(a) Any person desiring to display for public patronage or keep for operation by the public any mechanical or electrically operated amusement device within the corporate limits of the City shall, prior to such operation, file with the Mayor or a designee thereof an application for a license on a form prescribed by the Mayor or a designee thereof, which application shall among other things, state:
(1) The name and residence address, age and birth date of the applicant;
(2) The location where the mechanical or electrically operated amusement device is to be displayed or operated and the business conducted therein;
(3) A description of the device to be covered by the license, its mechanical features, the name of the manufacturer and the serial number of the device;
(4) The name of the owner or owners of the premises where the device is to be displayed or operated and their residence address;
(5) The name of the owner or owners of the business conducted therein and their residence address;
(6) The name and residence address of the owner of the device if the owner is different from the applicant; and
(7) Whether or not the applicant or any person as defined in Section 731.01
has been convicted of a gambling offense, a drug abuse offense or crime of moral turpitude in the seven years preceding the date of application.
(b) Each person desiring to operate a gameroom or amusement arcade shall apply for a gameroom or amusement arcade license upon a form prescribed by the Mayor or a designee thereof which shall, in addition to the information required by subsection (a) hereof, provide such other information as required by the Mayor or a designee thereof. A gameroom or amusement arcade license shall be required in addition to and independent of, the license application for a mechanical or electrically operated amusement device.
(c) The Mayor or a designee thereof is authorized and empowered to establish, adopt and enforce or cause to be enforced, such rules and regulations governing the issuance and display of the license required under this chapter as he may deem reasonable and necessary and are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 81-65. Passed 6-29-81.)