§ 31-48. Sealing and release of machines.

(a)

The special tax investigators of the city tax office are authorized to and shall have the power to inspect any coin-operated machines for compliance of this article and shall seal or otherwise make inoperable any coin-operated machine on which the city occupation tax has not been paid or on which the decal has been improperly placed, removed, invalidated, voided, or defaced in such a manner as to deem the decal number unreadable.

(b)

The special tax investigators are authorized to release any machine so sealed upon the payment in full of the tax due and verification of the correct placement of the current decal on the coin-operated machine so sealed, and the payment of a penalty of five dollars ($5.00) to the assessor-collector for each machine so sealed. A coin-operated machine shall remain sealed and it shall be unlawful to play, use, or remove from the premises where it was located when sealed, any machine sealed by an investigator until such time as all taxes and penalty fees are paid in accordance with the provisions contained in this article.

(Ord. No. 76466, 9-10-92)