Title
Ordinance Amending Sections 30-15-6, 30-8-10.3, 30-8-1, Table 8-1, and 30-8-7.2 of the Land Development Ordinance related to Electronic Sweepstakes Operations
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Department: Planning
Council District: All
Public Hearing: Yes
Advertising Date/By:
Contact 1 and Phone: Sue Schwartz at 373-2149
Contact 2 and Phone: Steve Galanti at 373-2918
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this text amendment is to amend the Land Development Ordinance (LDO) provisions related to Electronic Sweepstakes Operations. The City Council is required to hold a public hearing on this amendment before considering its approval.
BACKGROUND:
This proposed amendment to the Land Development Ordinance (LDO)is to add a new use of "Electronic Sweepstakes Operations" and associated development standards. This amendment is based on direction from City Council following determination by the Guilford County District Attorney's office that some forms of sweepstakes businesses may be legal under current adopted State law. This also follows City Council action at their November 3 meeting to establish a 30-day moratorium on any new sweepstakes businesses while staff developed appropriate changes to the Land Development Ordinance. This was based on the premise that the current rules and interpretations were insufficient for effectively managing this use throughout the city.
Electronic Sweepstakes Operations are proposed to be defined in the same manner as section 13-119 of the Greensboro Code of Ordinances as "any business enterprise, whether as a principal or accessory use, where persons utilize electronic machines, including but not limited to, computers or other electronic terminals (collectively the "electronic sweepstakes machines"), to reveal the content of a sweepstakes entry, whether by a simulated electronic game or otherwise, and where cash, merchandise, or other items of value are redeemed or otherwise distributed at the location where the electronic sweepstakes ope...
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