(A) No person, firm, or corporation shall operate or maintain within the city any vending machine for the sale of any merchandise, nor sell or offer for sale after the effective date of this chapter, any such merchandise by means of a vending machine without first having obtained a license for each of the vending machines as hereinafter provided.
(B) Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to sell any merchandise by means of a vending machine shall make application for a license for that purpose to the City Clerk. Such application shall set forth the name and address of the applicant, the number of vending machines for which applicant desires licenses, the locations of the vending machines, and the merchandise being offered for sale by means of the vending machines. The City Clerk shall cause a license or license to be issued to such applicant upon the payment of the license fees hereinafter set forth, which license shall be valid for one year. Each annual license shall be issued from May 1 to April 30.
(C) The applicant shall pay a fee of $25 per vending machine. If, after the annual application, the person, firm, or corporation obtains a new vending machine, an additional fee shall be paid for such machine.
(D) The City Clerk shall issue to the applicant a license sticker for the operation of such vending machines which shall be posted in a conspicuous place upon each machine so licensed. No person, firm, or corporation shall alter or deface any license sticker issued by the City Clerk. The license sticker affixed to a vending machine is valid for the licensing year, provided, however, that the vending machine to which the license sticker is affixed is located in the jurisdiction of the city, and no shall be granted for a period of longer than one year.
(Ord. 06-08, passed 6-27-06) Penalty, see § 10.99