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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1071 OrdinanceORDINANCE NO,- . AN' ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 9 O'F. OR.DINANCE NO;' 989 AS AMENDED BY SECTION 1 'O)F ORDINANCE NOo 1009 AND PASCO:CITY CODE, 3"2.36;- AMENDING -2;36;.AMENDING SECTION 10 OF :ORDINANCE NO'' 9.89 AS AMENDED BY SECTION 2 OF ORDINANCE NO' 1009 AND PASCO CITY CODE 3-2.40; AMENDING SECTION 11 OF ORDINANCE NO.' 989 AS AMENDED BY'SE'CTION 3 OF ORDINANCE NO.` 1009 AND PASCO CITY CODE 3-2.44; ADDING TWO, SECTIONS TO ORDINANCE NO;' 989 AND PASCO CITY CODE. CHAPTER.3,2 AMENDING 'SECTION 17 OAF ORDINANCE NO' 989 AS AMENDED BY. -SECTION 2 .OF ORDINANCE NO;' 1034; BEING AN ORDINANCE RELATING -TO TRADE STIMULATORS,'' PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING THEREOF, DEFINING'O:FFENSES AND PROVIDING PENALTIES,`. THE CITY COUNCIL. OF THE, CITY OF PASCO; DO 01RDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 9 of: btdinance No' 989 as -amended by Section 1 of Ordinance 1009. and Pasco City .Code 3-•2036 are hereby amended to read as.follows• Section 9. Tirade Stimulator License" -Requirement.- It shall be unlawful for any person to display, exhibit or expose for use,. play or operation or permit to be used, played or operated any trade 'stimulator without having a valid and subsisting "Trade- Stimulator License".' A separate license'is required for each business establishment or place of .business; Section 2, Section 10 of'Ordinance,'No. ' 9,89, as amended by. Section 2 of Ordinance No. 1009 and Pasco City Code 3-2.40,. are hereby amended to read as follows: Section 10. Trade Stimulator License—Fee. There shall be a fee of $250 per year. paid for each"Trade Stimulator; Licen.se". ,, Section 3. Section 11 of Ordinance No. 989, . as amended by Section 3 of Ordinance No., 1009 and Pasco City. _Code:.3»2.44, .a 7-ehereby amended to read as follows; 'Section IL Trade Stimulator L,-icense--Application For. Application for such license shall be made to the City Clerk, and the- license may:be granted by the City Council after such investigation as it may desire to make. The .license fee shall be paid at the time.of making the application. dft k6 Section 4, There is added to Ordinance No. 989 and Pasco. • n City Code Chapter 3-2.a new section to read as follows: Section 11. 1 Trade-' Stimulator Licenser -!-:-Duration. ; The license year for the Trade Stimulator License shall be the calendar. year.: All license fees shall be paid on an annual basis, and, where, the license is issued on and subsequent to July 1 in any year; the fee therefor shall be one"half the annual fee.' Section 5;. There is' added to Ordinance No. 989 and Pasco City Code Chapter' 3,-2 anew section to read as follows: Section 11-.2 Trade''Stimulator License»»Display. The Trade Stimulator License shall at alltimes be conspicuously posted and maintained at each business establishment or place,of.busine,ss. The City Clerk shall prescribe the form of such license and number each license 'issued. Section $: Section 17of Ordinance No. 989,' as amended by Section 2 of Ordinance 'No. 1034, and Pasco City Code Chapter 3r2. 64 are hereby amended to read as follows: Section 17. Seizure ,of unauthorized trade stimulators -!-disposition of merchandise. In addition to the other- penalties, provided for herein, any trade . stimulator which is used or possessed in any business es,tablishmen.t or place of business which does not have, a valid and subsisting trade stimulator license is hereby declared to be a nuisance and maybe confiscated by the City Clerk or his authorized agent or deputy and destroyed. The merchandise thereon shall be held subject to redemption by the owners on payment by them, of all delinquent license fees and fines, and in case such articles are not redeemed within fifteen days of date of seizure, said articles may be, sold at a. public sale by the city:after ten days notice in' front of the City Hall and all monies received from the sale shall be paid into the general.fund :of the c ity. Section 7. This ordinance shall be in full force: and effect after its passage and publication-,as'required bylaw. PASSED by the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this day of DecembeA-JWL�I Attest: Myo Published:' Approved as:to form: