Ordinance 26870006.90000
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10/05/88
ORDINANCE NO. 2687
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF ECC 3.24.020 (C)
RELATING TO AMUSEMENT GAMES IN ORDER TO REGULATE
THE OPERATION OF CRANE AND CLAW GAMES AND
AFFIXING THE TIME ON THE SAME SHALL BECOME
AFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, The Washington State Gambling Commission has
provided for a test of Crane and Claw Games at limited locations;
WHEREAS, such forms of gambling fall within the type of
gambling enterprises regulated by RCW Chapter 9.46 and ECC
Chapter 3.24;
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the regulation of
such devices through their registration and the establishment of
a reasonable fee to compensate the City for its regulatory
expense is appropriate, Now, Therefore;
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 3.24.020 the Edmonds City Code,
paragraph C is hereby amended to read as follows:
3.24.020 PERSONS SUBJECT TO TAX -TAX RATE
C. Amusement games shall not be subject to
the levy of a tax, provided, however,
that special amusement games, and
particularly Crane and Claw games,
authorized for operation under the
provisions of Washington Administrative
Code section 230-20-699 as the same
exists or shall hereafter be amended,
shall be subject to the levy of a tax in
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the amount of 21 of the gross receipts
directly attributable to the operation of
said Crane or Claw games;
Section 2. This ordinance, being an exercise
of a power specifically delegated to the City
legislative body, is not subject to referendum, and
shall take effect five (5) days after passage and
publication of the attached summary which is hereby
approved.
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ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
CIVt CLERK, JACQUELINE G. PARRETT
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
BY Ih"&
FILED WITH THE ITY CLERK: October 5, 1988
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: October 18, 1988
PUBLISHED: October 23, 1988
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 28, 1988
ORDINANCE NO. 2687
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Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
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COUNTY OF SNOH0IVISH,
Edmonds, nnLa=
The undersigned, being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says
On the 1Blh doy CO October,
1468 the city Coundl of the LlIY
that she is Principal Clerk of THE HERALD, a daily newspaper
wf ewd$ wmrnoryrd of 1�he
content of solo ordlnence,
consisting of the t1Fle, provides
printed and y y
p published in the City of Everett, Count of Snohomish,
in follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF
CITY OF EDMOTHE
and State of Washington; that said newspaper is a newspaper of
gNDS
AMENDiNd
IIMSS
THE ROVR or ECC
general circulation in said County and State; that said newspaper
3.24mo [[C RELATING TO
GAMES 1N
AMUSFMEINT -
OROER TO REGULATE
has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior
THE OPERATION OF
CRANE A:3D CLAW GAMES
TK s TIME
AFriximGTHE
Court of Snohomish County and that the notice ........................................
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BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The iull fe,, of 11,1s Ordlnonce
will be molled upon regUW
DATED this 18111 dov of
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}A�gUEL?NE G. PARRETT
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Published: DcloEsr 23, 19l6,
a printed copy of which is hereunto attached, was published in said
newspaper proper and not in supplement form, in the regular and
entire edition of said paper on the following days and times, namely:
OCTOBER 23, 1988
and that said newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers
during all of said period.
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i Principal Clerk
Subscribed and sworn to before me this.... 2.4th..._..__...
f` day ofCTOB.-.......... ------ 19.8.8..
'ublic in�&nd for the State of Washington,
at Everett, Snohomish County.
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