[Adopted 11-13-1967 as Sec. 11.04 of the 1967 Code]
[Amended 5-21-1992; 12-18-2000]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, within the Village of Rothschild, to operate or place or keep or have in his possession or under his control or on his premises for operation any coin-operated amusement device as in this article hereinafter defined without first having obtained a license for such device. Such license shall be issued by the Clerk upon payment of the sum set by the Village Board for each device, per license year, or fraction thereof, and shall not be prorated. The license year shall be July 1 to June 30.
When used in this article the following terms shall have the following meanings:
AMUSEMENT DEVICE
Any mechanical device operated for amusement, competition, or sport by the insertion of a coin of any kind and shall include the type of mechanical devices commonly known as baseball, football, basketball, hockey, ray guns, shuffleboard, bowling games, bumper games, and skiball and shall mean all coin-operated amusement devices, other than coin-operated music machines as hereinafter defined, and excepting radios and television sets.
BUILDING, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE
Includes any tent, stand, roof, shelter, or other full or partial shelter.
COIN
Includes any token, ticket, or slug as well as coins minted by any sovereign government.
[Amended 6-12-2017]
COIN-OPERATED MUSIC MACHINES
Phonographs, soundies and any other device for reproduction of music, sound or other audible entertainment operated by the insertion of a coin, whether or not the particular entertainment is selected mechanically, manually, or by an operator upon request, excepting radios and television sets.
The terms of this article shall not be held to include operations as a part of carnivals or exhibitions otherwise licensed by the Village. Nothing contained in this article shall be held to prohibit any operation required by statutes or by order of any court.
Licensees are required to exhibit their certificate of license at the request of all police officers or of the President of the Village of Rothschild.
A. 
Licenses issued under the provisions of this article may be revoked by the Village Board of the Village of Rothschild after notice and hearing for any of the following causes:
(1) 
Fraud, misrepresentation or incorrect statement contained in the application for license.
(2) 
Fraud, misrepresentation or incorrect statement made in carrying on of the business of such licensee.
(3) 
Any violation of this article.
(4) 
Conviction of any crime or misdemeanor substantially related to the licensed activity.
[Amended 6-12-2017]
(5) 
Conducting the business which the licensee is authorized to conduct by virtue of this article in such a manner as to constitute a menace to health, safety, or general welfare of the public.
B. 
Notice of the hearing for revocation of the license shall be given by the Clerk in writing setting forth specifically the grounds of complaint and the time and place of hearing. Such notice shall be mailed, postage prepaid, to the licensee at his last known address as shown on the license records at least five days prior to the date set for hearing or shall be delivered by a police officer or other process server in the same manner as a summons in Circuit Court at least three days prior to the day set for hearing.
[Amended 6-12-2017]
C. 
Appeal. Any person aggrieved by the denial of a permit or license, or any enforcement action related to a permit or license, shall have the right to appeal to the Village Board of the Village of Rothschild. Such appeal shall be taken by filing with the Village Board, within 14 days after notice of the action complained of, a written statement setting forth fully the grounds for the appeal. The Village Board shall set a time and place for hearing on such appeal, and notice of such hearing shall be given to the appellant in the same manner as was provided in this section for notice of hearing on revocation.
[Amended 6-12-2017]
No licensee whose license has been revoked shall make further application until a period of at least six months shall have elapsed since the last previous revocation.