(a) Any person, organization, or business entity who owns or operates a skill game business, adult oriented arcade, internet cafe, or sweepstakes business or who desires to operates such a business shall apply annually for a permit with the City of Uhrichsville.
(b) Permits may be obtained from the Mayor’s office.
(c) The permit application shall be completed in its entirety. Failure by the applicant to complete the entire application shall cause the Mayor to deny the permit.
(d) Each applicant shall include with the application a certification from the State of Ohio or an authorized testing agency which indicates that the specific games which will be operated by the applicant are legal to operate in the State of Ohio and are not slot machines or other games of chance.
(e) Each applicant shall be required to list all skill based amusement game machines and/or computers, internet cafe machines and/or computers, sweepstakes machines and/or computers, and adult oriented arcade machines and/or computers being operated or to be operated by the applicant, such list to include the following items of information:
(1) The make, model and serial number of any skill based game machines and/or computers, internet cafe machines and/or computers, sweepstakes machines and/or computers, and adult oriented arcade machines and/or computers.
(2) The hardware and/or circuit board switch settings for each machine and/or computer operated or to operate as a skill based, sweepstakes, internet cafe, and/or adult oriented arcade machine or computer.
(3) The software settings of each such machine and/or computer.
(4) In addition to the above items, the applicant shall provide with the permit application a copy of each manual for any such machine and/or computer used or to be used as a skill based game machine and/or computer, internet cafe machine and/or computer, sweepstakes machine and/or computer, and adult oriented arcade machine and/or computer.
(g) Any permit holder under this chapter and section shall be required to give written notice to the Mayor of this City within five days of any change in any of the information required in subsection (e) above. Failure of any permit holder to give the written notice required by this paragraph shall cause the Mayor to revoke a permit issued under this chapter and section.
(h) Applicants must apply for permits issued under this section no later than November 1st prior to the year in which the applicant desires to operate any of the devices, computers or machines enumerated in subsection (e) above.
(i) Permits, unless revoked, shall be good for one year and shall be effective from January 1st through December 31st of the calendar year following the applicant’s application.
(j) The following permit fees are required of each applicant and must accompany the application for each permit:
(1) A general permit fee of five thousand dollars ($5,000).
(2) An application and processing fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00) per skill game machine and/or computer, internet cafe machine and/or computer, sweepstakes machine and/or computer, and each adult oriented arcade machine and/or computer.
(k) The decision to grant, deny or revoke a permit issued under this section shall be in the sole discretion of the Mayor.
(l) Each permit holder is subject to inspection by the Office of the Mayor during normal business hours to ensure the permit holder’s compliance with the provision of this chapter, Chapter 517 of the Codified Ordinances, and Chapter 2915 of the Ohio Revised Code. Failure of the permit holder to allow the Office of the Mayor inspection during normal business hours shall result in immediate revocation of the permit holder’s permit.
(m) Violation and/or conviction of any provision of Chapter 745 or Chapter 517 of the Codified Ordinances or of Ohio R.C. Chapter 2915 shall cause the Mayor to immediately revoke a permit holder’s permit. Appeals from any permit revocation shall be conducted in accordance with Section 745.02. Under no circumstances, including permit revocation is a permit holder entitled to reimbursement for permit fees, application fees, and processing fees, and such fees are not refundable, and are not pro-rated to the date of revocation or closure of a permit holder’s business.
(n) Criminal penalties for any violation of the provisions of this section are governed by Section 745.99.
(Ord. 10-09. Passed 3-26-09.)