A machine, device or instrument, the principal purpose of
which is to play music from a record or other sound- or music-making
device upon the insertion of a coin, slug, disc or other consideration.
This shall include single devices attached to the wall.
A separate license hereunder shall be required for each device
or machine. This shall include separate wall units; each wall unit
shall be separately licensed.
No device or machine referred to in this article shall be placed,
operated, maintained or used or permitted to be placed, operated,
maintained or used in the City until the license therefor shall be
affixed thereto in a conspicuous place so that said license may be
easily identified.
Any person having supervision or control over any building, store
or other place where the public may enter or any clubhouse or club
room wherein any such device or machine without a license affixed
thereto is operated, used or maintained shall be deemed to have permitted
such unlicensed device or machine to be placed, operated, used and
maintained therein in violation of the provisions of this article.
The holder of a license issued hereunder shall be permitted to transfer
such license from any device or machine to any other like device or
machine operated in the same premises for which the license is issued
by removing the license from such machine and affixing it to such
other machine.
The holder of any license shall be permitted to transfer any license issued hereunder from a device or machine in any establishment by surrendering said license to the Division of Inspections and obtaining a new license for such device or machine for the location to which the license is transferred, upon payment to the Division of Inspections of a transfer fee as determined in § 485-14A of this Code.