(a) No exhibitor or owner shall operate or conduct a game room within the City for amusement purposes without first obtaining a license from the Zoning Department. Every exhibitor or owner shall make application in writing to the Zoning Department, which application shall set forth:
(1) The name under which the business is to be conducted;
(2) The location where the business is to be carried on;
(3) The name and address of any manager, adult supervisor or other employee;
(4) The name and address of the owner or owners of the coin-operated amusement devices; and
(5) The name, address and principal occupation of every person with an interest in the business. If the business is conducted by:
A. The sole proprietorship. The name, address, and principal occupation of that individual;
B. An unincorporation association. The name, addresses, and principal occupation of each officer;
C. A corporation. The names, addresses, and principal occupation of all officers.
(b) The person, unincorporated association, corporation or any other entity operating or conducting the business shall have a continuing duty to inform the Zoning Department as to changes in the information required in this section.
(c) As a prerequisite to the issuance of such license, an inspection shall be made of the premises by the City Zoning Inspector, the Fire Department, and the Public Health Department, and approval must be had from each of such agencies. Certificates of inspection from said agencies shall be furnished with the license application.
(d) If an application is not approved, the Zoning Department shall notify the applicant in writing, with reasons for rejection. However, if all requirements in this section are met by the applicant, the Zoning Department shall issue a license to the applicant within ten (10) days from the date of application.
(e) The Zoning Department shall not issue a license to any person, partnership, corporation or other entity if any of the persons with an interest in the business or if any of the employees of the business have been convicted of a violation of a federal or state statute or of any local ordinance pertaining to gambling or other crime of moral turpitude within five years preceding the application.
(f) No license shall be granted to a game room that will conduct its business at a location that is within 100 feet from the boundaries of a parcel of real estate having situated on it a school, public library, public playground or church.
(g) The applicant must furnish with the application, evidence of public liability insurance for bodily injury in the minimum amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) to three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) and for property damage in the minimum amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
(Ord. 7460-06. Passed 6-12-06.)