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AMUSEMENT DEVICES § 114.001 DEFINITION. For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. AMUSEMENT DEVICE. An electrical or mechanical machine for which a fee is charged to be used by the public as a game of skill, amusement, or play. AMUSEMENT DEVICES include, but are not limited to, shuffle boards; pinball machines; amusement machines patterned after baseball, basketball, hockey, bowling, tennis or other games; electric rifle or gun ranges; road racing or driving games; billiard, pool and table tennis tables; and coin-operated rides designed for use by small children. § 114.002 LIMITED NUMBER OF LICENSES. No more than 75 licenses for amusement devices, as defined in § 114.001, shall exist in the city at any one given time. Not more than 15 licenses will be issued for any one establishment. If application is made for a license which if issued would cause the number of amusement device licenses to exceed the maximum, the City Council shall table action on the license and shall consider it only when issuance of the license would not be in excess of the maximum number specified in this section. § 114.003 ISSUED TO OPERATOR. A license for amusement devices shall be issued only to the person or business entity which directly operates the business establishment in which the amusement devices are used. § 114.004 RENEWALS. When existing amusement device licenses expire, they will be available for renewal by the same licensee for a period of 30 days after expiration of the license. Any renewal will be considered prior to any pending applications for new licenses. § 114.005 PRIORITY FOR AVAILABLE LICENSES. If action has been tabled on one or more applications for amusement device licenses and licenses subsequently became available, these applications will be considered by the City Council according to the chronological priority of the filing of the applications. § 114.006 EXPIRATION OF LICENSES FOR FAILURE TO OPERATE. If the licensee does not have the amusement devices for which the license was issued available for use by the public within six months after the license is issued, or if use of the amusement devices is discontinued for a period of six months, the license shall expire and shall