(A) The City Council hereby determines that the business of operating game devices and arcades has such an effect upon the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the city as to require the licensing and regulation thereof.
(B) No person shall establish or operate an arcade in the city unless the license required by this section has been issued and is conspicuously displayed at all times on the premises and unless a valid registration seal required by this section is conspicuously attached to each game device.
(C) Application for an arcade license shall be made to the City Clerk upon forms provided by the Clerk which shall include the following information:
(1) The name, address and telephone number of the applicant. If the applicant is a corporation, partnership or other organization, then the names, addresses and telephone numbers of the officers and the owners of more than 10% interest therein shall be given; and
(2) Whether any person named, or required to be named, on the application has ever been convicted of a crime and, if so, the nature of the offense.
(D) Upon receipt of the completed application and the license fee, the Clerk shall cause an inspection of the premises to be made by the City Building Official to ensure that it conforms to all applicable city codes and the standards herein set forth.
(E) No license shall be issued to any applicant when a person named, or required to be named, on the application is under the age of 18 years of age or has been convicted of an offense involving gambling, controlled substances, criminal sexual conduct involving a minor, accosting or soliciting or contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
(F) Upon receipt of a satisfactory report from the Building Official and upon the determination that the applicant is eligible for a license, the Clerk shall issue the license which shall expire on the following December 31, regardless of the date the license was issued.
(G) Licenses shall be renewed on December 31 of each year upon payment of the annual license fee.
(H) Each applicant for a license shall file with the City Clerk a public liability and property damage insurance policy in the amount of $100,000 for injury to, or death of, any one person and in the amount of $300,000 for injury to, or death of, more than one person and in the amount of $50,000 for damages to property. Such insurance shall be written by an insurance carrier duly licensed to conduct business in the state and shall be kept and maintained in continuous force and effect as long as the applicant shall be licensed under this section. Such policy shall contain an endorsement that any cancellation shall not take effect until ten days notice in writing has been given to the City Clerk.
(1979 Code, § 7.24) (Ord. 81, passed 5-4-1982)