Ordinance 28020006.080.025
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09/27/90
R:10/10/90
ORDINANCE NO. _2802
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 4.24.027
RELATING TO VIDEO GAME ARCADES TO PERMIT SITING
OF ARCADES WITHIN ONE MILE OF A SCHOOL WHEN
INCLUDED AS A PART OF AN OVERALL FAMILY SPORTS
ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN
THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, the City of Edmonds currently prohibits video
game arcades from locating with one mile of a public, licensed
private or parochial school; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of such ordinance is to discourage
truancy and loitering by school -age children at the facility
during school hours;
WHEREAS, the City has been petitioned to amend its
ordinance by individuals proposing to construct a family
entertainment facility which includes video games as a part of a
total overall sports and entertainment package;
WHEREAS, said facility proposes to prohibit school -age
children from utilizing the facility during school hours on
school days unless accompanied by a parent or a guardian;
WHEREAS, a business offering a full range of activities
could provide additional supervised recreational activities for
the children of Edmonds and their families; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that such limited
exception, if properly restricted, would permit the existing
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ordinance to achieve its goal of discouraging truancy and
loitering by school -age children during school hours; NOW,
THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 4.24.027 VIDEO GAME ARCADES -
LOCATION AND HOURS OF OPERATION:
4.24.027 VIDEO GAME ARCADES - LOCATION AND
HOURS OF OPERATION
1. Except as provided in paragraph 2 below,
no business having 10 or more video games
within the same building shall be located
closer than one mile from any public,
licensed private or parochial school,
excluding any college or other
institution of higher education, and no
video game arcade license shall issue to
such business. No business having 10 or
more video games shall allow the
operation of video games or other
amusement devices by its patrons between
the hours of 2 a.m. and 10 a.m.
2. Businesses whose primary purpose is the
provision of a package of family sports
and entertainment activities and which
includes ten or more video games may be
located within one mile from any public,
licensed private or parochial school,
provided, however, that as a condition of
licensing and operation, the facility
shall prohibit persons between the ages
of 6 and 17 years from utilizing the
facility unless accompanied by a parent
or guardian between the hours of 10 a.m.
and 3 p.m. on any day in which such
school is in session. Family sports and
entertainment facilities shall be
required to obtain a license as provided
herein and shall meet all other
requirements of this chapter including
the prohibition contained in paragraph 1
above against the operation of video
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games or other amusement devices between
the hours of 2 a.m. and 10 a.m.
3. Family sports and entertainment
activities shall be defined for the
purposes of this ordinance as a mixture
of activities which may include video
games but which also include a variety of
other games and activities which provide
personal interaction and competition
between participants. Such games may
include but are not limited to batting
cages, miniature golf, indoor golf or
driving ranges, basketball, foos ball,
air hockey and/or lazer tag. In no event
shall video games provide the main source
of revenue for the facility.
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 ordinance or a summary thereof
consisting of the title.
APPROVED:
ATTEST/AUTHENTICATED:
, JACQ?ELM G . PARRETT
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
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BY j I !1_
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: October 10, 1990
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: October 16, 1990
PUBLISHED: October 21, 1990
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 26, 1990
ORDINANCE NO. 2802
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STATE OF WASHINGTON,
COUNTY OF SNOHO1AISH,
SUMMARY OF
ORDINANCE NO. 2802
of the ON 131
Oil rile 161h doY of 00ob4r,
19". the LFty Council of the CIN
of Edmonds, Dossed Ordinance
No, 2802. A summary at the
content of said ordinance,
eonslsitnp of the title, provides
II AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
UB EDMONDS. WASHiHGTON-
ING�� T(j VFOEO GAME.
ARCADES TO PERMIT SITING
Or ARCADES WITHIN ONE
MILE OF A SCHOOL WHEN
INCLUDED AS PART OF AN
OVERALL FAMILY SPORTS
ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY
FIA "G ATIME
ANDWHEt�
THE SAME SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE,
The full text of this. Ordinance
Will bB rMlled upon request.
DATED this 16th day of
Oct JAC`OECIME G. PAR RETT
CBv Clerk
Published! October 21, 1990.
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Affidavit of Publication
The undersigned, being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says
that she is Principal Clerk of THE HERALD, a daily newspaper
printed and published in the City of Everett, County of Snohomish,
and State of Washington; that said newspaper is a newspaper of
general circulation in said County and State; that said newspaper
has been approved as a legal newspaper by order of the Superior
Court of Snohomish County and that the notice..—. - ...............................
Summary of Ordinance No. 2802
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 21, 1990
and that said newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers
during all of said period.
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Principal Clerk
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ........ 2 2 n d
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day of ............. ...October ........................... 19...9..
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