Section 20-214. License requirements

a. Generally.
    (1)  The  application  shall  be  made on a form to be provided by the
  commissioner and shall include  such  information  as  the  commissioner
  shall deem pertinent.
    (2)  Every  amusement  device  owner,  gaming  cafe owner or amusement
  arcade owner must submit to the department either a valid certificate of
  occupancy or an equivalent document duly issued  by  the  department  of
  buildings  stating  that  the  premises  in which such amusement device,
  gaming cafe or amusement arcade is to be located is situated in an  area
  which  is zoned to permit such use or a valid, current permit or special
  permit has been granted by the appropriate city agency  permitting  such
  use at the given location. If such permit or special permit shall expire
  or  be terminated for any reason during the pendency of any license, the
  licensee shall present to the department a new permit or special  permit
  authorizing  such continued use of the premises for an amusement device,
  gaming cafe or amusement arcade. If such new permit or special permit is
  not presented within ten days of the expiration of the prior  permit  or
  special  permit, such amusement device license, gaming cafe or amusement
  arcade  license  shall  be  terminated  automatically  and  without  any
  requirement of notice or hearing by the department.
    (3)  Within fifteen days of receipt of a new application for a license
  to operate an amusement device, gaming cafe or an amusement arcade,  the
  commissioner  shall  give notice of such new application to the affected
  community board and the council member for that district.  The  affected
  community board shall have fifteen days from receipt of the notification
  to comment on such application to the department.
    (4)  The  commissioner  shall  promptly  notify the affected community
  board and the council member for that district of the final  disposition
  of  any license application that was subject to comment by the community
  board under paragraph three of this subdivision.
    b. Amusement Devices.
    (1) In order to apply for an amusement device license,  the  amusement
  device  owner  must present to the department a completed application at
  least thirty days before the amusement device is to be operated.
    (2) Every amusement device owner must submit with his or  her  license
  application  for  an amusement device proof that he or she has purchased
  insurance or posted cash or other security in an  amount  not  less  one
  million  dollars  ($1,000,000) per occurrence or a bond in an amount not
  less than two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) in  the
  aggregate against liability for injury to persons arising out of the use
  of   the   amusement  device.  In  addition,  the  application  must  be
  accompanied by the certificates of insurance for  workers'  compensation
  and disability coverage.
    (3)  Every amusement device owner must submit proof that an inspection
  of the amusement device was made by the  department  of  buildings,  and
  that  such amusement device passed an elevator and/or electrical control
  inspection prior to the issuance or renewal of a license.
    (4) Every portable amusement device shall be equipped with a  stairway
  on  either or both sides thereof so that the stairway in use at any time
  for access to or egress from such portable amusement device shall at all
  times be within a reasonable distance from the sidewalk,  such  distance
  to  be determined at the discretion of the commissioner. The operator of
  such portable amusement device shall not at any time permit  any  person
  to  be  admitted to the portable amusement device or to depart therefrom
  except by the stairway.
    c. Amusement Arcades and Gaming Cafes.
    (1) The commissioner, at the time an amusement arcade or  gaming  cafe
  license  application is made, may prescribe conditions for the operation

  of such amusement arcade or gaming cafe in  order  to  minimize  adverse
  effects  on  the  surrounding  area,  including,  but  not  limited  to,
  prescribing  hours  of  operation  and  requirements  for  security  and
  supervision.  After a license is granted, the commissioner may prescribe
  such conditions from time to time upon  notice  and  opportunity  to  be
  heard.
    (2)  Each player-operated amusement device located within an amusement
  arcade or gaming cafe  shall  display  a  sign  or  signs,  located  and
  designed so as to be discernible by all players and prospective players,
  setting forth the rules of play, including the price of each game.
    (3)  Where  the amusement arcade or gaming cafe owner or the amusement
  operator in the amusement arcade or gaming cafe  offers  free  games  or
  prizes,  signs  shall  be required to set out with clarity the number of
  wins or the score required to obtain a free  game  or  prize;  provided,
  however,  that  no  amusement  arcade  or gaming cafe owner or amusement
  operator in the amusement arcade or gaming cafe shall offer money prizes
  or awards or such other prizes or awards which are redeemable or may  be
  redeemed  in  money  at the amusement arcade or gaming cafe or any other
  establishment, or which may be used as a credit or  allowance  or  which
  may be exchanged for any money, credit or allowance.
    (4)  No amusement arcade or gaming cafe owner or operator shall permit
  persons under the age of eighteen, unless  such  persons  are  otherwise
  exempt  under  New  York  State  Education Law, to enter or remain in an
  amusement arcade or gaming cafe between the hours of nine  a.m.  through
  three  p.m.  on  weekdays during the regularly scheduled school year for
  public schools. Such owners shall prominently  display  a  sign  stating
  that,  unless  exempt  by  New  York  State Education Law, persons under
  eighteen years of age are not to enter or remain on the premises at such
  times and that the truancy laws  of  the  state  of  New  York  will  be
  enforced.
    d.  Placement  and  Operation.  No amusement device or player-operated
  amusement device or group of amusement  devices  and/or  player-operated
  amusement  devices  shall  be  placed or operated in such a manner as to
  obstruct, or cause by the congregating of persons, an obstruction to, or
  interfere with, any public corridor or passageway, or  to  obstruct  the
  entrance or exit to any premises. No amusement device or player-operated
  amusement  device  or  group of amusement devices and/or player-operated
  amusement devices shall be placed on a public sidewalk in  front  of  or
  adjacent to an amusement arcade or gaming cafe.