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City of Havre de Grace, MD
Harford County
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[HISTORY: Derived from 1988 Codified Ordinance of the Mayor and City Council. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Criminal sanctions — See Ch. 1, Art. I.
Curfew — See Ch. 52.
Loitering — See Ch. 108.
Off-street parking requirement for places of amusement — See Ch. 122.
Amusement tax — See Ch. 177, Art. IV.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply.
COIN-OPERATED AMUSEMENT DEVICE
Any mechanical or electronic machine, including, without limitations, any claw machine, pinball machine, shuffleboard, mechanical bowling game, or video game or similar device for public amusement whose operation requires the insertion of a coin or token and the result of whose operation depends in whole or in part upon the skill of the operator whether or not it affords an award to a successful operator.
ESTABLISHMENT
Any privately owned place of business carried on for a profit or any place of amusement or entertainment to which the public is invited.
MINOR
Any person under the age of 16 years.
OPERATORS
Any individual, firm, association, partnership or corporation operating, managing or conducting any establishment; and whenever used in any clause describing a penalty, the term "operator," as applied to associations or partnerships, shall include the members or partners thereof and, as applied to corporations, shall include the officers thereof.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for a minor to operate any coin-operated amusement device in any establishment between the hours of 12:00 midnight Friday and 6:00 a.m. Saturday, 12:00 midnight Saturday and 6:00 a.m. Sunday, and 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day on any other day of the week.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for a minor to operate any coin-operated amusement device between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on any weekday, that is to say, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, beginning on January 2 and continuing through to May 31 and beginning on September 10 and continuing through December 23 of any year, except such weekdays that schools are not in session pursuant to the school calendar adopted by the Harford County Board of Education.
It shall be unlawful for any parent to knowingly permit any minor to remain upon the premises of any establishment and operate a coin-operated amusement device during the times specified in § 15-2 of this chapter.
Any person convicted of committing any unlawful act as provided in this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. If any unlawful act is continuing, then each day during which such violation continues shall be considered a separate offense. In addition to any criminal penalty which may be imposed, all the provisions of this chapter may be enforced by petition for injunction filed on behalf of the Mayor and City Council of Havre de Grace.