§ 2-6. License required.

(a) In general.

No person may erect, set up, keep, maintain, or in any respect whatever use for amusement or entertainment within the City, any bowling saloon, bowling alley, nine- or ten-pin alley, or any other device or structure, in or upon which 1 or more pins are set up, for the purpose of casting, throwing, pushing, or rolling against the pin or pins, 1 or more balls or other missiles, without having obtained a license therefor.

(b) Fee.

For this license there shall be annually paid a sum computed at the rate of $40 for each separate "lane" or "alley", with a minimum license fee for any 1 location or premises to be $100 annually.

(c) Exceptions.

Nothing in this section, however, shall be construed to require any bona fide religious, charitable, educational, or medical institution, operating 7 or fewer "lanes" or "alleys" to obtain a license, as long as any proceeds from the operation of these "lanes" or "alleys" are devoted to charitable purposes exclusively or in furtherance of the purposes of that institution.