§ 18-2.2. License for amusement redemption machine establishment.

(a)

License required. No person shall maintain, display for patronage, or otherwise keep for operation by the patrons any amusement redemption machines without first obtaining a license from the city.

(b)

Fee. An owner, operator, or lessee of premises on which an amusement redemption machine is made available to others shall be required to secure a license by paying to the city an annual inspection and license fee of one-thousand fifty dollars, ($1,050.00) per amusement redemption machine in full at the time of license issuance. The license shall be issued by the city building development services department. Upon payment of the fee and compliance with all licensing requirements, the license shall be issued by the city.

(c)

Expiration, renewal, and late fee. A license issued under section 18-2.1 (a) shall automatically expire on the anniversary date of the issuance of the license. Upon the expiration of a license, the licensee shall be required to obtain a renewal of the expired license if the licensee wishes to continue operating an amusement redemption machine establishment. A license may be renewed for the following year beginning sixty (60) days before expiration of the current license by filing a completed application and paying the applicable fee. A renewal application shall be subject to the same requirements as an application for a new license. Failure to obtain the renewal within thirty (30) days after expiration will require such person to pay an additional late fee in an amount equal to twenty (20) percent of the fee actually due or twenty (20) percent of the previous year's fee, whichever amount is greater, in order to obtain reinstatement of his license. Nothing herein authorizes the licensee to operate after the expiration of a license and before a renewal is effective. Such license shall also automatically expire if the licensee sells, transfers equity, or otherwise disposes of such amusement redemption machines. The city shall not refund any portion of an amusement redemption machine license fee after the license is issued, nor shall it prorate or reduce in amount any fee due to the city.

(d)

Sealing. The city shall have the authority to seal any amusement redemption machine located at an establishment for which an amusement redemption machine establishment license has not been secured. A one thousand fifty dollar ($1,050.00) fee will be charged for the release of each machine sealed for non-payment of said amusement redemption machine license fee.

(e)

Posting of license. The registration of amusement devices certificate shall be conspicuously posted inside the building. The license shall list the date of issue and the date of expiration. The license shall list the name of the licensee, name of the amusement redemption machine establishment, and the physical address of the establishment. If the license holder is a corporation, or a legal entity, then the license shall also list the person(s) asserting control over the legal entity. The license shall list any applicable exemption to the requirements of this article for which the licensee is qualified.

(f)

Transfer or assignment of license. A license for an amusement redemption machine establishment under this section is not assignable or transferable.

(g)

A license for an amusement redemption machine establishment vests no property right in the licensee except to maintain, display for patronage, and permit the use for skill or pleasure of amusement redemption machines in accordance with the terms and conditions of this ordinance.

(h)

A license for an amusement redemption machine establishment is effective for a single place of business only.

(Ord. No. 2003-O-030, § 1, 2-3-03; Ord. No. 2007-O-042, § 1, 3-19-07; Ord. No. 2008-O-181, § 1, 9-2-08; Ord. No. 2009-O-130, § 1, 8-17-09; Ord. No. 2011-O-105, § 1, 8-15-11; Ord. No. 2012-O-149, § 1, 9-17-12; Ord. No. 2017-O-127 , § 1, 10-6-17; Ord. No. 2018-O-072 , § 1, 5-21-18)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 2018-O-072 , § 1, adopted May 21, 2018, renamed § 18-2.2 from "local permit fee for amusement redemption machine premises permit" to "license for amusement redemption machine establishment."