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No person shall install or permit the use of any mechanical amusement device or cigarette vending machine without first obtaining an operator’s license as provided in this article and mechanical amusement device license(s) for the number of mechanical amusement devices to be so installed or used.
No person shall operate a penny arcade without first obtaining a license as provided in this article.
Each mechanical amusement device installed or used in the City of Flint shall be clearly marked with the name, address and telephone number of the owner of such mechanical amusement device.
(Ord. 599, passed 10-8-1945; Ord. 2831, passed 4-26-1982)
The owner who actually owns and operates any mechanical amusement or cigarette vending machine device in his own place of business shall not be required to take out an operator’s license, but shall be required to take out a machine license for each amusement or cigarette vending machine device used. However, such any owner who owns and operates any mechanical amusement or cigarette vending machine device in his own place of business, shall file an affidavit with the City Clerk setting forth that he is the actual, bona fide owner of the amusement or cigarette vending machine device and receives all the benefits from the operation thereof and that no other person has any actual or beneficial interest therein, either directly or indirectly.
(Ord. 599, passed 10-8-1945; Ord. 2831, passed 4-26-1982)
Any person desiring to obtain a license as an operator or to obtain licenses for mechanical amusement devices or to obtain a license to operate a penny arcade or cigarette vending machines shall first make application for such license to the City Council, in writing, which application shall be sworn to before the City Clerk or Deputy City Clerk and shall contain the following information:
(a) Name and address of applicant.
(b) The number of mechanical amusement devices or cigarette vending machines intended to be operated.
(c) If the applicant is an individual or a partnership, the names and addresses of all applicants and partners and a statement of any criminal convictions or pending criminal prosecutions of or against any such person.
(d) If the applicant is a club, association or corporation, the following data shall be given in addition to other requirements of this section.
(1) Type of organization.
(2) Names and address of the officers.
(3) The name and address of the person to be in charge of or manage the equipment for which the licenses covered by this article are required and a statement of any criminal conviction or pending prosecution of or against any such person.
(4) If the applicant is a nonprofit corporation, a detailed statement of its purpose and disposition of funds shall be given.
(e) There shall be attached to the application, sets of fingerprints in duplicate of all individual applicants and partners thereof and all persons who are managers or to be in charge of any equipment for which licenses covered by this article are required. If managers or persons in charge are set out above are changed during the license year, the requirements of this article shall be met before such duties are assumed by the new parties involved.
(f) The address of the location of the license(s). If said licenses are to be transferred from one location to another, in the City of Flint, the holder of the license shall notify the City Clerk, on forms provided by the City Clerk, of the old and new location of such license(s) and the approximate date of the transfer. In any event, notification shall be within forty-eight (48) hours after the transfer of said license(s). In the event that the City Clerk shall notify the holder of the license(s) that the proposed new location is on the “suspended” list, as indicated in § 12-35 hereof, the licensee shall remove the machine within forty-eight (48) hours.
(Ord. 599, passed 10-8-1945; Ord. 1039, passed 9-4-1952; Ord. 2831, passed 4-26-1982)
The applicant for an operator’s license shall deposit with the City Clerk at the time of filing an application, the license fee prescribed in Chapter 26 of this Code.
No license fee shall be charged for machines operated solely for the direct benefit of a charitable, benevolent, religious or eleemosynary organization.
(Ord. 599, passed 10-8-1945; Ord. 1838, passed 5-10-1965)
Upon filing the application as provided in this article, the same shall be referred to the Chief of Police and if, after investigation by the Chief of Police and the City Council’s determining that the applicant is of good moral character, and has not been convicted of any recent felony and/or any misdemeanor offense related to the person’s likelihood to serve the public in a fair, honest and open manner; and, that no such person is an officer, partner or owner of a company who may be applying, and if it appears that the applicant has complied with zoning requirements for the proposed location and requirements of this article, the City Council shall direct the City Clerk to issue a license of the type for which application was made.
(Ord. 599, passed 10-8-1945; Ord. 1039, passed 9-4-1952; Ord. 2831, passed 4-26-1982; Ord. 2936, passed 1-28-1985)
Every applicant for an operator’s license shall file an affidavit with the City Clerk prior to receiving such license, stating the number of machines intended to be operated, and stating further that if he desires to operate during the license year additional machines not covered by the license or licenses already applied for, he will apply for a license or licenses to cover the operation of the additional machines in the manner herein set-forth and pay the fee required to operate such additional machines; and, if the City Clerk issues a license to the applicant, he shall, upon the payment of the required fee, issue a license containing the name and address of the licensee, the number of machines intended to be operated and the serial numbers of the licenses issued to the licensee. The applicant shall at the same time apply for an individual license for each machine or device. It shall be the duty of the licensee to affix one license to each machine set in operation by the licensee. If the licensee desires to operate additional machines during the license year, the licensee shall apply for a license to cover the operation of the additional machines, in the manner above set forth and pay the fee required to operate any such additional machines and shall affix one license to each such additional machine set in operation by the licensee.
All licenses shall expire on April 30 of each year, unless sooner revoked by the City Council.
(Ord. 599, passed 10-8-1945)
It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to maintain records related to this article, including records of licenses granted, transfers of license(s) from one location to another, and records of enforcement action taken under this article. The City Clerk shall supply the appropriate forms to provide a convenient system of notification of a transfer of a license to a different location, and shall maintain a list of any suspensions made pursuant to this article.
The City Clerk or his employee(s) shall be authorized to issue appearance tickets for violation of this article, although such authorization shall not diminish the authority of other law enforcement personnel to issue same.
(Ord. 599, passed 10-8-1945; Ord. 2831, passed 4-26-1982)
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