Ordinance No. 661 - Prohibiting Arcade DevicesORDINANCE NO. 661
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROSEMEAD AMENDING THE ROSEMEAD MUNICIPAL CODE
PROHIBITING ARCADE DEVICES IN LIQUOR STORES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 9184.1 of Part XXV, of Chapter 1, of the
Rosemead Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
A. Definitions. For the purpose of this Chapter, the following terms are
defined as follows:
1. Arcade establishment. Any place of business containing four (4) or
more arcade devices.
2. Arcade devices. All devices commonly known as "pinball machines", all
"video games", games of skill of whatever kind or nature, whether
electronically activated or not. As used herein, arcade device shall
not include the following:
a. Coin-operated billiard tables for which a permit is required.
b. Vending machines which dispense a product.
C. Player pianos.
3. Liquor Stores. Any firm, person, or corporation which sells at retail_
• off-sale beer, wine and distilled spirits; and, such alcohol sales_
constitutes at least 517 of the total retail sales; and, which is
classified as a type 2l license according to Section 23000 of the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Act.
B. Conditional Use Permit Required.
No person shall operate an arcade establishment in the City of Rosemead
without first obtaining, in addition to all other licenses and permits
required by this code, a Conditional Use Permit for such use in the manner
provided for in the Zoning Code of the City of Rosemead. Pursuant to
section 9181(29), game arcades may only be located in Zones CBD, C-3 and
M-1. Any person lawfully operating a game arcade as of the date of
adoption of this Section shall be permitted to operate without such
Conditional Use Permit until December 31, 1982, providing all other
licenses and permits have been lawfully issued for all of the games
. contained therein. All arcades, except those with valid Conditional Use
Permits as required by this Chapter shall become non-conforming uses as
defined by this Code and must be abated by December 31, 1982.
1. Prohibited Uses
No liquor store shall be permitted to display, operate, or maintain
an arcade device on the premises. Any liquor store lawfully„
operating arcade devices may continue to operate said devices after
the effective date of this ordinance until December 31, 1990. A11_
arcade devices located at liquor stores shall become non-conforming
uses as defined ~j this code and must be abated and removed prior to
December 31, 1990.
Section 2. The City Clerk will certify to the passage and
adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be posted in the manner
required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 8th day of May
1990.
G
MAYOR
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:
CITY OF ROSEMEAD )
I, Janice Warner, City Clerk of the City of Rosemead, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance had its first reading on
4-24-90 and had its second reading on 5-8-90
and was passed by the following vote:
YES: Taylor, McDonald, Bruesch, Imperial
NO: None
ABSENT: DeCocker
ABSTAIN: None
-.C~ CLERK
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