As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
COIN-OPERATED AMUSEMENT DEVICE
Any amusement machine or device, including motion-picture machines, operated by means of or set in motion by deposit therein of a coin, token, slug, wafer, disc or other like article for the purpose of amusement or skill and for the playing of which a fee is charged. This term shall not include vending machines which are not incorporated gaming or amusement features, nor does this term include any coin-operated mechanical music devices commonly known as "jukeboxes."
PROPRIETOR
Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or club who, as the owner, lessee or proprietor, has under his or its control any establishment, place or premises in or at which such coin-operated amusement device is placed or kept for use or play or is on exhibition for the purpose of use or play.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or permit the operation of any amusement game in the Township of Franklin unless and until a license has been issued by the Township Committee in accordance with the regulations promulgated by the State Commissioner of Amusement Games Control of the State of New Jersey and pursuant to the authority of this article.
A. 
An application for a license hereunder shall be filed, in writing, in triplicate, with the Township Clerk on a form to be provided by the Township and shall specify:
(1) 
The name and address of the applicant and, if a firm, corporation, partnership, association or club, the principal officers thereof and their addresses.
(2) 
The address of the premises where the licensed device or devices are to be operated, the area on said premises where the licensed device or devices are to be located and the character of the business that is carried on at such place.
(3) 
The trade name, a general description of the device or devices to be licensed, the name of the manufacturer and the serial number and number of devices to be licensed, in the event that there is no serial number or there is no manufacturer's name, the name of the maker or builder thereof and the address of the maker and builder thereof.
(4) 
The name and address of the owner of the device or devices if other than the proprietor.
(5) 
Whether or not a license to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises has been issued for the premises and, if so, the type and number of the license.
(6) 
Whether or not the applicant or the principal officer or the operator thereof, if the applicant is not a natural person, has ever been convicted of a violation of any statute or municipal ordinance involving gambling or moral turpitude and, if so, details of the conviction.
B. 
The proper license fee as set forth in § 94-39 shall accompany such application. Said application and license fee shall thereafter be referred by the Township Clerk to the Township Committee, which will make or cause to be made an investigation as deemed necessary. If the application is approved by the Committee, the license shall be issued by the Clerk, and the Clerk shall forthwith tender the fee remitted to the Treasurer. If the license is denied, the fee shall be returned to the applicant. All licenses under this article shall expire on December 31 following their issuance. Such license as granted shall be nonassignable and nontransferable and shall apply only to the premises and the devices for which this license is issued.
The license fee for said business and the use of amusement games and devices for the premises upon which they are to be conducted or carried on shall be the sum of $50. In the event that the application for the license fee is filed subsequent to April 1 of any year, the license fee shall be prorated for the remaining months of the year.
No coin-operated amusement device shall be located in any premises within 200 feet of a church or other religious institution or a public or private school. Said distance of 200 feet shall be measured from property line to property line at their nearest points.
Upon review of the application and any and all reports obtained in the investigation thereof, the Mayor and Township Committee, in acting upon said application, may refuse to grant a license in any case and all cases where it shall be determined that a person who has been convicted of a crime is interested, either directly or indirectly, in the application for such license or in the operation of said business or the place or premises in or at which said business is proposed to be conducted and carried on under said license.
No coin-operated amusement device shall be placed, operated, maintained or used until the proprietor's license issued pursuant to this article shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the premises where the device is operated or maintained.
A. 
The licensee shall at all times maintain good order upon the licensed premises and shall not permit, suffer or allow any disturbance, congestion or loitering upon the licensed premises.
B. 
No licensee shall operate or permit the operation of any amusement game on the licensed premises between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 8:00 a.m., with the exception of those licensed games located in the licensed taverns or bars wherein the same can be operated during the hours of operation pursuant to the ordinance thereon.[1]
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 45, Alcoholic Beverages, Art. II.
C. 
Any licensee shall not permit, suffer or allow any person to bid or gamble in any form or manner on the licensed premises and shall prevent any moral or illegal conduct from occurring.
D. 
No licensed premises shall be without adequate sanitary facilities or contain any fire, safety or health hazards.
E. 
No licensee shall permit any person under 14 years of age to play or operate any of the automatic amusement devices licensed by this article unless such person is accompanied by a parent, legal guardian or adult member of his family.
F. 
All licensees shall operate under and pursuant to the regulations promulgated by the State Commissioner of Amusement and Games Control as licensed under this article.
Any person, as defined hereunder, upon violation of the provisions of this article, shall be subject to the penalty provisions of § 95-16.