A. For every person, firm or corporation conducting, managing or carrying on the business of operating or maintaining tables, machines or devices for the playing or rendering of music, for the operation of which a charge is made or which is conducted for profit, other than sound trucks and other advertising mediums, the fee shall be established by resolution of the Mayor and Common Council.
B. If the person, firm or corporation mentioned in this section fails or neglects to pay the fee required in this section and secure a registration certificate for any of the machines or devices mentioned in this section, or if the certificate is not publicly displayed in a place on the premises open to the City business inspector, then the Chief of Police is authorized to seize and take into his or her possession any such machine and to hold it until such fee has been paid and a certificate duly issued therefor and properly displayed. The Chief of Police shall release any such machine upon payment to the City for such release the sum of twenty-five dollars per machine, which shall be in addition to the registration certificate fee.
(Ord. MC-817, 1-07-92; Ord. MC-744, 10-08-90)