HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 3418 - 4/14/2015 - COIN OPERATED AMUSEMENT DEVICEORDINANCE NO. 3418
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 3-411-1 DEFINITION AND 3-4I-1
DEFINITION OF THE ELK GROVE VILLAGE CODE AS IT PERTAINS TO THE
DEFINITION OF COIN-OPERATED AMUSEMENT DEVICE
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage, Illinois as follows:
Section 1: That 3-41-1-1: DEFINITIONS: COIN-OPERATED AMUSEMENT DEVICE
be amended to read as follows:
COIN-OPERATED AMUSEMENT DEVICE: All coin-, token-, slug- or card swipe
operated machines used by the public as a game, entertainment, amusement, pastime or contest
and shall include those devices commonly known as (a) pinball games; (b) video games; (c) rifle
games; (d) baseball games; (e) skee-ball games; (f) movie or video booths or stands; and, (g) all
games, operations or transactions similar to the above -listed items by whatever name known, and
providing, that these devices do not have any of the following characteristics: (a) classification of
the device by the Internal Revenue Service as one requiring the payment.to the Federal
government of a gaming device tax; (b) presence of any equipment which allows accumulation
of ten (10) or more credits, replays or free plays; and, (c) presence of a "knock -off circuit' for
the releasing and recording of credits, replays or free plays, except for that circuitry required for
normal game operations.
Section 2: That 3-4I-1: DEFINITION be amended to read as follows:
"Coin-operated amusement device" shall mean any mechanical amusement device or
equipment which is governed by or controlled by the deposit of a coin or token or card swipe
including, without being limited to, any such device or equipment capable of reproducing
musical sounds.
Section 3: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage
and approval according to law.
VOTE: AYES: 5 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 1
PASSED this 14'h day of April 2015.
APPROVED this 14`h day of April 2015.
APPROVED:
Mayor Craig B. Johnson
Village of Elk Grove Village
ATTEST:
Judith M. Keegan, Village Clerk
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