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Amending Chapter 10-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Places - Prohibited Conduct," by amending Section 10-612, entitled "Gambling," by amending the penalty provisions for certain violations and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.

AI summary

The enacted ordinance changes Philadelphia’s penalties for gambling violations in public places. Gambling in a city-owned or city-controlled playground is treated as a Class III offense, with fines set under another section of the City Code and possible imprisonment of up to 90 days; it also updates penalties for repeat violations and the seizure and forfeiture of gambling proceeds.

File details

Status
ENACTED
Introduced
April 12, 2007
Sponsors
Carol Ann Campbell
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Full text

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 10-600 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

CHAPTER 10-600. PUBLIC PLACES-PROHIBITED CONDUCT.

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§ 10-612. Gambling.

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(3) Penalties.

(a)The penalty for a violation of this Section shall be a fine not exceeding $300.00

except for violations regulated by subsection (b)

.

(b)

Any person violating this Section in a playground owned or controlled by the City shall have committed a Class III offense and shall be subject to the fines set forth in subsection 1-109(3), or imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both.

[(b)]

(c)

Repeat Offenders. Any person who commits, on more than one occasion, a violation of this Section shall be guilty of a separate offense of Repeat Violation, and for each such Repeat Violation, shall be subject to a fine of not more than three hundred (300) dollars, or imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both.

Repeat offenders of subsection (b) shall be subject to the fines set forth in subsection 1-109(3)

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or imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both.

A person shall be guilty of a Repeat Violation regardless whether the second or subsequent violation occurs before or after a judicial finding of a first or previous violation. Each violation, after the first, shall constitute a separate Repeat Violation offense.

[(c)]

(d)

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any person authorized to enforce ordinances may, at their discretion, seize any monies, in plain sight and identifiable as a profit of the gambling, at the time of the violation. Such monies, not exceeding $300.00,

shall be forfeited

,

except that for violations of subsection (b), such monies, not exceeding the fines set forth under subsection 1-109(3), shall be forfeited

.

Any monies seized shall be processed and directed to the Director of Finance and the Bureau of Administrative Adjudication pursuant to § 10-1604.

SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately.

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Explanation:

[Brackets] indicate matter deleted.

Italics

indicate new matter added.

End

File history

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  1. Council actionMAYOR

    Signed

  2. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Read

  3. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on next week`s second reading calendar

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Suspend the rules of the council

    Pass
    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on this day`s first reading calendar

  4. Council actionCommittee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs

    Hearing held

    Council actionCommittee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs

    Reported favorably, rule suspension requested

    Council actionCommittee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs

    Hearing notices sent

  5. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced

    Pass
    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Referred