(A) It shall be unlawful to conduct or operate any amusement which is open to the public and for admission to which a fee is charged without having first obtained a license therefore, provided, that the provisions of this section shall not be held to apply to those amusements which are specifically licensed by any other ordinance of the city.
(B) (1) Applications for licenses shall be made to the Clerk and shall comply with the general provisions of the ordinances relating to the applications. For these licenses the following fees shall be paid:
Amusement | Fee |
Amusement | Fee |
Amusement parks, including the privilege and permission of operating and conducting therein shooting galleries, merry-go-rounds, dance floors, moving picture shows, skating rinks and vaudeville shows | |
For one year | $200 |
For six months | $100 |
For three months | $60 |
Billiards and pool halls | $20 |
Bowling alley | $20 |
Carnivals | |
Per week | $300 |
Coin operated mechanical amusement and music devices | |
Per year per device or any portion of a year | $30 |
Circus, menageries, wild west shows | |
For one day | $400 |
For each additional day | $200 |
Side shows and concessions | |
Per day | $10 |
Street parades of circuses, menageries and wild west shows | $150 |
Exhibitions of inanimate objects | |
Per day | $20 |
Medicine show | $50 |
Merry-go-rounds or other similar amusement device, operating as an independent unit, for each device | |
Per day | $30 |
Per week | $100 |
Motion pictures and theatricals | |
For each theater per year | $350 |
More than one theater under the same ownership and occupying the same building or location | $350 plus $150 for each additional theater |
Motion pictures and theatricals on unlicensed premises | |
Per day | $20 |
Penny arcades and museums | |
Per year | $400 |
For six months | $200 |
For one month | $100 |
For one week | $50 |
Public gatherings | |
Annual license - indoor venue only | $400 |
Quarterly license - outdoor venue (See restrictions in § 112.097(B) | $200 |
One month license - outdoor venue (See restrictions in § 112.097(b) | $150 |
Shooting galleries | |
Annual fee | $300 |
For one month | $150 |
For one week | $50 |
Skating rinks | |
For one year, for each rink | $200 |
For one month | $30 |
For one week | $10 |
Video gaming terminal (Fee shall be shared equally between terminal operator and licensed establishment) | $200 |
All activities sought to be licensed herein which are sponsored by local not for profit organizations shall be required to pay license fees, in lieu of the regular fees set out herein as follows: | |
Carnivals | |
Per week | $200 |
Circuses | |
Per day | $100 |
All others | |
For any period up to two weeks | $100 |
Other amusements not specifically licensed | $10 per day |
(2) Provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring a license for baseball games and baseball grounds or parks devoted exclusively to baseball purposes; and provided further that nothing herein contained shall be construed as allowing or permitting walkathons, dance marathons or other exhibitions and contests of similar character or any mental or physical endurance contest under an amusement park license.
(3) Provided further that no carnival or street fair shall be located or held in or upon any street, alley or public place in the city, but, if held at all, shall be held and located on private property, except by special permission of the City Council. No license for a carnival shall be general as to location, but each license shall specifically fix and designate the place where the carnival shall locate and where each street fair shall be held, and before any license shall be issued the proposed location shall be approved by the City Council.
(4) Failure to pay the Video Gaming Terminal Fee at the time of obtaining the City of Quincy Liquor License for the establishment shall result in a penalty in the amount of $10 per day for each day the fee is unpaid after obtaining the liquor license.
(1980 Code, § 16.102) (Ord. 9324, passed 12-26-2017; Ord. 9329, passed 3-19-2018; Ord. 9387, passed 9-3-2019; Ord. 9432, passed 11-29-2021) Penalty, see §
112.999