It is the purpose and intent of the chapter to conform laws related to gaming clubs within the city to the provisions of California Business and Profession Code Sections 19819 and 19819.5, which reads as follows:
19819. No gaming club shall be located within the territorial limits of any county, city, or city and county which had not permitted gaming clubs prior to January 1, 1984 unless a majority of electors voting thereon affirmatively approved a measure permitting legal gambling with that county, city or city and county.
19819.5(a). On or after January 1, 1996, neither the governing board nor the electors of a county, city, or city and county that has not authorized legal gaming within its boundaries prior to January 1, 1996 shall authorize legal gaming.
The city council finds and determines that to permit the establishment and operation of gaming clubs in the city would be contrary to the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the city.
(Ord. 333 § 2 (part), 2005)