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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE NO. 8931499 1 - - -- - - - -- -- - - - n-- -- -- -- -' - - -- - _ - -- -_- '- -_ - --_--__-_-=_-_ - _-- WHEREFORE, it is deemed for the best interests of the City of Eugene and for the welfare of the inhabitants thereof that the machines and devices hereinafter referred to be licensed and regulated, rather than to have the same operated without police regulation and licensing, the Common Council enacts the followings ORDINANCE NO. 8~. ~l: An Ordinance regulating and licensing pinball machines and similar devices and games operated b~T depositing or inserting a coin or slug, provided such machines or other games are played for amusement only, and providing penalty for violation of the provisions hereof and declaring an emergency. THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Seotion 1. (a) ~he_~tetKne~"person^ whenever used iri this Ordinance shall mean and include a person, a firm, a corporation or copartnership, and the singular, number shall include the plural. (b) Z'he term "machine" whenever used in this Ordinance shall mean and include any pinball game, marble game or similar device or game, or other game, device or machine in which coins or slugs are deposited. Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain, keep, operate or permit the operation or playing of any machine described in Section (b} of Section 1 hereof on any premises within the City of Eugene, without first obtaining a license therefor in the manner hereinafter provided; and further provided trat no such machine so licensed shall be operated or permitted to be operated as a gambling machine or device.. Seotion 3. Any person desiring to obtain a license to operate or maintain any such machine, shall make application therefor at the office of the City Recorder on blanks to be furnished for that purpose, and shall describe the place of business or premises where such machine is to be operated or main- tained, and also describe the kind and type of such machine. Each license shall be approved by the City Manager and~or the City Recorder before issuance thereof for the particular machine so licensed.. Provided, however, the City Manager and~or the City Recorder may in his discretion with concurrence of the Chief of Police reject any or all applications for licensing hereunder for any reason or cause deemed sufficient. Section !~. LICENSE FEE. A license fee of Twenty Dollars 020.00} per calendar month or portion thereof shall be charged for each and every machine so licensed hereunder, each such license to expire on the last day of the calendar month for which the same is issued. I t ~~ I ~t~Q i Section 5. Upon the approval of application for license hereunder, and upon the payn}ent of such license fee, the City Recorder shall issue to each i applicant a suitable sticker license, which shall be securely pasted by the ap~ i . plicant on each such machine during the period for which the same is licensed. The license so issued shall not be transferable from one machine to another. + Section 6. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to display in his or its place of business any such machine upon which any such license is ~ not attach as herein provided. (b) ~:3t shall be unlawful for any person to permit or allow any such machine then in his possession or under his immediate control to be played or operated by any minor under the age of 18 years, or any person of unsound mind. (c) The proprietor or any place of business or premises ' wherein any such machine is operated or displayed shall be conclusively pre- , sumed to be the one in possession and control thereof for any purpose. i Section 7. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Ord- finance shall upon conviction thereof in the Adunicipal Court of the City of Eugene be punished by fine not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars 0200.00) and the cost of prosecution, and may be imprisoned in the City Jail one day for cacti Two Dollars 02.00) of such fine unpaid. Any machine as herein described which shall be operated or displayed for operation without a license attached thereon as herein provided, or in any wise contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance shall be confiscated. Section 8. WHEREAS, machines as decribed in this Ordinance are now being operated within the City of Eugene, and it is her©by deemed to be neces- sary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety of I the-Uit of Eu ene that this Ordinance take effect immediatel u on its assage therefore an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Ordinance shall ~ become effective immediately upon its passage by the common Council and approval i by the Mayor, and it is so ordered. Passed by the Common Council Approved by th3 Mayor this this 12th day of August 19+6• 13th day of August, 191x.6, /s/ John Fields /s/ Earl L. McAtutt ity ecorder Mayor