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Vote was taken on the main motion to read the council bill as amended the second time by council bill number only, with unanimous consent of the Council. Lacking unanimous consent - e Council members Murray, Beal, Bradley, Haws, and Shirey voting aye; Council members Keller, Williams, and Hamel voting no - the bill was held over for second reading. Mr. Bradley moved second by Mr. Williams to refer the ordinance to staff for drafting of a coherent ordinance based on decibel standards for enforcement criteria. Councilman Murray thought it would be more appropriate to discuss that issue in committee session to give the opportunity for review of past attempts to deal with decibel standards. Assistant Manager noted data being developed in other communities which staff would like to compile in order to bring up-to-date information to the Council. It was a major program involving technical enforce- ment, he said, which would involve enforcement costs. Mr. Murray was not in favor of such an ordinance, and Mr. Bradley wondered then if discussion could be scheduled onthe fundamental issue of an ordinance based on decibel criteria as opposed to loud and raucous noise standards. Councilman Williams supported the intent of Mr. Bradley's motion although he didn't feel it particularly necessary in dealing with change in limitation of hours from 10:00 to 7:00 p.m. However, he wondered how loud or raucous noise would be defined, whether for instance a lawn mower operated after 7:00 p.m. would be illegal. He thought there should be fairly precise standards by which to evaluate loud or ~ucous noise. Vote was taken on the motion to refer the ordinance to staff. e Motion carried - Council members Murray, Keller, Williams, Bradley, Haws, and Shirey voting aye; Council members Beal and Hamel voting no. 2. Amusement Devices Licensing Fees Code Amendment, Amusement Devices License Fees - Copies of memo from the finance director together with copies of proposed ordinance that would amend the code with regard to amusement devices licensing fees were distributed to Council members with the agenda. Recommendation was to lower license fee for amusenent levies from $60.00 to $25.00, and to add the requirement for an "arcade license" c:op/cr.inq t,ho...:..;e J.)~15'i./.e3!JCS ()f?-::.',ratin~.! :;:__'JC'ra] d_ifferGnt tYPe_'S of arr.US2r.:-=,nt de',.-i :.:~s and pool and billiard tables in one .Zocation. 7'he proposed fee for that type 6f license was $25.00 plus'$l5.00 for each device or game table other than gambling, deleting the requirement for separate fees for individual devices for businesses operating under this type of license. Cheryl McCown who petitioned consideration of reduction in the amusement device licensing fees said that even with the proposed lower fees and change to arcade licensing they would be paying about $1200 per year plus the application fees. She said that was still considerably more than other business license in Eugene. She proposed a $5.00 fee rather than a $15:00 fee on the devices to bring their costs more in line with other businesses. Also that the fees be prorated on a quarter- or half-year basis. She asked that these requests for changes be evaluated before Council consideration of the amendment. Maurice Mitchell, e assistant finance director, said the license fees were now prorated on a half- year basis. Assistant Manager explained that it would be difficult to adjust the rates to accommodate the McCown's business without taking into account other businesses have similar devices. He said the arcade fees were based on the costs incurred in dealing with amusement devices in other operations and that the staff ~1z.. 7/14/75 - 5