[HISTORY: Adopted by the North Wildwood City
Council 10-7-1975 by Ord. No. 655. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 5-7-1985 by Ord. No. 895]
A.
It is hereby declared that the City of North Wildwood,
in the County of Cape May, is a seashore resort municipality containing
an amusement and entertainment area according to the customary understanding
of such terms in said city, which area is more particularly described
as follows:
(1)
All those lands and premises 100 feet west of the
Boardwalk, eastward to and including all those areas on the Boardwalk
and east thereof available for amusement games, extending between
the south side of 16th Avenue to the north side of 26th Avenue.
B.
It is hereby declared that the City of North Wildwood,
in the County of Cape May, contains another amusement and entertainment
area according to the customary understanding of such terms in said
city, which area is more particularly described as follows:
(1)
All those lands and premises fronting on New Jersey
Avenue, to a depth of 100 feet east and west, beginning at the north
corner of 10th Avenue and extending northeastwardly along New Jersey
Avenue and Olde New Jersey Avenue to the Hereford Inlet.
[Amended 11-1-2022 by Ord. No. 1888]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
to hold, operate or conduct or to allow, permit or suffer the holding,
operation or conduct of any amusement game in the City of North Wildwood,
in the County of Cape May, unless and until a license therefor has
been issued by the Council of the City of North Wildwood in accordance
with the regulations promulgated by the State Commissioner of Amusement
Games Control of the State of New Jersey and pursuant to the authority
of this chapter.
B.
On and after the adoption of this chapter, the annual
license fees or charges for the holding, operating or conducting of
any of the several classes of permissible amusement games, as fully
described and provided for in Regulation No. 7 of the Amusement Games
Regulations, shall be as follows:
[Amended 4-3-1979 by Ord. No. 731; 4-17-1984 by Ord. No. 862; 3-4-1986 by Ord. No. 922; 3-19-1991 by Ord. No. 1086]
(1)
Objects thrown or propelled at target games: one game
per license; Permissible Amusement Games Certificate No. 1: $500.
(2)
All arcade machines or device games (Pokerino, Pinball,
Slots, Poker, Skee Ball, etc.) except soda machines.
[Amended 5-7-2002 by Ord. No. 1401]
(a)
Permissible amusement games under Certificate
No. 2: $1,000, plus $5 for each additional redemption game in excess
of 50.
(b)
For amusement arcades where coin-operated amusement
machines are operated, payment for the New Jersey Certificate No.
2 Arcade License(s) shall constitute payment for the mercantile license
for the arcade only.
(3)
Nondraw raffle games permitting blind selection of
prize: one game per license; Permissible Amusement Games Certificate
No. 3: $500.
(4)
Competitive achievement games (Skillo, Fascination,
Bowlo, etc.): one game per license; not more than 100 players per
license or fraction thereof; Permissible Amusement Games Certificate
No. 4: $1,250.
(5)
Games of chance incorporating laydown boards, electric
push buttons, start and stop, moving indicators and symbols and numbers
known as "stop and go games": one game per license; Permissible Amusement
Games Certificate No. 5: $1,000.
(6)
Guessing games known as "guess your weight" or "guess
your age": Permissible Amusement Games Certificate No. 6: $500.
(7)
Ring the bell game or high striker game: Permissible
Amusement Games Certificate No. 7: $500.
(8)
Log roll, rope climb, fishing game, skin the wire
game, bottle stand-up, etc.: Permissible Amusement Games Certificate
No. 8: $500.
(9)
A game of chance incorporating a laydown board marked
in segments bearing numbers, names or symbols, whereon the player
or players place the entry fee as an indication of the choice of expected
winner, which is determined by a nonelectrical and nonmechanical device,
set in motion by a player or players, coming to rest, generally known
as "pan game," "crazy ball" and "crazy block": Permissible Amusement
Games Certificate No. 9: $500.
[Amended 5-16-1978 by Ord. No. 711]
A.
No licensee shall hold, operate, conduct or allow,
permit or suffer the holding, operation or conduct of any amusement
game on the licensed premises between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 8:00
a.m., Mondays through Fridays, inclusive, and between the hours of
4:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
B.
The regulations promulgated by the State Commissioner
of Amusement Games Control, insofar as they relate to the holding,
operation and conduct of amusement games in the City of North Wildwood,
are hereby made a part of this chapter.
C.
Separate licenses shall be required for each specific
kind of amusement games as set forth in § 5-2B.
D.
No licensee shall operate any loudspeaker within or
without the premises which can be heard outside the premises after
the hour of 11:00 p.m.
E.
The following are the only licenses permitted in the
New Jersey Avenue entertainment area:
[Added 5-7-1985 by Ord. No. 895; amended 7-2-1985 by Ord. No. 897]
F.
Licenses issued to establishments in the New Jersey
Avenue amusement and entertainment area will be issued for a maximum
of 10 games per establishment.
[Added 5-7-1985 by Ord. No. 895; amended 7-2-1985 by Ord. No. 897]
G.
No license shall be issued in the New Jersey Avenue
amusement and entertainment area to an establishment within 500 feet
of another licensed establishment.
[Added 5-7-1985 by Ord. No. 895; amended 7-2-1985 by Ord. No. 897]
Under no circumstances shall a license or rights
thereunder be deemed property, subject to sale or any transfer whatsoever,
and the attempt to sell or transfer shall be grounds for suspension
or revocation of said license.
[Amended 3-20-1991 by Ord. No. 1054; 5-21-2002 by Ord. No. 1411]
Any person violating any provision of this chapter
shall, upon conviction, be punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,250
or imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days, or both, and the
same shall be in addition to the powers of suspension or revocation
of any such license by the governing body.
