STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
SECTION I – TITLE AND PURPOSE
This ordinance is entitled the Town of ________ Amusement Center License ordinance. The purpose of this ordinance is for the Town of ________ to regulate by license and penalty the installation and maintenance of certain amusement devices in the Town of ________.
SECTION II – AUTHORITY
The Town Board of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, has the specific authority under
s. 60.23 (10), Wis. stats., to adopt this ordinance.
SECTION III – ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE
This ordinance, adopted by a majority of the town board on a roll call vote with a quorum present and voting and proper notice having been given, provides for the regulation, and permits the construction or installation, of certain amusement devices in the Town of ________.
SECTION IV – COVERAGE
No person in the Town of ________ shall maintain billiards tables, pool tables, bowling alleys, or other amusement devices, including pinball machines and video games, on commercial premises or facilities in the Town of ________ without obtaining an amusement center license from the Town of ________. The application fees shall be established annually on resolution by the Town Board of the Town of ________ prior to ________ ___. The license shall be issued from July 1 of the year of issuance to June 30 of the next year. The license shall be issued by the town clerk of the Town of ________ prior to the amusement devices being used and operated by any person on commercial premises in the Town of ________ or prior to the amusement devices being used or operated for commercial or business purposes at any other premises in the Town of ________.
SECTION V – APPLICATION/LICENSE
The application for amusement center license and the amusement center license shall designate the commercial premises or facilities where the amusement devices are located. The amusement center license may be amended without charge if the licensee changes premises in the Town of ________. However, the amusement center license is not transferable from one person to another. The application shall include all of the following:
A. The name of the applicant.
B. The address of the applicant.
C. The residential and business telephone number of the applicant, if any.
D. The age of the applicant.
E. The name and address of the owner of the amusement devices, if different from the applicant.
F. The type and number of amusement devices.
SECTION VI – EXEMPTIONS
The following uses, activities, or locations are exempt from this licensing requirement:
A. Commercial premises or facilities with less than ____ amusement devices located on the premises or facilities.
B. Gambling or gaming devices that are illegal to operate in Wisconsin.
SECTION VII – SPECIFIC ORDINANCE/LICENSE PROVISIONS
A.
The person subject to this ordinance shall comply with
s. 60.23, Wis. stats., and this ordinance.
B. No person may be issued or reissued an amusement center license in the Town of ________ until the appropriate fee has been paid to the town clerk of the Town of ________.
C. No person may be issued or reissued an amusement center license in the Town of ________ who has failed to properly and fully complete and submit to the town clerk of the Town of ________ the application form as developed and provided by the Town of ________.
D. No person may be issued or reissued an amusement center license in the Town of ________ until that person owns or has leased a commercial or other premises or facility in the Town of ________ to keep the amusement devices.
SECTION VIII – PENALTY PROVISIONS
Any person, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity that fails to comply with the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, pay a forfeiture of not less than $_____ nor more than $_____, plus the applicable surcharges, assessments, and costs for each violation. Each day a violation exists or continues constitutes a separate offense under this ordinance. In addition, the town board may seek injunctive relief from a court of record to enjoin further violations.
SECTION IX – SEVERABILITY
If any provision of this ordinance or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this ordinance that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
SECTION X – EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance is effective on publication or posting.
The town clerk shall properly post or publish this ordinance as required under
s. 60.80, Wis. stats.
Adopted this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signatures of town board]
Attest: [Signature of town clerk]
