It is unlawful for any person to engage in the business of renting, leasing, selling or maintaining any coin-operated machine in the City, without first having secured a license from the City to do so. Such license is referred to in this chapter as an "operator's license."
(Prior Code § 9-2)
An applicant for an operator's license shall submit an application to the Director of Finance. Such application shall be under oath upon a form supplied by the Director of Finance and shall include the true names, fingerprints and past criminal record, if any, of all persons financially interested in the applicant's business, and such other information as may be deemed necessary by the Director of Finance to determine whether such operator's license shall be granted.
(Prior Code § 9-3; Ord. 2017-01 § 44, eff. 3/9/17)
The Director of Finance shall refer the application referred to in Section 4-6.202 to the Chief of Police, who shall carefully investigate the facts and circumstances concerning the application submitted to him pursuant to Section 4-6.202 and shall endorse on such application, in writing, his recommendations as to whether such operator's license should be granted to the applicant. Such application, together with such recommendation, shall be submitted to the City Council at a regular meeting of the Council. The City Council may deny an applicant an operator's license if good cause appears why such person should not be engaged in such business. For the purpose of determining the existence of such good cause, the City Council may cause a further investigation to be made and may continue the matter until its next regular meeting. In the event that good cause does not appear to the City Council why such person should not be engaged in such business, the Director of Finance shall issue such operator's license to such applicant.
(Prior Code § 9-4; Ord. 2017-01 § 45, eff. 3/9/17)
An operator's license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be valid until the beginning of the next succeeding quarter of a year unless sooner revoked or suspended as provided in this chapter. For the purposes of this article, a quarter of a year shall begin on the first day of June, September, December and March.
(Prior Code § 9-5; Ord. 84-1088 § 10, eff. 12/6/84)
Operator's licenses may be renewed by the Director of Finance upon request of the holders thereof without the making of application therefor as provided in Section 4-6.202 and without investigation.
(Prior Code § 9-6; Ord. 2017-01 § 46, eff. 3/9/17)
No operator's license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be assignable or transferable either voluntarily or by operation of law or otherwise.
(Prior Code § 9-7)