HomeMy WebLinkAbout01471ORDINANCE NO. 1089
AN ORDINANCE providing for the licensing for revenue and regulation
of machines or devices for playing games of skill, and
and repealing all ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON,
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Each and every person, firm or corporation having
at any places or places within the City of Port Townsend, a device,
devices, machine or machines for playing games of skill, commonly
known as pin and ball machines or devices in which coins may be
dropped for the purpose of operating said machine, which may be
legally operated within the State of Washington, shall pay an
annual license fee in the sttm of y250.00, for an owners or opera-
tor's license and, in addition thereto, shall pay a fee of �2.50
per month, payable monthly in advance for each and every machine
owned and operated by such licensee
No such machine shall be allowed to be played by any. person
tinder the age of twenty-one years.
The Council shall have the right to reject any and all appli-
cations for operatorts licenses as it sees fit, and before any
license is granted the application therefor must be approved by the
City Council of the City of Port Townsend.
Section 2. An ownerts or operatorts license shall be good only
for the calendar year in which the same is issued. Licenses for
such machines shall be good only for the calendar month in which the
same is issued, and when such license is granted the City Clerk shall
furnish to the licensee a sticker or tag showing the description and
location of said machine or device and the name of the licensee oper-
ating the same, which sticker or tag shall be attached to such machine
or device, and it shall be unlawful to operate any such machine or
device unless such sticker or tag is attached thereto.