Subject: 9913/Code/Sec25-82/Gambling
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1989 12:20:00 -0500


                              ORDINANCE NO.   9913 
                  
                  
                   AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHATTANOOGA CITY CODE,
                   PART II, CHAPTER 25, SECTION 25-82, RELATIVE
                   TO GAMBLING.
                  
                  
                                                    
                  
                  
       	    	 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
       CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE:
       	    	 SECTION 1.  That Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Chapter
       25, Section 25-82 be and is hereby deleted in its entirety and 
the
       following substituted in lieu thereof:
            Sec. 25-82.	   Gambling -- Confiscation, destruction of
                           devices.
           
            	 (a)  It shall be unlawful for any person to play at
            any game of hazard or address for money or other
            valuable thing, or make any bet or wager for money or
            other valuable things (or to risk anything of value for
            a profit in return, is to any degree contingent on
            chance) where such person risks or stands to gain money
            or property of less than five hundred dollars ($500.00)
            in value.
           
            	 (b)  It shall be unlawful for any person to own,
            possess or distribute any gambling device.  It shall be
            unlawful for any person to promote gambling or derive
            any pecuniary benefits other than personal winnings from
            gambling where the sum or value is less than five
            hundred dollars ($500.00).
           
            	 (c)  Police officers shall seize all slot machines,
            tip boards, punchboards, high score boards, tables,
            paraphernalia and all other devices used for gambling or
            gaming, and the chief of police shall confiscate and
            destroy such devices as directed by any court of
            competent jurisdiction.
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       	    	 SECTION 2.  That this ordinance shall be effective two
       (2) weeks from and after its passage as provided by law.
      
       PASSED on Third and Final
       Reading July 13, 1993.	     s/s_________________________________
       	    	      	   	     	         CHAIRPERSON
      
       	    	      	   	     APPROVED:   X   DISAPPROVED: _______
      
       	    	      	   	     DATE:  July 15, 1993.
      
      
       	    	      	   	     s/s_________________________________
       	    	      	   	     	       	    MAYOR
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