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Wheat Ridge staff recommend repealing 1977 amusement-device licensing ordinance
Summary
City staff told the council the 1977 ordinance that licenses amusement devices is outdated and recommended repeal, citing limited enforcement needs and the $60-per-machine fee ahead of a planned Dave & Buster’s; council gave consensus to direct staff to draft ordinance language.
Wheat Ridge City staff recommended repealing a 1977 municipal ordinance that regulates amusement arcades and devices, saying the rule is out of date and imposes an unnecessary fee on businesses.
Deputy City Manager Mary Anne Schilling told the council on Jan. 5 that the ordinance’s original purpose was to keep coin-operated amusement devices from functioning as gambling devices, but the local landscape has changed. She said the code currently treats arcades (11 or more machines), amusement centers (4–10) and individual devices (1–3) the same way the city once treated liquor or gambling…
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