(a) License Fees. The non-refundable annual license fee, payable to the Office of Consumer Affairs at the time of initial or annual application, shall be $1,000.00 for each entertainment device arcade location for each calendar year or any part thereof. Additionally, a semi-annual non-refundable license fee of $200.00 shall be paid to the Office of Consumer Affairs for each entertainment device that will be located on the premises during the following semi-annual period. The semi-annual license fee for each entertainment device shall be paid upon preliminary approval of the initial or annual application and no later than June 1st of each calendar year, or, if the entertainment device is brought to the premises following the payment of the semi-annual license fee, prior to such time as the entertainment device is brought to or operating on the premises. For purposes of determining licensing fees, each device that is operable by one or more persons is a separate device.
(Ord. 2011-072. Adopted 1-31-11.)
(Ord. 2011-072. Adopted 1-31-11.)
(b) Non-transferability; Display. Licenses issued under this chapter shall not be transferable to any other person, partnership, corporation, or other entity and the business may be conducted only at the location for which the license is issued. The license must be so placed as to be made conspicuously visible and shall list each entertainment device with serial number.
(c) Disposition of License Fees. License fees received by the Office of Consumer Affairs shall be disposed of as follows:
(1) Special revenue fund. 75% of the license fees shall be deposited into a special revenue fund which shall be established for the benefit of those townships in which entertainment device arcades are located. The County of Summit shall pay each township on quarterly basis those fee amounts received during the previous quarter from entertainment device arcades located within the township and deposited into the special revenue fund.
(2) Office of Consumer Affairs. 25% of the license fees shall be deposited on behalf of and paid to the Office of Consumer Affairs to be used for the Office's operational expenses.
(Ord. 2010-160. Adopted 5-10-10.)