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Ventnor City, NJ
Atlantic County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Ventnor City as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor's Note: Former Article I, Amusement Devices, adopted 5-24-1948 by Ord. No. 4-1948, as amended 6-4-1979 by Ord. No. 7904, 2-2-1989 by Ord. No. 8903, 10-24-1996 by Ord. No. 9612, and 1-9-1997 by Ord. No. 9616, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). See now § 102-85C(5).
[Adopted 9-13-1948 by Ord. No. 8-1948]
From and after the effective date of this article, no person or corporation shall operate or permit to be operated in his, her or its place of business any automatic music box, juke box or any mechanical device of a similar nature requiring the insertion of a coin or token, unless a license shall have first been obtained therefor.
Applications for licenses shall be made to the City Clerk, and no license shall be granted until the fee herein prescribed shall have been paid. Every license shall specify by name the person or corporation to whom it is issued and the location at which it is to be operative.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
The fee for all licenses issued for the period between the effective date of this article and July 1, 1949, shall be $35 for each machine. Thereafter, licenses shall be issued for a period commencing on July 1 and ending on the succeeding July 1, and the fee therefor shall be in the amount set forth in Chapter 114, Fee Schedule, for each machine, which fee shall be due and payable on July 1 of the year for which it is issued.
No license provided for herein shall be transferred from one person to another for a machine at a location different from that for which the license was issued, and no license shall cover the operation of a machine at any place other than that for which it was issued. In case of a transfer or sale of the business, the purchaser shall notify the City Clerk of such change before he shall operate a machine under the original license.
The fees herein imposed are for revenue.
[Amended 6-4-1979 by Ord. No. 7904; 2-2-1989 by Ord. No. 8903; 1-9-1997 by Ord. No. 9616; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty, for each violation. In addition to or as a substitute for a fine, the imposition of community service shall be authorized as an additional penalty, which community service shall not exceed 90 days.