaret and public dance licenses – Fees.
No person, firm, corporation or association shall hold any public dance or conduct or maintain any dance hall within the city limits without having first procured from the city in which it is proposed to conduct such a dance or dance hall a license to do so. Such license shall be classified as a cabaret license. The fees for annual licenses and for a single public dance shall be set by resolution. A license for the single public dance shall entitle the holder thereof to conduct such dance only on the day and at the place specified in the license. Applications for licenses under this section shall be filed with the city clerk-treasurer who shall have authority to issue such licenses. All licenses granted under this section shall be kept posted in a conspicuous place in the licensed premises. [Ord. 2019-01 § 2 (Exh. A), 2019].
5.04.100 Violation – Penalty.
Violation of this chapter shall be a misdemeanor subject to a fine of $250.00. [Ord. 2019-01 § 2 (Exh. A), 2019].