(a) License Required; Liability for License and Fees.
(1) No person shall own and operate any coin operated merchandise, service, amusement or music device or vending machine without first obtaining a license therefor in the manner described in this article.
(2) The liability for the license to operate any type of coin operated merchandise, service, amusement or music devices or vending machines shall be upon the owner of the machine. The ownership shall be established by a bill of sale, paid invoice or a conditional sales contract which has been recorded in the County Clerk's office. The leasing of such a machine shall not be considered as a transfer of ownership of the machine, and where a lessor-lessee relationship exists, the lessor shall be liable for the applicable license and fees.
(b) Fees.
(1) The annual license fee to own and operate a total of twenty or more coin operated amusement or music devices of the following types shall be:
(2) One-cent devices, fifty dollars; five-cent devices, one hundred fifty dollars; ten-cent devices, two hundred twenty-five dollars; over ten-cent devices, three hundred dollars. The operator of more than one type of such devices shall pay the highest fee prescribed. The license fee to own and operate less than twenty amusement or music devices shall be upon a per device basis as follows: One-cent devices, two dollars; five-cent devices, five dollars; ten-cent devices, ten dollars; over ten-cent devices, twelve dollars and fifty cents. Any device taking more than one denomination of coin shall be licensed on the basis of the largest denomination of coin taken or the total of the coins necessary to make the device function or operate.
(3) The annual license fee to own and operate a total of twenty or more coin operated merchandise or service devices of the following types shall be: One-cent devices, fifty dollars; five-cent devices, one hundred dollars; ten-cent devices, one hundred fifty dollars; over ten-cent devices, two hundred fifty dollars. The operator of more than one type of such devices shall pay the highest fee prescribed. The license fee to own and operate less than twenty merchandise or service devices shall be upon a per device basis as follows: One-cent devices, two dollars; five-cent devices, five dollars; ten-cent devices, ten dollars; over ten-cent devices, twelve dollars and fifty cents. Any device taking more than one denomination of coin shall be licensed on the basis of the largest denomination of coin taken or the total of the coins necessary to make the device function or operate.
(4) The fees herein prescribed are on an annual basis, commencing July 1 of each year, expiring on the following June 30, and are not proratable if taken out during the license year, nor shall fees paid be refundable if a license is revoked, suspended or business ceased during the license year.
(5) The license fee shall be required of all stores or businesses owning and operating such machines or devices owned by them in their own licensed stores.
(6) The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to any pay telephone, postage stamp vending machines or currency changing machines operated on the coin-in-the-slot principle.
(c) Application for License.
(1) Application for a license required by this section shall contain the necessary information for the proper licensing under the foregoing fee schedule for machines that are owned and operated on location by the licensee within the Town during the ensuing license year or any part of a fiscal year. Each vending machine operator shall make application to the Town, and the applicant shall furnish such information as required by the Town by a certified statement of the total number of machines, by location, of each coin denomination type in each classification.
(2) The Town shall assign each license issued under this section a number. It shall be the responsibility and duty of the owners of all coin operated devices subject to the licenses herein provided to properly identify each machine by installing on each device an identification label, plainly legible and visible, in such a manner that the machine need not be moved to observe the identification label, and the identification label shall contain the name of the owner, his license number, his street address and the name of the Town and State.
(Passed 1-3-66)