(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in, carry on, maintain or conduct the business of operating a recreational parlor, pool room, billiard hall or bowling alley in the city, unless the person shall have first applied for and received a license to do so from the City Controller.
(B) Any person desiring to obtain a license to conduct, maintain, carry on or engage in the business of operating a recreational parlor, pool room or billiard hall shall make application therefor, in writing, to the City Controller. All application forms shall be prescribed and furnished by the City Controller and shall contain the following information.
(1) Name and description of the applicant;
(2) Address;
(3) A brief description of the nature of the business;
(4) If employed, the name and address of the employer, together with credentials establishing the exact relationship;
(5) A photograph of the applicant taken within 60 days immediately prior to the date of the filing of the application, which picture shall be 2 inches by 2 inches showing the head and shoulders of the applicant in a clear and distinguishing manner;
(6) The fingerprints of the applicant and the names of at least two reliable property owners of the county who will certify as to the applicant’s good character and business responsibility, or, in lieu of the names of references, any other available evidence as to the good character and business responsibility of the applicant as will enable an investigator to properly evaluate the character and business responsibility;
(7) A statement as to whether or not the applicant has been convicted of any crime, misdemeanor or of a violation of any municipal ordinance, the nature of the offense and the punishment or penalty assessed therefor;
(8) The street number of the building, structure or place in which the applicant intends to carry on, maintain or conduct or engage in these operations; and
(9) Any other information as the Licensing Committee hereinafter provided for, or the City Controller shall require.
(C) The application shall be signed by the applicant or its proper officers stating whether the applicant is a person, firm, partnership or corporation.
(D) The City Controller shall, upon the filing of an application for license, notify the members of the Licensing Committee before whom the applicant shall appear in person at the Committee’s next regular meeting, as provided in § 112.081.
(E) No application for a license under this section shall be considered until the applicant has become a bona- fide citizen of the United States and a resident of the state.
(F) Each application for a license under this section filed with the City Controller shall be accompanied by a fee of $10 for each billiard, pool or similar table, all of which shall be returned to the applicant in the event of rejection of his application, except $10, which shall be retained by the city in the general fund. In the event the license is granted, then the entire amount shall be retained by the city as a license fee for the license. A similar application shall be filed for each 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, § 112.050) (Ord. 7358, passed 4-8-1991; Am. Ord. 8742, passed 3-13-2006) Penalty, see § 112.999