A. On or after the effective date of this Part, it shall be unlawful for any producer to continue to conduct, or thereafter to begin to conduct any form or amusement at any permanent or temporary or itinerant form of amusement within the City of Reading, unless an amusement permit or permits shall have been issued to said person as hereinafter prescribed and the tax herein imposed paid in accordance with the provisions herein made.
B. Application.
(1) Every producer desiring to continue to conduct or hereafter to begin to conduct any amusement within the City of Reading shall file an application for a permanent, temporary or itinerant amusement permit or permits, as the case may be, with the Tax Administration Office. Every application for such permit or permits shall be made upon a form prescribed, prepared and furnished by the Tax Administration Office, and shall set forth the following:
(a) The name under which the applicant conducts or intends to conduct an amusement.
(b) Whether the applicant conducts or intends to conduct a permanent or temporary or itinerant form of amusement.
(c) The location of amusement.
(d) In the case of temporary or itinerant amusement, a statement of consent of the lessee or owner of the location of said amusement.
(e) Such other information, including written evidence of consent by the owner or lessee, as the Tax Administration Office may require.
(2) If the applicant has or intends to have more than one place of amusement within the City of Reading, the application shall state the location of each place of amusement, and in the case of itinerant forms of amusement, the date and expected length of time such amusement is to be conducted at each place. In the case of temporary forms of amusement, the application shall state the name and address of the owner, lessee, custodian or other controller of the premises upon which such amusement is to be conducted. If the applicant is an association or corporation, the names and residential addresses of the principal officers thereof; together with any other information prescribed or required by the Tax Administration Office for purposes of identification and service of process, if necessary. The application shall be signed by the producer, if a natural person; in the case of any other type of entity, by an authorized member or officer thereof; and, in the case of a corporation, by an authorized officer thereof.
C. Every applicant, at the time of making such application, shall pay to the Tax Administration Office a permit fee for each temporary or annual permit, as provided in Chapter 212, Fees.
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D. Upon approval of the application and the payment of any permit fee or fees herein required, the Tax Administration Office shall grant and issue to each applicant an annual or temporary amusement permit for each place of amusement within the City of Reading as set forth in the application. Amusement permits shall not be assignable, shall be valid only for the persons, entities or organization in whose names the permits are issued and shall apply only to the conduct of amusements so specified in the application at the place or places so designated. An amusement permit shall be issued for each place of amusement activity and the same shall be prominently displayed at the place for which each is issued.
E. All permits for permanent places of amusement shall expire on the first day of January in the year next succeeding the date of issue, unless sooner suspended, surrendered or revoked for cause by action of City Council. Permits for temporary or itinerant places or forms of amusement shall expire at the time specified therein. The producer of any itinerant form of amusement shall notify the Tax Administration Office promptly of any change in the original itinerary relating to date, time, place or method of conduct of the itinerant form of amusement specified in the permit.
F. Permits issued for the permanent places of amusement, under the provisions of this Part, may be renewed annually before the January 1, upon application made to the Tax Administration Office, and the payment of a renewal fee as provided in Chapter 212, Fees. In the case of nonprofit or not-for-profit corporation organizations, the permit may be renewed annually before the January 1, upon application made to the Tax Administration Office, and the payment of renewal fee as provided in Chapter 212, Fees. Whenever any permit, issued under the provisions of this Part, is defaced, destroyed or lost, the Tax Administration Office may issue a duplicate permit to the holder of the defaced, destroyed or lost permit upon the payment of fee as provided in Chapter 212, Fees.
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G. The Tax Administration Office may suspend, or, after written notice to the permittee revoke an amusement permit if, in the judgment of the Tax Administration Office, the permit holder has failed to comply with the provisions of this Part. Upon suspending or revoking any amusement permit, the Tax Administration Office shall request the permittee to surrender all permits, including any duplicates thereof, and direct the permittee to discontinue and cease the amusement activity forthwith.
31. Editor's Note: Amended during codification (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Part 2).
32. Editor's Note: Amended during codification (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Part 2).