HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-1983-091-O-8311/16/83
11/23/83
•
T .;
91-0-83
AN ORDINANCE
Amending Section 3-8-10 of the City Code
Regulating Amusement Devices
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON,.000K COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SFCTION 1: That Section 3-8-10 of the City Code of
the City of Evanston, 1979, as amended, is
hereby amended to read as follows:
3-8-10-1: AMUSEMENT DEVICES:
;.
(A) Limit on Number: It shall be unlawful for any
proprietor of an amusement device to have or maintain
upon or within a single premises in excess of six (6)
amusement devices. There shall be exempted from this
device number limit those machines located within a
student and/or faculty center owned and operated by a
State accredited college or university which is
access -limited to faculty, staff, enrolled students
and their guests and which offers a regularly
scheduled program of other recreational or cultural
activities. This exemption from the device number
limit shall be available to one such college/
university student and/or faculty center .per
accredited institution.
(B) Played by Persons Under Twelve Prohibited: No
person under the age of twelve (12) year's shall play
or operate an amusement device, except when
-
accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. No
proprietor shall permit or allow any person under the
i
age of twelve (12) years to operate or play,any
amusement device except when accompanied by a parent .,
or legal guardian. A sign shall be conspicuously
posted setting•forth this requirement.
(C) Prohibited in Certain Locations: No license shall
' be issued to an operator or proprietor of an
amusement device, nor shall any operator or
proprietor operate an amusement device upon any
premises within five hundred feet (500') of the
property line of any elementary or junior high
school; provided, however, that facilities operated
by the City Recreation Board shall not be subject -to
4;
the provisions of this Section.
(D) Inducements to Play: It shall be unlawful for any
proprietor of an amusement device to pay or give or
promise to pay or give to any consumer using such
device any U.S. currency, token or anything of value
for use in conjunction with such device for free
play, or as an inducement or reward for playing said
device; provided, however, that this subsection shall
not be deemed to prohibit the award of free use of
the device upon the achievement of a predetermined
score or result. The satisfaction of such an award
91-0-83
of free use of the device shall not be converted by
the proprietor to cash or other thing of value.
(E) Supervision: It shall be unlawful for any
proprietor of an amusement device to maintain an
amusement device or devices unless there is in
attendance on the premises at least one employee
twenty-one years of age or older during operating
hours. `The employee shall have a clear and
unobstructed view of all amusement devices.
SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: This ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage,
approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced: / 2- 1983
Adopted: 15 1983
ATTEST:
City Clerk
proved s to form:
I.
Corporation Counsel
•
Approve L2, , 1983
�- yo
�i
-2-