§ 5.24.020. Gambling prohibited—License requirements—Fees.

A.

Coin-operated amusement machines that may be played or operated by the insertion of a coin, slug or token and on which games or tests of skill, chance or ability are played, including pinball machines, video machines and any machine initiating games of amusement or relaxation, shall be kept, maintained or operated within the city only for the purpose of public entertainment and shall not be used by any person for gaming or gambling purposes, and no such machines shall be kept, maintained or operated for such public entertainment purpose within the city unless a current owner/operator's license has been previously obtained from the director of finance by the owner/operator.

B.

An owner/operator's license, regardless of where machines are kept within the city as long as they are available to the public to play, is required. The fees for an owner/operator's license are based upon the number of coin-operated amusement machines within the city limits available to the public to play, as follows:

Number of Machines	Fee
1 to 5	$ 500.00
6 to 10	665.00
11 to 15	830.00
16 and over	1,500.00

 

C.

Coin-operated amusement machines, regardless of where kept within the city as long as they are available to the public to play, require:

1.

An owner operator's license; and

2.

That each coin operated amusement machine shall display on the face of the machine a gummed label, no smaller than one by five inches, containing the name of the owner/operator license holder and the current address and phone number of the owner/operator.

D.

Only one owner/operator's license will be issued per owner/operator. This license must be displayed in a frame, in a conspicuous place in the business office of the owner/operator, showing that the fee for the current year has been paid.

E.

All owner/operator's licenses shall expire on the last day of June in each year. The owner/operator's license fee shall be nonrefundable. However, if an owner/operator wishes to increase the number of machines allowed under the license, then the increase will be prorated on a monthly basis, but once computed and paid, then this shall also be nonrefundable.

(Ord. 1992 (part), 2006; prior code § 41-14)

( Ord. No. 2444, 10-9-2017 )