(A) It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, owning, operating, managing or controlling or having the possession of any bowling alley or alleys within the corporate limits of the city, to permit any person or persons to play at any game of tenpins or other game upon his, her or their bowling alley or alleys for hire or for any fee, reward or recompense whatsoever, without first having obtained a license so to do, as hereinafter provided.
(B) The City Council may, in its discretion, grant a license to any person or persons to keep a bowling room in the city and to operate a bowling alley or alleys therein, upon the person or persons so licensed paying into the city treasury, in advance, for such license the sum of $15 per annum for each bowling alley and $10 per annum in addition thereto for each additional bowling alley operated, conducted or used under such license.
(1974 Code, § 3-2-1)