§ 12-35 PENALTIES.

   The following penalties shall apply to any individual, partnership, club, association, company or corporation found to be in violation of the requirements set forth in this article:

   (a)   A finding of a violation of this article in the District Court may result in a fine not to exceed five hundred ($500.00) dollars and/or other penalty to be determined by the court.

   (b)   Upon a first determination of, or a single instance of, a violation or conviction as set forth in § 12-32 hereof, the City Council may choose to suspend the license granted under the provisions of this article for a period of time ranging from six (6) months to one (1) year.

   (c)   Upon a second determination of a violation or conviction, or upon a first determination of multiple violations or convictions as set forth in § 12-32 hereof, the City Council may choose to suspend the license granted under the provisions of this article for a period of time ranging from six (6) months to two (2) years, or the Council may choose to revoke the license.

(Ord. 599, passed 10-8-1945; Ord. 2831, passed 4-26-1982; Ord. 2936, passed 1-28-1985)

§ 12-36 USE OF MECHANICAL AMUSEMENT DEVICE WHICH CONTAINS PAYOFF DEVICE PROHIBITED.

   No operator shall install or permit the use of a mechanical amusement device which contains an automatic payoff device for the return of slugs, money, coins, checks, tokens, or merchandise which provides for such payoff by any other manner.

(Ord. 599, passed 10-8-1945; Ord. 1671, passed 5-7-1962; Ord. 2831, passed 4-26-1982)

§ 12-37 DESTRUCTION OF MACHINES USED IN VIOLATION.

   Any machine, apparatus, contrivance or device which shall have been made use of in violation of the terms of this ordinance may be seized and destroyed in compliance with the terms and provisions in the statutes of this State of Michigan relating to gaming devices.

(Ord. 599, passed 10-8-1945)

ARTICLE V. COIN-OPERATED LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING FACILITIES

§ 12-38 “PUBLIC COIN-OPERATED LAUNDRY OR DRY CLEANING OPERATION” DEFINED.

   PUBLIC COIN-OPERATED LAUNDRY or DRY CLEANING OPERATION. A public establishment or place of business conducted for the purpose of washing, cleaning, drying and laundering clothes and other washable materials and dry cleaning clothing and other materials in a customer-operated laundry and cleaning equipment.

(Ord. 1741, passed 9-30-1963)

§ 12-39 LICENSE — REQUIRED.

   No person, co-partnership, firm or corporation shall operate a public coin-operated facility as defined herein within the corporate limits of the City of Flint without first having obtained a license therefor from the City Clerk.

(Ord. 1741, passed 9-30-1963)

§ 12-40 SAME — APPLICATION.

   Any person, co-partnership, firm or corporation desiring to operate a public coin-operated facility as defined herein within the City of Flint, shall make application in writing for permission to do so, to the City Clerk of said City upon blanks to be provided by the City Clerk. The City Clerk shall require such applicant to state in writing upon such blanks:

   (a)   The applicant’s full name, residence, post office address, and whether such applicant is an individual, copartnership, firm or corporation and if such applicant shall be a copartnership, the names of the partners together with their addresses.

   (b)   The location or locations of applicant’s place or places of business and a statement as to the nature of the operation, i.e., whether it is coin-operated laundry machines or coin-operated dry cleaning machines, or both.

   (c)   An agreement that the applicant will permit the Director of Public Health, the Fire Department and the Building Inspector to inspect the establishment or establishments and everything in connection therewith at any time desired.

(Ord. 1741, passed 9-30-1963)