(a) No owner of a game room or amusement arcade shall display for public patronage, or keep for operation by the public, any mechanical or electrical amusement device without first obtaining a license therefor from the Village Administrator, in accordance with this chapter.
(b) Each owner of a game room or amusement arcade shall pay $25 per year for an annual license for such game room or amusement arcade. In addition, such owner shall pay an annual license fee of $10 for each electrical or mechanical amusement device located in such game room or amusement arcade.
(c) The licenses required in this section are not transferable from the licensee to any other person.
(d) No license shall be issued until an application is submitted to the Village Administrator, which application shall, among other things, state the following:
(1) The name, address, age and birth date of the applicant;
(2) The location where the mechanical or electrical amusement devices are to be displayed or operated, and the business conducted therein;
(3) The name of the owner of the premises where the devices are to be displayed or operated;
(4) The name of the owner of the business conducted therein;
(5) The name of the owner of the machines, if the person is different from the applicant; and
(6) Whether or not the applicant or the owner of the machines has been convicted of a gambling offense or a drug offense in the ten years immediately preceding the date of application.
(`80 Code, § 824.02) (Ord. 1588, passed 10-18-82)