A. No person shall be granted a permit to conduct more than one cardroom or to maintain branch locations.

B. No cardroom shall operate at any time unless there is displayed in a location clearly visible to the public a valid permit, issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, to so operate.

C. Any permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall be nontransferable, and shall be valid only as to the applicant and location provided on the application for such permit.

D. No more than one cardroom permit per twenty thousand population within the city limits shall be issued and outstanding in the city at any one time. Permits shall be issued on a first come, first serve, basis. Priority as between applications made the same day shall be determined by a drawing conducted by the city manager or designee.

E. Not more than one cardroom shall be located at any one address.

F. No person shall deal, play, carry on, open, cause to be opened, or conduct any game of faro, monte, roulette, lansquenet, rouge-et-noir, rondo, fan, fan-tan, stud-poker in any of its various forms, seven and one-half, twenty-one, hokey-pokey, or any banking or percentage game played with cards, dice, dominoes or any device, for money, chips, checks, credit or other representative of value, or bet at or against any of the prohibited games in any cardroom.

G. Not more than eight tables upon which any game of cards is played shall be permitted in any cardroom.

H. Not more than ten players shall be permitted at any one card table.

I. Cardrooms shall be located on the ground floor of the building in which they are located.

J. No minor shall be permitted in any cardroom, or participate in any game played thereat.

K. No person shall conduct or operate, or permit to be conducted or operated, a cardroom between the hours of two a.m. and six a.m. of the same day, nor shall any person, except the owner, manager or employee be, or remain, on the premises of a cardroom between the hours specified in this section.

L. All cardrooms shall be open to police inspection at any time.

M. No alcohol may be served or consumed in any cardroom, nor may any entrance to or from any pool hall or place where any alcoholic beverage is served or sold be permitted in any cardroom.

N. The cashing of bank checks for players shall not be permitted in any cardroom.

O. Each card table shall be assigned to a person whose duty shall be to supervise the game and see to it that it is played strictly in accordance with the terms of this chapter, and with the provisions of the Penal Code of the State. This person may have more than one table under his supervision. He or she shall not, however, participate in any game.

P. All employees of the cardroom shall, at all times while in the cardroom, wear on their person, in plain view, a cardroom employee identification card so as to be readily identified as an employee by anyone who enters the cardroom.

Q. No signs or insignia advertising or relative to cardrooms shall be permitted upon the exterior of any premises used as a cardroom.

R. No person who is intoxicated shall be permitted in a cardroom.

S. No person who has been convicted of bookmaking, sale of controlled substances or illegal gambling activities shall be permitted in a cardroom.

T. No owner, operator or employee of a cardroom shall issue chips or money to a patron on credit or loan (including, but not limited to, the use of IOU’s, checks to be held, credit cards, or any transfer of anything of value without receipt of simultaneous payment or compensation therefor in a sum of United States currency or coin of equal value) or allow any patron to play on credit.

U. The provisions of subsections A, C, E, G, I, J and K shall not apply to a nonprofit fraternal or labor organization.

V. It shall be the duty of the permit holder to notify the administrative vice division of the police department, and the treasurer’s office, in writing, upon the severance of any cardroom employee. (Ord. 3437 § 1, 1992)