A. Compliance With City Code: No license shall be issued for amusement devices defined in section 3-3-2-1 of this chapter if the premises and primary license of the applicant do not fully comply with the requirements of the city codes and ordinances.
B. Application For License: Any person desiring a license shall make application therefor through the office of the city clerk. The application shall set forth the name and address of the applicant or, if a corporation, partnership or association, the names of the principal officers or partners; and registered agent and stockholders in the case of a corporation, and their addresses; name(s) and address(es) of the owner(s) of the machine(s).
C. Investigation: The application shall be referred to the police chief for investigation and verification of the facts stated therein. The chief of police shall determine whether the applicants, or if a partnership or corporation, any stockholder or member of the partnership or any employee or manager, has been convicted of a criminal offense in either the state or federal court. The police chief shall also determine whether the applicant, or if a corporation or partnership, any stockholder, member, employee or manager has employed coercive or illegal measures to promote the use of his machines or games. The police chief shall further determine whether the applicant or its principals, employees or managers are persons of good moral character.
D. Denial Of License, Appeal: If the police chief shall determine that the applicant, its stockholders, members, employees or managers, or any of them, have in fact been so convicted or have engaged in such coercive or illegal measures, or are not persons of good character and fitness, or are otherwise not entitled to such a license, that said license shall not be issued. The applicant shall have the right to appeal to the city council; provided however, that the appeal is made within thirty (30) days of the written denial of the mayor. The city council may, after such hearing, sustain the mayor or order that a license be issued.
E. Revocation Of License: If the mayor shall determine at any time that any licensee is not in fact eligible by reason of any facts which would have made him not eligible for the issuance of the original license, said license may be revoked by the mayor after written notice to the licensee, which notice shall specify the reason(s) for such action. The licensee shall then have ten (10) days in which to appeal to the city council. At such hearing, the licensee and his attorney may present and submit evidence of witnesses in his defense. The council may either affirm or overrule the mayor's revocation. Revocation shall be stayed while any appeal is pending.
F. License Nontransferable: A license shall not be transferable from person to person, nor place to place and shall be usable only at the place and by the licensee designated in the license.
G. Display Of License: Any license issued hereunder shall be conspicuously displayed on the premises of the licensee.
H. Stock Transfer: If five percent (5%) of a business licensed hereunder is transferred in any manner during a calendar year to another owner who is not listed as a stockholder on the last application for license, the license shall terminate unless the licensee, within thirty (30) days, submits an updated application for license which must comply with all provisions of this section.
I. Supplier Licenses Restricted: There will be no supplier's licenses issued at this time. (1970 Code §§8-2.12, 8-2.18, as amended)