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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - No. 1671ORDINANCE NO. 1671 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LODl AMENDING CHAPTER 5.12 OF THE LODl MUNICIPAL CODE BY REPEALING AND REENACTING SECTION 5.12.070 (E), AND (G) AND ADDING SECTION 5.12.140 (R) “RULES AND REGULATIONS” RELATING TO CARDROOMS “WORK PERMIT - REQUIRED” AND SECTION 5.12.140 (C), SECTION I. Chapter 5.12 - “Cardrooms” Section 5.12.070 - Work Permit - Required is hereby repealed and reenacted to read as follows: 5.12.070 Work Permit - Required. A. Each cardroom employee must obtain and possess a valid work permit issued by the Chief of Police. “Cardroom employees” for the purpose set forth in this section, means dealers, overseers and others directly connected with the operation and supervision of the cardtables excluding waitresses, bartenders, culinary workers and others not connected with such operation and supervision. Applications for such work permits shall be submitted under oath and contain the past criminal record, if any, of the applicant and such information as may be necessary to determine whether the applicant is a proper person to be employed in a cardroom. Fingerprints of the applicant shall accompany the application. A work permit shall be issued only to persons twenty-one years of age or older. B. Any application for a work permit shall be subject to objection by the State division. If the division objects to the issuance of a work permit it shall be denied. Such a denial may be reviewed in accordance with the Gambling Control Act (Business & Professions Code 919801 et sec.). SECTION 2. Chapter 5.12 - “Cardrooms” Section 5.12.140 (C), (E) and (G) of “Rules and Regulations” is hereby repealed and reenacted to read as follows: C. Not more than six (6) tables shall be permitted in any cardroom. No more than six (6) tables shall be permitted to operate within the City of Lodi. E. Cardrooms shall be located on the ground floor, and so arranged that cardtables and the players at the tables shall be plainly visible from the . front door opening when the door is opened. No wall, partition, screen or similar structure between the front door opening on the street and any cardtable located in the cardroom shall be permitted if it interferes with the visibility. No gambling establishment may be located in any zone which has not been specifically approved for such a business. Additionally none may be located near any of the unsuitable areas, as specified in Business & Professions Code $19852 (a) (3). G. All cardrooms shall be closed at two a. m. and shall remain closed until ten a.m. of the following day. Cardrooms may be operated seven days a week. A cardroom shall adopt a schedule of hours of operation before it shall be allowed to operate. Such schedule shall be approved by the City of Lodi. Such approved schedule of hours shall be clearly posted at the cardroom in order to provide adequate notice of its hours of operation. SECTION 3. Chapter 5.12 - “Cardrooms” Section 5.12.140 (R) is hereby added to “Rules and Rewlations” to read as follows: R. Patron Security and Safety. Eacb cardroom license shall be responsible and liable for its patrons safety and security in and around the cardroom establishment. Before it shall be allowed to operate, each cardroom shall adopt a plan, to be approved by the City of Lodi, to provide for the safety and security of its patrons. SECTION 4 - No Mandatory Duty of Care. This ordinance is not intended to and shall not be construed or given effect in a manner which imposes upon the City, or any officer or employee thereof, a mandatory duty of care towards persons or property within the City or outside of the City so as to provide a basis of civil liability for damages, except as otherwise imposed by law. SECTION 5 - Severability. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. To this end, the provisions of this ordinance are severable, The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance irrespective of the invalidity of any particular portion thereof. SECTION 6. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed insofar as such conflict may exist. SECTION 7. This ordinance shall be published one time in the “Lodi News Sentinel”, a daily newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City of Lodi and shall be in force and take effect thirty days from and after its passage and approval. Approved this 5* day of May, 1999 KEITH LAND Mayor Attest: City Clerk State of California County of San Joaquin, ss. I, Alice M. Reimche, City Clerk of the City of Lodi, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 1671 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi held April 21, 1999 and was thereafter passed, adopted and ordered to print at a regular meeting of said Council held May 5, 1999 by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - Hitchcock, Mann, Nakanishi, Pennino and Land (Mayor) NOES; COUNCIL MEMBERS - None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None I further certify that Ordinance No. 1671 was approved and signed by the Mayor on the date of its passage and the same has been published pursuant to law. ALICE &wh~ M. RE1 CHE City Clerk Approved as to Form: RANDALL f-4* A. HAYS City Attorney