§ 21. Coin-operated machines fees and charges.

(a)

General business license fee. It shall be unlawful for any operator engaged in the business to manufacture, own, buy, sell, rent, lease, trade, repair, maintain, service, import, transport, or exhibit any coin-operated amusement device to operate any such business from within the City of Terrell, provided such business is home-based in Terrell, until such person has applied for and been granted a general business license or combination, to do so and has paid the appropriate annual license fees to the city as follows:

(1)

For an applicant with 50 or fewer machines ..... $100.00

(2)

For an applicant with 51-200 machines ..... 200.00

(3)

For an applicant with over 200 machines ..... 250.00

(4)

For an import license only ..... 250.00

(5)

For a repair license only ..... 25.00

No part of any license fee shall be refunded after any license has been issued. In the event such license is not granted by the city, the city will retain $25.00 to cover administrative costs and may refund the balance.

A person who owns or exhibits coin-operated amusement machines is exempt from the licensing requirements if he operates or exhibits his machines exclusively on premises occupied by him and in connection with his business and he owns no machine subject to the occupation tax imposed by this section located on the business premises of another person, and has no financial interest, direct or indirect, in the coin-operated music, skill, or pleasure machine industry, except for the interest he owns in his machines used exclusively on premises occupied by him.

(b)

Occupation tax. There is hereby levied on all coin-operated amusement machines, except those expressly exempted, on annual occupation tax of $7.50 for each machine operated in a commercial establishment within the city.

For every coin-operated amusement subject to an occupation tax upon which such tax has not been paid a fee of $5.00 is charged for the release of any machine sealed.

(Ord. No. 1374, 11-6-84)