Modesto |
Code of Ordinances |
Title 4. PUBLIC WELFARE, SAFETY AND HEALTH |
Chapter 1. REGULATION OF AMUSEMENTS AND AMUSEMENT DEVICES |
Article 1. Amusement Devices |
§ 4-1.106. Location Permit Required.
It shall be unlawful for any person, either as principal, agent, servant or employee, to install or use or allow to be installed or used machines of the kind specified in Section 4-1.103 hereof without having a Location Permit as herein specified.
Applications for Location Permits shall be in writing, signed by the applicant, giving his name, business address, business or occupation, the premises at which the amusement machines are proposed to be located, the name of the person managing the business at that location, if different from the applicant, 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, and that amusement machines may be installed and used at the premises therein applied for 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 amusement machines cannot be installed and used at the premises applied for without danger to the public peace, health or safety, he may deny the application.
The filing fee for a Location Permit shall be the sum for each location applied for, payable in advance as established from time to time by resolution of the Council. The Location Permit required by this section shall be posted and exhibited in some conspicuous part of the premises for which it is issued.
A Location Permit shall remain in effect so long as the person to whom the permit is issued remains continuously in business at the location for which the permit is issued or until it is revoked as hereinafter provided.
(Ord. 492-N.S., amended by Ord. 1016-C.S., and Ord. 2783-C.S., § 1, effective 10-2-91)