§ 4-1.105. Permit to Operate Amusement Machines Required.

It shall be unlawful for any person, either as principal, agent, servant or employee to operate machines of the kind specified in Section 4-1.103 hereof without having a Permit to Operate Amusement Machines as herein specified.

Applications for Permits to Operate Amusement Machines shall be in writing, signed by the applicant, giving his name, business address, business or occupation, age, and such other information as may be required by the Police Chief. They shall be filed with the Finance Director with the filing fee therefor. The Finance Director shall refer the application to the Police Chief for investigation and decision. If the Police Chief finds from an examination of the application and such further facts as may be officially brought to his attention that the application is in proper form, the applicant of good moral character, and that the business therein applied for may be carried on without danger to the public peace, health or safety, the Police Chief shall approve the application and issue the permit applied for; but if he finds that the applicant is not a person of good moral character or that the business cannot be carried on without danger to the public peace, health or safety, he may deny the application.

The filing fee for a Permit to Operate Amusement Machines shall be payable in advance. Said filing fee shall be in an amount as established from time to time by resolution of the Council.

A Permit to Operate Amusement Machines shall remain in effect so long as the person to whom the permit is issued remains continuously in the business of owning and operating amusement machines or until it is revoked as hereinafter provided.

(Ord. 492-N.S., amended by Ord. 852-N.S., Ord. 1016-C.S., and Ord. 2783-C.S., § 1, effective 10-2-91)