[Code 1964, § 15-32]
It shall be unlawful for any person to have or permit others
to have located on or about their premises any shuffleboards or coin-operated
machines without having first obtained a license to do so from the
city clerk and paid an annual license fee, as provided in this article.
[Code 1964, § 15-33]
Any person desiring to operate any shuffleboards or coin-operated
machines within this city shall apply to the city clerk for a license
to do so and shall pay a license fee as follows:
(1)
The annual license fee for each pinball machine shall be ten dollars
($10.00) per annum.
(2)
The annual license fee for each juke box machine shall be ten dollars
($10.00) per annum.
(3)
The annual license fee for each cigarette vending machine shall be
ten dollars ($10.00) per annum.
(4)
The annual license fee for each other coin-operated machine having
a ten cent ($0.10) slot shall be five dollars ($5.00) per annum.
(5)
The annual license fee for each other coin-operated machine having
a five cent ($0.05) slot shall be two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50)
per annum.
(6)
The annual license fee for each other coin-operated machine having
a one cent ($0.01) slot other than scales, shall be fifty cents ($0.50)
per annum.
(7)
The annual license fee for each other coin-operated machine having
over a ten cent ($0.10) slot shall be ten dollars ($10.00) per annum.
(8)
The annual license fee for each described shuffleboard shall be ten
dollars ($10.00) per annum.
[Code 1964, § 15-34]
The annual license fees payable under the provisions of this
article shall be due and payable to the city collector in advance
on the first day of January of each year; provided that, the fees
for licenses issued after the first day of July in any year shall
be one-half the annual license fee.
[Code 1964, § 15-35]
A separate license shall be required for each shuffleboard or coin-operated machine described in section 15-177.
[Code 1964, § 15-36]
No license issued under the provisions of this article shall
be assignable or transferable from one person to another, nor from
one shuffleboard or machine to another, including replacement shuffleboards
or machines.
[Code 1964, § 15-37]
All license tags issued in pursuance of the provisions of this
article shall at all times be displayed in a conspicuous place on
the license shuffleboard or machine, plainly visible.
[Code 1964, § 15-38]
None of the provisions of this article shall apply to the licensing
of any coin-operated machine or appliance as a gambling device or
for any other unlawful purpose or against public policy.
[Code 1964, § 15-39]
This article shall not apply to charitable, eleemosynary or
nonprofit organizations, whether religious, political, educational
or charitable.
[Code 1964, § 15-40; Ord. No. 1874 § 1, 2-15-2001]
In addition to any other penalty imposed for the violation of
this article, any shuffleboard or coin-operated machine being operated
or maintained within the city without a license shall be seized by
the chief of police and held as evidence. Such shuffleboard or machine
shall not be returned to the owner or operator until all license fees,
including past due license fees, transportation charges, storage charges
and all other expenses resulting from such seizure are paid.
