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739.03 APPLICATION FOR LICENSE.
   Application for a license to display a mechanical amusement device must be made to the Mayor upon such forms as shall be prepared by the Mayor. Such application must be made by the owner or proprietor of the business or place at which such mechanical amusement device is to be displayed.
   The application shall state the name of the owner of such place of business, the address of the place for which the license is applied, the residence address of owner, the serial number and name of the manufacturer of the mechanical amusement device, the owner of such device, the name and address of distributor or vendor of such mechanical device, the nature of the business in conjunction with which such mechanical amusement device is to be displayed and such other and further information as may be required by the Mayor.
(Ord. 8040. Passed 12-12-60.)
739.04 ISSUANCE OF LICENSE; FEE.
   Upon the approval of such application and upon the payment of the annual license fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) per mechanical device, a license to display said mechanical amusement device(s) shall be issued to the applicant. Said annual license fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be required for each and every mechanical amusement device. All mechanical amusement devices shall be listed by name and serial number on one license application issued by the Office of the Mayor. Such license fee shall be for the fiscal year beginning January 1, of the calendar year or for any unexpired portion of any such fiscal year.
(Ord. 223-96. Passed 12-16-96.)
739.05 DISTRIBUTOR'S LICENSE; FEE.
   No person shall distribute mechanical amusement devices in the City by lease, conditional sale or any financial conditional method, a distributor also being known as an operator, without first having obtained a distributor's license therefor from the Mayor upon the payment of the annual license fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00). The license fee shall be for the fiscal year beginning January 1 of the calendar year or for any unexpired portion of any such fiscal year.
   Nothing in this section shall be intended to prohibit any person or the owner of a place of business to purchase such mechanical amusement device outright from any source, provided compliance is made for the annual license as hereinbefore set forth and upon presentation of a bill of sale therefor.
(Ord. 8040. Passed 12-12-60.)
739.06 TRANSFER; LOCATION.
   (a)   A license shall be required to be posted at or upon the premises for which said license is issued. A license issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not be transferred from one person to another person, but such license may be transferred by the licensee therein named from the place specified in such license to another place owned by such licensee, in the event the licensee has moved his/her business, including all mechanical amusement devices listed on such license, from the address specified in the license to a new place of business.
   (b)   The licensee shall be required to notify the Office of the Mayor when a mechanical amusement device listed on such license is being replaced with another mechanical amusement device during the calendar year with no additional fee for such transfer. The annual fee will be required with any additional mechanical amusement devices being displayed on the premises during the calendar year.
   (c)   No license shall be issued for the display of a mechanical amusement device at a place which is within 1,000 feet from any premises occupied by any school building. It shall be the duty of the licensee to conspicuously display the license issued hereunder.
(Ord. 223-96. Passed 12-16-96.)
739.07 PRIZES OR AWARDS PROHIBITED.
   No person by himself, by another person or otherwise, directly or indirectly, shall give any prize, award, merchandise, gift or anything in value to any player or any operator of any mechanical amusement device, or to any contestant for a high score on any such device.
(Ord. 8040. Passed 12-12-60.)
739.08 NEW OR MODIFIED MACHINES.
   Any new type or modification of a mechanical amusement device not presently licensed or operating in the City shall first be presented by the person for inspection to the Chief of Police and Solicitor, who thereafter shall submit their recommendations to the members of Council for their consideration and approval for licensing of such new or modified mechanical amusement device pursuant to this chapter.
(Ord. 8040. Passed 12-12-60.)
739.99 PENALTY.
   Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00). Each day during which such violation shall continue shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. In addition to the aforesaid penalty, the Mayor is authorized to revoke the license held by any person who shall have been convicted for a violation of this chapter.
(Ord. 223-96. Passed 12-16-96.)