A. It is unlawful for any licensed Card Club in the City to employ any person who does not have a valid, unsuspended and unrevoked employment identification card, bearing the employee’s photograph.
B. Any person wishing to obtain an employment identification card shall file an application with the City Manager. The application shall be complete in all respects and shall include photographing and fingerprinting. A processing fee, in an amount set by the City Council, shall be paid to the city for such fingerprinting and photographing, issuance of the identification card, and for a background investigation to be conducted by the City Manager or his/her designee.
C. Each application for an employment identification card by any person wishing to obtain employment in the Card Club shall contain, in addition to such other information as the City Manager shall require, the following current information under penalty of perjury:
1. The true name and any other name by which the proposed employee has been known and all residence addresses during the past five (5) years;
2. Current occupation or employment;
3. Employment during the past five (5) years;
4. Physical characteristics, including, age, date of birth, height, weight, and color of hair and eyes;
5. Driver’s license and Social Security numbers;
6. A history of all arrests and convictions for any felony or misdemeanor offense, other than traffic violations, and of violations of any municipal codes or ordinances within the past ten (10) years; and
7. A current full face photo.
D. The City Manager shall process the application and may approve, conditionally approve, or deny such application. The City Manager may deny an application for an identification card in the following cases:
1. If the Applicant has been convicted of any crime punishable as a felony;
2. If the Applicant has been convicted of an offense involving dishonesty;
3. If the Applicant has engaged in bookmaking, loan sharking, or other illegal gambling activities or has been convicted of an offense involving such activities;
4. If the Applicant is not a person of good character, integrity and honesty;
5. If the Applicant has made any false statement in the application or as to any other information presented as part of the application process; or
6. If the approval of the Applicant would be inimical to the interests of legitimate gaming.
If an application is denied, the Licensee may appeal such denial on behalf of the Applicant by written notice to the City Manager, who shall cause a hearing to be held within thirty (30) days after such notice. The City Manager, or his/her designee, may approve, conditionally approve, or deny such appeal. The hearing officer’s decision shall be final and conclusive. The cost of such hearing shall be borne by the Licensee.
E. An employment identification card may be suspended or revoked under the following circumstances:
1. The commission of any act which would have been grounds for the denial of an identification card pursuant to Subsection D. of this Section; or
2. The violation of any condition imposed in issuing such identification card. The identification card may be immediately suspended by the City Manager if the offense is such to cause an immediate threat to the public welfare. Such immediate suspension shall remain in effect for seven (7) days or until a final decision is rendered by a hearing officer appointed by the City Manager, whichever occurs first.
The hearing officer may suspend or revoke an identification card after a hearing following five (5) days notice to the employee. The employee shall be permitted to submit any relevant evidence to the hearing officer. The decision of the hearing officer shall be final, and all costs shall be borne by the employee.
F. Unless specifically exempted by the City Manager in writing, each employee, at all times while acting within the scope of his/her employment on the Card Club premises, shall wear in a prominently visible place upon his/her person said identification card.
G. The information received by the City pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be treated as confidential and shall be accessible only to those City officials having jurisdiction over the provisions of this Chapter, and to management personnel of the Licensee.
[Ord. No. 249, § 180, adopted 9/22/92; Ord. No. 462, Section 3, 5/9/07; amended by Ord. No. 646, § 2, adopted 12/13/23.]