[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Teterboro 6-4-1935
by Ord. No. 10. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any device or machine which, upon the insertion of a coin, slug, token,
plate or disk, or operated for any other consideration, may be operated by
the public generally for use as a game, entertainment or amusement, whether
or not registering a score, including but not limited to such devices as video
games, pinball machines, skill ball, mechanical grab machines, billiard tables,
bowling games and all games, operations or transactions similar thereto under
whatever name they may be indicated. In addition to electromechanical devices,
it shall include video-type devices or similar devices that use a display
screen for points, lines and dots of light that can be manipulated to stimulate
games or other types of entertainment.
This chapter shall not apply to coin-operated amusements commonly known
as "kiddy rides," more specifically, those coin-operated machines which are
sat upon or in and cause a certain motion or gyration following the insertion
of a coin and are designated primarily for use by children under the age of
10. It shall also not apply to music-playing devices such as jukeboxes. Shooting
galleries where guns or firearms which fire projectiles are used for an amusement,
prize or otherwise are not intended to be included in this chapter and shall
not be licensed or permitted within the limits of the borough.
No person, persons, firm or corporation shall store, place or exhibit
in any store, place of business or club room any machine or mechanical contraption
commonly known as "bagatelle," "ballyhoo" or "pin amusement games" or similar
machines or devices within the limits of the Borough of Teterboro without
first obtaining therefor a permit from the Borough of Teterboro for each and
every machine to be installed.
Any person, persons, firm or corporation desiring to install such automatic
amusement games within the Borough of Teterboro shall first make application
to the Clerk of the borough for a license, which application shall state the
name of the owner or the tenant of the premises within which the machine is
to be operated, used and maintained and the address of the premises where
such machine is to be operated, used and maintained and the kind or type of
automatic amusement device to be installed therein.
No license shall be issued to any person, persons, firm or corporation
to install, display, use, operate or maintain any such automatic amusement
machine in any store, place of business or club room within the limits of
the Borough of Teterboro without first obtaining therefor a permit from the
Clerk of the borough and paying a permit fee of $15 for each and every such
automatic amusement machine.
Any operator of any device or machine within the preview of this chapter,
and this shall include any person, persons, firm, partnership, association,
corporation, trustee or receiver who shall knowingly and willfully permit,
use or permit to be used any of the machines licensed hereto for purposes
of gambling, shall be deemed to be guilty of a violation of this chapter and
punishable therefor as hereinafter provided.
Every such license shall expire on the 15th day of May following the
date of issue, all such licenses being for the term of one year beginning
on the 16th day of May and terminating on the 15th day of May.
A.
Any person, persons, firm, partnership, trustee or receiver
(not including a corporation) violating any provision of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000, a term
of imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not
exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof.
B.
Any corporation violating any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine of not exceeding
$1,000, a term of imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a period of community
service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof. Said fine may be
recovered in an action of debt; provided however, that upon any such conviction
the Recorder before whom such violation has been tried, may, in his or her
discretion, revoke the license or licenses of any person, persons, firm, partnership,
corporation, trustee or receiver so convicted.
