[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Folsom 10-14-1982
by Ord. No. 159. Amendments noted where applicable.]
On and after the effective date of this chapter, all automatic amusement
games of the type commonly known and designated as "pinball" or "bagatelle"
amusement games, including video-type games or machines, or similar devices
that use a display screen for points, lines and dots of light that can be
manipulated to simulate games or other types of entertainment, and all musical
entertainment machines, of the type commonly known as "jukeboxes," maintained
or used in any public or quasi-public place or in any building, store, or
other place wherein the public is invited or wherein the public may enter,
shall be licensed by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Folsom, and shall
not be operated, maintained, or used within the municipal limits of said Borough
of Folsom without first having obtained a license for that purpose; provided,
however, that if a license has been issued and the person to whom it has been
issued shall thereafter be convicted of a violation of this chapter, said
license and every other license held by the licensee, under and by virtue
of this chapter, shall immediately be revoked by the Mayor and Council of
the Borough of Folsom.
The license for the operation, maintenance, or use of such amusement
devices, machines, or video-type devices mentioned aforesaid shall be issued
to and in the name of the proprietor of the premises wherein the machine is
to be operated, maintained, or used and shall be issued for the calendar year
commencing September 1 and expiring August 31 at 12:00 midnight, and the fee
for the issuance of a license shall be $75 for each game, machine, or device
for the said calendar year or any part thereof, except that the fee for the
issuance of a license for the musical entertainment machines, commonly known
as "jukeboxes," shall be $25 for the
said calendar year or any part thereof.
All applications for the devices or machines specified in this chapter shall be filed with the proper authority no later than the August 1 immediately prior to the term specified in § 71-2; provided; however, that an application for any part of the calendar year specified in § 71-2 may be filed at any time.
Any person who shall knowingly permit an individual under the age of
16 years to play or operate any of the machines or devices licensed by this
chapter shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter and punishable therefor
as herein provided; except, however, this provision shall not apply to those
musical entertainment devices which are commonly known as "jukeboxes."
This chapter is enacted for the purpose of the regulation and control
of pinball, bagatelle, video-type, or musical entertainment machines or devices.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon
conviction in the Folsom Municipal Court or any other court having jurisdiction,
be punished for each offense by a fine not exceeding $1,250, a term of imprisonment
not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days,
or any combination thereof. The Judge of the Municipal Court or the Judge
of any other court having jurisdiction before whom any person is convicted
of violating this chapter shall have the power to impose any fine, term of
imprisonment or community service, or any combination thereof, not exceeding
the maximum fixed in this chapter.
