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HomeMy WebLinkAbout016 - 08/11/1955 - RELATING TO LICENSES FOR THE OPERATION OF BILLIARD AND POOL TABLES, BOWLING ALLEYS, PIN AND BALL MAC ORDINANCE No 16 , 1955 RELATING TO LICENSES FOR THE oPERAT (YT 6F BILLIA D AND POOL TABLES, BOWLING ALLEYS, PIN AND BALL MACHINES, SHOOTING GALLERIES., STRIKING MACHINES, RING GAMES, BALL AND PUPPET GAMES, AND THE REGULATION OF THE SAME, REPEALING ORDINANCE NO 21, 19305 AS AMENDED BY~ORDINANCE NO 3, 1947. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Section 1. That all persons are hereby prohibited from keeping for gain or hire any billiard or pool table, any bowling alley, any ball and pin machine, striking machine, shooting gallery, ring game, ball and puppet game, cane rack, knife board, or any other like game or device within the corporate limits of the City of Fort Collins unless said person shall have first obtained a license or permit therefor as herein provided in this ordinance Section 2. A license to keep for gain or hire any of the tables, alleys, machines, galleries or games mentioned in Section 1 of this ordinance may be granted by the City Manager in his discretion to any person or persons who shall make application in writing therefor to the City Manager stating therein the room or place wherein such tables, alleys, machines, galleries or games are to be kept, and the number thereof proposed to be kept, and shall execute to the City of Fort Collins a good and sufficient bond with at least two good sureties or a surety company bond to be approved by the City Manager in the penal sum of 8500.00, conditioned that the person or persons so licensed shall observe and keep all of the ordinances of the City of Fort Collins in force at the time of the issuing of said license or that may be passed or adopted during the term of said license. Said application shall be accompanied by the amount of money required for the license fee Upon compliance with the foregoing requirements a license may, in the discretion of the City Manager, be granted to the person or persons so applying authorizing and permitting him or them to keep for gain or hire wW of the tables Y alleys, machines, galleries or games hereinbefore mentioned, provided the City Manager may refuse to grant any such license where in his opinion the applicant is not a person of good moral character, or for other good cause shown. All licenses issued under this ordinance shall be signed by the City Manager and attested by the City /Clerk and no license issued under this ordinance shall be transferable from the licensee except by and with the consent of the City Manager, and at his dis- cretion, and then only upon the filing of a new bond by the transferee as herein- above provided, nor shall the licensee be permitted to operate under said license in any other place than that mentioned in the application and license without the consent of the City Manager. Section 3 A It shall be unlawful for any person or persons who shall have been granted a license under the provisions of this ordinance, hia or their clerk, agent or employee, to permit any games for money or other valuable thing to be played upon the tables, machines, alleys or galleries mentioned in Section 1 of this ordinance, or to permit any gaming by means of cards, dice or device for playing of games of chance, or skill and chance, within or about the establish.» ment where such tables, machines or alleys are kept B. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons who shall have been granted a license under the provisions of this ordinance, his or their clerk, agent or employee, to permit any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to play upon or with any of said tables or machines, except when accompanied by one of his parents, provided, however, it shall not be unlawful for a licensee to permit a person under the age of eighteen (18) years to play or for such person under eighteen (18) years of age to play upon any bowling alley C It shall be unlawful for any person or persons who shall have been granted a license under the provisions of this ordinance to permit arq person .2r excepting only his employees to enter the room or place where such tables are kept between the hours of 12 00 P.M. and 5 00 A.M. of the succeeding day, or upon Sunday, or to permit any playing upon or with the said tables, machines, games or alleys or shooting in such galleries, between the hours of 12 00 P.M. and 5 00 A.M. of the succeeding day, or upon Sunday. 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It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) years, except when accompanied by one of his parents, to play upon any of said tables or machines kept for gain or hire E The licensee of any license issued or granted under the provisions of this ordinance shall display at all times in a prominent place upon a pin and ball machine in his establishment a printed card positioned upon the machine in such a manner that it may be plainly read by a normal person playing such machine, said card to be a minimum height of 5 inches and a minimum width of 8 inches with each letter to be a minimum height of 1/4 inch, which card shall read as follows WARNING PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, IT IS ILLEGAL FOR ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS TO PLAY UPON THIS PIN AND BALL MACHINE FINES AND IMPRISONMENT MAYBE IMPOSED BY THE COURTS FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE F It shall be uniawfui for any person or persons who shall have been granted a license under the provisions of this ordinance, his or their clerk, agent or employee, to permit any person under the age of eighteen (18) years of age, except when accompanied by one of his parents, to loiter about or frequent the room or place where there is kept any billiard or pool table or other kind of table or element used for a similar purpose It shall also be unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to loiter about or frequent such room or place when not so accompanied -3» s Section 4 Any license issued or granted under the provisions of this ordinance may be revoked by the City Council whenever it shall be made to appear to the City Council that the person or persons to whom such license was issued, his or their agent or employee has directly or indirectly violated any of the conditions of his bond, or any of the provisions of this ordinance or any ordinance of this City relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors Section 5 All licenses issued or granted under the provisions of Section 2 of this ordinance shall be paid for at the following rates For each pin and ball machine the sum of $ 75 00" per year, for each of the tables above named the sum of $10,00 per year, for each bowling alley the sum of $15.00 per year, for each shooting gallery the sum of $80.00 per year, for all other machines, devices or games described in this ordinance and for which no specific license fee is fixed the sum of $50 00 per year No license shall be issued or granted for a longer period than six (6) months, nor until the whole price for such license shall have been paid. Section 6 A permit to keep for gain or hire any striking machine, ring games, ball and puppet games, cane racks, knife boards or any other game or games of the same nature, may be granted by the City Manager in his discretion to any person or persons who shall make application in writing therefor to the said City Manager All permits issued ® under the provisions of this section shall be paid for at the rate of $1 00 per day for each day that the said game or device shall be kept for use within the corporate limits of said City. No permit shall be granted until the applicant shall have paid the sum of $1 00 for each day of the time for which said permit shall be granted Said device shall not be used upon any of the streets, avenues or alleys of said City -4- It shall be unlawful for any person or persons who have been granted a permit as above provided to use or permit to be used any such game or device upon the first day of the week commonly called Sunday. Section 7 Any person or persons who-shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall upon conviction thereof be fined for such offense in a sum not less than $5.00 nor more than $300.00, or may be imprisoned in the City jail not to exceed 90 days and pay the costs of suit Section 8. Ordinance No. 21, 1930, as amended by Ordinance No, 3, 1947, and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed Introduced, considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 14th day of July, A. D. 1955, and to be presented for final passage on the llth day of August, A. D. 1955 mayor ATTEST y Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this llth day of August, A. D 1955. mayor ATTEST CC/ City Clerk -5- `