HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - MC-81-221 - 11/16/1981 - Ch 9 mechanical amusement devicesORDINANCE NO. MC-81-221
AN ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF McHENRY,
McHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Municipal Code, City of McHenry, Illinois,
be and the same is hereby amended by adding the following
thereto as and for Section 9-9 thereof:
SECTION 9-9. UNLIMITED NUMBER OF MECHANICAL AMUSEMENT
DEVICE LICENSES.
In addition to the licenses authorized by Section 9-8
hereof, an unlimited number of mechanical amusement devices
may be licensed for use at one business location within
the City during any business year; the following rules and
regulations apply to such business operation:
1. It shall be unlawful to permit the premises to remain
open between the hours of Midnight and 10 A.M. Within
Fifteen (15) minutes after the legal hour for closing, all
customers shall be off the premises.
2. No food or beverages of any kind shall be sold on the
premises.
3. It shall be unlawful to possess or consume alcoholic
beverages on the premises.
4. Children of school age (whether enrolled in school or
not) shall not be permitted on the premises during regular
school hours, including lunch times and recesses.
5. No persons under the age of sixteen years shall be
permitted on the premises at any time unless supervised
by an adult person at such business location.
6. No person who is subject to the curfew laws of the
State of Illinois or to the curfew ordinances of the City
of McHenry, shall be permitted to remain on the premises
later than 15 minutes prior to the time that such curfew
goes into effect.
No license may be issued under the provisions of this
Section unless the location at which such license is to be
used is first approved by formal action of the Mayor and
City Council. Any person or entity who obtains any license
under the provision of the Section thereby acknowledges
that the Mayor and City Council may, in their sole
discretion, repeal this Section in its entirety, and also
that the annual renewal of any such license shall not be
construed as a vested right, but shall be subject to the
sole discretion of the Mayor and City Council. No person
or entity obtaining any license hereunder may sell or
dispose of any such license.
SECTION 2. Any person, firm or corporation violating any
provision of this ordinance shall be fined not less than Ten Dollars
($10.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense
committed on each day during, or on which, a violation occurs or
continues.
SECTION 3. All ordinances, or parts thereof, in conflict
with the terms and provisions hereof, be and the same are hereby
repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be published in pamphlet
form by and under the authority of the corporate authorities of
the City of McHenry, Illinois.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, approval and publication in pamphlet
form, as provided by law.
PASSED this 16thday of November , 1981.
AYES: Nolan, Pepping, Datz, Harker, Wieser, Smith, Serritella
NAYS: Meurer
ABSTAINED: None
ABSENT: None
APPROVED this 16th day of November , 1981.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK