§ 21.51.205. Amusement machines and electronic video games.  


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  • A.

    Locations Prohibited. Amusement machines shall not be permitted at locations licensed for the off-site consumption sale of general alcoholic beverages where such machines are located within sixty feet (60′) of the display of such alcoholic beverages.

    B.

    Restrictions. The following restrictions shall apply to the operation of amusement machines and electronic video games. However, the restrictions shall not apply to jukeboxes, musical apparatuses, baseball batting cages, tennis practice cages, amusement rides, ping pong tables or similar uses.

    1.

    No more than four (4) amusement machines or video games shall be established at any one (1) site where such machines are permitted as accessory uses.

    2.

    Persons owning, controlling or managing any amusement machine or video game shall not permit any person under the age of eighteen (18) to operate any such machine between six a.m. and three p.m., Monday through Friday, from September 10 through June 20, except national holidays. Such limitations shall be clearly posted by July 1, 1989, on a sign provided by the Department of Planning and Building, in a location clearly visible to anyone attempting to play any amusement machine or video game.

    3.

    Amusement machines or video games of an adult nature, as defined in Chapter 21.15 (Definitions) shall not be allowed as an accessory use unless the locational restrictions of Section 21.45.110 (Special Development Standards—Adult Entertainment) are complied with.

    4.

    All uses with amusement machines or video games, in excess of those allowed above shall remove such amusement machines or video games within ninety (90) days of notification that the video games are nonconforming to these provisions.

(Ord. C-6595 § 14, 1989: Ord. C-6533 § 1 (part), 1988)