[Adopted 11-13-1967 as Sec. 11.04 of the 1967 Code]
[Amended 5-21-1992; 12-18-2000]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, within
the Village of Rothschild, to operate or place or keep or have in
his possession or under his control or on his premises for operation
any coin-operated amusement device as in this article hereinafter
defined without first having obtained a license for such device. Such
license shall be issued by the Clerk upon payment of the sum set by
the Village Board for each device, per license year, or fraction thereof,
and shall not be prorated. The license year shall be July 1 to June
30.
When used in this article the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
Any mechanical device operated for amusement, competition,
or sport by the insertion of a coin of any kind and shall include
the type of mechanical devices commonly known as baseball, football,
basketball, hockey, ray guns, shuffleboard, bowling games, bumper
games, and skiball and shall mean all coin-operated amusement devices,
other than coin-operated music machines as hereinafter defined, and
excepting radios and television sets.
Includes any tent, stand, roof, shelter, or other full or
partial shelter.
Includes any token, ticket, or slug as well as coins minted
by any sovereign government.
[Amended 6-12-2017]
Phonographs, soundies and any other device for reproduction
of music, sound or other audible entertainment operated by the insertion
of a coin, whether or not the particular entertainment is selected
mechanically, manually, or by an operator upon request, excepting
radios and television sets.
The terms of this article shall not be held to include operations
as a part of carnivals or exhibitions otherwise licensed by the Village.
Nothing contained in this article shall be held to prohibit any operation
required by statutes or by order of any court.
Licensees are required to exhibit their certificate of license
at the request of all police officers or of the President of the Village
of Rothschild.
A.
Licenses issued under the provisions of this article may be revoked
by the Village Board of the Village of Rothschild after notice and
hearing for any of the following causes:
(1)
Fraud, misrepresentation or incorrect statement contained in the
application for license.
(2)
Fraud, misrepresentation or incorrect statement made in carrying
on of the business of such licensee.
(3)
Any violation of this article.
(4)
Conviction of any crime or misdemeanor substantially related to the
licensed activity.
[Amended 6-12-2017]
(5)
Conducting the business which the licensee is authorized to conduct
by virtue of this article in such a manner as to constitute a menace
to health, safety, or general welfare of the public.
B.
Notice of the hearing for revocation of the license shall be given
by the Clerk in writing setting forth specifically the grounds of
complaint and the time and place of hearing. Such notice shall be
mailed, postage prepaid, to the licensee at his last known address
as shown on the license records at least five days prior to the date
set for hearing or shall be delivered by a police officer or other
process server in the same manner as a summons in Circuit Court at
least three days prior to the day set for hearing.
[Amended 6-12-2017]
C.
Appeal. Any person aggrieved by the denial of a permit or license,
or any enforcement action related to a permit or license, shall have
the right to appeal to the Village Board of the Village of Rothschild.
Such appeal shall be taken by filing with the Village Board, within
14 days after notice of the action complained of, a written statement
setting forth fully the grounds for the appeal. The Village Board
shall set a time and place for hearing on such appeal, and notice
of such hearing shall be given to the appellant in the same manner
as was provided in this section for notice of hearing on revocation.
[Amended 6-12-2017]
No licensee whose license has been revoked shall make further
application until a period of at least six months shall have elapsed
since the last previous revocation.
All annual licenses issued under the provisions of this article
shall expire at 12:00 midnight on the 30th day of June next thereafter.
[Amended 6-12-2017]
Any person, firm or corporation who or which shall violate any provision of this article shall be subject to § 1-2 of this Code.
