HomeMy WebLinkAbout1362 ORDINANCE NO. 1362
AN ORDINANCE regulating and providing for the licensing of coin in the slot
devices, fixing license fees, repealing Ordinance No. 298 of the City of
Brem~rton, as amended by Ordinance No. 698, and other ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith, and providing penalties for the violation thereo
THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLL0~¥S:
Section 1. Definition. A coin in the slot defice is hereby defined as a
device, machine or instrument, or combination of devices, machines or instruments
for the sale of goods, the furnishing of entertairm~ent or music, or the furnishin
of any other commodity or service where such device, machine or instrument is
wholly or partially operated by, or with the aid of, coins or slugs, excepting on
pay-telephones and gas and electric meters, operated and controlled wholly by
persons, firms and corporations holding public utility franchises or permits from
the City of Bremerton.
Section 2. It shall be unlawful to operate a coin in the slot device as
herein defined, in the City of Bremerton, without having first obtained an annual
license therefor as hereinafter provided.
Section 3. Nothing in this ordinance contained shall be construed to author
ize the operation of any gambling device contrary to the laws of the State of
Washington, or contrary to other ordinances in force and effect in the City of
Bremerton.
Section 4. Fees to be charged for the issuance of annual licenses for coin
in the slot devices shall be determined by the number of coin slots or coin
receptacles attached to such devices and are hereby fixed as follows;
1. For each coin in the slot device, operated by one penny, where one
cent is the basic price of the goods, commodity or service sold,
the sum of $2.00 per annum for the first coin slot or coin recep-
tacle attached thereto, and $1.00 for each of the next four (4)
~oin slots or receptacles attached thereto; provided, however,
that no additional charge shall be made for additional coin slots
or receptacles in excess of the first five (5); and provided,
further, that the temporary plugging, sealing and closing of coin
slots or receptacles attached to the said device or defices shall
not relieve the owner or operator thereof from paying the full
license fee as herein set forth.
2. For each coin in the slot device, operated by a nickle or coin of
greater value, the sum of $10.00 per annum for the first coin
slot or receptacle, attached to such device, and $5.00 additional
for each of the next four (4) coin slots or receptacles attached
thereto; provided however that no additional charge shall be made
for additional coin slots or receptacles in excess of the first
five (5); and provided further, that the temporary plugging,
sealing and closing of coin slots or receptacles attached to the
said device or devices shall not relieve the owner or operator
thereof from paying the full license fee as herein set forth.
Section 5. Any person desiring to operate a coin in the slot device, as here
defined, shall file a written application for an annual license with the Chief of
Police of the City of Bremerton, which shall describe the coin in the slot device
and the place of business where the same shall be operated. The Chief of Police
shall investigate said application and if he finds that the coin in the slot
device, proposed to be operated, complies with the laws of the State of ¥¥ashingto
and the ordinances of the City of Bremerton, he shall approve the said applicatio
whereupon the person applying for said license shall pay the amount of the licens
fee, as herein set forth, to the City Treasurer, accept his receipt therefor, and
present the same to the City Clerk, who shall issue an annual license for operati
of the coin in the slot device or devices, which said license shall contain the
name of the person to whom the license is granted, the place of business where th
coin in the slot device or devices shall be operated, and a short description of
the said device or devices.
Section 6. Licenses as herein provided shall be at all times kept upon the
premises where the licensed coin in the slot devices are operated, and shall be
exhibited to any member of the police department of the City of Bremerton upon
request. Licenses issued hereunder shall not be transferrable from one place of
business to another, or from one licensee to another.
Ordinance No. 1362 (cont)
Section 7. Licenses issued under the provisions of this ordinance shall
expire at midnight on the 30th day of June following the date of issuance and
no reduction shall be made if the license issued shall not cover the full period
of one ye ar.
Section 8. Any and all persons operating coin in the slot devices in the
City of Bremerton shall comply with the provisions of this ordinance, whether
or not such persons shall have secured licenses under the provisions of 0r~inance
No. 298 of the City of Bremerton, but any person holding a valid and subsisting
license covering the period from July 1, 1940, to July 1, 1941, or any part
thereof, under the provisions of Ordinance No. 298, shall be entitled to receive
full credit for the amount collected by the City of Bremerton on such license as
a deduction against the license fee fixed herein.
Section 9. Ordinance No. 298 of the City of Bremerton, as amended by
Ordinance No. 698, together with any of the ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith, including Ordinance No. 1358, which has been passed but not
published, be and the same are hereby repealed.
Section 10. Every person, firm or corporation, violating any of the provisions
of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100.00 or by imprisonment
in the city Jail for not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
Section 11. An emergency exists and this ordinance is immediately necessary
for the preservation of public peace, health and safety, and shall take effect
immediately upon its passage and publication.
PASSED by the City Commission of the City of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor,
and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage, this 27th day
of December, 1940.
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