[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:
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.
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.
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, § 7]
Each operator, as defined in this article, shall maintain good
order in his place of business.
[Ord. of 3-5-1973, § 7]
No operator, as defined in this article, shall permit any mechanical
amusement device to be used for gambling.
[Ord. of 3-5-1973, § 9]
Nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize, license
or permit any gambling device whatsoever, or any mechanism judicially
determined to be a gambling device, or declared contrary to law.
[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, § 3]
Each applicant for, or holder of a license under this division
shall notify the Superintendent of Police promptly of any change in
the information set forth in the application, within 30 days.
[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.
