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OW _i <br />CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />ORDINANCE NO. 99-156 <br />BY: COUNCILMAN MICHAEL R. GAREAU, JR. <br />AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 731, ENTITLED <br />"MOTION PICTURES AND FILMS" OF THE CODIFIED <br />ORDINANCES, IN ORDER TO AVOID REDUNDANT AND <br />OUTDATED LAWS. <br />WHEREAS, this Council, on May 6, 1970, adopted Ordinance No. 70-74, which <br />provided for the creation of Chapter 731 of the North Olmsted Codified Ordinances, entitled <br />"Motion Pictures and Films;" and <br />WHEREAS, since 1970, the motion picture industry has substantially advanced in safety <br />and technology; and <br />WhTEREAS, the concerns which prompted the adoption of Chapter 731 in 1970, being <br />fire safety and protection of motion picture audiences from overcrowding and fire, have since <br />been adopted into the Ohio Basic Building Code and Ohio Fire Safety Code; and <br />WHEREAS, the requirement that motion picture projectionists be licensed by the City is <br />also no longer necessary, as modern projection equipment is safe to operate and does not require <br />extensive training; and <br />WHEREAS, this Council desires to avoid burdensome and outdated laws in the Codified <br />Ordinances, and Chapter 731, no longer being supported by any reasonable governmental <br />concern, is such an outdated law. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH <br />OLMSTED, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, AND STATE OF OHIO: <br />SECTION 1: That Chapter 731 of the Codified Ordinances, entitled "Motion Pictures <br />and Films," be repealed. <br />