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Timestamp: 2019-04-24 18:11:53+00:00

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§ 339-5 Inspections; issuance of license.
§ 339-6 License fees; expiration of license.
§ 339-7 Display of license; transferability.
§ 339-9 Revocation of license.
§ 339-10 Seizure and destruction of machines.
§ 339-11 Violations and penalties.
Any automatic vending machine used for the sale of cigarettes and matches and controlled by the insertion of a coin or coins. It shall not include machines or devices used solely for the vending of service, food or confections.
Any music vending machine, contrivance or device which, upon the insertion of a coin, slug, token, plate, disc or key into any slot, crevice or other opening, or by the payment of any price, operates or may be operated for the emission of songs, music or similar amusement.
Any machine which, upon the insertion of a coin, slug, token, plate or disc, may be operated by the public generally for use as a game, entertainment or amusement, whether or not registering a score. It shall include such devices as marble machines, pinball machines, skill ball, mechanical grab machines, video games and all games, operations or transactions similar thereto under whatever name they may be indicated.
Includes the following: any person, firm, corporation or association which owns any such machine; the person, firm, corporation or association in whose place of business any such machine is placed for use by the public; and the person, firm, corporation or association having control over such machine; provided, however, that the payment of such fee by any person, firm, corporation or association enumerated herein shall be deemed a compliance with this definition.
Nothing in this chapter shall in any way be construed to authorize, license or permit any gambling devices whatsoever or any mechanism that has been judicially determined to be a gambling device or in any way contrary to law or that may be contrary to any future laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any person, firm, corporation or association displaying for the public patronage or keeping for operation any cigarette vending machine, jukebox or mechanical amusement device as herein defined by § 339-1 shall be required to obtain a license from the Borough of Old Forge upon payment of a license fee. Application for such license shall be made to the Code Enforcement Officer upon a form to be supplied by the Borough.
The name and address of the applicant, his age and date and place of birth.
Prior convictions of the applicant, if any.
The place where the machine or device is to be displayed or operated and the business conducted at that place.
A description of the machine to be covered by the license, mechanical features, name of the manufacturer and serial number.
No license shall be issued to any applicant unless he/she shall be over 21 years of age and a citizen of the United States.
Application for license shall be made out in duplicate, one copy being referred to the Chief of Police and the other copy to the Borough Zoning Officer.
The Chief of Police shall investigate the location wherein it is proposed to operate such machine, ascertain if the applicant is a person of good moral character and either approve or disapprove the application.
The Code Enforcement Officer shall inspect all wiring and the connections to the machine, determine if the same complies with the standards of the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code and shall either approve or disapprove the application.
No license shall be issued to any applicant unless approved by the Chief of Police and the Borough Zoning Officer.
Every applicant, before being granted a license, shall pay an annual license fee as set from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council for the privilege of operating or maintaining for operation each cigarette vending machine, jukebox or mechanical amusement device as defined in § 339-1 herein.
Each license shall expire one year from the date of issuance.
The license or licenses herein provided for shall be posted permanently and conspicuously at the location of the machine in the premises wherein the device is to be operated or maintained to be operated.
Such license may be transferred from one machine or device to another similar machine upon application to the Code Enforcement Officer to such effect and the giving of a description and the serial number of the new machine or device. Not more than one machine shall be operated under one license, and the applicant or licensee shall be required to secure a license for each and every machine displayed or operated by him/her.
If the licensee shall move his place of business to another location within the Borough of Old Forge, the license may be transferred to such new location upon application to the Code Enforcement Officer giving the street and number of the new location. The new location shall be approved by the Chief of Police and the Code Enforcement Officer in the same manner as provided in § 339-5 of this chapter.
A license shall not be transferable from person to person nor from place to place and shall be usable only at the place and by the person designated in the license.
No person, firm, corporation or association holding a license under this chapter shall permit persons under 18 years of age to play or operate any cigarette vending machine.
No person, firm, corporation or association holding a license under this chapter shall permit the playing of jukeboxes, as defined in § 339-1, between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. of any day.
No person, firm, corporation or association shall permit the playing of jukeboxes or mechanical amusement devices within 600 feet of any church, public or parochial school or playground.
Every license issued under this chapter is subject to the right, which is hereby expressly reserved, to revoke the same should the licensee directly or indirectly permit the operation of any cigarette vending machine, jukebox or mechanical amusement device contrary to the provisions of this chapter, the ordinances of the Borough of Old Forge or the law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Said license may be revoked by the Borough Council after written notice to the licensee, which notice shall specify the ordinance or law violations with which the licensee is charged, if after a hearing the licensee is found to be guilty of such violations. Ten days' notice of the hearing shall be given the licensee. At such hearing, the licensee and his attorney may present and submit evidence of witnesses in his defense.
If the Chief of Police shall have reason to believe any mechanical amusement device is used as a gambling device, such machine may be seized by the police and impounded, and if, upon trial of the exhibitor for allowing it to be used as a gambling device, said exhibitor shall be found guilty, such machine shall be destroyed by the police.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter, in addition to the revocation of his or its license, shall be liable to a fine or penalty of not more than $600, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to a period of imprisonment not exceeding 30 days for each offense.

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