(A) Definition. The term COIN-OPERATED AMUSEMENT DEVICE means any mechanical instrument or device, played for amusement, including pinball, bowling, shuffleboard, billiard and pool tables, instruments or devices, which are played or controlled by the depositing of a coin or token, but the term does not include coin-operated musical devices nor video gaming terminals as authorized by the State of Illinois in accordance with the Video Gaming Act, ILCS Ch. 230, Act 40, §§ 1 et seq.
(B) License required. No person, firm or corporation shall keep or permit to be kept for gain or profit from operation within the city any coin-operated amusement device without first having obtained a license as herein provided.
(C) Application. Application for the license shall be made to the City Clerk, setting forth the name and address of the applicant, a description of the coin-operated amusement device to be licensed and a description of the premises where such device will be located.
(D) Issuance. No such license shall be issued to any person, firm or corporation, unless such person, firm or corporation is the owner or proprietor of the premises in which such coin-operated amusement device is to be installed.
(E) License fee. The annual fee for such license shall be $50 for each such device or instrument for the first five, and $25 for each such device or instrument in excess of five kept or installed in such licensed premises. The fee paid shall be reduced in proportion to the full calendar months which have expired in the year prior to the issuance of the license. Any licensee under this section holding valid, unexpired licenses, upon voluntary disposition of the business to which such licenses were issued, shall be entitled to a refund of an amount equal to 75% of the unexpired pro rata portion of the year for which the licenses were issued.
(F) Transfer of license. No license issued to any person, firm or corporation shall be transferable.
(G) Regulations. No licensee hereunder shall permit the operation of any coin-operated amusement device at any place or in any manner which will disturb the peace and quiet of persons outside the licensed premises. No licensee hereunder shall permit any person under the age of 15 years to play or operate any such coin-operated amusement device.
(Ord. passed 3-12-56; Am. Ord. passed 4-13-59; Am. Ord. 82-30, passed 11-8-82; Am. Ord. 99-19, passed 7-12-99; Am. Ord. 12-35, passed 7-16-12) Penalty, see § 10.99