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704.14 LICENSE FEES.
   (a)   Amusement Devices. The fee for each amusement device license shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) for the first machine and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each additional machine per year or any portion thereof.
   (b)   Accessory Amusement Areas. The fee for an accessory amusement area license shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per year, provided, however, that if such license is issued between November 1 and April 30, the license fee shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
   (c)   Arcade Amusement Centers. The fee for an arcade amusement center license shall be three hundred dollars ($300.00) per year, provided, however, that if such license is issued between November 1 and April 30, the license fee shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).
   (d)   Temporary Licenses. The fee for a conditional license or probationary license for an amusement device business shall be one-half of the regular license fee.
   (e)   Replacement License. The fee for a replacement license shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00).
   (f)   Filed With Application. License fees under this chapter shall be filed with the application for license.
   (g)   Return of Fee. In the event an application is denied under this chapter, one-half of the license fee therefor shall be returned to the applicant. In the event any license is suspended or revoked under this chapter, no portion of the license fee shall be returned to the owner.
(Ord. 88-84. Passed 3-7-88; Ord. 90-299. Passed 12-3-90.)
704.15 AMUSEMENT DEVICES PERMIT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN LIQUOR ESTABLISHMENTS.
   (a)   Businesses and/or premises licensed by the State Department of Liquor Control for on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages, wherein the annual gross revenues generated from the operation of amusement devices is no greater than twenty-five percent of the annual gross revenue for such business or premises, shall be required to obtain a permit for each coin-operated machine operated on the premises.
   (b)   Applications for such permits shall be made to the Building Inspector and shall be on forms prescribed and furnished by the City. Such applications shall include the name and address of the applicant, the place where such amusement device is to be installed, displayed, operated or maintained, the nature of the business conducted at that place, the total number of such amusement devices to be displayed, installed, operated or maintained, the description of each, including the serial numbers of each such device, and such other and further information as may be required by the City.
   (c)   Each applicant shall be charged with the duty of reporting any newly installed amusement device or any substitutions made during the permit period.
   (d)   The permit provided for in this section shall cover the period from May 1 through April 30 of the following year, unless otherwise earlier suspended or revoked.
   (e)   The fee for each amusement device permit provided for in this section shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year or any portion thereof.
(Ord. 88-84. Passed 3-7-88; Ord. 89-225. Passed 10-2-89; Ord. 90-299. Passed 12-3-90.)
704.16 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.
   No person shall be denied any license or the right to use a licensed amusement device under this chapter in the City because of race, color, creed, sex, religious beliefs or national origin.
(Ord. 88-84. Passed 3-7-88.)
704.99 PENALTY.
   Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree for the first offense and shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned not more than sixty days, or both; for a second or subsequent offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree and shall be fined not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ord. 88-84. Passed 3-7-88.)