(A) No person, firm, or corporation shall own or lease any coin-operated video game machine within the corporate limits of the city, for operation, without having heretofore received a license as hereinabove provided in § 119.081, and without having paid an annual fee therefor in an amount of $250.
(B) For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
OWNERSHIP. Actual ownership of the coin-operated video game machine, or the derivation of any profit or compensation therefrom.
(C) Nothing in this section shall be construed as to require a license fee for any person, firm, or corporation which owns or operates a coin-operated video game machine within the confines of his, her, or its own business establishment.
(D) Any license fee under the terms of this section shall be paid in advance and shall be issued for not less than 1 year. All existing licenses shall be renewed as of January 1 of each calendar year for a period of 1 year; any license which was issued for the first time during the previous calendar year shall receive a credit on the annual fee equal to the prorated amount of the previous fee which has not been used. In no case shall any portion of a license fee be repaid to the licensee.
(E) Any violation of this section shall constitute a Class A misdemeanor.
(F) Any license herein issued by the city under this section or any section under this subchapter shall in no way be construed to be assignable or transferable, except for coin-operated devices that are replacements of machines already so located.
(1969 Code, § 4-137.2) (Ord. 1982-6, passed 5-10-1982; Am. Ord. 1991-24, passed 12-9-1991) Penalty, see § 10.99