HomeMy WebLinkAbout1817ORDTNANCE N0. 1817
AN ORDINANCE AMENDTNG SECTTONS 15-73, 15-80, 15-85
OF THE BUTTE COUNTY CODE
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The Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte DO
ORDATN as follows:
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Section 1. That Section 15-73 be amended to read as
II follows
Section 15-73. Same-A~plicatian; fingerprinting
and photographing. An applicant for a cardroom license shall
submit his application to the Sheriff, which application shall
be under oath, and shall include, among other things, the true
names and addresses of all persons financially interested in
the business. The term "persons financially interested" shall
include all persons who share in the profits of the business on
the basis of gross or net revenue, The past criminal record,
if any, of the applicant and of all persons financially inter-
ested in the business-shall be shown on such application. The
application shall also be accompanied by fingerprints, a phota-
graph.and a physical description of the applicant and of persons
financially interested in the business.
Section 2. That Section ZS-84 be amended to read as
follows:
Section 15-50. Same-Application; fingerprinting
and photo~,raphing. Applications for work permits for cardroom
employees shall be submitted under oath and contain the past
criminal record, if any, of the applicant and such information
as may. be deemed by the Sheriff necessary to determine whether
the applicant is a proper person to be issued a cardroom work
permit. The application shall also be accompanied by fingerprints,
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a photograph and a physical description of the applicant.
_. Secti.on.3. .That.. Section. l5-.85 be amended to read.a.s.
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Section 15-85. Rules and regulations for cardrooms.
It shall be unlawful to operate a cardroom in violation of any
of the following regulations and rules:
(a) Location. Not more than one cardroom shall
be located at any one address.
{b} Visibility. cardrooms shall be located and
sa arranged that card tables and the players at the tables shall
be plainly visible from the front door opening to the cardroam
when the door is-opened. No wall, partition, screen or similar
structure between the front door opening and any card table
located in the cardroam shall be permitted if it interferes with
such visibility.
(c) Minors. No minors sha11 be permitted at any
card table, nor shall participate in any game played thereat.
(d) Hours of operation. AT.I cardrooms sha11 be
closed at 5:q0 a.m. and shall remain closed until 9:qq a.m.
cardrooms may operate sever days a week.
. (e) Police inspection. All cardrooms shall be
open to police inspection during all hours of operation.
{f) Doors to be unlocked. During hours of
operation, doors must be unlocked and accessible to the general
public.
{g) Supervision of tables. Each card table shall
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have assigned to it a person whose duty shall be to supervise
-the game and-to-see that_.it is .played_s.trict.ly in accordance.
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with the terms of this chapter and with the provisions o£ the
Penal Code of the state. This person may have more than one
table under his supervision.
(h) Signs to be posted. There shall be posted
in every cardroom in letters plainly visible from all parts
thereof, signs stating that no game except pangini, low-ball, or
draw poker, without variations as defined by Hoyle, shall be
played in the cardroom. These signs shall also contain such
other information relating to the regulations contained herein
as the Sheriff may require, including the amount of the time
charge for participation.
{i) Intoxicated persons. No person who is in a
state of intoxication shall be permitted in a cardroom.
(~} "Cuts" of pats. The operator of a cardroom
shall establish a reasonable time-charge to customers and there
shah. not be permitted any "rake-off" or "cut" of any pots or
bets.
(k) "Shills." No operator nor employee may use
a."shill" in any card game unless a work permit is obtained
under Section S and a copy of same is posted in a conspicuous
place on the premises.
(l) Solicitation of players. No operator nor
employee nor any other person shall be permitted to solicit
participants in any card game by any means indicating a thing of
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value will be received to participate in the game.
_(m)..Money on .tab le s,etc- ~t.shall be illegal...
to have money on any card table or to use money in any card game.
(n) Exhibition of permits. Operators and employees
are required to exhibit their permits on demand of any law
I enforcement officer,
Section /~. That this ordinance shall take effect
thirty (30) days after the date of its adoption, and before the
expiration of fifteen {15} days after its passage, it shah be
published with the names of the members voting for and against
the same in-.the Chico Enterprise Record, a newspaper published
in the County of Butte, State of California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of
Supervisors this 29th day of March 1977, by the
following vote:
AYE: Supervisors Le~ke~ Madigan, Moseley, Winston and Chairman R~ch~
NOES Hone
ABSENT : None
NOT VOTING: None
ERNARD D. RICHTER, C airman
of the Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
CLARK A. NELSON, County Clerk and
ex-officio Clerk of the Board
By ~ .~•~