(a) No person being the owner of a game room or amusement arcade shall display for public patronage or keep for operation by the public, any mechanical or electrical amusement device without first obtaining a license issued by the Fiscal Officer in accordance with this chapter.
(b) Each owner of a game room or amusement arcade shall pay the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) per year for an annual license for such game room or amusement arcade. In addition, the owner shall also pay an annual license fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each electrical or mechanical amusement device located in the game room or amusement arcade.
(c) The licenses required herein shall not be transferable to any other person.
(d) No license shall be issued until an application is submitted to the Fiscal Officer, which application shall, among other things, state:
(1) The name and address, age and birth date of the applicant.
(2) The location where the mechanical or electrical amusement devices are to be displayed or operated and the business conducted therein.
(3) A description of the machine or machines to be covered by the license, its mechanical features, the name of the manufacturer, and the serial number of such machine.
(4) The name of the owner or owners of the premises wherein the devices are to be displayed or operated.
(5) The name of the owner or owners of the business conducted therein.
(6) The name of the owner of the machines, if the person is different than the applicant.
(7) Whether or not the applicant or the owner of the machines has been convicted of a felony in the last ten years prior to the date of application.
(Ord. 81-695. Passed 6-3-81.)