[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Grafton as Title 5, Ch. 5.20, of the 1979 Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The following terms, as used in this chapter, shall be construed
as follows:
Any coin-operated machine commonly referred to as shooting
(electric ray) games, bowling games, miniature pool and hockey, ski-ball
games, and baseball games and other similar devices, the operation
of which involves a skill feature and which are operated by coins
but do not deliver, pay out, or emit coins, tokens, coupons, tickets,
receipts, chips or other thing which may be redeemed or exchanged
for money, merchandise, or other thing of value.
Any machine, instrument, device or thing which for a consideration
affords the player an opportunity to obtain something of value, the
award of which is determined by chance, even though accompanied by
some skill, and whether or not the prize is automatically paid by
the machine, instrument, device or thing.
Any instrument or device which is operated by any insertion
of any coin or token which may entitle the operator to music or entertainment.
It is unlawful for any person to set up for operation, lease
or distribute for the purpose of operation any gambling device within
the Village.
Any person owning any amusement or music device or maintaining
or permitting the maintenance of any such amusement device on premises
owned by him or under his control shall register such amusement or
music device as provided in this chapter. Every amusement or music
device shall be registered with the Village Clerk by the owner or
possessor thereof.
[Amended by Ord. No. 007, Series 2011]
The registration fee for each amusement or music device shall
be $25 per year effective July 1, 2011.
The Village Clerk shall require the registrant to submit such
information as may be necessary to identify the device. If the Village
Clerk, upon consultation with the Village Attorney and the Chief of
Police, is satisfied that the amusement or music device is entitled
to be registered, he shall issue to the registrant an appropriate
registration symbol so designed as to permit secure attachment to
the device registered. No person shall be entitled to register any
amusement or music device unless he is of good moral character. Such
registration shall remain effective until the next succeeding July
30.
The Village Clerk may authorize the transfer of a registration
symbol from one amusement or music device to another when evidence
is presented showing that the use of the device previously registered
has been discontinued and that the new device to which the symbol
is proposed to be attached is an amusement or music device within
the definition of this chapter. A fee of $1 shall be charged for each
transfer.
The Village Clerk shall keep an appropriate record of the registration
of each amusement or music device, showing the name and number and
such information as he shall deem necessary concerning each machine
registered, and also keep a similar record of any registration transfers
authorized by him.
The Village President, Chief of Police, any police officer of
this Village may seize or cause to be seized any gambling device,
slot machine or any amusement or music device to which there is not
affixed a registration symbol as required by this chapter and shall
forthwith cause a complaint to be issued against the owner or possessor
thereof for violation of this chapter, and the court shall order the
device so seized to be destroyed.
No person shall counterfeit a registration symbol or shall transfer
any such symbol issued by the Village Clerk from one amusement or
music device to another without having previously registered such
transfer with the Village Clerk.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1.01, Code
Adoption)]
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the general penalty in Chapter 1.08 of this Code.
