(A) No person shall conduct any form of amusement at any permanent or temporary place of amusement or any itinerant form of amusement within the village without a license therefor, as hereinafter provided. Every person desiring to continue to conduct or as hereafter provided to begin to conduct any such amusement at any permanent or temporary place of amusement or any itinerant form of amusement 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 Clerk-Treasurer. Every application for a license or licenses shall be made upon a form prescribed, prepared, and furnished by the Clerk-Treasurer, 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 any other information as the Clerk-Treasurer may require. If the applicant has or intends to have more than one place of amusement within the municipality, the application shall state the location of each place of amusement and, in the case of itinerant form of amusement, the date and length of time the amusement is to be conducted at each place. In the case of the application for a license for a temporary place of amusement, the application shall state the name and address of the owner, or lessee, or custodian of the premises upon which the amusement is to be conducted, and any other information prescribed by the Clerk-Treasurer for the purpose 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 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 or her authority. At the time of making the application, the applicant shall pay to the Clerk-Treasurer a fee of $10 for each license.
(B) Upon approval of the application and the payment of any license fee or fees herein required, the Clerk-Treasurer shall grant and issue to each applicant (unless withheld for a cause) a permanent, temporary, or itinerant amusement license for each place of amusement within this municipality set forth in his or her application. An amusement license shall be valid only for a 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 issued during the period of ticket sale and conduct of amusement. All licenses for permanent places of amusement shall be for a period of 12 months following the date upon which they are issued, unless sooner surrendered by the licensee, or suspended or revoked for cause by the Clerk-Treasurer. 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 Clerk-Treasurer 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 upon application made to the Clerk-Treasurer and the payment of a renewal fee of $10.
(D) The Clerk-Treasurer may suspend or, after hearing, revoke an amusement license whenever he or she finds that the holder thereof has failed to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter or any rules or regulations of the Clerk-Treasurer prescribed, adopted, and promulgated under this chapter. Upon suspending or revoking any amusement license the Clerk-Treasurer shall require the holder thereof to surrender to him or her immediately all licenses or duplicates thereof issued to the holder, and the holder shall surrender promptly all the licenses to the Clerk-Treasurer as required. Whenever the Clerk-Treasurer suspends an amusement license, he or she shall notify the holder immediately and afford him or her a hearing, if no hearing has already been afforded and one is desired. After the hearing the Clerk-Treasurer shall either rescind his or her order of suspension or, upon good cause appearing therefor, shall 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 or permit the same to be used by any person who is not the owner of a license duly issued by the Clerk-Treasurer hereunder. Any owner, lessee, or custodian who leases to, or permits the premises to be used for these purposes by 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 the premises, and the taxes shall be a lien upon the premises.
(F) When an exemption from the payment of the admission tax is granted by the Clerk-Treasurer for a given amusement or series of amusements in accordance with the provisions of § 111.03, the exemption shall be considered as the equivalent of the license herein provided for. The exemption form, if executed on behalf of the Clerk-Treasurer, shall be displayed in the same manner as is provided for the license.
Penalty, see § 111.99