[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners (now City
Council) of the City of Atlantic City 5-5-1960 by Ord. No. 7-1960.
Section 81-7 amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
It is hereby determined, declared and found that the City of
Atlantic City constitutes a seashore resort with parts thereof customarily
constituting an amusement or entertainment area according to the customary
understanding of said terms in the community and that certain ocean
piers in said city are known as recognized amusement parks. The amusement
or entertainment areas in said city are more particularly described
as follows:
A.
All of the lands located on the northerly side of the Boardwalk as
follows: from the westerly side of Arkansas Avenue where the same
intersects the Boardwalk and extending westwardly to the easterly
side of Mississippi Avenue; from the westerly side of Georgia Avenue
to the easterly side of Florida Avenue and from the easterly side
of Texas Avenue to the westerly side of California Avenue.
B.
All of the lands located on the north side of the Boardwalk from
the easterly side of Virginia Avenue where the same intersects the
Boardwalk and extending eastwardly to the westerly side of New Jersey
Avenue where the same intersects the Boardwalk.
C.
Premises known as "539 Boardwalk."
D.
Premises known as "192 St. James Place."
E.
Premises known as "2031-33 Boardwalk."
F.
That part of Central Pier, Tennesse Avenue and the Boardwalk, known
as "Number 4 Central Pier."
G.
The amusement parks known as the "Million Dollar Pier" the "Steel
Pier" and "Steeplechase Pier."
H.
Premises known as "194 South Kentucky Avenue."
[Added 4-20-1961 by Ord. No. 17-1961]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
own or operate within this municipality any amusement game or games,
as said terms are defined by said Amusement Games Licensing Law (P.L.
1959, c. 109), whether said game or games are of skill or chance,
or both, and whether said game or games are played and operated with
or without numbers or figures, without first having obtained a license
from the City Council of the City of Atlantic City so to do. Said
license shall be issued pursuant to and subject to the provisions
of the Amusement Games Licensing Law (P.L. 1959, c. 109).
Each applicant for such license shall file with the Municipal
Clerk a written application in such form as prescribed by and in accordance
with said Amusement Games Licensing Law, as amended and supplemented,
and the Rules and Regulations promulgated by the Amusement Games Control
Commissioner of the State of New Jersey.
The annual fees for the type of licenses to be issued hereunder
shall be as follows, and said annual fees shall accompany the application
for said licenses:
A.
Games permitted under Category and Certification No. 1 of the Amusement
Games Control State Commissioner; Said games being generally known
as "balloon game," "barrel game," "basketball game," "bear pitch game,"
"break-the-dish game," "bullpen ball game," "cigarette cork rifle
game," "cigarette dart game," "cigarette toss game," "dart game,"
"dodgem game," "glass pitch game," "hoopla game," "mammy doll game,"
"milk bottle game," "milk can game," "number dart game," "over and
under game," "penny pitch game," "pig slide game" "ping-pong ball
game," "ring toss game," "shooting gallery game," "stuffed cat game"
and any similar type of game granted certification. The license fee
shall be $100 per game.
B.
Games permitted under Category and Certification No. 2 of the Amusement
Games Control State Commissioner; arcade games generally known as
"baseball machine," "basketball machine," "bouncing ball machine,"
"bowling machine," "crane machine," "dexterity tester machine," "digger
machine," "football machine," "golf machine," "gun machine," "hockey
machine," "intelligence tester machine," "pinball machine," "pokerino
machine," "pool table machine," "pusher machine," "roll-down machine,"
"rotary arm machine," "shooting machine," "shuffle alley machine,"
"Skee-Ball machine," "skill tester machine," "strength tester machine"
or any game of similar type granted certification. The license fee
shall be $700 per arcade for no more than 50 machines. For each arcade
having over 50 machines, there shall be an additional license fee
of $15 for each machine over 50.
[Amended 7-11-1984 by Ord. No. 49-1984]
C.
Games permitted under Category and Certification No. 3 of the Amusement
Games Control State Commissioner; nondraw raffle games such as duck
pond game, fish pond game, grab-bag game, pick-the-stick game or any
game of similar type granted certification. The license fee shall
be $100 for each game.
D.
Games permitted under Category and Certification No. 4 of the Amusement
Games Control State Commissioner; competitive game," "throw fascination
game" or any game of similar type granted certification. The license
fee, depending upon the seating capacity of the place to be licensed,
shall be as follows:
[Amended 4-14-1966 by Ord. No. 5-1966]
E.
Games permitted under Category and Certification No. 5 of the Amusement
Games Control State Commissioner; games commonly known as "stop-and-go"
or like games granted certification. The license fee shall be $100
per game.
F.
Games permitted under Category and Certification No. 6 of the Amusement
Games Control State Commissioner; games commonly known as "guessing
games" such as guess-your-weight game, guess-your age game or any
like game granted certification. The license fee shall be $100 for
each game.
G.
Games permitted under Category and Certification No. 7 of the Amusement
Games Control State Commissioner; a game wherein a single player attempts
to ring a bell or gong by striking with a maul one end of a horizontal
lever arm and the other end of which propels a weight upward along
a vertical wire, at the top of which is a bell or gong, generally
known as "ring-the-bell game" or "high striker game" or any like game
granted certification. The license fee shall be $100 for each game.[1]
H.
Any game not listed or subsequently certified by the State Commissioner,
a license fee of $100.
The City Council of the City of Atlantic City shall have and
exercise control and supervision over all amusement games held, operated
or conducted under such license, with all the powers authorized or
granted to it under the Amusement Games Licensing Law, and all amendments
and supplements thereto, and the Rules and Regulations of the State
Amusement Games Control Commissioner.
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 State 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 other penalties which may be imposed, suffer the forfeiture, revocation
or suspension of any license issued to such licensee under this chapter.
[Amended 2-1-1989 by Ord. No. 2-1989; 11-25-2008 by Ord. No. 104]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this chapter shall be subject by the Municipal Court to a penalty
not to exceed $2,000 or imprisonment not to exceed 90 days, or both,
in the judgment of said court, and the same shall be in addition to
the powers of suspension or revocation of any such license as provided
for herein by the City Council of the City of Atlantic City.
