[HISTORY: Article I adopted by the Township Committee (now
Council) of the Township of Jackson as indicated in article histories.
Subsequent articles adopted by the Township Council as indicated in
article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-25-1975 by Ord. No. 14-75 (Ch. 38, Art. II, of
the 1972 Code)]
It is hereby determined, decided and declared that there exists
within the Township of Jackson a recognized amusement park located
on Lot 1 in Block 27 as shown on the Official Tax Map of the Township
of Jackson, which amusement park is presently known and designated
as "Great Adventure."
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
own or operate within this municipality any amusement game or games
as said amusement game or games are defined by the aforesaid "Amusement
Games Licensing Law" (P.L. 1959, c. 109[1]), whether said amusement game or games are of skill or
chance, or both, and whether said amusement game or games are played
and operated with or without numbers, symbols or figures, without
first having obtained a proper license from the Township Committee
of the Township of Jackson. Said license shall be issued subject to
the provisions of the "Amusement Games Licensing Law" (P.L. 1959,
c. 109), and the Revised Amusement Games Regulations, effective April
11, 1966, promulgated by the Office of Amusement Games Control, Department
of Law and Public Safety of the State of New Jersey.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 5:8-100 et seq.
Each applicant for such a license shall file with the Township
Clerk a written application in duplicate therefor. The application
must be in the form prescribed by the Commissioner of Amusement Games
Control and must comply with all the requirements as specifically
set forth in Section 2 of P.L. 1959, c. 109,[1] and any amendments and supplements thereto and any additional
requirements as may be promulgated from time to time by the Amusement
Games Control Commissioner of the State of New Jersey.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 5:8-101.
The Township Committee shall make an investigation of the qualifications
of each applicant and the merits of each application as authorized
and directed by the Amusement Games Licensing Law. Each individual
applicant, the officers, directors and stockholders (including the
officers, directors and stockholders of any corporation holding 5%
or more of the capital stock) of any corporate applicant, as well
as the partners or members, as the case may be, of any partnership,
association or organization applicant, shall be fingerprinted under
the supervision of the Municipal Chief of Police. The fingerprint
records so obtained shall be marked "applicant" and shall be submitted
to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the New Jersey State Police
Bureau of Investigation and, upon receipt of returns from such Bureaus,
the Chief of Police shall make a report thereof to the Township Committee,
together with a report of any other arrest or conviction record which
may be obtained from other sources. Failure or refusal of any of the
above-designated persons to submit to fingerprinting shall be deemed
cause for denial of the application. No license shall be issued to
any applicant if any of the above persons required to be fingerprinted
in connection with the application are not of good moral character
or have ever been convicted of a crime, unless the disqualification
resulting from such conviction has been removed by the Commissioner
of Amusement Games Control pursuant to P.L. 1962, c. 200.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 5:8-103.
A.
Upon proof of compliance with all applicable requirements, the Township
Committee shall authorize the issuance of a license, by resolution,
said license to be effective for a term of one year, commencing with
date of issuance and terminating on December 31 in each year. Said
resolution shall specifically recite that the premises to be licensed
are located in a recognized amusement park in the municipality. A
certified copy of the resolution shall be transmitted, together with
copy of the application and license certificate issued, to the Commissioner
of Amusement Games Control.
B.
License certificate.
(1)
Each license certificate shall be issued in triplicate, the original
to be delivered to the applicant, with one copy to the Commissioner,
as aforesaid, and the additional copy to be retained by the Township
Clerk.
(3)
The license certificate shall be in the form prescribed by the Commissioner
of Amusement Games Control.
C.
Each license shall be conspicuously displayed at the place or places
where the game is to be conducted at all times during the conduct
thereof.
A.
No application for the issuance of a license shall be refused by
the Township Committee until after a hearing is held on due notice
to the applicant, at which the applicant shall be entitled to be heard
upon the qualifications of the applicant and the merits of the application.
B.
Any license issued under this article may be amended, upon application
made to the Township Committee, if the subject matter of the proposed
amendment could lawfully and properly have been included in the original
license and upon payment of such additional license fee, if any, as
would have been payable if it had been so included.
C.
No license issued pursuant to this article shall become operative
unless and until the licensee named therein shall have procured a
state license from the Commissioner of Amusement Games Control.
The Township Committee 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 said Amusement
Games Licensing Law and all amendments and supplements thereto.
Any person, association or corporation who or which shall make
any false statement in any application for such license or shall fail
to keep such adequate and proper books and records as shall fully
and truly record all transactions connected with the holding, operating
or conducting of amusement games under such license or shall falsify
or make any false entry in any books or records so far as they relate
to any transaction connected with the holding, operating and conducting
of any amusement game under any such license or shall violate any
of the provisions of this article or the Amusement Games Licensing
Law (P.L. 1959, c. 109[1]) or of any of the terms of such license shall be a disorderly
person and, if convicted as such, shall, in addition to suffering
any other penalties which may be imposed, forfeit any license issued
to it under this article.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 5:8-100 et seq.
There shall be issued to an applicant who shall qualify a separate
license for each specific game authorized to be held, operated and
conducted on the licensed premises by the licensee, and a separate
license shall be issued for each place at which the licensee is authorized
to hold, operate and conduct such game. The annual license fee for
each such license shall be the sum of $100. Said annual fee shall
be payable without proration and shall accompany the license application.
In the event of denial or withdrawal of the application, or in the
event of denial or withdrawal of the application for a state license
filed with the Commissioner of Amusement Games Control, the sum of
$10 or 25% of the application fee, whichever shall be greater, shall
be retained by the Township as an investigation fee.
[Amended 2-10-1992 by Ord. No. 2-92]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any game or amusement which is authorized under the provisions
of the Amusement Games Licensing Law (P.L. 1959, c. 109).[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 5:8-100 et seq.
All licenses issued under this article shall expire on December
31 of each year.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this article shall be subject to a penalty not to exceed $200 or
imprisonment not to exceed 90 days, or both. The same shall be in
addition to the powers of suspension or revocation of any such license
as provided for herein.
