It is the declared policy of the City Council that Pointholders, Key Management Employees, Funded Players, Funded Sources and Funded Sources Key Management apply for and be issued licenses by the City after a personal background investigation is completed, and that such persons be supervised so as to better protect the public health, safety, morals, good order and public welfare. Except as provided hereinbelow with respect to a Card Club License, no Applicant, person or Licensee shall acquire a vested right in any License issued, registration issued, finding of suitability, or approval granted by the City Council at any stage in the proceedings. [Ord. No. 646, § 2, adopted 12/13/23.]
Any person desiring or proposing to commence or conduct any business, activity, enterprise, undertaking, or place named, designated, specified or referred to in this Chapter for the Playing of Cards or Card Games shall file with the City Manager a written application for a License to do so as required by the provisions of this Chapter. Concurrently with the filing of the application, each person identified therein shall be fingerprinted by the City Manager or his/her designee, and no application shall be deemed filed until the fingerprinting is completed. Each such application shall contain and clearly and truthfully, under oath or affirmation, set forth and show, in addition to such other information as the City Manager shall require, the following information:
A. The date of the application; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92.]
B. The true name of the Applicant, and any other names by which the Applicant is or has been known; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92.]
C. The status of the Applicant as being an individual, firm, association, partnership, joint venture or corporation; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92.]
D. If the Applicant is an individual, the residence and business address of such Applicant; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92.]
E. If the Applicant is other than a individual, the true name, residence and business address of each Pointholder, partner, principal, joint venturer, shareholder, director, or officer of the Applicant; and any other names by which said Pointholders, partners, principals, joint venturers, shareholders, directors, or officers have been or are known; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92.]
F. A full and complete financial statement of the Applicant, whether it is an individual, corporation, partnership, or other entity, and a full and complete financial statement of each Pointholder, partner and officer of the Applicant; provided, the financial statements required by this Subsection shall be deemed confidential in character and shall not be open to public inspection, but shall be available to those city officials having jurisdiction over the provisions of this Chapter, and to the Bureau of Gambling Control and the California Gambling Control Commission; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92; amended by Ord. No. 646, § 2, adopted 12/13/23.]
G. The type and nature of the Card Games proposed to be played, and a statement by the Applicant that said Games are not prohibited or made unlawful by the Penal Code or other provisions of State law, as they now exist or as they are amended in the future, or this Chapter; [Amended by Ord. No. 301, § E, adopted 9/26/95; amended by Ord. No. 646, § 2, adopted 12/13/23.]
H. The number of tables or other units to be placed, employed or used; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92.]
I. A description of any other business conducted or proposed to be conducted at the same location; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92.]
J. A statement that the Applicant understands that the application shall be considered by the City Council only after a full investigation and report have been made by the City Manager; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92.]
K. A statement that the Applicant understands and agrees that any business or activity conducted or operated under any License issued under such application shall be operated in full conformity with all the laws of the state and the laws and regulations of the City applicable thereto, and that any violation of any such laws or regulations in such place of business, or in connection therewith, shall render any License therefor subject to disciplinary action, including, but not limited to, fines, suspension or revocation; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92; amended by Ord. No. 646, § 2, adopted 12/13/23.]
L. A statement that Applicant, and each Pointholder thereof, has applied for, or obtained a Gambling Establishment and Owner License from the California Gambling Control Commission, with proof thereof; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92; amended by Ord. No. 646, § 2, adopted 12/13/23.]
M. A statement that the Applicant has read the provisions of this Chapter, and particularly the provisions of this Section, and understands the same. [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92.]