[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Springfield 12-14-1994 as § 5-2 of 1994
Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Added 10-24-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-07[1]]
The Township adopts this chapter pursuant to the Amusement Games
Licensing Law, P.L. 1959, c. 109, effective November 3, 1959, codified
at N.J.S.A. 5:8-78 et seq., as the State Legislature may amend the
law from time to time and in conformance with the Rules and Regulations
promulgated by the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission in
conformance with this statute.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any place of amusement operated upon a lot or plot of ground
in the open air, permanent in its nature and operated by private enterprise
for profit during the entire year or any part thereof, whether admission
is charged to enter or not.
A.
No person shall operate, for gain or reward, any park,
theater for plays or moving pictures, dance hall, show, exhibit, performance,
play, concert of music, dancing, game, trick, juggling, sleight of
hand, acrobatics, circus, theatricals, moving pictures or other amusement
of any description or show any beast, bird menagerie or any curiosity
of nature or art, without first obtaining a license for that purpose.
B.
No person having the possession or care of any building
or premises within the Township shall permit any such amusement to
be carried on upon his/her premises for any price, gain or reward
without a license.
The Township Clerk shall issue an amusement license upon application, pursuant to the provisions of § 45-1, and the payment in advance of the license fee.
A.
Exempt organizations. Baseball, football and basketball
games, entertainments or lecture courses by civic bodies and fire
companies of the Township, and entertainments or lecture courses,
the expense of which are guaranteed by residents of the Township,
are excepted from the requirements of this chapter.
B.
Charitable or religious organizations. This chapter
shall not apply to any of the amusements enumerated when the net proceeds
are for the benefit of any charitable or religious organization located
within the Township or when given by the pupils of any school in the
Township, the proceeds of which are to be used for educational purposes.
The Township Council may, by resolution, adopt
terms, conditions, restrictions, limitations, rules and regulations
governing the premises for which any such license may be issued, or
for the conduct of such enumerated activities.
[Added 10-24-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-07]
If ever a conflict arises between this chapter and state law
or regulation pertaining to the licensing of amusement devices, the
state law or regulation controls and the conflicting section of the
Township Code becomes void with no legal effect.