A. License Required: No person, firm or corporation shall set up for operation, operate or distribute for the purpose of operation, within the corporate limits of the village, or shall keep or maintain, or permit to be kept and maintained, for play or operation, within any room in any shed, booth, building or enclosure, or any part thereof, occupied or tenanted by such person, firm, or corporation, within the corporate limits of the village, any coin operated amusement device without having a license in full force and effect to do so as provided in this section.
B. Application For License: Any person, firm or corporation desiring a license to operate, or exhibit for operation or play, a coin operated amusement device within the corporate limits of the village shall make application in writing therefor to the village clerk, which application shall contain the name or names and address or addresses of the applicant or applicants, the number of the devices and the type or types thereof for which the license is desired. The applicant or applicants shall deposit with the application, in cash, the license fee provided in subsection C of this section.
C. License Fee: The annual license fee for said coin operated amusement devices shall be in the amount of twenty five dollars ($25.00) for each device.
D. Issuance Or Denial Of License: If the application is in conformity with the provisions of this section and if it appears from such application that the device or devices for which said application is made are coin operated amusement devices, as defined in section 3-3-1 of this chapter, the village president shall grant such application, and thereupon, the village president and the village clerk shall issue to such applicant or applicants a license for the public operation of each of such devices, which license shall describe the coin operated amusement device for which, if is granted, shall contain the name of the licensee or licensees, and shall specify the expiration date of such license. In the event that no license or licenses are granted by the village president upon such application, the deposit of the license fee accompanying said application shall forthwith be returned to the applicant or applicants.
E. Display Of License: The license issued for each coin operated amusement device shall be, at all times, affixed to the device for which it was issued in a plainly visible and exposed place thereon, and failure of the licensee or keeper of such device to so affix and keep affixed such license, at any time, shall constitute a violation of this section.
F. Expiration Of License: All such licenses shall expire on December 31 next following the date of issuance thereof. No license other than an annual license shall be issued.
G. Revocation Of License: Any license pursuant to this section may be revoked by the village president for good cause. (2016 Code)