5.04.224 - Mechanical or electronic games.

(a)

Every person engaged in the business of, or who in conjunction with any other business, houses or maintains mechanical or electronic games, as defined in subsection (b), shall pay an annual business license tax of sixty dollars for each machine operated within the city, but in no case shall the business license tax for mechanical or electronic games exceed the sum of five hundred dollars for any one year.

(b)

For the purposes of this section "mechanical or electronic games" means any machine, apparatus, contrivance, appliance or device which may be operated or played upon the placing or depositing therein of any coin, check, slug, ball, or any other article or device, or by paying therefor either in advance or after use, involving in its use either skill or chance, including but not limited to tape machine, card machine, pinball machine, bowling game machine, shuffleboard machine, marble game machine, horse racing machine, basketball game machine, baseball game machine, football game machine, electronic video game, or any other similar machine or device.

(Ord. 461 §2(part), 1992).