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ORDINANCE ,NO. 1106 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 658 ENTITIED "AN ~ ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING OF BUSINESS, SHOWS, ~HIBITION, AND GA~ES CONDUCTED OR CARRIED ON IN THE CITY OF ~ SANTA ANA, FIXING THE RATE OF LICENSE THEREFOR AND PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION THEREOF", PROVIDING FOR LICENSING PENNY ARCADES. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS, SECTION l: That Ordinance No. 658 entitled "AN ORDINANCE PRgVIDING FOR THE LICENSING OF BUSINESS, SHOWS, EEHIBITION, AND GAMES CONDUCT~D OR CARRIED ON IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, FIXING ThE RATE OF LICENSE THEREFOR AND PROVIDING FOR THE COT.~.W. CTION THEREOF" be ~nd~d by mdding a new section to be numbered Section 40-a, which said section shall be inserted in said ordinance between S~ction 404 and Section 41 thereof, which said section shall read as follows, to-wit: "SECTION 40-a: Every person, fiEn or corporation conducting, managing or carrying on the business of a Penny Arcade as that te~n is herein defined shall pay a license fee to the City of Santa Ana in the sum of $150.00 per annum. Provided, however, that any place of business owning and operating more than 150 coin-operated machines as herein defined, shall pay the sum of $1.00 per annum for each machine in excess ~of 150 machines, in addition to the said sum of $150..00. The term 'Penny Arcade' as used in this ordinance is intended to mean and shall mean any arcade or place of business or amusement, where mechanical devices, machines or equipment, are made available to the public or the public is permitted to operate the same, which machines are operated by placing a coin or slug in a slot provided for the purpose, thereby re- leasing the mechanism of said machine, device or equipment, so that other parts thereof will operate or allow the player to operate the same, whether or not the result of the operation of said machine is dependent upon skill or chance, and provided that said machine can be operated by coins having a m~ximum value of one cent, and provided there shall be located in said arcade or other place of amusement at least 75 of said machines, and provided further,that such machines do not nor do any of them in any manner provide for the return of any coin, slug or other thing of value, which may be used to again operate said machine, and provided further, that nothing in this section shall be deemed to license any machine, contrivance or equipment which is so arranged so as to permit or allow any slugs, coins, or other tokens of value to be removed from said machine, and provided further the licensee of any Penny Arcade shall not permit any machines to be operated by coins of greater value than one cent in said place of business. Machines operated by two pennies may be permitted in such Penny Arcades. "The provisions of Sec. 404 of this ordinance shall not apply to machines operated by coins of a~lue of one cent or less, if the same are located in any Penny Arcade. "Nothing in this section however, shall be deemed or construed to authorize the issuance of any license provided for in this section to