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JUN 1 6 1993
ORDINANCE NO. 1923 N.C.S.
Introduced by Councilmember
Jane Hamilton
Seconded by Councilmember
Bonnie Nelson
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY ADDING
SECTION 21-420.00 THROUGH SECTION 21-420.42 TO
PROVIDE REGULATIONS TO GOVERN CARDROOM FACILITIES
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA AS
FOLLOWS:
26 Section 1. Chapter 6.20 of the Petaluma Municipal Code and the Zoning Ordinance
27 provide regulations for the operation of cardrooms within the City of Petaluma.
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29 Section 2. The City Council found on February 16, 1993 that the provisions of Chapter 6.20
30 of the Petaluma Municipal Code and the findings and considerations of a Conditional Use
31 Permit established in Section 21-300 of the Zoning Ordinance insufficiently address the
32 special nature of cardroom operations and that cardrooms present a significant demand for
33 public services, particularly Police services.
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35 Section 3. The City Council found that the establishment of additional cardroom
36 operations within the City will significantly affect the ability of the Police Department to
37 provide service to other commercial uses as well as to residential areas of the City.
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39 Section 4. The City Council found that due to the potential degradation of the police level
40 of service to the community presented by the establishment of additional cardrooms, an
41 imminent danger to the public health, safety and welfare exists. The City Council therefore
42 adopted as an urgency measure an .Interim Ordinance suspending action on the
43 establishment or expansion of cardrooms within the City and directed that comprehensive
44 regulations governing cardroom operations be developed.
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2 Section 5. The City Council finds that the control of cardroom operations is a matter
3 directly concerning the City of Petaluma, which in the exercise of its police power, may
4 enact and enforce local regulations not in conflict with state law.
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6 Section 6. The City Council finds that specific regulations and standards should be adopted
7 into the Zoning Ordinance to regulate cardroom operations.
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9 Section 7. The City Council finds that the establishment of cardroom operations poses a
10 threat to public health, safety and welfare and that in order to protect the public health,
11 safety and welfare the adoption of land use regulations to govern cardroom operations is
12 necessary.
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14 Section 8. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Petaluma Municipal Code or any
15 other Ordinance or regulations of the City of Petaluma to the contrary, no application for
16 cardrooms shall be accepted, processed, approved or granted which would be in conflict
17 with the provisions of this Ordinance.
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19 Section 9. With regard to any application for cardrooms under review by the City on the
20 date of the adoption of this Ordinance, further processing shall occur in conformance with
21 the provisions of the new Zoning Ordinance.
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23 Section 10. This Zoning Ordinance shall in no way affect any cardroom in use or which has
24 received approval of a Conditional Use Permit prior to the date of the adoption of this
25 Ordinance.
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27 Section 11. The City Council finds that the amendment to Zoning Ordinance is exempt
28 from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to
29 Section 15061 of the State Guidelines. The City Council further finds, that this ordinance
30 is exempt from the requirements of CEQA pursuant to Section 15378 of the State
31 Guidelines in that it is not a Project as provided by the Act, in that it does not have a
32 potential for resulting in a detrimental physical change in the environment, directly or
33 ultimately in that it concerns general policy and procedure making.
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35 Section 12. The Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended as follows:
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21-420 CARDitOOlVI ES~'ABLISI-IIVIENTS
21-420.2 Definitions: As used in this section, the following words, phrases, and terms
shall have the following meanings:
A. "Cardroom" means any room open to the public for the lawful playing
of cards, regardless of whether the tables, chairs, and other furniture
and fixtures are temporary or permanent or at times used for other
purposes.
B. "Chief of Police" means the Chief of Police of the City or his
authorized representative.
C. "City" means the City of Petaluma, California.
D. "Conducted" shall include the terms "operated", "engaged in",
"allowed", "permitted" and "suffered" within its meaning.
E. "Conviction" means a plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following
a plea of polo contendere. The record of conviction of the crime shall
be conclusive evidence of the fact that the conviction occurred, but
only of that fact, and the Chief of Police may inquire into the
circumstances surrounding the commission of the crime for purposes
of applying the provisions of this ordinance.
F. "Dealer" means any individual dealing a gambling game, or who
operates or manages such game or games on a premises authorized
under this section.
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G. "Exempt Organization" means a nonprofit society, club, fraternal,
labor, or other organization having adopted bylaws, duly elected
officers and/or directors, and a bona fide membership which has
applied for and obtained tax exempt status as an exempt organization
from the Franchise Tax Board of the State of California and the
Internal Revenue Service under the Internal Revenue Code of the
United States.
H. "Financial Interest" means any direct or indirect interest in the
management, operation, ownership, profits or revenue (gross or net)
of a gaming club. A "direct financial interest" means a monetary
investment in a gaming club or the premises and business enterprises
directly related to it. An "indirect financial interest" means owning
one percent (1%) or more of any entity, i.e., any business, corporation,
partnership or trust, that in turn has a direct financial interest in a
cardroom. The following are examples of indirect financial interests:
1. The stock or other securities of a corporation that owns a
cardroom.
2. A partnership interest in a partnership that owns a cardroom.
3. The interests of either or both the income beneficiaries or
remaindermen of a revocable or irrevocable trust that owns a
cardroom or holds a financial interest in one.
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4. Any lease or other rental agreement with a cardroom as a
lessee or renter, the rental for which is based in any part on the
profits or revenue (gross or net) of the cardroom.
5. Any loan made by a private lender to a cardroom.
6. Any other interest in the management, operation, profit,
revenue (gross or net) of a cardroom.
I. "Gambling" means the playing, for money or chips representing
.money, or for any other thing of value, of those card games which are
not unlawful under the laws of the State of California.
J. "Gambling Licensee" means any person or persons who are currently
licensed under Chapter 6.20 of the Petaluma Municipal Code.
K. "House Player" means an employee engaged, financed, or paid by the
licensee for the purpose of starting and/or maintaining a sufficient
number of players in a card game.
L. "Interested Person" means any member, stockholder, officer, director,
partner, principal, associate, individual, trustee, or combination
thereof holding any financial interest in a licensee, or who has the
power to exercise influence over the operation of a cardroom or a
licensee.
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M. "Legal Gaming" means any game played with cards or other similar
devices for currency, check, credit or other thing of value which is not
prohibited and made unlawful by Chapter 9 (commencing with
Section 319) or Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 330) of Title 9
of Part 1 of the Penal Code.
N. "License" means the license issued under Chapter 6.20 of the
Petaluma Municipal Code by the City to an applicant permitting the
operation of a cardroom owned by the applicant.
O. "Licensee" means the individual or entity that owns cardroom and to
whom a license to operate a cardroom has been issued by the City.
P. "Manager" means anyone who represents the interest of the licensee
in the operation of a cardroom, whose duties include but may not be
limited to: (1) the making or changing of policy; (2) approving credit;
(3) hiring or firing of employees; or (4) generally exercising
independent judgement in the operation of the cardroom. A manager
need not have a financial interest in the cardroom. A manager must
be an employee of the licensee, or if not an employee, then a person
having a financial interest as a partner, a shareholder, or trustee of the
cardroom (but not otherwise).
Q. "Organized Crime" means a structured criminal syndicate composed
of professional criminals who primarily rely on unlawful activity as a
way of life.
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R. "Person" means and includes individual, partnership, corporation,
association, club, firm, or entity of any character whatsoever.
S. "Private Lender" means any person other than a state or federally
regulated bank or savings and loan association, a credit unit, any other
recognized financial institution doing business with the public, that
has loaned or advanced, or is obligated to loan or advance money to a
cardroom if either the payment of interest or principal of such. loan is
based in any part on the profits or revenue (gross or net) of the
cardroom, or by virtue of the loan, such person has the power to
exercise influence over the operation of a cardroom.
T. "Qualified Transferor" shall mean (1) a person, partnership, or
corporation holding a cardroom license; (2) a person holding stock in
a corporate licensee; and/or (3) a person having a partnership interest
in a partnership license.
LJ. "Registrant" is any person who has filed an application under the
Gaming Registration Act of California (California Business and
Professions Code Subsection 19800 et seq), hereafter "Gaming
Registration Act".
V. "Transfer of a Financial Interest" shall mean the assignment, bequest,
conveyance, demise, devise, gift, grant, lease, loan, sublease or
transfer of a financial interest in a cardroom.
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W. "Transfer of a License" shall mean the assignment, bequest,
conveyance, demise, devise, gift, grant, lease, loan, sublease or
transfer of a cardroom license.
21-420.4 Zones For cardroom Establishments: cardroom establishments are
permitted only in the commercial zones CC, CH and ML as identified by the
Zoning Ordinance. No such establishment shall be permitted in any area
outside of one of these commercial zones.
21-420.6 cardroom Establishment Conditional Use Permit Required:
A. Use Permit Required. It shall be unlawful for any person to establish
or operate, or cause or permit to be operated, any cardroom
establishment without first obtaining a conditional use permit as
defined and set forth in Sections 21-420.8 and 26-500 of the Petaluma
Zoning Ordinance. Such permit shall not be denied on the basis that
the business to be established is a cardroom establishment, if the
establishment is in conformance with the requirements of this Section.
21-420.8 Permit Application:
A. Any person, association, partnership, corporation, or other entity
desiring to obtain a cardroom establishment conditional use permit
shall file an application with the Planning Department on a form
provided by the Director. The application shall be accompanied by a
nonrefundable application processing fee in the amount established
by City Council resolution.
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B. The application fora conditional use permit shall contain the
following information:
1. The name, address, and telephone number of the applicant. If
the applicant is a corporation, the applicant shall set forth the
name of the corporation exactly as shown in its article of
incorporation, the date and place of incorporation, the names
and addresses of the officers, directors, and each stockholder
owning more than 10% of the stock of the corporation. If the
applicant is a partnership, the application shall set forth the
name and residence address of each of the partners, including
limited partners. If one or more of the partners is a
corporation, the provision of this section pertaining to a
corporate applicant shall apply. The applicant corporation or
partnership shall designate one of its officers or general
partners to act as its responsible manager officer.
2. Name, address, and telephone number of the person who shall
manage and operate the establishment for which the permit is
requested. The name and address of a person authorized to
accept service of legal notices.
3. The proposed business name of the cardroom establishment
and description of the type of games to be played.
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4. Street address of the proposed cardroom establishment and
the assessor parcel number for the property.
5. A plot plan for the property depicting the location of the
building housing the cardroom establishment on the property.
6. Any other information reasonably necessary to accomplish the
purposes of Section 21-420.
C. Referral to Other City Departments. The Director of the Planning
Department may refer the application to other City departments to
determine whether the premises where the cardroom establishment
will be located, complies with the City's building, health, zoning and
fire ordinances or other applicable ordinances or laws. City
departments may conduct an inspection of the premises to determine
compliance with the ordinances and laws they administer.
D. Action on Application. Notice and public hearing requirements shall
be as set forth in Section 26-500 of the Petaluma Zoning Ordinance
pertaining to conditional use permits.
Grounds for Conditional ><Jse Permit Denial/Revocation:
A. The Planning Commission shall grant the conditional use permit
unless it is determined from a consideration of the application, City
inspection of the premises or other pertinent information that:
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1. Information contained in the application or supplemental
information requested from the applicant is false in any
material detail.
2. The proposed location of the cardroom business would not
comply with the requirements of Section 21-420.26.
3. The operation of the cardroom business is or would be in
violation of one or more provisions of Sections 21-420 and 26-
500.
4. The premises where the cardroom business is or will be located
does not comply with all applicable laws, including, but not
limited to, the City's building, health, zoning and fire
ordinances.
5. That a conditional use permit to operate the cardroom
establishment has been issued to the applicant, a partner of the
applicant, or a stockholder of the applicant which stockholder
owns more than 10% of the applicant's corporate stock, which
conditional use permit has been suspended and the period of
suspension has not yet ended.
6. The proposed location or cardroom proposal would be
inconsistent with the considerations described in Section 21-
300.
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B. Notice of conditional use permit denial shall be in writing and shall
state the grounds therefore. Notice shall be personally served on the
permit applicant or mailed to his address listed on the application
form.
C. A cardroom conditional use permit may be suspended for up to one
year or revoked for any of the reasons specified as grounds for
conditional use permit denial in Section (A) (1-6) above.
D. Notice of intention to suspend or revoke shall be in writing and shall
state the grounds therefore. Any suspension or revocation procedure
shall be done as specified in Section 26-509 of the Petaluma Zoning
Ordinance.
21-420.12 Conditional Use Permit Conditions: The Director of Planning may
recommend conditioning the issuance of a cardroom conditional use permit
by imposing reasonable conditions to insure compliance with the provisions
of Section 21-420, and other sections of the Petaluma Zoning Ordinance and
Municipal Code. cardroom Conditional Use Permits shall be subject to
annual review by the Planning Commission.
21-420.14 Conditional Use Permit Valid for Specified Location /Establishment
/Permittee: Each permit issued pursuant to Section 21-420 is only valid:
A. For the permittee specified in the conditional use permit application.
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B. For the business name for the cardroom establishment listed in the
conditional use permit application.
C. The specific type of establishment described in the conditional use
permit application.
D. The specified location described in the conditional use permit.
21-420.16 Sale or Transfer of lusiness:
A. No conditional use permit issued pursuant to this article may be
assigned or transferred without the prior written consideration and
approval of the Planning Commission. The applicant shall apply for a
transfer on a form provided by the Planning Director and shall pay a
nonrefundable application processing fee in the amount established
by City Council resolution. Consideration of the sale or transfer shall
be done in accordance with conditional use permit procedures set
forth in Section 26-500 of Zoning Ordinance # 1072 N.C.S. with the
exception of Section 26-511 pertaining to transfer rights.
B. Transfer of partnership or corporate ownership. An application for
approval of a transfer of a conditional use permit shall be required
prior to any change in an interest in a partnership or ownership of ten
percent (10%) or more of the stock of a corporation to any person not
listed on the application filed by said applicant pursuant to Section 21-
420.8.
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C. An application for transfer of a cardroom conditional use permit may
be denied for any of the grounds specified for denial of an original
conditional use permit application in Section 21-420.10. Procedures
for notice of denial of a transfer and appeal thereof shall be identical
to those procedures for denial. of a conditional use permit application
specified in Section 26-504.2..
New Conditional YJse Permit itequired:
A. Prior to any change in the location of the cardroom establishment.
B. Prior to the conversion of any existing cardroom establishment to any
other type of cardroom establishment as described herein.
C. Prior to any change in the business name of the cardroom
establishment.
D. Prior to the enlargement or expansion of any existing cardroom
including but not limited to physical expansion of the facility or
expansion of the nature of the business, e.g., hours of operation, scope
of activities, number of tables, etc.
Exempt ®rganizations:
A. Exempt organizations may provide card tables and card games for the
exclusive use of their members and shall be exempted from obtaining
a cardroom license pursuant. to this Section, whether or not a fee or
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1 any other charge is made to the players, as long as the exempt
2 organization is not required to register under the Gaming
3 Registration Act, and providing that such exempt organization
4 complies with all of the subsections of this Section.
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6 B. An authorized representative of the exempt organization shall file a
7 Declaration of Exemption executed under penalty of perjury with the
8 Chief of Police that sets forth the name and address of the exempt
9 organization, the number of tables to be operated, and a declaration
10 that the exempt organization and its members qualify for exemption
11 from the Gaming Registration Act and from licensing hereunder; the
12 Declaration of Exemption shall be accompanied by proof of the valid
13 and unrevoked tax exempt status of the exempt organization granted
14 by the Franchise Tax Board and/or the Internal Revenue Service. No
15 registration fee shall be required.
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17 C. No exempt organization shall operate, conduct or carry on legal
1$ gaming as defined in this Chapter more than one day of any calendar
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21 D. No exempt organization shall operate, conduct, or carry on legal
22 gaming within any building, structure, lot, or premises within any
23 calendar week, if any other exempt organization has conducted,
24 carried on, or operated legal gaming within such building, structure,
2s lot or premises during the same calendar week.
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21-420.22 Limit on Cardrooms: It is in the interest of the public health, safety and
welfare of the City to limit the number of Cardrooms operating in the City to
one (1) cardroom for each fifteen thousand (15,000) persons residing in the
City or four (4) Cardrooms in total, whichever is less. For the purpose of
determining the number of Cardrooms permissible, the population is
determined by the latest estimate of population made by the Department of
Finance.
No application for a cardroom Conditional Use Permit shall be accepted for
filing when the maximum number of Conditional Use Permits authorized
pursuant to this Section have been issued and are valid. There shall be no
waiting lists or priorities for persons desiring to file such applications under
such circumstances.
21-420.24 Table Limit: The number of tables in any cardroom licensed as of the
effective date of this section shall not be increased, except that every
cardroom may have up to fifteen tables. No cardroom shall have more than
fifteen tables. A "table" is defined as an area in which a single game is
played, not exceeding ten players plus a dealer.
21-420.26 Limit on Locations: No cardroom shall be allowed in the following
locations:
A. Within two hundred fifty feet of the exterior property limits of any
public or private elementary school, junior high school or high school;
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1 B. Within two hundred fifty feet of the exterior limits of any district
2 where residential use is the principal permitted use, including all
3 districts and zones, and any districts where the principal use permitted
4 or maintained is residential, or any successor zones. Except that
5 cardrooms may be established when they are clearly an ancillary use
6 in a larger commercial recreational use governed by a Conditional
7 Use Permit; or
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9 C. Within one thousand feet of the exterior structural wall of each
10 business or premises lawfully occupied by a cardroom, a massage
11 establishment, or adult entertainment establishment. All distances
12 referred to in this section shall be measured in a straight line, without
13 regard to intervening structures, from the closest exterior structural
14 wall of each business.
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16 21-420.28 Financial Disclosure: Upon application of a conditional use permit, every
17 applicant therefore, shall disclose the following information:
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19 A. If the applicant is a corporation, the name of the corporation shall be
20 set forth exactly as shown in its articles of incorporation, together with
21 the names and residence addresses of each of its officers, directors,
22 and each stockholder holding more than ten (10%) percent of the
23 stock of the corporation. If the applicant is a partnership, the
24 application shall set forth the name and residence address of each of
25 the partners, including limited partners. If one or more of the
26 partners is a corporation, the provisions of this section pertaining to a
27 corporate applicant shall apply. The names and addresses of every
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person deriving a profit, or holding any position of management or
control shall be disclosed.
B. A sale or transfer of any interest in a cardroom, which interest would
be required to be reported upon application for a cardroom license,
shall be reported to the Chief of Police prior to such sale or transfer.
The Chief of Police shall investigate any person receiving any interest
in a cardroom as a result of such sale or transfer, and if such persons
satisfies the requirements relating to cardroom license applicants, the
Chief of Police shall give written approval to such transfer or sale. A
fee as set forth in the municipal fee schedule shall be paid to the City
for investigation by the Chief of Police necessitated by each such sale
or transfer.
C. All indebtedness of the cardroom business exceeding one percent of
the book value of the business shall be disclosed in writing to the
Chief of Police within ten days after such indebtedness exists,
excluding indebtedness from commercial lending institutions or trade
creditors.
21-420.30 ®perations Regulations: It is unlawful to operate a cardroom in violation of
any of the following regulations:
A. Physical Arrangements:
1. Not more than one cardroom shall be located at one address.
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2. No establishment licensed as a cardroom shall operate or
maintain in use more tables for the playing of legal games than
the number for which the conditional use permit authorizes
and for which the business license tax has been paid.
3. Legal games shall be located and conducted on what is
commonly known as the street floor of the cardroom premises.
4. Legal games shall be located in one or more rooms and so
arranged that the gaming tables in a room and the players at
the tables shall be plainly visible from the main doorway into
such cardroom, and no wall, partition, screen, or similar
structure between any main doorway into a cardroom and any
gaming table shall be permitted if it interferes with such
visibility, except for such other physical arrangement of a
cardroom which has been approved by the Chief of Police.
5. During all hours of operation, the outside doors to the
cardroom and the main doors to the gaming rooms must be
unlocked and accessible to the general public.
6. cardroom facilities may operate up to 24 hours a day, seven
days a week as dictated by individual conditional use permits.
7. The legal gaming areas of the cardroom shall be separated
from other activities on the premises to the satisfaction of the
Chief of Police.
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8. Any part and all of the cardroom shall be open to police
inspection during all hours of operation.
9. The maximum number of players involved in legal gaming at
any one time shall not exceed a total of the number ten (10)
multiplied by the maximum number of tables the licensee is
authorized to operate under the Conditional Use Permit.
B. Operations Procedures. No licensee, agent, or employee of a
licensee, shall:
1. Allow or permit money to be used as ante or bet in any legal
game in any cardroom. Anteing or betting shall be done by
using tokens, chips, or other representatives of money.
2. Loan money or permit money to be loaned, with or without
security, to any person, except to an identified house player, as
a stake in any legal game.
3. Knowingly permit any person who is in a state of intoxication
in any area of the premises used for legal games.
4. Permit any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years to
participate in any legal game within, or to be present within,
any cardroom, provided, however, that a license may establish
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a higher minimum age of admission if not otherwise prohibited
by law.
5. Fail, neglect, or refuse to exhibit their licenses on the demand
of any law enforcement officer.
General Requirements:
1. There shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the cardroom
premises the following:
a. The minimum buy-in, time charged, or other fee
charged players for the use of the tables;
b. A set of detailed house rules applicable to the .games
played, which shall be posted in the form of a printed
rule book;
c. A copy of the current valid City license and the
licensee's current Gaming Registration Certificate
issued under the Gaming Registration Act.
2. The operation of a cardroom shall be the responsibility of the
licensee personally (if an individual is the licensee) or a
manager or designated responsible employee of the licensee at
all times.
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The licensee shall designate the names of all such managers
and designated responsible employees in the application and
shall advise the Chief of Police in writing whenever any change
is made.
3. The licensee personally (if an individual is the licensee) or a
manager or a designated responsible employee shall be on the
cardroom premises at all times during the conduct of its legal
gaming operations.
4. Not later than January 1st of each calendar year the licensee
shall execute under penalty of perjury and file with the Chief of
Police a declaration stating the following:
a. A list of the minimum buy-in, time charged, or other fee
charged players for the use of the tables.
b. A set of the then current posted detailed house rules
applicable to the games played.
c. That payment of the most recently issued City business
tax for a cardroom has been paid.
The declaration shall be accompanied by a complete copy of
all registration and re-registration applications (and exhibits)
filed by the licensee and all persons having a financial interest
in the licensee under the Gaming Registration Act; provided
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4 each of which copies shall be declared by the registrant under
5 penalty of perjury to be a complete copy.
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7 21-420.32 State Law Violation: The City Council declares that it is not the intention of
8 this chapter to permit the licensing of any gaming club for the playing of any
9 game prohibited by state law, including but not limited to those games
10 enumerated in section 330 of the Penal code, which section includes banking
11 and percentage games.
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14 payment of impact fees as prescribed by Resolution upon the approval of a
15 conditional use permit for the establishment or expansion of a Cardroom.
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17 21-420.36 Loans Prohibited: No Cardroom licensee, nor any other person required to
18 disclose information under this chapter, shall loan money or any other thing
19 of value or representing value to any player at any game in a Cardroom.
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26 in a Cardroom, shall play any game in a Cardroom in the City, whether off-
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or financed by a cardroom licensee or any person required to disclose
information under this section unless said individual is clearly identified as a
house player by wearing a readily visible badge with minimum dimensions of
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Incentives Prohibited: No cardroom licensee shall furnish any alcoholic
beverages, to any player in a cardroom, or to any person, as an inducement to
play or to continue playing. The term "incentive" means without charge to
the recipient, or at a price or other consideration below that normally
charged by the establishment for such item.
IF ANY SECTION, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase or word of this Ordinance is for
any reason held to be unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council
of the City of Petaluma hereby declares that it would have passed and adopted this
Ordinance and each and all provisions thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more
of said provisions be declared unconstitutional.
INTRODUCED and ordered Posted/Published this 3rd day of May
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ADOPTED this 17th day of May , 19 g3 , by the following vote:
AYES: Nelson, Barlas, Read, Vice Mayor Sobel, Mayor Hilligoss
NOES: Shea, Hamilton
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN:
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