Operation of amusement locations; violations.
Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 831-5
in effectSec. 831-5. - Operation of amusement locations; violations.
(a) All amusement locations shall be kept in a clean, healthful and sanitary condition at all times and the license administrator shall have the power to determine if such room or rooms are kept in a clean, healthful and sanitary condition and for such purpose, when desired, have the assistance of any law enforcement agency or the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County. If the license administrator shall determine, by a law enforcement agency or the division of buildings of the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, that an unsanitary condition exists within an amusement location or on property immediately adjacent to the amusement location, which property is under the control of the amusement location owners or their lessee or lessor, the license administrator shall have the power to suspend the amusement location registration until such unsanitary condition is rectified.
(b) No registrant under this chapter shall permit persons to congregate in a disturbing manner within an amusement location or on parking areas or other property immediately adjacent to or normally used for purposes of parking for an amusement location, which property is under the control of the amusement location owner or owners or their lessee or lessor. A violation of this provision shall be sufficient grounds for the revocation of the amusement location registrations by the license administrator.
(c) No registrant under this chapter, or registrant's employee, shall violate any state statute or city ordinance, or allow any other person to commit such violation, within an amusement location or on parking areas or other property immediately adjacent to or normally used for purposes of parking for an amusement location, which property is under the control of the amusement location owner or owners or their lessee or lessor. A violation of this provision shall be sufficient grounds for the revocation of the amusement location registrations by the license administrator.
(d) All employees of a registrant under this chapter shall be eighteen (18) years of age or older.
(e) It shall be unlawful for a person to allow a minor under sixteen (16) years of age who is subject to the compulsory school attendance laws of the state and who is not accompanied by the minor's parent, guardian or custodian to be present in an amusement location between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on a day when such minor's school is in session.
(f) It shall be unlawful for a person to allow a minor to be present in an amusement location after the hours established by state statute or city ordinance for juvenile curfew unless such minor is accompanied by the minor's parent, guardian or custodian, or an adult specified by the minor's parent, guardian or custodian.
(g) It shall be unlawful for a person to operate an amusement location unless a sign is conspicuously posted inside the location that provides that no minor under sixteen (16) years of age may be present in an amusement location between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on a day when the minor's school is in session unless accompanied by the minor's parent, guardian or custodian, and that no minor may be present in an amusement location in violation of the curfew established by state statute or city ordinance.
(h) It shall be unlawful for a registrant, a registrant's agent, or an employee of an amusement location knowingly to allow a minor who is not accompanied by the minor's parent, guardian or custodian to operate in the amusement location an amusement machine that is harmful to minors.
(i) It shall be unlawful for a registrant to operate an amusement location unless each amusement machine that is harmful to minors in the amusement location displays a conspicuous sign indicating that the machine may not be operated by a minor under eighteen (18) years of age unless the minor is accompanied by his or her parent, guardian, or custodian. If amusement machines that are harmful to minors are displayed together in an area separate from amusement machines that are not harmful, a single conspicuous sign in that area or at the entrance to that area may be used to mark the group of machines for purposes of this subsection.
(j) It shall be unlawful for a registrant to make available to patrons any amusement machine that is harmful to minors within ten (10) feet of an amusement machine that is not harmful. It shall further be unlawful for a registrant not to separate amusement machines that are harmful to minors from other machines by some form of partition, divider, drape, barrier, panel, screen, or wall that completely obstructs the view of persons outside the partitioned area of the playing surface or display screen of the machines that are harmful to minors. It shall be unlawful for a registrant, registrant's agent, or employee of an amusement location to allow a minor who is not accompanied by his or her parent, guardian, or custodian into the partitioned area.
(k) It shall be unlawful for a registrant to make available to patrons any amusement machine that is harmful to minors if the registrant has been cited for three (3) or more violations of section 831-5(h), (i), (j), or (k) of this Code in any 12-month period in the preceding three (3) years.
(l) One or more violations of section 831-5(h), (i), (j), or (k) of this Code may serve as grounds for suspension or revocation of the amusement location's registration, pursuant to the authority vested in the license administrator and procedures prescribed in chapter 801 of this Code. Three (3) or more violations of section 831-5(h), (i), (j), or (k) of this Code, however, shall require revocation of the amusement location's registration, subject to the notice and hearing requirements of chapter 801. For the purposes of this subsection, no more than one (1) violation shall be deemed to have occurred on any one (1) day.
(G.O. 138, 1996, § 5; G.O. 183, 1997, § 12; G.O. 72, 2000, § 2; G.O. 63, 2009, § 110)
Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIVBUCORELI_CH831AMMALO_S831-5OPAMLOVIFetched: 10/27/2026