Item C: Ordinance Prohibiting Extreme Fighting

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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. (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, except for a match, competition or exhibition in which the participants and the promoter, if any, comply with and enforce rules adopted by the city manager to: 1. Ensure participants will be matched with others of comparable skill, experience and weight; 2. Impose limitations on the use of blows or maneuvers that may cause serious physical injury; and 3. Promote the safety and fairness of the event. (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). (d) “Facilitate” means to arrange for or to enable; it includes but is not limited to 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. 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: Ordinance - 1 L:\CMO\2006 Council Agendas\M061127\S061127C-attA.doc