§ 18-32. License.

(a)

Required.

(1)

Amusement machines. It shall be unlawful for any owner to display, exhibit or expose, or permit to be displayed, exhibited or exposed, any amusement machine without having procured from the city clerk-treasurer a license for each amusement machine.

(2)

Owners. It shall be unlawful for any person to act as an owner without an owner's license issued by the city clerk-treasurer. An owner's license shall not be transferable without the consent of the city clerk-treasurer.

(3)

Places of amusement. It is unlawful to operate a place of amusement without a license from the clerk-treasurer.

(b)

Application. The application for a license shall be made in such form and contain such information as the city clerk-treasurer may prescribe.

(c)

Investigation, rejection and notification. The clerk-treasurer, before issuing a license, shall investigate the character of the applicant and the officers or general manager of the business. Each license shall have an owner, manager or resident agent who shall be a resident of the county. The license may be denied if the clerk-treasurer shall find that any of the persons named in the application have previously been convicted of a felony, connected with any amusement location where the license has been revoked, or where any of the provisions of the law, applicable to him, have been violated, or if the amusement location sought to be licensed does not comply in every way with the ordinance and laws applicable thereto. If an application is denied, the applicant for such permit shall be notified, in writing, of the reasons for rejection and shall have the right to appeal in accordance with subsection (e) of this section.

(d)

Term; fees; insignia; condition of machines.

(1)

The annual license fee shall be for the period of February 1—January 31 and shall be determined as follows:

a.

Amusement machine license, per machine, per annum .....$ 10.00

b.

Owner's license, per annum .....500.00

(2)

Each person, upon procuring a license from the clerk-treasurer, shall be given one metal or plastic insignia for each amusement machine so licensed, which shall be securely attached thereto, and each amusement machine shall be kept in good operating condition at all times.

(e)

Denial or revocation hearing. If any license application is denied or license revoked, the applicant or licensee, within 30 days of such denial or revocation, may petition the common council for a hearing to determine if such denial or revocation was just. The common council's decision shall be final.

(Code 1974, § 3-21(b—e), (i))