(a) The Director of Public Safety or the Commissioner of Building and Housing, as appropriate, shall determine that the following prerequisites to the issuance of a license have been established:
(1) The applicant has not been convicted within the previous five (5) years of a felony, a misdemeanor involving minors, a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or a crime of violence;
(2) A license properly issued to the applicant has not been revoked or forfeited within the previous five (5) years; and
(3) The location, structure, placement, wiring and connections of the amusement devices covered by the application are suitable under the requirements of the Building Code, the Zoning Code and this chapter, and all required inspection fees have been paid to the City. No extension cords shall be used for such devices.
(b) The Director of Public Safety and the Commissioner of Building and Housing shall endorse on each application their approval or disapproval with reasons for any disapproval and return the same to the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses within ten (10) working days of receiving notice of the application. Upon approval by the Director of Public Safety and the Commissioner of Building and Housing and upon the payment of the license fee, the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses shall issue to the applicant one (1) license for each location set forth in the application. Each license shall indicate the number of amusement devices thereof which are permitted at that location.
(c) Each license issued pursuant to this section shall be issued for a period of two (2) years or such lesser period of time as results in the expiration of all licenses on the 30th day of June in odd numbered years.
(Ord. No. 1104-94. Passed 6-13-94, eff. 6-22-94)
Note: Notwithstanding any other provision of this ordinance or Chapter 692A of the Codified Ordinances, any license to exhibit coin operated amusement devices issued by the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses between January 1, 1995 and June 30, 1995, inclusive, shall be issued with an expiration date of June 30, 1997. The fee in any such case shall be the same fee as specified in Section 692A.04 of the Codified Ordinances, as enacted by Section 1 of this ordinance.