[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Harmony 8-1-1962.
Section 53-8B amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I). Other amendments noted where applicable.]
§ 53-1 Findings.
§ 53-2 License required.
§ 53-3 Application for license.
§ 53-4 License fee.
§ 53-5 Additional charges.
§ 53-6 Conduct of games restricted.
§ 53-7 Time limits for conduct.
§ 53-8 Violations and penalties.
§ 53-1 Findings.
It is determined and declared that the Township of Harmony contains
a place where an agricultural fair and exhibition is held by an association
organized for the purpose of holding agricultural fairs and exhibitions which
has been approved by the State Department of Agriculture, namely "Warren County
Farmer's Fair Association, Inc."
§ 53-2 License required.
It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm or corporation to
own or operate within the Township of Harmony any amusement games, as said
terms are defined by the Amusement Games Licensing Law, P.L. 1959, c. 109,
and the amendments thereto,[1] without first having obtained a license from the Township Committee
of the Township of Harmony. Said license shall be issued pursuant to and subject
to the provisions of the Amusement Games Licensing Law, as amended, and rules
and regulations issued thereunder.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 5:8-100 et seq.
§ 53-3 Application for license.
Each applicant for such a license shall file with the Township Clerk
of the Township of Harmony a written application on such form as may be prescribed
by the Amusement Games Licensing Law, as amended, and also in accordance with
the rules and regulations which may now or hereafter be promulgated by the
Amusement Games Control Commissioner.
§ 53-4 License fee.
The fee for each municipal license shall be five dollars ($5.).
§ 53-5 Additional charges.
In addition to the above fee, each applicant and applicant employee
shall pay a fee of one dollar ($1.) for fingerprinting and issuance of identification
cards under the rules and regulations issued by the Amusement Games Control
Commissioner for each licensee and employee of said licensee.
§ 53-6 Conduct of games restricted.
Amusement games can be conducted only during that part of the year when
there is conducted in the Township of Harmony an agricultural fair and exhibition
by an association organized for the purpose of holding the same and which
is approved by the State Department of Agriculture for participation in any
or all state-sponsored programs relative to the promotion of agriculture and
the advancement of agricultural interests in this state.
§ 53-7 Time limits for conduct.
On the days set forth in § 53-6 of this chapter, amusement games may be conducted from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. on the following day, except that there shall be no amusement games conducted on any Sunday.
§ 53-8 Violations and penalties.
A.
In the event that any licensee shall violate any of the
provisions of this chapter or the Amusement Games Licensing Law or the rules
and regulations promulgated by the Amusement Games Control Commissioner or
the terms of such license, such licensee shall be a disorderly person and,
if convicted as such, shall, in addition to suffering any of the penalties
which may be imposed, forfeit any license issued to such licensee under this
chapter.