For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section.
means and includes any machine, device or apparatus, the
operation or use of which is permitted, controlled, allowed or made
possible by the deposit or placing of any coin, plate, disk, slug
or key into any slot, crevice or other opening or by the payment of
any fee or fees, for use as a game or contest of any description or
which may be used for any such game or contest, which contains no
pay-off device for the return of slugs, money, coins, checks, tokens
or merchandise.
means and includes any person engaged in the business of
selling, leasing, delivering to or otherwise supplying mechanical
play devices to any place of business located in the City.
(Prior code § 18.1)
It is unlawful for any person to have, maintain or permit to be operated in any place in the City open to the public any mechanical play device, as the same is defined in Section 6-36.010, unless a license therefor has first been obtained from the City.
(Prior code § 18.2)
It is unlawful for any operator or distributor, as defined in Section 6-36.010, to operate or distribute any mechanical play devices unless a license therefor has first been obtained from the City.
(Prior code § 18.3)
The following license fees are fixed and established:
(A)
For
each mechanical play device which is used or permitted to be used,
by the deposit of a coin, slug or token in any slot, crevice or other
opening, the sum of three dollars per month, payable monthly in advance.
All licenses for the operation of mechanical play devices shall be
issued on the first day of each and every month.
(B)
A
distributor or operator of mechanical play devices shall pay for the
right to distribute mechanical play devices in the City the sum of
$500.00 per year, payable semiannually in advance. Licenses for the
distributors or operators shall be issued semiannually and shall expire
on the thirtieth day of June and the 31st day of December of each
year; provided, that any distributor or operator applying for a license
between the first day of July and the first day of January shall,
nevertheless, pay for such license the sum set forth in this section,
notwithstanding the expiration date thereof, as provided herein, may
be less than six months.
(Prior code § 18.4)
Application for a license required by this chapter shall be
made to the Chief of Police of the City upon a form furnished by the
City, and shall contain the following information and a statement,
the truth of which shall be sworn to by the applicant:
(A)
Name
of applicant;
(B)
Residence
of applicant;
(C)
Date
and place of birth;
(D)
The
place where the mechanical play device is located;
(E)
Has
applicant ever committed a crime?
(F)
A
statement that the mechanical play device for which a license is sought
is not intended to be used for any gambling purpose whatsoever;
(G)
What
is the nature of the applicant's interest in or title to the mechanical
play device for which license is sought?
All applications shall be acted upon by the Chief of Police
in the order in which they are filed, and shall be granted or denied
by him or her within a period of 15 days from the date of filing.
(Prior code § 18.5)
Any license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter
shall be issued for a particular device, each of which, before being
licensed, shall be registered in the office of the Chief of Police.
Such registration shall be affixed in a conspicuous place to the device
for which the same was issued, and shall remain thereon until a new
or different license is issued therefor. No license shall be transferable
to any person or from one device to another.
(Prior code § 18.6)
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to permit
the licensing, maintenance or operation of any mechanical device or
apparatus which is contrary to the laws of the state, this code or
the ordinances of the City, nor to permit the operation of any mechanical
play device licensed under this chapter in such a manner as to be
contrary to any such laws, this code or other ordinances.
(Prior code § 18.7)
