(a) License Fees. The non-refundable annual license fee, payable to the Building Department at the time of initial or annual application, shall be five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for each entertainment device arcade location for each calendar year or any part thereof. The initial five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), fee shall be due at the time of the initial application and the subsequent annual fee shall be due on or before January 1st of each successive year.
(1) Additionally, a monthly non-refundable license fee of forty-five dollars ($45.00) for each entertainment device that will be located on the premises during the following monthly period shall be paid to the Building Department. The initial monthly license fee for each entertainment device shall be paid upon preliminary approval of the initial or annual application. The monthly license fees shall then be due for all subsequent payments on the 1st day of each month. (For example, if the initial monthly license fee was paid on April 1st, then the second payment would be due on May 1st for that month).
(2) If a new or additional entertainment device is brought to the premises following the payment of the monthly license fee, then the owner and/or operator shall pay the monthly license fee on such device on a prorated basis for the balance of the monthly license fee period prior to operation or use of any such device. For purposes of determining licensing fees, each device that is operable by one or more persons is a separate device.
(b) Non-transferability; Display. Licenses issued under this Chapter shall not be transferable to any other person, partnership, corporation, or other entity and the business may be conducted only at the location for which the license is issued. The license must be so placed as to be made conspicuously visible and shall list each entertainment device with serial number.
(c) Disposition of License Fees. License fees received by the Building Department shall be deposited in the General Fund. (Ord. 2017-034. Passed 4-25-17.)