[Ord. 11-15-1948, § 1; Ord. 2001-08, 5-21-2001, § 1]
Any mechanical or video machines, fortune-telling machines,
palm reading machines, and machines or devices for games of skill
and science which returns to the player thereof no money or property
or no right to receive money or property or other thing of value and
which is governed or controlled by the insertion of a coin, token,
slug, currency or similar object.
Any video poker machine, video or mechanical slot machine
(excluding inoperable antique slot machines, as defined by Section
28-1(b)(7) of the Illinois Criminal Code[1]), video or mechanical bingo machine, or other device which
involves any game of chance or amusement based upon poker, blackjack,
dog racing, or horseracing, craps, any card or dice game, or any similar
device operated by means of the insertion of a coin, token, slug,
currency, or similar object.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 720 ILCS 5/28-1(b)(7).
[Ord. 2001-08, 5-21-2001, § 1; Ord. 2013-20, 9-16-2013]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to keep, locate, maintain or operate any simulated video or mechanical gaming device within the Village, except as provided in Chapter 57, "Video Gaming," of this Code.
[Ord. 6-1-1959, § 1; Ord. 6-21-1982, § 1; Ord.
2001-08, 5-21-2001, § 1]
An annual license fee as provided in Section 29-11 of this Code is imposed upon each automatic amusement machine used or maintained within the Village for gain or profit to the licensee from operation of the machine. Not more than three licenses shall be issued for any one premises.
Upon the payment of the license fee as herein provided, and
upon approval by the President and Board of Trustees, the Village
Clerk shall issue an automatic amusement machine license in the name
of the owner, as licensee, authorizing the use of the automatic amusement
machine for the license period ending on April 30 following the date
of issuance.
[Ord. 6-1-1959, § 1; Ord. 2001-08, 5-21-2001, § 1]
It shall be unlawful for any person to deliver any automatic
amusement machine requiring a license to any person, firm or corporation
within the Village unless the license fee thereon has been paid for
the current year.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
install, keep, maintain or use, or permit the installation, keeping,
maintenance or use upon his premises of any automatic amusement machine
upon which such license fee, as aforesaid, has not been paid, and
for which a license has not been issued for the current year.
[Ord. 11-15-1948, § 1; Ord. 2001-08, 5-21-2001, § 1; Ord.
2013-20, 9-16-2013]
An application for the license required by this section shall be made in conformity with the general requirements of Chapter 29 of this Code relating to application for licenses, except for licenses for video gaming terminals or licensed video gaming locations, which shall be in conformity with the general requirements of Chapter 57, "Video Gaming," of this Code. In addition, the applicant shall set forth a description of the automatic amusement machine for which the license is sought, which description shall contain the manufacturer's name, the make and the factory number thereof. No license shall be issued for any simulated video or mechanical gaming device, except as provided in Chapter 57, "Video Gaming," of this Code.
[Ord. 11-15-1948, § 1; Ord. 2001-08, 5-21-2001, § 1]
Upon the payment of the operator's license, and the annual license
fee imposed upon each automatic amusement machine as provided for
in this article, the Village Clerk shall deliver with each license
a sticker license emblem which shall bear the words "Automatic Amusement
Machine" and "Village Of Elmwood Park" and the numerals designating
the year for which such license is issued, a reproduction of the corporation
seal of the Village, the names of the Village President and Village
Clerk, and a number identical with the number of such license. The
Village Clerk shall change annually the predominant background color
of such license emblem.
[Ord. 11-15-1948, § 1; Ord. 2001-08, 5-21-2001, § 1]
It shall be the duty of the licensee to affix the sticker license
emblem issued by the Village Clerk in a conspicuous place on the licensed
automatic amusement machine, and it shall be unlawful for any person
to mutilate or remove such emblem from said machine during the year
for which it is licensed.
