(a) On and after January 15, 1947, no person shall continue to conduct or thereafter begin to conduct any form of amusement at any permanent or temporary place of amusement or any itinerant form of amusement or maintain or operate a golf course, or collect greens fees in connection therewith, within this Municipality, without a license therefor, as hereinafter provided.
(b) Every person desiring to continue to conduct or hereafter to begin to conduct any amusement at any permanent or temporary place of amusement or any itinerant form of amusement, or to maintain or operate a golf course or charge or collect greens fees in connection therewith, within this Municipality, shall file an application for a permanent, temporary or itinerant form of amusement license or licenses, as the case may be, with the Director of Finance. Every application for such license or licenses shall be made upon a form prescribed, prepared and furnished by the Director, and shall set forth the name under which the applicant conducts or intends to conduct an amusement, whether the applicant conducts or intends to conduct a permanent or temporary form of amusement, the location of the permanent or temporary place of amusement, and such other information as the Director may require. If the applicant has or intends to have more than one place of amusement within this Municipality, the application shall state the location of each place of amusement and, in the case of an itinerant form of amusement, the date and length of time such amusement is to be conducted at each place. In the case of an application for a license for a temporary place of amusement the application shall state the name end address of the owner or lessee or custodian of the premises upon which such amusement is to be conducted and, if the applicant is an association or corporation, the names and addresses of the principal officers thereof and any other information prescribed by the Director for purposes of identification. The application shall be signed and verified by oath or affirmation by the person conducting the amusement if a natural person or, in the case of an association, by a member or partner thereof or, in the case of a corporation, by an executive officer thereof or some person specifically authorized by the corporation to sign the application, to which shall be attached the written evidence of his authority. At the time of making such application, the applicant shall pay to the Director a fee of one dollar ($1.00) for each license.
Upon arrival of the application and the payment of any license fee or fees herein required, the Manager shall grant and issue to each applicant (unless withheld for cause) a permanent, temporary or itinerant amusement license for each place of amusement within this Municipality set forth in his application. An amusement license shall be valid only for the person in whose name it is issued and for the conduct of amusements at the place designated therein; it shall not be assignable; it shall be conspicuously displayed at the place or places for which it is issued during the period of ticket sale and conduct of the amusement. All licenses for permanent places of amusement shall expire on December 31 next following the date upon which they are issued, unless sooner surrendered by the licensee or suspended or revoked for cause by the Manager. Licenses for temporary places of amusement or for forms of itinerant amusement shall expire at the time specified therein. The holder of an itinerant amusement license shall notify the Director promptly of any change in the original contemplated itinerary, either as to date or time of the conduct of the amusement at each place.
(c) Licenses issued for permanent places of amusement under the provisions of this chapter may be renewed annually before January 1 upon application made to the Director and the payment of a renewal fee of one dollar ($1.00).
(d) The Manager may suspend or, after hearing, revoke an amusement license whenever he finds that the holder thereof has failed to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter or any rules or regulations of the Director prescribed, adopted and promulgated under this chapter. Upon suspending or revoking any amusement license the Manager shall require the holder thereof to surrender to him immediately all licenses or duplicates thereof issued to him and the holder shall surrender promptly all such licenses to the Manager as required. Whenever the Manager suspends an amusement license, he shall notify the holder immediately and afford him a hearing, if no hearing has already been afforded and one is desired. After such hearing the Manager shall either rescind his order of suspension or, upon good cause appearing therefor, continue the suspension or revoke the license.
(e) No owner, lessee or custodian of the premises upon which an amusement is to be conducted shall lease to or permit the same to be used by any person who is not the owner of a license duly issued by the Manager hereunder. Any such owner, lessee or custodian who leases to or permits such premises to be used for such purpose, to a person who is not the owner of a license duly issued hereunder, shall be liable for the amount of taxes levied under the provisions of this chapter in connection with any amusement so conducted upon such premises, and such taxes shall be a lien upon such premises.
(f) The Director may allow to each holder of a temporary license a credit upon the amount of taxes levied hereunder, in connection with the amusement conducted by him as shown by his due tax return, in a sum not exceeding the amount of the fee paid to the Director by him for his license.
When an exemption from the payment of the admissions tax is granted by the Director for a given amusement or a series of amusements in accordance with the provisions of Section 705.03, such exemption shall be considered as the equivalent of the license herein provided for. The exemption form as executed by the Director shall be displayed in the same manner as is provided for the license. (Ord. 1947-13. Passed 9-1-47.)