(A) Filing written protests. Any person interested, at any time after the filing of such application and before the public hearing, may file written protests against the granting of any such permit, and the Council, in considering the application, shall give consideration to all such protests so filed.
(B) Issuance of permits. If, from the consideration of the application, such protests as may be on file, and such other information as may be brought before the Council, the Council finds that the game proposed to be conducted is a game of skill and science and that such game is not prohibited by the provisions of Cal. Penal Code Title 9, Part 1, Chapter 10, or any other law of the state, or the provisions of § 116.011, or any other law of the city, and the Council further finds that the applicant is of good moral character and repute, that the conducting, operating, or maintaining of such game at the location described in the application will comport with the public welfare, and that such game may be so operated without causing or creating neighborhood nuisance problems of excessive noise, heavy traffic, or gambling, the Council may grant such application and issue a permit to conduct the game.
(C) Denial of permits. If the Council fails to so find, the application for a permit shall be denied; or if, in making its determination of the question as to whether the game proposed to be operated, conducted, or maintained is a game of skill and science or a game of chance, the Council is of the opinion that although the result of such game is dependent to some extent upon the judgment, practice, intelligence, or adroitness on the part of the participants in such game, but nevertheless the dominating factor in determining the result of such game is chance, the Council shall find that the proposed game is a game of chance and not a game of skill and science, and the application for a permit shall be denied.
('65 Code, § 5-3.09) (Ord. 905, passed - - )