(a) No person, being the 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, issued by the Safety Director or his or her designee, in accordance with this chapter.
(b) Each owner of a game room or amusement arcade shall pay fifty dollars ($50.00) per year for an annual license for such game room or amusement arcade. In addition, such owner shall also pay an annual license fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each electrical or mechanical amusement device located in such game room or amusement arcade, which devices shall be individually registered by serial number.
(c) The licenses required by this section shall not be transferable to any other person.
(d) No license shall be issued until an application therefor is submitted to the Safety Director, or his or her designee, which application shall, among other things, state:
(1) The name, address, age, birth date and social security number of the applicant/owner;
(2) The location where the mechanical or electrical amusement device is to be displayed or operated and the business conducted therein;
(3) A description of the machine to be covered by the license, its mechanical or electrical features, the name of the manufacturer and the serial number of such machine;
(4) The name of the owner of the premises wherein the device is to be displayed or operated;
(5) The name of the owner of the business conducted therein; and
(6) Whether or not the applicant/owner of the machine has been convicted of a gambling offense or a drug offense in the ten-year period immediately preceding the date of the application.
(Ord. 75-81. Passed 12-28-81.)