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Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on the 5th day of November,
1984 at 8:00 p.m. at the City Hall, 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway, to consider an amend-
ment to the City Ordinances relating to amusement devices.
ORDINANCE NO. 64 -13
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 23 OF THE CITY ORDINANCES
RELATING TO AMUSEMENT DEVICES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 23 of the City Ordinances of the City of Brooklyn Center
is hereby amended in the following manner:
Section 23 -2102. DEFINITIONS.
C. "Amusement Device" The term amusement device as used herein means
any amusement device of the following types:
1. A machine or contrivance, including "pinball" machines, electronic
or video games, mechanical miniature pool tables, bowling machines,
shuffle boards, electric rifles or gun ranges, miniature mechanical
or electronic devices and games or amusements patterned after base-
ball, basketball, hockey and similar games or like devices, machines,
or games which may be played solely for amusement and not as a gam
bling device and which devices or games are played by the insertion
of a coin r d charged b
(s) o token(s) or at a fee fixed an ge y the estab-
lishment in which such devices or machines are located_ [and which
contain no automatic payoff devices for the return of money, coins,
merchandise, checks, tokens or any other thing or item of value,
provided, however, that such machines may be equipped to permit a
free play or game.]
Section 23 -2111. PAYOFFS. It shall be unlawful for the licensee or for the
owner or operator of the establishment where any amusement device is located to give
any money as a reward or prize for the playing of the amusement device. It shall be
unlawful for the licensee or for the owner or operator of the establishment where any
amusement device is located to give any token, merchandise or any other thing [of]
with a wholesale value [or any reward or prize in lieu of free games registered on
such device, and j of more than $1.00 as a reward or prize for the playing of the
amusement device. Free games may be awarded for the playing of the amusement device,
but not in conjunction with the awarding of any prize, token, or merchandise as de-
fined herein. All free games so registered shall be played on the device registering
such free game. There shall be no mechanism on the amusement device whereby the
operator can cancel registered free games.
Section 23 -2112. AUTOMATIC PAYOFFS. It shall be unlawful for any person
to keep, maintain, sell or permit to be operated any amusement device which has been
converted into an automatic payoff device which automatically awards any money, or any
prizes, tokens, merchandise, gifts or anything [of] with a wholesale value of more
than $1.00 [other than free games? to the [operator orJ player of such amusement device,
ORDINANCE NO. 84 -13
provided, however, that free qames may be awarded, but not in conjunction with such
prizes. It shall be unlawful to convert any amusement device into an automatic payoff
device.
Section 2. This ordinance shall become effective after adoption and upon
thirty (30) days following its legal publication.
Adopted this 5th day of Novemiber 19 84
Mayor
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ATTEST:,
Clerk
Date of Publicatio6 October 11, 1984
Effective Date November 10, 1984
(Underline indicates new matter, brackets indicate matter to be deleted.)