West Caldwell City Zoning Code
§ 20-17.8
Game Rooms Automatic Amusement Devices.
[Ord. No. 890 § 20-17.8]
a.
Game room shall mean a building or structure in which is located three or more automatic amusement devices. The term "game room" shall also include the term "arcade" and such other terms as shall have similar meanings.
1.
Automatic amusement device shall mean any machine which upon the insertion of a coin, slug, token plate or disc, may be operated by the public generally for use as a game, entertainment, or amusement, whether or not registering a score, including, but not limited to such devices as marble machines, pinball machines, skill ball, mechanical grab machines, and all games, operations or transactions similar thereto under whatever name they may be indicated.
2.
Automatic amusement device shall include video type games or machines, or similar devices that use a display screen for points, lines and dots of light that can be manipulated to simulate games or other types of entertainments. It shall not include nor shall this subsection apply to devices exclusively devoted to the playing of music.
b.
No game room shall be located on any lot within 500 feet from the nearest property line of any lot upon which is located a school, playground, park, house of worship, hospital, public library or other game room.
c.
No game room shall be located in any nonconforming building or structure nor on any nonconforming lot.
d.
A minimum width of two feet shall be provided per machine where the machine is designed for use by one player, and 3 1/2 feet per machine where the machine is designed for use by two players. The depth of the space in front of the machine shall be at least five feet, and there shall be a minimum aisle width beyond this five feet of an additional three feet. Fire Underwriters' Code requirements shall also be complied with.