A. It is unlawful to own and exhibit, lease, rent or place with others, for use, play or operation in any public place or establishment, any coin-operated mechanical music machine without a valid and subsisting “Mechanical Music Machine Operator’s License.”

B. No manufacturer of mechanical music machines, or representative of such manufacturer, and no holder of a mechanical music machine operator’s or wholesale vendor’s license who leases or rents to or places with others any mechanical music machine for use, play or operation in any public place, or any person financially interested in such licensed business, whether resident or nonresident shall have any financial interest, direct or indirect in the business of any licensed location; nor shall any such manufacturer, or manufacturer’s representative, or holder of an operator’s or wholesale vendor’s license own any of the property upon which such licensed location conducts its business; nor shall any licensed location, under any arrangement whatsoever, conduct its business upon property in which any such manufacturer or manufacturer’s representative, or holder of an operator’s or wholesale vendor’s license has any interest; nor shall any such manufacturer, or manufacturer’s representative, or holder of an operator’s or wholesale vendor’s license advance money or moneys worth, or make any gift to any licensed location under any arrangement whatsoever; or in such connection shall any licensed location receive, under any arrangement whatsoever, any advance of money, moneys worth or gift.

C. Financial interest, direct or indirect, as used in this section, includes any interest whether by stock ownership, mortgage, lien, or through interlocking directors or otherwise.

D. Not more than one mechanical music machine operator’s license shall be issued for each fifteen hundred of the total population of the city, as shown by the last preceding state or federal census. (Ord. 424 §4, 1976; Ord. 358 §2, 1974; Ord. 43 §2, 1967).