SEC. 21.65. VENDING MACHINES.

(Repealed by Ord. No. 178,101, Eff. 1/9/07.)

(Amended by Ord. No. 178,101, Eff. 1/9/07.)

(a) For every person engaged in the business of operating, maintaining or letting the use of any coin operated scales, weighing device, baggage checking device, radio, television, or any other coin-operated machine or device, and not otherwise specifically taxed or specifically exempted from tax under any other section of this article, whether or not of the same general character as those specifically enumerated here, which renders any service or furnishes any program or information in return for a coin or token of value and is installed or maintained for profit or gain, the tax shall be $22.17 per year or fractional part for each machine or device.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each coin-operated machine or device described in Subsection (a) that is operated, maintained or used within this City shall have conspicuously stamped upon it or affixed on it for identification purposes, the name and address, Business Tax Registration Certification number, and the telephone number, if any, of the owner or operator. The identification shall be provided by the owner or operator of the machine or device, at the owner’s or operator’s expense, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 21.06(b) to the contrary, and shall be removed from, the machine or device by the owner or operator when the authority to use the machine or device is transferred to another person, whether by sale, lease, license or otherwise.

(c) Exemptions. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to require the payment of any business tax for any coin-operated machine or device used in the operation of any automatic telephone, or any coin box for the receipt of fares on any carrier, or any coin receiving device the use of which is merely incidental to the conduct of a business operating under any franchise or specifically taxed by other provisions of this article.