Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-06-15


An Ordinance Licensing and Regu
lating Mechanical Amusement
Devices
WHEREAS. mechanical amuse-
ment devices are being exhibiting
i'll the City of Port Clinton, Ohio,
and il is necessary to provide for
the licensing and regulation there
of, and to impose license fees
upon the display thereof, for the
purpose of paying the cost of such
licenses and regulations:
NOW, THEREFORE,. BE 1T Or
DAINED BY THE COUNCIL or
THE CITY OF PORT CLINTON,
STATE OF OHIO:
SECTION !. DEFINITIONS.
(a) A mechanical amusement de-
vice is hereby defined as a machine
which. upon the insertion of coin
or slug, operates or may be oper-
or amusement OF any description.
or which may be used for any
such game, contest or amusement,
and which contains no automatic
pay device for the return of
money. coins, merchandise or
tokens or checks redeemable in
money or anything OF value.
CD AS used herein, the word
person" shall refer TO an individ
uai person. partnership or cor
poration.
SECTION 2. LICENSE RE-
QClRED.
No person shall display or exhibit
the City of Port Clinton without
having first obtained license
therefor from the Mayor OF the
City of Port Clinton. A separate
license shall be required for each
mechanical amusement device dis
played at any one time.
SECTION ,. APPLICATION FOR
LICENSE
Application for license OF display
mechanical amusement device
must be made to the Mayor upon
such forms as shall be prepared
therefor by the Mayor Such appli
cation must be made by the owner
or proprietor of the business or
place at which such mechanical
Amusement device is to be dis
played. Application shall state
the name of the owner of such
place or business, the address of
the place for which the license Is
applied, the residence address of
owner, the serial number and name
of manufacturer of the mechan-
ical amusement device or devices.
the owner of such device or de-
vices, the name and address of
the distributor or vendor of such
such mechanical device or devices,
the nature Of the business in con
junction with which such mechan-
ital amusement device is to be dis
played and such other further in
formation as may be required by
the Mayor.
SECTION 4. ISSUANCE OF IL
CENSE. ETC.-License Fee.
Upon the approval of such appli-
cation and upon the payment of
Co Nf non
Hundred Dollars ($1o0.00), a Ii
,cense to display one mechanical
amusement device shall be issued
to the applicant Said license fee
shall be for the fiscal year begin
ming January l of the calendar
year or for any unexpired portion
of any such fiscal year Such IL
cense shall entitle the licensee
therein named TO display at or
upon the premises therein describ-
ed one % mechanical amusement
device.
SECTION 5. DISTRIBUTORS
LICENSE.
No person shall distribute these
mechanical amusement devices in
the City of Port Clinton, Ohio, by
lease, conditional sale or any
financial conditional method, a dis
tributor also being known as an
operator. without first having OBJ
tanned a distributors license there
for from the Mayor of the City of
ment of the annual license fee Of
Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
Said license fee shall be for the
fiscal year beginning January l
of the calendar year or for any un-
expired portion of any such fiscal
year Nothing in this section shall
be intended to prohibit any person
ness to purchase such mechanical
amusement device outright from
any source, provided compliance Is
made for the annual license as
hereinbefore set forth and upon
presentation Of n bill of sale there
| for
SECTION 6. REGULATIONS
WITH REFERENCE TO LICENSES
| A separate license shall be re-
Quired for each and every mechan-
| ical amusement device which Is dis
played by any person at any one
| time. but any iicensee may change
| from the display one U) approved
mechanical amusement device TO
the display of another approved
mechanical amusement device at
any time. A license issued under
| the provisions of this ordinance
| shall not be transferred from one
! person to another person; but
!
| by the licensee therein named
from the place specified in such
license to another place owned by
such licensee, should the licensee
move his business from the address
| specified In the license to another
| location. No license shall be is
sued for the display of a mechan-
| ical amusement device at 4 place
which is within 1000 feet from any
premises occupied by any school
| building. 1t shall be the duty OF
the licensee to conspicuously dis
play the license issued hereunder.
sEGTloN = IT W nns GdvING pndNIp,rsn or
| No person by himself, by another
person or otherwise, directly or in
directly, shall give any prize,
| award, merchandise. gift or any
| thing in value to any player, or to
any operator of any mechanical
amusement device. or to any con-
testant for high score or any
such device
SECTION s. PENALTIES. Any
| person who shall violate any of the
provisions of this ordinance. shall,
upon conviction therefor, be fined
not more than Fifty Dollars
($5O.00), and each and every day
during which violation shall con-
tinue, shall constitute a separate
and distinct offense. In addition to
the aforesaid penalty, the Mayor is
authorized to revoke the license or
licenses held by any person who
shall have been convicted for
violation Of this ordinance.
SECTION 9. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force from and after
the earliest period allowed by law.
Passed: June ~. 1851.
HAROLD NIELSEN.
President of Council.