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AN ORDINANCE DE FININGS PROVIMMO FOR AND LICENSING CERTAIN
TYPES OF COIN -OPERATED DEVICES, REGULATING THE OPERATION
THEREOF, FIXING THE MOUNT OF OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE FEE THME -
?. FM, AND rROVIMTIG PENALTIES FOR TIM VIOLATION OF THE TERMS
OF THIS ORDINANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY TH;; CITY C01,11ISSION OF TIM CITY OF CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA:
Suction 1. CLASSIFICATION AND DEFINITION. For the purpose of
this Ordinance coin-operated devices shall be classified and
defined am provided by Act of the Legislature of State oi`
Florida of 1935, being House Sill No. 1131',
SECTION 2. It shall bu unlawful for any person or persons,
corporation or corporations to set up for operation, operate,
lease or distribute for the purpose of operating within the City
of Clecrw ter any coin-operated device as defined in Section One
of this Ordinance, without having first obtained a City License
thorefor, which license shall be issued to such person or persons,
corporation or corporations on r.oceipt of the amount hereinafter
stated and the same shall be signed by the City Clerk and the City
Tanager and shall have the City seal affixed.
SUCTION 3. This Ordinance,, however, does not apply to machines or
devices being displayed or demostrated by manufacturers, distrib-
utors, salesmen and agents for sales purposes, nor shall it
apply.to coin-operated telephones, or to United States Stamp
machineso
SECTION 4. (a) Any person, firm or corporation who leases or
rents out pr places, under any kind of an agreement whatsoever,
with any other-person,, or a location operator, any coin-operated
device or devices, na heroin defined, shall pay an occupational
.tax and shall be known as an "Operator".
•(b),Any person, firm or corporation who displays any
coin- 6perated device or devices, as herein defined, to the public
to be played or 'operated by the public shall be mown as a
"daa "
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provided in Section 50
SECTION 5. The fees for such licenses shall be as tollows:
Each "Operator" of automatic vendors and/or skill machines and
or trade machines shall pay to the Cifiy of Clearwater an
:. occupational tax of the star of $75.00, and in addition thereto
the following occupational tax on each machine as set forth
in this Section and each location operator an defi.nod in Section
Four shall pay an occupational license tax on each machine to
the City of Cle arvator as follows :
3r A. Automatic Vendorar .....................15.UU
B. Skill v1 achine? a .............. ..... . ... 5100
' C. Trnda +?80hi11?0if...0..........r.......... 50.00
........ . ......., .......254.t3D
D. Other Machines.
SECTION 6. Any and all machinaa licensed under this Ordinance
shall be subject; to the foll.ovring provisions:
1.No person in direct charge or supervision of'such
machines shall knowingly permit any person under 21 years
of ago to engage in the play of such maahiIles.
2. All machines licensed by this Act must be operated
and maintained at all times in an orderly manners and the
operation thereof ahnll be conducted with the sauna dignity as
any other wall rogula}tod business.
3. Provided that no automatic vending machine shall at
' any time be "plugged" or. ebaanged in any manner so as to alter
its ratio of premiums.
SECTION 7. Ho Ordinances s or parts of Ordinances, which have
their purpose the prohibition of gambling devices shall be
construed to apply to licensed coifs--controlled machines as
defined and permitted under this Ordinance; provided,, however,
nothing herein contained shall be construed to mean that more
than one occupational tax may be required from any one operator,
acid not morn than one location tax may be required of each machine.
SECTION 8No mvehiaes operated under the provisions of this
Ordinance shall be maintained or operated within 300 feet or,
tiny public school or church; provided, however, this shall
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SECTION 9. No license issued under the provisions of this
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Ordinanoe shall be transferable. .
t SECTION 100' Licenses provided herein shall be additional to.
and not in lieu of othor occupational licensor provided by
€ Ordinance.
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8CTION 11. No license shall be issued for a period of less
than six months, except as hereinafter specifically stated,
provided that for each license issued between October lot and
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April 1st of any year the full amount of license tax hereby
: nposed shall be paid and for each license ,issued .after April
let of each your one-half of the total.amount of license
shall be paid.
SECTION 12. All lloonse -tams hereby ordained shall be due
and able on the .first da of October of each
P??g y year commencing
October lot 7.135 and if not aid within thin
? , p y (30) days
thereafter tho game shall be considered in default and it shall
be,, and it is hereby made the duty of the City Manager to make
affidavit for the arrest of an
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?.. pay the mame, and to cause the same to be brought before the
Municipal Court for trial.
The right to revoke any licenss under the provisions
of this Ordinance, for cause, is reserved to the .01t7 of Clearwater
and said rQvocation shall be made at the discretion of the Citg
Commission*
Any person, firm or{ corporation who shall violate
any of the prrovinions of this Ordinance shall upon conviction
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in the Lunicipal Court , be fined not more than 0200.00 or .
committed in the City Fail not exceeding sixty (60)days, such
fine or impxisomnent, at the discretion of the Municipal Judge, !
and each day of duration of such violation, ung be considered as
. u separate offonses
SECTION 139 All Ordinances, or parts of Ordinances, in con-
F, flint heresnit•.h are hereby repealed.
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SECTION 14. ,This Ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon .its p&saugv.
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