[Ord. of 3-5-1973, § 1]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the indicated meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
MECHANICAL AMUSEMENT DEVICE
Any machine which, upon the insertion of a coin, slug or token or upon payment of a charge releases balls which are propelled by a plunger across a board and registers scores by striking pins, posts, levers or bumpers or by falling into holes or slots, or any machine which, upon insertion of a coin or slug or the payment of a charge, is operated to register a score or tally of any kind. It shall include such devices as pin-ball or pin-game machines and shuffleboard devices, but shall not be strictly limited to the same.
MUSIC VENDING MACHINE
Any contrivance or device which, upon the insertion of a coin, slug, token, plate disk or key into any slot, crevice or other opening, emits or may emit songs, music or similar amusement. It shall include jukeboxes. A music vending machine which has multiple receptacles for the insertion of coins shall, for the purposes of this article, be considered one music vending machine.
OPERATOR
Any person in whose place of business a mechanical amusement device or music vending machine is placed for use by the public.
[Ord. of 3-5-1973, § 2]
Every operator shall obtain a license from the Police Department, approved by the Superintendent of Police, for each music vending machine and/or mechanical amusement device in excess of three in number in operation in his place of business.
[Ord. of 3-5-1973, § 3; Ord. of 7-12-1982]
Applications for the license required by this division shall be made to the Police Department upon forms supplied by it for that purpose. Each application shall contain the following information under oath:
(1) 
Name of applicant; if a partnership, names of all partners; if a corporation, club or association, names of all officers.
(2) 
Residence of applicant.
(3) 
Age of applicant; if a corporation, club or association, date organized and/under laws of what state.
(4) 
Type of business or activity.
(5) 
Whether applicant, or if a corporation, club or association, its officers, have ever been convicted of a crime.
(6) 
Place where the machine or device is to be displayed or operated and the business or activity conducted at that place.
(7) 
Description of the type of machine to be covered by the license.
(8) 
Copy of certificate of zoning compliance from the Planning and Zoning Commission.
(9) 
Copy of building permit, electrical inspection, Health Department permit, and Fire Marshal inspection.
[Ord. of 3-5-1973, § 4]
The Superintendent of Police shall investigate the character and record of an applicant for a license under this division and the location wherein it is proposed to operate the machine described in the application. He shall not approve the application unless he finds that the applicant has attained the age of legal majority and is a person of good moral character and that the business or activity carried on in such location is a bona fide and lawful one.
[Ord. of 3-5-1973, § 5]
A license required by this division shall be issued by the Police Department only in the name of the applicant. One music vending machine or mechanical amusement device may be substituted by a licensee for another similar machine or device under his license; but in the event of a sale or transfer of his business by an operator, a new operator's license shall be obtained by the transferee, and the operator shall notify the Superintendent of Police of such sale or transfer.
[Ord. of 3-5-1973, § 6]
The fee for the license required by this division shall be $25 and shall become due on the day on which the license is issued, and shall be prorated from the first day of the month in which the machine is placed in operation to and including the last day of June following. Fees for renewal of licenses shall become due on the first day of July of each year.
[Ord. of 3-5-1973, § 8]
Each license issued pursuant to this division shall be posted permanently and conspicuously at the location of the machine or device on the premises where the machine or device is to be operated or maintained.