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;NINUTL:S Ci.T.y Counci.l Feb. 9, 1983 Amusement Mrs. Nardini. sT.ate<1 that she thou~;ht the Council dzscussed >etti.n~ Center Ord. a 7 A.T4, openinp ti.me for p,ame rooms rather than the 9 A.M. seC (Cont.) f.orth :i.n the ordinance. Mr. Fahey agreed. Mrs. Nard:i.ni also su~gested that under. parag,r.aph E the a~;e be set at 16 as this is the age thaC a chi.ld is all.owed te quit school. t9r. Pahey su~;gested that the Attorney checlc i.nto this and if. Mr.s. Nar.di_ni.'s comments are correct, the ordinance should be changed to 16. Mr. Str:imling aslced why a~ame room should have to police this, when other busi.nesses i.n the Ci.ty are not rcquirc:d Co, Mrs. Scatze replied that a game room can tend to become a gatheri.ng place. Mr. Fahey also pointed out tha~ this provision i.n the ordinance wi11 give the C:i.ty more enf:orcement power. The C:i.ty Attor.ney anreed that the age should be changed to 16. Mrs. Nardin:i asked iE the Ci.ty was Yoi.ng to have all licenses expi.re at the same ti.me. The Ci.ty Clerk replied that he woiil.d be cominp, i.n wi_th somethi_ng l.ater i.n the year on thi.s. T4r. P'ahey pointed out that the Saxon wil.l have to get an amusement center li.cense under this ordi.nance. Mrs, Scalze asked if the Council shoulcl be putting conditions in the ordinance where the City had the power. to say that a~;ame room was detrimental to a resi.dental area and for that reason deny a li.cense. Scalze felt that the Ci.ty should Leave i.tself an out Lor denyin~ a 1~icense. Mr. Chlebeck pointed out the shoppi.ng center at Little Canada Road and Lakeshore Drive and i.ts location in relati.on to a residential neighborhood. The cleric commented that the parki.n~; coul.d become very conp,ested at this center. Mrs. Scalze commented thaC there may be some reason that the r.esidents of this ar.ea would not want a game room at Lhi.s shoppi.ng center. Mr. I'ahey stated that he felt this was covered under paragraph A of the ordinance.. Pahey stated that the C:ity does not: have to issue a license if it Eee1s the game room would become a pubLic nuisance. The Attorney felt that the ordi.nance was as ti.ght as the Ci.ty could get in this regard. Mrs. Scalze commented Chat she dict not want to see the City Pet i.nto a situation where it wished that it had put somethin~ of thi.s Cype into the ord:i.nance. Scalze felt that I.:i.ttle Canada's ordi.nance appeared to be the l.east restr:i.cti.ve of other cities. Page -3-