(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, possess, operate or allow or permit to be operated, played, used or maintained, any amusement device in or on any premises or place, open or accessible to the public within the city, unless that person shall first have obtained a license for each and every amusement device as hereinafter provided.
(B) Any person desiring a license to keep, possess, operate or allow or permit to be operated, played, used or maintained, any amusement device as defined in § 112.030, in any public place, as aforesaid shall make application in writing therefor to the City Controller, stating in the application the following items.
(1) The full name, age and residence address of the applicant, and all names and addresses of persons associated with the applicant, such as partners, or officers if a corporation, and the name and address of the person who shall be in charge of the premises where the amusement device or devices shall be kept.
(2) The address where the amusement device or devices shall be kept, possessed, operated, played, used or maintained and the type of business conducted therein.
(3) Whether the applicant owns, leases, rents, has purchased on conditional sales contract, or has title which has a lien thereon or other encumbrance with regard to the amusement device, and if so, by whom.
(4) Whether the applicant is the owner, renter or lessee of the premises where the amusement device shall be kept, possessed, operated, used, played or maintained. If the applicant is not the owner, then the name and address of the owner shall be given.
(5) A complete description of the amusement device, including but not limited to the trade name, the name of the manufacturer, model number, serial number and any other identification number or feature or designation by which the amusement device may be readily identifiable.
(6) Whether or not the applicant or any other person who shall be connected or associated with the keeping, possessing, operating, maintaining or placing of the amusement device has ever been convicted for the violation of any gambling laws or any dangerous drug-related offenses.
(C) It shall be unlawful for anyone to knowingly withhold material information, or provide false information to the City Controller’s office in applying for a license.
(D) All applications made hereunder shall be verified under oath together with a fee of $50 per amusement device.
(1) Any application made for an existing device after January 31 of any year shall also be accompanied by a late fee equal to double the cost of the license fee for each device.
(2) Each late fee shall be assessed to the owner of the device.
(3) The late fee shall be paid within 30 days of notice to owner of device.
(4) If late fee is not paid within 30 days, the licenses of the owner for all devices in the city shall automatically be revoked.
(E) Each application for a license under this section filed with the City Controller shall be accompanied by a fee of $50 for each billiard, pool or similar table, all of which shall be returned to the applicant in the event of rejection of his or her application, except $25 which shall be retained by the city as a license fee for the license. A similar additional location for which the applicant seeks a license to do business, and the application for each location shall be considered and approved by the Licensing Committee, as provided in § 112.081.
(Prior Code, § 112.021) (Ord. 4159, passed 11-24-1975; Am. Ord. 4258, passed 9-27-1976; Am. Ord. 4677, passed 5-18-1981; Am. Ord. 7339, passed 12-10-1990; Am. Ord. 7358, passed 4-8-1991; Am. Ord. 8586, passed 8-24-2004) Penalty, see § 112.999