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ORDINANCE NO. 1100-A
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1100, AN ORDINANCE REGULATING
GAME ROOMS, PROVIDING LICENSING PROCEDURES AND FEES, REGISTERING
OF SKILL OR PLEASURE ORIENTED COIN-OPERATED MACHINES AND PAYMMENT
OF OCCUPATIONAL TAX THEREON, REGULATING HOURS OF OPERATION,
PROVIDING STANDARDS FOR OPERATION, PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON
VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF
A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN ANY SUM NOT
MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($ 200.00); CONTAINING A SEVERA-
BILITY CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETING LAW;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
Section 1. Section 4 1/2-1 of Ordinance No. 1100, numbered
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as Chapter 4 1/2, Section 4 1/2-1, of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of La Porte is hereby amended, by adding thereto a
new sub-paragraph (a)(l), to hereafter read as follows, to-wit:
"Section 4 1/2-1. Definitions. . .
"(a)(I) Establishments operating under a
mixed beverage permit from the Texas Alcoholic
Beverage Commission shall be exempted from the
terms of this Ordinance."
Section 2. Section 4 1/2-18 of Ordinance No. 1100, numbered
as Chapter 4 1/2, Section 4 1/2-18, of the Code of Ordinances
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of the City of La Porte is hereby amended, to hereafter read
as fol10ws, to-wit:
"Section 4 1/2-18. Hours of operation
"The doors of any game haIl shall remain
closed to minors, and no minors shall be on the
premises, except during the following hours:
Mondays through Fridays
2:30 P.M. to 10:00 P.M.
Saturdays
9:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M.
Sundays
1:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M."
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Section 3. Section 4 1/2-23 of Ord inance No. 1100, numbered
as Chapter 4 1/2, Section 4 1/2-23, of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of La Porte is hereby amended, by adding thereto a new
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Ordinance No. lIDO-A, page 2.
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sub-paragraph (l)(a), to hereafter read as follows, to-wit:
"Section 4 1/2-23 (l)(a).
"(l)(a) NO operator, owner, manager or
employee shall, knowingly or recklessly, per-
mit a patron who has not yet attained his
eighteenth brithdate to participate in any skill
or pleasure oriented coin operated machine when
said premises has been licensed by the Texas
Alcoholic Beverage Commission to sell or dispense
alcoholic beverages for on premise consumption."
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Section 4. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or
any part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of this
ordinance shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect the remaining portions of this Ordinance, and
it is hereby declared to be the intention of this City Council
to have passed each section, sentence, phrase or clause, or
part thereof, irrespective of the fact that any other section,
sentence, phrase or clause, or part thereof, may be declared
invalid.
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Section 5. The City Council officially finds, deter-
mines, recites and declares that a sufficient written notice
of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the
City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public at
the City Hall of the City for the time required by law preceding
this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Article
6252-17, Texas Revised Civil statutes Annotated~ and that this
meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all
times during which this ordinance and the subject matter thereof
has been discussed, considered and formally acted upon. The
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Ordinance No. lI00-A, page 3.
City Council further ratifies, approves and confirms such
written notice and the contents and posting thereof.
Section 6. Any person, as def ined in Section 1.07 (27) ,
Texas Penal Code, who shall violate any provision of the
ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred
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Dollars ($200.00).
Section 7. This Ordinance shall be effective fourteen
(14) days after its passage and approval. The City Secretary
shall give notice of the passage of this ordinance by causing
the caption hereof to be published in the official newspaper
in the City of La Porte at least twice wi thin ten (10) days
after the passage of this ordinance.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 5th day of May, 1982.
CITY OF LA PORTE
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