Item 7: 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; 3. Promote the safety and fairness of the event; and 4. Require that either the promoter or the participant provide proof of medical insurance for short-term and long-term care for any serious physical injury that a participant suffers during a match, competition or exhibition. (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. Ordinance - 1 L:\CMO\2007 Council Agendas\M070108\S0701087-attA.doc