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ATTACHMENT A ORDINANCE NO. ________ AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING EXTREME FIGHTING; ADDING SECTION 4.740 TO THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; AND AMENDING SECTION 4.990 OF THAT CODE. THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 4.740 is added to the Eugene Code, 1971, to provide: 4.740 Extreme Fighting – Prohibited. (1) No person shall engage in, participate in, promote, or facilitate extreme fighting within the city. To “facilitate” shall include making a room, arena, or any other facility or space available where participants engage in extreme fighting that may be witnessed by other members of the public, whether a fee to attend or view is paid or not. (2) As used in this section: (a) “Extreme fighting” includes any amateur match, competition, or exhibition that combines elements of boxing, wrestling and martial arts and for which no rules have been established and enforced that: 1. Ensure participants will be matched with others of comparable skill, experience and weight; and 2. Impose limitations on the use of blows or maneuvers that may cause serious physical injury. (b) An “amateur match, competition or exhibition” is one where one or more of the participants is not licensed as a professional boxer or wrestler by the State of Oregon. (c) “Serious physical injury” has the meaning given in ORS 161.015(8). Section 2. Subsection (1) of Section 4.990 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended by inserting an entry for Section 4.740 in numerical order therein, and adding the following new subsection (11) thereto, to provide: 4.990 Penalties – Specific. (1) Violation of the following sections is punishable by fine or confinement in jail, or both, up to the amounts indicated opposite each: Ordinance - 1 L:\CMO\2006 Council Agendas\M060814\S060814D-attA.doc