§ 3.20.020. License required—Fee.  


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  • (a)

    It is unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corporation to engage in the business of an Amusement Ride Company without having first obtained a license therefore from the City Treasurer or his/her designee and paying a license fee as follows:

    (1)

    A non-refundable application fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall accompany the license application.

    (2)

    Persons engaged in the operation of amusement parks shall pay an annual license fee of six hundred dollars.

    (3)

    Persons engaged in the operation of temporary amusement rides, when not part of an amusement park as provided for in subsection (2) of this section, shall pay a license fee as follows:

    For twenty or more temporary amusement rides the annual license fee shall be six hundred dollars.

    For persons who own, operate, rent, or lease less than twenty temporary amusement rides, the annual license fee shall be thirty dollars per ride.

    (b)

    A license under this section is not transferable to another person or location. A change in ownership shall require the new owner to secure a new license.

    (c)

    Licenses shall be issued for a period of one year.

    (d)

    In addition to the requirements set forth in this chapter, carnivals and circuses are required, when applicable, to obtain a community event license as required by Chapter 3.11 of the Code of the City of Wichita.

(Ord. No. 48-789, § 3, 8-10-2010)