(A) Employee work permits. Card room employees shall obtain a work permit from the Chief of Police. CARD ROOM EMPLOYEES are hereby defined as any natural person employed in the operation of a card room, including, without limitation, dealers, floor personnel, security employees, countroom personnel, cage personnel, collection personnel, surveillance personnel, data-processing personnel, appropriate maintenance personnel, waiters and waitresses, and secretaries, or any other natural person whose employment duties require or authorize access to restricted card room areas. Applications for such work permits shall be submitted under oath and shall set forth complete information concerning the applicant with respect to those matters enumerated in § 113.31(C) of this chapter and such other information as the Chief of Police may desire.
('63 Code, § 6-5.09)
(B) Granting; revocation.
(1) The Chief of Police shall conduct an investigation of each applicant for a work permit and may refuse to issue a work permit and may suspend or revoke a work permit theretofore granted as defined in Cal.
Bus. & Prof. Code § 19912A:
(a) Committed, attempted, or conspired to do any acts prohibited by this chapter.
(b) Engaged in any dishonest, fraudulent, or unfairly deceptive activities in connection with controlled gambling, or knowingly possessed or permitted to remain in or upon any premises any card, dice, mechanical devices, or any other cheating device.
(c) Concealed or refused to disclose any material fact in any investigation by the division.
(d) Committed, attempted, or conspired to commit, any embezzlement or larceny against a gambling licensee or upon the premises of a gambling establishment.
(e) Been convicted in any jurisdiction of any offense involving or relating to gambling.
(f) Accepted employment without prior Council approval in a position for which he could be required to be licensed under this chapter after having been denied a license or after failing to apply for licensing when requested to do so by the Council.
(g) Been refused the issuance of any license, permit, or approval to engage in or be involved with gambling or parimutuel wagering in any jurisdiction, or had the license, permit, or approval revoked or suspended.
(h) Been prohibited under color of governmental authority from being present upon the premises of any licensed gambling establishment or any establishment where parimutuel wagering is conducted, for any reason relating to improper gambling activities or any illegal act.
(i) Been convicted of any felony.
(2) The Council shall revoke a work permit if it finds, after hearing, that the holder thereof would be disqualified from holding a state gambling license for the reasons specified in paragraph (6) or (7) of Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 19850A.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit any powers of the commission with respect to licensing.
(4) This section shall become operative on the occurrence of one of the events specified in § 66 of the act that added this section to the Business and Professions Code.
(5) All applicants for employment work permits are subject to review by the Department of Justice of Gaming Control. The Department of Justice Division of Gaming Control, upon review, may object to the of a work permit on any number of state grounds. Any Department of Justice Division of Gaming Control objections to issuance of a work permit will result in the denial or revocation of the permit by the city.
(6) Notice of such appeal shall be filed with the City Clerk within five days after the denial, suspension, or revocation of the work permit. Upon failure to file such notice within the five-day period, the action of the Chief of Police in denying, suspending, or revoking such work permit shall be final and conclusive.
('63 Code, § 6-5.10)
(C) Posting. Employee work permits shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises where the person issued such work permit is employed and shall remain so posted during the period such person is so employed on the premises. If the person issued such work permit changes his employment to employment by a different card room permittee, he shall, within 24 hours thereafter, notify the Chief of Police for the purpose of having his employee work permit changed so as to properly designate the name of his new employer. A fee of $1 shall be paid for such changed permit.
('63 Code, § 6-5.11)
(D) Term. Employee work permits shall continue to be valid from the date of issuance unless suspended or revoked for any of the causes set forth in division (B) of this section.
('63 Code, § 6-5.12)
(Ord. 2853, passed 12-6-60; Am. Ord. 637-C.S., passed 11-21-00; Am. Ord. 718-C.S., passed 12-20- 07) Penalty, see § 10.99