(a) No person, firm, partnership or corporation shall own, operate or permit operation of an arcade/amusement center or premises owned, leased or operated by him or engage in the business of operating an arcade/amusement center in the City unless an annual arcade/amusement center license has been obtained. The annual fee for this license shall be twenty dollars ($20.00).
(b) The arcade/amusement center license shall be obtained on application to the Mayor and the payment of an annual license fee for each arcade/amusement center and shall be for a full calendar year from January 1 through December 31 or portion of that year in the case of the initial application.
(c) The application for an arcade/amusement center license shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant in the case of a sole proprietor, if a partnership, by all partners and if a corporation, by a corporate officer in his official capacity. The information required in the application form shall be furnished to each person required to sign the application. Each application shall be accompanied by the required license fee and shall contain the following information:
(1) The applicant's full name, date of birth and social security number;
(2) The applicant's residence address;
(3) The applicant's business address;
(4) The address of the proposed arcade/amusement center;
(5) A list of similar arcade/amusement centers presently being operated by the applicant complete with locations;
(6) Information concerning the revocation or refusal of the issuance of any arcade/amusement center licenses by any other governmental entities;
(7) A copy of any appropriate certificate of zoning compliance or variance required and/or issued by the zoning inspector must accompany the application.
(d) The Mayor may refuse the issuance of a license for an arcade/amusement center for falsification of information on the application; for noncompliance with Municipal zoning laws; or because of a proven record of failure to operate other like arcade/amusement centers in compliance with acceptable community standards.
(Ord. 35-82. Passed 11-22-82.)