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Home My WebLink About1520 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1981/09/08SEPTEMBER 8, 1981 8b ORDINANCE NO. 1520 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE, ST. LOUIS PARK MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO LICENSING OF MECHANICAL AMUSEMENT DEVICES: ADDING SECTION 13-403(1) THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN: Sec. 1. The St. Louis Park Munhipal Code is hereby amended by adding Section 13-403(1) to read`: 1 1 PART 4 - Amusement, Entertainment Mechanical Amusement Devices Section 13-401. Definitions. Mechanical Amusement Devices. As used herein a mechanical amusement device is defined as a machine which, upon the insertion of a coin, token or slug, operates or may be operated for use as a game, contest or amusement of any description, or which may be used for any such game, contest or amusement, and which contains no automatic pay-off device for the return of money coins, checks, tokens or merchandise, or which provides for no such pay-off by any other means or manner. The term mechanical amusement devices shall include pin -ball machines, mechanical miniature pool tables, bowling machines, shuffleboards, electric rifle or gun ranges miniature mechanical devices and games or amusements. patterned after baseball, basketball, hockey, tennis, soccer, juke boxes and similar games, which may be used solely for amusement and not as gambling devices. (Sec. 13-401 Amended by Ordinance 1356, December 20, 1976) A pin -ball machine is a mechanical amusement device commonly know as a pinball machine which basically operates on the principle of a projected rolling ball or series of flashing lights which indicate a score. Section 13-402. License Required. No person shall operate or rent, lease, or otherwise make available to another person to operate within the City of St. Louis Park a mechanical amusement device, as herein before defined, without first obtaining both an owners license and also a machine license therefor from the City Manager, but no such license shall be issued for any machine or device which is a gambling device. (Sec. 13-402 Amended by Ordinance 1356, December 20, 1976) Section 13-403. Application. Every application for such license shall state the description of the mechanical amusement device for which license is to be issued, the place where the device is to be maintained and used, the place of residence of the applicant, and such other information as the City Manager shall require. (1) September, 1981 The number of mechanical amusement devices per- mitted an establishment shall be determined in accordance with the following sections of the St. Louis Park Zoning Ordinance: Section Zoning District 14-151.101 'B-1 14-157.101 B-2 14-172(3)(4) I-1 14-181.101 I-3 14-198(6) PUD & DDD duke boxes, vending machines and children's amusement devices are excluded from the provisions Of this section. 390 1 1 Section'13-404. The annual license fee for any individual or business owning a mechanical, amusement device operated within St. Louis Park shall be determined according to the total number. of machines located within the City. Number of Machines Owners License Fee 1 - 2 • $120 3 - 15 450 More than 15 600 In addition an annual license fee for each mechanical amusement device shall be required. The annual license fee for each machine shall be $42. (Sec. 13-404 Amended by Ordinance 1356, December 20, 1976) (Sec. 13-404 Amended by Ordinance 1488, November 17, 1980) September, 1981 390.1 Sec. 2. Penalty. Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con- viction shall be punished by a fine not more than $500 or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed 90 days or both. Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take effect 15 days after its publication. Adopted by the City Council September 8, 1981. Reviewed for administration: Appro ed] as to for nd legality: ity Manager City Attorney 1 1 1 oi' � SUN NEWSPAPERS AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION ST. LOUIS PARK SUN i 924 Excelsior Avenue West Hopkins, Minnnesota State of Minnesota / County of Hennepin D K MORTENSON, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all times here stated has been the vice president and general manager of the newspaper know as The St Lows Park Sun and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows (1) Said newspaper is printed in the English language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches (2) Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once every week (3) Said newspaper has 50% of its news columns devoted to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not wholly duplicate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and advertisement (9) Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipalities which it purports to serve, has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75% of its total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second- class matter in its local post -office (5) Said newspaper purports to serve the City of St Louis Park, Golden Valley School District No 275 and Robbinsdale School District No 281 in the County of Hennepin and it has its known office of issue in the City of Hopkins in said county, established and open during its regular business hours for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and maintained by the managing officer of said newspaper or persons in its employ and subject to his direction and control during all such regular business hours and devoted exclusively during such regula business hours and at which said newspaper is printed (6) Said newspaper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society (7) Said newspaper is made available at single or subscription prices to any person, corporation, partnership or other unincorporated association requesting the newspaper and making the applicable payment (8) Said newspaper has complied with all foregoing conditions for at least one year preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below (9) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1, 1966 and each January 1 thereafter and affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the managing officer of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper He further states on oath that the printed Ord i n a nee No _ 1 52 0 hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published therein in the English language, once each week, for one successive weeks, that it was first so published onWed. the 16 day of Sept . 19 81 and was thereafter printed and published on every to and including the day of 19 and that the following is a printed copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to wit abcdefghij kl mnopgrstuvwxyz Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1 -/ MERIDEL M. HEDBLOM (NOTARY PUBLIC - MINNESOTA HENNEPIN COUNTY My commission expires July 2, 1986 /2 e_ 19f/ (Official Publication) ORDINANCE NO 1520 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ST LOUIS PARK MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO LICENSING OF MECIIANICAL AMUSEMENT DEVICES ADDING SECTION 13-403(1) THE CITY OF ST, LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN Sec 1 The St Louts Park Munici- pal Code is hereby amended by add- ing Section 13-403(1) to read Mechanical Amusement Devices (1) The number of mechanical _amusement def ices permitted an es- tablishment shall be determined In accordance with the following sec- tions of the SI Louis Park Zoning Ordinance Zoning Section District 14-151 101 B-1 14-157101 11-2 14-172(3)(4) 1-1 14-181 101 1-3 14-198(6) PUD& DDD Juke boxes, vending machines and children's amusement devices are excluded from the provisions of\this section Sec 1 Penalty. Any person vio- lating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not more than 3500 or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed 90 days or both Sec 3. This ordinance shall take effect 15 days after Its publication Adopted by the City Council Sep- tember 8 1981 (s) PHYLLIS McQUAID Mayor Attest (s) EARL E HANSON City Clerk Reviewed for administration , (s) JAMES L BRIMEVER City Manager Approved as to form and legality (s) WAYNE G POPHAM City Attorney (Sept 18 1981) -SLP