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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 84- 1159 Amends 88 5.06.050 and 5.56.100, gaming licenses 452', ORDINANCE NO. 1159 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, AMENDING SECTIONS 5.06.050 AND 5.56.100 OF THE BOZEMAN MUNICIPAL CODE, ESTABLISHING THE FEE STRUCTURE FOR LICENSES ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE MONTANA CARD GAMES ACT OR THE BINGO AND RAFFLES ACT AND SETTING THE LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OF CARD GAME TABLES PER BUSINESS LOCATION IN THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA. I PREAMBLE The purpose of this ordinance is to amend Section 5.06.050 previously entitled Gaming--Bingo and Raffles and Section 5.56.100, previously entitled Issuance under Montana Card Games Act--Fees--Payment to remove all references to poker machines in view of the Montana Supreme Court's decision disallowing their use and to clarify the license fees for card games and keno machine games. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN: Section 1 That Section 5.06.050 of the Bozeman Municipal Code be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 5.06.050 Card Games--Bingo and Raffles. A. The license fee for card game tables for playing bridge, cribbage, hearts, panguingue, pinochle, pitch, rummy, whist, solo and poker when the prize is money or any item of value, as limited in Section 5.56.100, shall be as follows: 1. First Table $ 500 2. Second Table $ 500 3. Third Table $ 750 I 4. Fourth Table $1,000 B. The license fee for card game tables for playing bridge, cribbage, hearts, panguingue, pinochle, pitch, rummy, whist, solo and poker solely for the amusement of the players shall be $50 per table. C. The license fee under the Bingo and Raffles Law, as set forth in Section 5.56.130 shall be $250 per business location per year, with the following exceptions: 1. Electronic Keno Machines $500 per machine location per year. 2. Keno Game $500 per business location per year. 3. Temporary licenses pursuant to Section 5.56.140. a. Locations licensed under subparagraph A, above $25 per business location per day. b. Others $25 or five percent I of the actual value of prices to be awarded, whichever is larger. ORDINANCE NO. 1159 453 Section 2 That Section 5.56.100 of the Bozeman Municipal Code, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 5.56.100 I ssuance under Montana card games act--payment. I Each person obtaining a license for the operation of a card table under the Montana Card Games Act must, in addition, possess a city license for the sale of liquor, beer, or a business license which includes the sale of food, cigarettes or any other consumable products. Each person desiring a license to operate one or more card tables shall pay a per table annual license fee, as set forth in Section 5.06.050. At no time, however, shall any business location be licensed to operate more than a total of four card game tables when the prize is money or any item of value. Such license fee shall be due and payable on the 30th day of June of each year. Failure to pay the license fee on or before the time stated shall result in the revocation of the license. PROVISIONALL Y PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana, this 26th day of March 1984. MAYOR I ATTEST: CLERK OF THE CITY COMMISSION FINALLY PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana, and approved by the Mayor of said City this 9th day of April 1984, and effective thirty (30) days after said date. MAYOR ATTEST: CLERK OF THE CITY COMMISSION State of Montana ) County of Gallatin ) City of Bozeman ) I I, Robin L. Sullivan, Clerk of the Commission of the City of Bozeman, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1159 was published by title and number in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in said City, in the issue dated the 19th day of Apri I 1984, and such proof of said publication is on file in my office. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I hereunto set my hand and affix the corporate seal of my office this 1 st day of May 1984. Clerk of the City Commission ORDINANCE NO. 1159