(a) Any person applying for a license to operate a game room shall, before the issuance thereof, pay to the City of Heath an annual base fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each separately located establishment or place of business of the applicant. In addition to the annual base fee, for each mechanical or electrical amusement device, the licensee shall pay an additional seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50). When such a license is issued between December 1 and December 31 of any year, the license shall not expire until December 31 of the following year.
(b) Any person applying for a license to operate an electronic gaming parlor in the City mnst be licensed by the Ohio Casino Control Commission and be in compliance with all state regulations. Upon a showing of compliance with state regulations and before the issuance of a City license, the person shall pay to the City of Heath an annual base fee as set forth herein for each separately located electronic gaming parlor:
(1) More than zero but less than eleven electronic games of skill: $500.00
(2) More than ten but less than twenty-five electronic games of skill: $750.00.
(3) Twenty-five or more electronic games of skill: $1,000.00.
(c) In addition to the annual base fee, for each electronic game of skill, the licensee of a non-exempt electronic gaming parlor shall pay an additional $250.00. When such a license is issued between December l and 31 of any year, the license shall not expire until December 31 of the following year. (Ord. 19-2023. Passed 3-6-23.)