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Council debates definition of 'game room' ordinance; staff to return with options
Summary
Councilors discussed changing the municipal definition of a 'game room' from two or more machines to one or more machines (or repealing the ordinance), and directed staff to present formal options at the March meeting.
Councilors returned to a recent ordinance governing game rooms and amusement redemption machines after experiencing enforcement difficulties. A council member said the ordinance currently defines a game room as two or more machines and proposed changing that threshold to one or more machines or removing the regulation entirely. The motion was not final; instead, council directed staff to prepare options for formal action at the March meeting.
One councilor noted both sides of possible litigation and that other cities had taken different approaches; another member requested specific language be prepared so the council could vote in a future meeting. The item was recorded as direction to staff rather than an ordinance change made at this meeting.
