Article IV Coin-Controlled Music Devices [1]

Editor's Note: For licensing provisions, see also Ch. 485, Licenses and Business Regulations.

As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

COIN-CONTROLLED AUTOMATIC MUSIC DEVICE and COIN-CONTROLLED RECORD-PLAYING MACHINE

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.

§ 193-30 Separate license for each device.

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.

§ 193-31 Licenses to be affixed to devices.

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 such device or machine which shall not have a license so affixed thereto shall be deemed to be an unlicensed device or machine.

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.

§ 193-32 Transfer of licenses to other machines.

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.

[Amended 12-8-1983 by Ord. No. MC-1994]