A. No person, either as owner, lessee, manager, officer or agent, or in any other capacity, shall operate or permit to be operated any video gaming terminal, as defined herein, at any premises within the Village without first having obtained a video gaming license from the Village. The license provided for in this Article shall permit a licensee to operate video gaming terminals at the specified establishment.
B. No applicant, including any person, either as owner, lessee, manager, officer or agent, shall be eligible for a video gaming license from the Village, nor shall an existing license holder be entitled to maintain a video gaming license, unless each of the following requirements are met and continue to be met:
1. The applicant holds the appropriate certificate or license from the State of Illinois permitting video gaming and is in good standing with same;
2. The establishment must maintain customer seating outside of the gaming area but within the premises at a ratio of at least five seats for each permitted video gaming terminal;
3. The applicant is not in arrears in any tax, fee or bill due to the Village or State of Illinois;
4. The applicant has completed and complies with all the application requirements set forth in Section 4 of this Article and is not disqualified due to a felony, gambling offense, or crime of moral turpitude; and
5. The establishment is located outside of a residential zoning district.
C. The Village Council shall be the approving authority for all licenses. In the event a licensee or prospective licensee disagrees with any action taken by the Village Council, an appeal may be made directly to the Village Council at its next regularly scheduled meeting after written notice of the action from which an appeal is made. (Ord. 23-6, 3-21-2023)