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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 15
OF ~HE B~TTE CQUNTY COD~
R~LATZV~ TO CARDROOMS
The Boa~d of Supervisors of the Cou~ty of Butte, State of
California, DO ORDAIN, as follows:
5ection 1. That Chap~er 15-85 nF the Bu~te Caunty Code
is h~reby amended to read as follaws:
§15-85 Rules and regulations for cardraoms.
It shall be unlawful to operate a eardroom
i~ vialation of any of the following regulatians and rules:
(a) Location. Not more than one cardroam shall be located at a~y
one address.
(b) Visibilit~+. Cardrooms shall be located and so arranged that
card tables and the players at the ta~les shall be ~lainly
visi~le fro~ the fran~ dDO~ opening to the cardroom whe~ the
doar is opened. Na wall, pa~tition, screen o~ similar structure
between ~he fran~ door opening and any card table located in
the cardroam shall be perm~tted i~ it interferes wi~h s~ch
visi~ility.
(c} Minors. ~o minars s~all be permitted a~ any card table, nor
sha~l par~icipate in any ga~e played thereat.
(d) Hours of o era~ion. All cardrnams Snaii be closad at 5:0~ a.m.
and sha11 r~mai~ elosed until 9:00 a.m. Cardrooms may operate
se~en (7} days a week,
(e) Police ins ec~ion. AI1 cardraoms s~all be ope~ to police
inspection durzng all hours of operation.
(~) DoorS to be unlncked. During hou~s of operatian, doors m~st be
unlncked and accessible to the general public.
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(g) Superva.sion nf tables. Each card table sha11 have a5signed to
it a person whose duty shall be ta super~ise the game and tn
see ~.hat it is played strictly in accordance wa.th the terms of
this article and with the provisians of ~he Penal Code af the
state. This person may fi~ave mare than ane ~able under his
super~ision.
(h) Sa.c~ns to ~e po_sted. 7here shall be posted in every cardroom in
Ietters plainly visible from al.l parts thereof, signs stating
~hat no ga~e except pangini, Iawba~..l or draw poker, withaut
. variat~.ons as de~'ined by Hoy3.e, shall ba p~.ayed in the eard~oom.
~hese signs shall al.so contain such other information re~ating
ta tf~e regula~.ions contained he~ein as ti~e sheriff ~ay require,
including the amaunt of the time-charge far par~.icapation.
(i) Intax~cated persons. No person who is in a state of intoxi-
cation shall be permitted in a carciroom.
(j) "Cuts" of pots. 7he operator a~' a carc~raom shall establish a
~easonable ti~ne-charge to customers ar~d there shall nat be
permi~.ted any "rake-off" ar "cut" of any pots or faets.
(~} "Shi11s." No operator nor emP.loyee may use a"shi11" ir~ any
card game unless a work permit is obtained under section 15-79
and a copy af saroe is posted in a conspicuous piace on the
premises.
(1) 5olicitation of la ers. No cardroom operator or employee
shall solicit or induce a person to partieipate i~ a card game
by offering or providing to sucF~ person free fond or drink.
(m} Mane on tables, etc. It shall be illega~ tn have maney on
any eard ~able or tti use money in any card game.
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(n) Exhibitzan of ermits. Operatars and employees are ~eq~ired to
exhibit their permits on demand of any law enforcement of~icer.
Section 2. 7has ardinance is hereby and it is daclared to
be in full force and effect from and af~er thirty (30) days after
the date o~ its passage, and before the expiration of fifteen (15)
days after its passage, this ardinance shall be pu~lis~ed once
with the ~ames of the members of the Board of Su~ervisors voting
for and agai.nst it in the ~~~GO ~r~terprise Record , a
newspaper publisf~ed in t~e County of Butte, State of California.
PASSED AND A~OPTED !~y the ~oard of S~pervisors of the
County of Bu~.te, Sta~e of California, on the »~~ d~y of
September , 1985, by the following vote:
AYE S: Superv~sors Dolan, Mc~nturf, McLaughlin, Wheeler and Chairman Fulton
I~QES : Nane
ABSENT: None
N0~ VOTING: None G' ./~ ,
~E FEJLTON,' Chairm'an of the
8u ~.e Coun~y Board of Supervzsors
A~f7EST:
NlARTIN 3. NiCHOLS, Chief Administra~ive
Officer and C1erk of the Bnard
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