Chapter 5.32
CARDROOMS

Section:

5.32.010   Definitions.

5.32.020   License - Required.

5.32.030   License - Application - Generally.

5.32.035   License - Presentation of State license.

5.32.040   License - Fee.

5.32.050   License - Term.

5.32.060   License - Number per person limited.

5.32.070   License - Transferability.

5.32.080   License - Limitation on number of card tables which may be authorized.

5.32.090   Employee work permits - Required of cardroom employees.

5.32.100   Employee work permits - Application - Generally.

5.32.110   Employee work permits - Fee.

5.32.120   Employee work permits - Term.

5.32.130   Appeal.

5.32.140   Cardroom rules and regulations.

5.32.150   State law violation.

5.32.010 Definitions.

   For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall be defined as follows:

   A.   Cardroom. Any space, room or enclosure, furnished, or equipped with a table used or intended to be used as a card table for the lawful playing of controlled games as defined in California Penal Code Section 337j(e) or any successor statutes thereto.

   B.   Cardroom Employee. Cardroom employee means any person employed in the operation of a cardroom including, without limitation, dealers, floor employees, security employees, countroom personnel, cage personnel, collection personnel, surveillance personnel, data processing personnel, appropriate maintenance personnel, waiters and waitresses, and secretaries, or any other person whose employment duties require or authorize access to restricted areas where any controlled gambling occurs.

   C.   Director. Director means the director of the city’s administrative services department.

   D.   The Gambling Control Act. The Gambling Control Act, as set forth in California Business and Professions Code Section 19800 et seq., or any successor statutes thereto.

(Ord. 1249 §1 (part), Ord. 2173 §1, Ord. 2203, Ord. 2439 §47)

5.32.020 License - Required.

   A.   It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in, carry on, maintain, or conduct, or to cause to be engaged in, carried on, maintained, or conducted, any cardroom in the city without first obtaining a license from the city to do so in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

   B.   Any nonprofit society, club, fraternal, labor, or other organization having adopted bylaws, duly elected directors, and members which have card tables for the exclusive use of its members, even where no charge is made for any of the facilities, shall not be exempt from the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. 1249 §1 (part), Ord. 2203)