§ 8-127. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Amusement arcade means any premises or arcade operated by any organization, whether incorporated or not, which is the owner, lessee, or occupant of a building whose primary purpose or object of its existence or operation is that of providing amusement devices to the public at retail, and/or any premises operated by any organization, whether incorporated or not, which is the owner, lessee, or occupant of a building, the majority of whose gross receipts are derived from the providing of amusement devices to the public at retail.

Amusement device.

(1)

The term "amusement device" means any table, platform, mechanical device, or apparatus operated or intended to be operated for amusement, pleasure, test of skill, competition, or sport, the use or operation of which is conditioned upon payment of a consideration either by insertion of coin or token in a slot or otherwise. The term "amusement device" includes, but not be limited to, devices commonly known as baseball, football, basketball, hockey, pinball, shuffleboard, ray guns, bowling games, bumper games, skiball, electronic video games, and shall also include billiard tables and pool tables (whether coin operated or not).

(2)

The term "amusement device" does not include a bowling alley, juke box or other coin-operated music machines or a mechanical children's amusement riding device.

(Code 1984, § 7-5-1)