CHAPTER 111: AMUSEMENTS AND AMUSEMENT DEVICES
Section
111.01 License Required
111.02 Mechanical Amusement Devices
111.03 Application for Annual License
111.04 License Fees
111.05 Issuance and Term of License
111.06 License to Be Displayed in Open View
111.99 Penalty
'111.01 LICENSE REQUIRED
(A) No person shall keep within the City any public room, place, or establishment commonly known as a penny arcade, pool room, billiard room, pool hall, game room, shooting gallery, or similar place of entertainment unless an actual license has been obtained for each place.
(B) This section does not apply to any establishment selling alcoholic beverages and duly licensed by the Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
[Ord. G-9-76, passed 5-11-76]
'111.02 MECHANICAL AMUSEMENT DEVICES
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to have, own, possess, or operate for public use for gain within the City of New Haven any pool table, bagatelle table, billiard table, bumper pool table, pinball machine, or any other similar device or machine operated by deposit of a coin or substitute therefor or otherwise directly or indirectly by the payment of any consideration by which balls, discs, or other similar items are propelled upon a table, unless an annual license has been obtained for each device or machine.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to have, own, possess, or operate for public use for gain within the City of New Haven any machine or device which is operated for entertainment or amusement by deposit of a coin or substitute therefor but not including juke boxes or other machines which produce only music unless an annual license hereinafter provided has been obtained for each such device or machine.
[Ord. G-9-76, passed 5-11-76]
'111.03 APPLICATION FOR ANNUAL LICENSE
Any person desiring any of the licenses required by ''111.01 and 111.02 shall make written application therefor to the Clerk Treasurer of the City; the application shall contain the name of the applicant, location of the proposed machine, device, room, place, or establishment and the nature of the business proposed to be conducted.
[Ord. G-9-76, passed 5-11-76]
'111.04 LICENSE FEES
Upon application for a license, the Clerk Treasurer shall require payment of a license fee in the following amounts:
(A) For each machine or device referred to in '111.02, $50.
(B) For each room, hall, gallery, or place of business referred to in '111.01, $1,000.
[Ord. G-9-76, passed 5-11-76]
'111.05 ISSUANCE AND TERM OF LICENSE
Upon application and payment as provided in ''111.03 and 111.04, the Clerk Treasurer shall issue a license to the applicant. The license shall expire one year after its issuance.
[Ord. G-9-76, passed 5-11-76]
'111.06 LICENSE TO BE DISPLAYED IN OPEN VIEW
Each license issued shall be displayed in open view on the machine or device or in the room, hall, or place of business. Upon relocation of any machine, device, room, hall or place of business from the location stated on the application, the license shall automatically expire.
[Ord. G-9-76, passed 5-11-76]
'111.99 PENALTY
Any person, firm, or corporation violating any terms or conditions of this Chapter shall be fined in an amount not to exceed $500 for each offense.
[Ord. G-9-76, passed 5-11-76]
