(a) Required. Any person who displays any device described in Section 844.01(b) to be played or operated by the public at any place owned or leased by any such person shall, before he or she displays such device, file in the office of the City Clerk an application for a license for each such device, properly sworn to, setting forth his or her name and address, with a brief description of the device to be displayed and the premises where such device will be located, together with such other relevant data as the City Clerk may require. The application for a license shall be accompanied by the required license fee. Such license fee shall be paid to the City, and all moneys received under this chapter shall be paid into the General Corporate Fund of the City. The City Clerk shall supply and deliver to the qualified applicant a license and shall indicate the number of devices and the year for which such license is issued. The license shall be prominently displayed on a wall in the room where the devices are located. No City license shall be issued for any premises unless the applicant first furnishes satisfactory proof that all devices located at any time upon such premises have been licensed by the State under the provisions of 35 ILCS 510/2. Any City license for a device shall expire concurrently with the termination or revocation of the State license for that device.
(b) License Fee. There is hereby imposed on the privilege of displaying any device described in Section 844.01
(b) an annual fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each premises and an annual operator license fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the twelve-month period commencing July 1 of each year. The first device displayed at any premises shall be permitted without any additional annual fee. A ten dollar ($10.00) fee shall be paid annually for each additional device displayed at any premises.
All license fees imposed hereunder shall be due and payable on or before July 1 of each year. However, any license initially issued on or after January 1 of any year shall be issued upon payment of a one hundred dollar ($100.00) operator license fee, the fifty dollar ($50.00) premises fee and any applicable device fee.
Provided, the annual operator license fee and the annual premises fee shall be waived for any establishment which currently holds a valid Supplemental Video Gaming License issued pursuant to Chapter 806 hereof.
(c) Suspension or Revocation. The City Manager reserves the right to suspend or revoke any license granted under this section in the event that any fee is not promptly paid upon the due date at the City Clerk's office or in the event that any license is suspended or revoked by the State of Illinois.
(Ord. 96-60. Passed 9-3-96; Ord. 2001-48. Passed 11-5-01; Ord. 2005-14. Passed 4-18-05; Ord. 2017-56. Passed 7-17-17; Ord. 2018-12. Passed 3-5-18; Ord. 2019-16. Passed 4-1-19.)