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541.03 USE BY MINORS REGULATED.
   No licensee shall permit any school age minor to play or operate any mechanical amusement device during those hours of the day when the elementary and secondary schools are open and in session during the regular school year. No licensee shall permit any minor under the age of sixteen years to play, use, or operate any mechanical amusement device between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. the following morning; nor shall any licensee permit any minor sixteen years or over, but under the age of eighteen to play, use, or operate any mechanical amusement device between the hours of Midnight and 5:00 a.m. the following morning unless such minor is accompanied by a parent or guardian.
(Ord. 1982-83. Passed 7-12-82.)
541.04 GAIN OR GAMBLING PROHIBITED.
   No licensee shall allow any person to play or operate any mechanical amusement device used for play, except for amusement only, and in no event where any gain, betting or wagering can be or is carried on in connection with the play or operation of such machine or device.
(Ord. 1982-83. Passed 7-12-82.)
541.05 APPLICATION INFORMATION.
   Every person desiring to display, maintain or permit to be played a mechanical amusement device as a game, must make application to the Mayor for a license therefor. Such application must be made in writing, signed by the applicant, and give the name and address of the applicant, the type of mechanical amusement device to be displayed, maintained or permitted to be played, and the location where it will be maintained, and such other information as may be required by rules and regulations established by the Mayor in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter.
(Ord. 1982-83. Passed 7-12-82.)
541.06 LICENSE FEE; EXPIRATION AND PRORATION.
   Every person to whom a license is granted shall pay an annual fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per year for each and every machine displayed, maintained or permitted to be played. The license shall expire on June 30 of each year. The fee shall be prorated if application for a permit is made less than a year prior to the expiration date, and the full rate for each quarter shall be charged for any part of a quarter that remains after application is made.
(Ord. 1956-4. Passed 2-20-56.)
541.07 TRANSFERABILITY.
   No transfer of a license, either as to person or place, shall be permitted, except with the written consent of the Mayor, which consent shall be endorsed upon the license.
(Ord. 1956-4. Passed 2-20-56.)
541.08 LICENSE TO BE POSTED.
   Every licensee shall keep his license conspicuously posted in the room where the mechanical amusement devices are displayed.
(Ord. 1982-83. Passed 7-12-82.)
541.09 LICENSE REVOCATION AND REISSUANCE.
   Should any license be revoked under Section 541.99, no license may be granted within the next succeeding four quarters to the same person.
(Ord. 1956-4. Passed 2-20-56.)
541.10 RULES AND REGULATIONS.
   The Mayor may establish and publish rules and regulations for the operation and conduct of mechanical amusement devices consistent with and in furtherance of the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 1982-83. Passed 7-12-82.)
541.99 PENALTY.
   (a)   Any person violating Section 541.02 is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for the first offense; for a second or subsequent offense is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
 
   (b)   Any person violating Section 541.03 is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for the first offense; for a second or subsequent offense is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree and in addition his license shall be revoked.
 
   (c)   Any person violating any provision of this chapter where another penalty is not otherwise provided is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for each offense.
(Ord. 1982-83. Passed 7-12-82.)