(a) License Fees. The non-refundable annual license fee, payable to the Administrator or his designee at the time of initial or annual application, shall be $2,500.00 for each Entertainment Device Arcade location for each calendar year or any part thereof. The initial $2,500.00 fee shall be due at the time of the initial application and the subsequent annual fee shall be due on January 15th of each year.
(1) Additionally, a semi-annual non-refundable license fee of $250.00 for each entertainment device that will be located on the premises during the following semi-annual period shall be paid to the Zoning Department. The initial semi-annual license fee for each entertainment device shall be paid upon preliminary approval of the initial or annual application. The second semi-annual license fee shall then be paid six months later. The second semi-annual license fee shall be prorated to the remaining time in either the calendar year or the remaining time to June 30th, whichever date occurs first in time. The semi-annual license fees shall then be due for all subsequent payments on January 15th and then on July 15th. (For example, if the initial semiannual license fee was paid on April 1st, then the second payment would be due on October 1st for the 3 months remaining in the year. The next payment would then be a full payment that is due on January 15th. If the initial semi-annual license fee was paid on September 1st, then the second payment would be due on March 1st for the 4 months remaining till June 30th. The next payment would then be due on July 15th.)
(2) If a new or additional entertainment device is brought to the premises following the payment of the semi-annual license fee, then the owner and/or operator shall pay the semi-annual license fee on such device on a prorated basis for the balance of the semi-annual 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 Administrator or his designee shall be deposited in the General Fund.
(Ord. 2012-028. Passed 5-1-12.)