(a) Any person desiring a license to establish and operate a mechanical amusement device arcade shall comply, in all applicable respects, to all ordinances relating to mechanical amusement devices and video games, and shall make an application for such a license upon forms established by the City Clerk.
(b) In addition, the prospective licensee shall submit a sworn affidavit stating that he or she desires to operate a mechanical amusement device arcade, the proposed location of the arcade and the number of mechanical amusement devices and/or video games which will be contained therein. The affidavit shall be signed by all of the persons residing or doing business on property within 500 feet of the location, with an indication of approval or disapproval of the proposed operation. Such document shall be reviewed by the Police Department for the purpose of authentication.
(c) If fifty-one percent of the persons residing or doing business on property within 500 feet of the proposed mechanical amusement device arcade approve of its operation, the City Clerk shall transmit the application to Council.
(d) If fifty-one percent of the persons residing or doing business on property within 500 feet of the proposed mechanical amusement device arcade do not approve of its operation, the license may only be issued pursuant to a majority vote of Council, after a hearing at which it shall be the burden of the prospective licensee to show that the operation of the proposed mechanical amusement device arcade will not unduly disrupt the surrounding neighborhood in any manner.
(e) Mechanical amusement devices shall be allowed only as an accessory use wherein the principal use is other than the operation of mechanical amusement devices, provided that, in no event, shall more than four devices be allowed on any premises, except when located in a shopping center having at least 300,000 square feet of gross leasable floor area. In such case, such devices shall be confined to one specifically described space within such shopping center, which space shall have at least three walls and a ceiling wherein there shall be not more than one machine for each fifty square feet of floor area. However, in any event, not more than a total of sixty such mechanical amusement devices shall be allowed on any premises. There shall be not more than one arcade in a shopping center.
(Ord. 413. Passed 1-22-86.)