§ 20-109. Video gaming terminals.
(a)
No licensee or his agents or employees shall permit any person upon the licensed premises to play any games or participate in any activities for money or other article of value or permit any person to bring on the premises any wheel, machine, video gaming terminal, board, dice, slot machine, punchboard, or other machine or device used for gambling, except video gaming terminals licensed under the Illinois Video Gaming Act (230 ILCS 40/1 et seq.).
(b)
No licensee or his agents or employees shall allow in or about the licensed premises the sale or purchase wherein any part of the article or thing received or to be received, either as to quantity or value, shall in any manner depend upon any chance or hazard, whether by means of checks, cards, envelopes, dice, punchboard or by any means whatever, except at those premises where the licensee obtains:
(1)
Applicable state license or permit to conduct or allow others to conduct the game commonly known as "Bingo"; or
(2)
Is a licensed establishment permitting it to do so under the Illinois Video Gaming Act (230 ILCS 40/1 et seq.).
(c)
Every clock, machine, slot machine, video gaming terminal, punchboard or other machine or device for the reception of money or chance or upon the action of which money is staked, hazarded, bet, won or lost is hereby declared a gambling device and the same shall be seized, confiscated and destroyed by the police of the village wherever found upon the licensed premises or place controlled by the licensee, except video gaming terminals licensed and registered under the Illinois Video Gaming Act (230 ILCS 40/1 et seq.).
(d)
Any individual, partnership or corporation intending to place a video gaming terminal in its establishment shall first file an application for a video gaming licensed establishment permit, which application shall include the following information:
(1)
The location for which the license is sought;
(2)
A copy of the written, signed lease or rental arrangement or other written authority for use of the equipment at the location;
(3)
The number of video gaming terminals to be on the location for which a permit is requested; and
(4)
Each application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of $100.00 per requested video gaming terminal. The application fee shall be payable to the village by certified check or money order.
(e)
All permits issued hereunder shall be issued by the village president and attested by the village clerk and no permit shall issue until the application therefor shall have been approved by the village president.
(f)
An annual fee of $25.00 for each video gaming terminal shall be paid in advance on or before May 1 of each year. Each permit shall expire on April 30 of each year. There shall be no proration of license fees.
(g)
Each licensee shall comply with all requirements of the Illinois Video Gaming Act, as amended from time to time.
(h)
Under no circumstances shall any person under the age of 21 years be permitted to use or play a video gaming terminal. Any licensee who:
(1)
Knowingly permits a person under the age of 21 years to use or play a video gaming terminal; or
(2)
Fails to fully comply with the provisions of the Illinois Video Gaming Act or this section;
shall have all permits of the licensee suspended, terminated or revoked and shall be subject to a fine as set forth in section 1-9.
(i)
All hearings to determine whether said permit shall be suspended, terminated or revoked shall be conducted by the village president. All appeals from any decision of the village president shall be limited to a review of the official record of the proceedings of the village president.
(Ord. No. 07-17-12, § 4(4-40), 7-17-2012)