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The Director of Finance is authorized to accept for filing in the Office of the Finance Director applications for the issuance of amusement center licenses. Each application for an amusement center license shall be upon a form prescribed by the Finance Director and shall set forth the name and address of the owner of the coin amusement devices, the name and address of the owner or the operator, the address of the place of business which is to be the licensed amusement center, the fiscal period for which the amusement center license is sought, a description of the coin amusement devices sought to be licensed at the amusement center, including the name, make, model, serial number and any other information as the Finance Director reasonably requires. If the operator filing the application for amusement center license is a corporation, the application for amusement center license shall list the names of any individual, corporation or other entity owning the issued and outstanding shares of any class of stock of the corporation, including their percentage of ownership. If the operator filing the application for amusement center license is a partnership, the application for amusement center license shall list the names of all partners. There shall be filed with each application for an amusement center the affidavits of the operator and owner as to their good moral character and the truth of the matters set forth in the application for the amusement license.
(Ord. 197-83. Passed 3-15-83.)
The Director of Finance is authorized to issue amusement center licenses. Each amusement center license shall set forth the name and address of the owner of the coin amusement devices, the name and address of the operator, the address of the place of business which is the licensed amusement center, the fiscal year for which such license is issued, and such other information as the Finance Director reasonably requires. The Director of Finance shall issue no amusement center license unless:
(a) The operator of the amusement center to be licensed has properly filed the application for amusement center license and affidavits required by Section 737.09;
(b) The fee required by Section 737.14 has been paid;
(c) The Director of Finance has found that the operator and owner are of good moral character as defined in Section 737.01;
(d) The Director of Finance has found that the coin amusement devices are not held, exhibited or operated contrary to the provisions of the laws of the State, the ordinances of the City, or the requirements of this chapter; and
(e) The Director of Finance has determined that there exists no other reasonable cause to deny the issuance of the amusement center license as required by the laws of the State, the ordinances of the City, or the requirements of this chapter.
(Ord. 197-83. Passed 3-15-83.)
(a) An amusement center license issued to an operator under the provisions of this chapter shall not be transferred to any other person until the transferee has complied with Sections 737.09 and 737.10 and all other requirements of this chapter and has been issued an amusement center license by the Director of Finance.
(Ord. 626-84. Passed 8-21-84.)
(b) Should the operator named on an amusement center license move his/her business, such license may be transferred to the licensed operator's new business location.
(c) An amusement center license may be amended to reflect additions to the selection of coin amusement devices. Should the addition of coin amusement devices require any additional license fee pursuant to Section 737.14, then a list of the additional coin amusement devices must be made seven days prior to the installation of such coin amusement devices to allow for the Director of Finance to provide a license amendment. Any list required by this section shall include the name, make, model and serial number of the coin amusement device.
(d) A request for a transfer as stated in subsection (b) hereof must be made by the licensed operator to the Director of Finance upon forms prescribed by the Director of Finance. A transfer shall be granted after a determination by the Director of Finance that such transfer does not violate any laws of the State, the ordinances of the City, or the requirements of this chapter.
(Ord. 197-83. Passed 3-15-83.)
(a) Each coin amusement device license or amusement center license shall be issued for the fiscal year beginning October 1, or the remaining part of that year in which it was issued, and shall expire at 11:59 p.m. on September 30 of the next year, and when such license has expired, it shall be removed from its place of posting.
(b) All such licenses currently in effect at the date this chapter is adopted shall continue in effect until 11:59 p.m. on September 30, 1983.
(Ord. 197-83. Passed 3-15-83.)
The fees for a coin amusement device license or an amusement center license shall be as follows:
(a) For the license of any one or more coin amusement device not exceeding four, the annual fee shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) per coin amusement device.
(b) For the license of an amusement center, the fee shall be four hundred dollars ($400.00) for five through and including fifteen coin amusement devices plus fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each coin amusement device above fifteen.
(Ord. 152-05. Passed 3-22-05.)
(c) If the application for a coin amusement center license or an application for transfer, is filed and the amusement device or devices are placed on display on or after October 1, but no later than March 31, the fee shall be as stated in subsection (b) hereof. If the application for a coin amusement center license is filed and the amusement device or devices are placed on display on or after April 1, but no later than September 30, the fee shall be one-half of the value of subsection (b) hereof. The proration provisions of this subsection (c) do not apply to the licensing of one or more coin amusement devices not exceeding four under subsection (a) hereof.
(d) The amount of the license fee for a coin amusement device or amusement center shall be computed and established at the time the license is approved and issued by the Director of Finance and the fee, or any part thereof, shall be nonrefundable during the annual term of the license. The person in whose name the license is issued is responsible and liable for the payment of the license fee.
(e) A licensee desiring to exhibit or display an additional coin amusement device or devices during the existing license period shall apply for a license or approval to cover the exhibition of such additional device or devices and shall pay the fee category of either subsection (a) or (b) hereof that such additional device or devices cause the licensee to fall within with credit granted for any license fees paid prior to such addition and the proration provision of subsection (c) hereof applicable, if necessary.
(Ord. 626-84. Passed 8-21-84.)
(a) No license shall be granted for any coin amusement device or amusement center at a place where such coin amusement device will be displayed or the amusement center will conduct business at a location that is within 500 feet of the boundaries of a parcel of real estate occupied by any school building, public library, park, playground or place of worship.
(b) An amusement center shall not be located within a 1,000-foot radius of the boundaries of a parcel of real estate occupied by another amusement center.
(Ord. 170-04. Passed 3-23-04.)
(c) The location or locations of an amusement center within a shopping mall or within the boundaries of a shopping center shall not be located within 1,000 feet of another amusement center within the same shopping mall or shopping center.
(d) Any duly issued coin amusement device or amusement center license in force as of the effective date of this section will be continued from year to year upon payment to the Director of Finance of the annual fee and compliance with the other sections of this chapter. Any change in ownership of an exhibitor or operator of a coin amusement device or an amusement center duly licensed as of the effective date of this section does not work a forfeiture under this section, unless the change in ownership results in a business change removing the display of the coin amusement devices or the operation of an amusement center at that location.
(e) This section shall not apply to a duly licensed coin amusement device or amusement center location in existence at the time a school, public library, park, playground, place of worship, or any of the regulated uses listed in Section 1167.01 (22) of the Planning and Zoning Code move within the proscribed distances in this section.
(Ord. 197-83. Passed 3-15-83.)
It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Safety to require an investigation of each application for a coin amusement device or amusement center license and to determine whether or not the place of business where the license is sought to be located is not in violation of law, and the games, machines and devices comply with the laws, ordinances and regulations applicable thereto and to cause an investigation of the good moral character of the persons required in this chapter. This investigation is to be conducted by the Division of Police who shall file a written report and recommendation of such investigation with the Department of Finance.
(Ord. 197-83. Passed 3-15-83.)
No license for a coin amusement device or an amusement center shall be issued until it is found that such place of business where the license is sought to be located complies with and conforms to all ordinances and to all health, building and fire regulations of the City, and is a proper place for the purpose for which it is used. For purposes of carrying out the provisions of this section, all applications for coin amusement devices or amusement center licenses shall be endorsed by the Commissioner of Health, the Commissioner of Inspection and the Chief of the Fire Division, that such building complies with the rules of their several departments before a license shall be issued as provided herein.
(Ord. 197-83. Passed 3-15-83.)
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