Sec. 6A-1. Definitions.
Sec. 6A-2. License required.
Sec. 6A-3. Reserved.
Sec. 6A-4. License application.
Sec. 6A-5. Fee.
Sec. 6A-6. License display, replacement, and transferability.
Sec. 6A-7. Refusal to issue or renew license.
Sec. 6A-8. License revocation.
Sec. 6A-9. Appeal from refusal to issue or renew license; from decision to revoke license.
Sec. 6A-10. Hours of operation.
Sec. 6A-11. Responsibility of licensee.
In this chapter:
(1) AMUSEMENT CENTER means a business establishment in which at least 25 percent of the public floor area is devoted to coin-operated amusement devices and their public use. If a billiard hall, as defined in Chapter 9A of this code, occupies a portion of a business establishment, the billiard hall floor area shall not be included in determining the total public floor area of the establishment.
(2) COIN-OPERATED AMUSEMENT DEVICE means a machine or device operated by electronic transfer of funds or by insertion of a coin, bill, token, card, or similar object, for the purpose of amusement or skill. This term does not include:
(A) musical devices;
(B) billiard tables;
(C) machines designed exclusively for children; or
(D) devices designed to train persons in athletic skills or golf, tennis, baseball, archery, or other similar sports.
(3) CHIEF OF POLICE means the chief of police of the city of Dallas or his designated agent.
(4) LICENSEE means a person licensed to operate an amusement center.
(5) OPERATOR means a person who manages or controls an amusement center.
(6) PERSON means an individual, assumed name entity, partnership, joint-venture, association, or other legal entity. (Ord. Nos. 14736; 14932; 31620)
(a) An applicant for a license shall file with the chief of police a written application on a form provided for that purpose, which shall be signed by the applicant, who shall be the owner of the amusement center. Should an applicant maintain an amusement center at more than one location, a separate application must be filed for each location. The following information is required in the application:
(1) name, address, and telephone number of the applicant, including the trade name by which applicant does business and the street address of the amusement center, and if incorporated, the name registered with the Secretary of State;
(2) name, address, and telephone number of the operator of the amusement center and proof that the operator is at least 18 years of age;
(3) whether the applicant, operator, and, if applicable, any corporate officer of the applicant has been convicted of a felony or within the preceding five years of an offense involving drugs, gambling, prostitution, obscenity, or unlawfully carrying a weapon;
(4) the previous occupation of the applicant, operator, and, if applicable, all corporate officers of the applicant within the preceding five years;
(5) whether a previous license of applicant, or, if applicable, corporate officer of applicant has been revoked within two years of filing of the application;
(6) number of coin-operated amusement devices in the center; and
(7) a statement that all the facts contained in the application are true.
(b) The chief of police may require additional information of an applicant or licensee to clarify items on the application.
(c) No applicant may maintain an amusement center in violation of the comprehensive zoning ordinance of the city. (Ord. Nos. 14736; 14932)
The annual fee for an amusement center license is $39 for each coin-operated amusement device located in the center. Amusement center licenses expire one year from the date of issuance. The fee for issuing a replacement license for one lost, destroyed, or mutilated is $2. The fee is payable to the city upon approval of the license by the chief of police. No refund of license fees will be made. (Ord. Nos. 14736; 18411; 29477; 29645; 30653; 32003)
(a) Each license issued pursuant to this article must be posted and kept in a conspicuous place in the amusement center and must state the number of coin- operated amusement devices for which the license was issued.
(b) A replacement license may be issued for one lost, destroyed, or mutilated, upon application on a form provided by the chief of police. A replacement license shall have the word “REPLACEMENT” stamped across its face and shall bear the same number as the one it replaces.
(c) An amusement center license is not assignable or transferable.
(d) A licensee shall notify the chief of police within 10 days of a change or partial change in the ownership or management of the amusement center, or a change of address or trade name. (Ord. 14736)
The chief of police shall refuse to approve issuance or renewal of an amusement center license for one or more of the following reasons:
(1) a false statement as to a material matter made in an application for a license;
(2) conviction of the applicant or an operator or corporate officer of the applicant of a felony or, within the preceding five years, of an offense involving drugs, gambling, prostitution, obscenity, or unlawfully carrying a weapon;
(3) revocation of a license, pursuant to this chapter, of the applicant or corporate officer of the applicant within two years preceding the filing of the application; or
(4) violation by the applicant or the applicant’s operator of the location requirements of Section 6A-3 of this chapter. (Ord. Nos. 14736; 14932; 20663)
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