§ 5.16.030. Licenses - Applications.

Any person desiring or proposing to commence or conduct any business, activity, enterprise, undertaking, or place named, designated, specified or referred to in this Chapter for the playing of cards or card games shall file with the City Manager a written application for a License to do so as required by the provisions of this Chapter. Concurrently with the filing of the application, each person identified therein shall be fingerprinted by the City Manager or his/her designee, and no application shall be deemed filed until the fingerprinting is completed. Each such application shall contain and clearly and truthfully, under oath or affirmation, set forth and show, in addition to such other information as the City Manager shall require, the following information:

A. The date of the application; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92.]

B. The true name of the Applicant, and any other names by which the Applicant is or has been known; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92.]

C. The status of the Applicant as being an individual, firm, association, partnership, joint venture or corporation; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92.]

D. If the Applicant is an individual, the residence and business address of such Applicant; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92.]

E. If the Applicant is other than a individual, the true name, residence and business address of each pointholder, partner, principal, joint venturer, shareholder, director, or officer of the Applicant; and any other names by which said pointholders, partners, principals, joint venturers, shareholders, directors, or officers have been or are known; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92.]

F. A full and complete financial statement of the Applicant, whether it is an individual, corporation, partnership, or other entity and a full and complete financial statement of each pointholder, partner and officer of the Applicant; provided, the financial statements required by this Subsection shall be deemed confidential in character and shall not be open to public inspection but shall be available to those city officials having jurisdiction over the provisions of this Chapter, to those state officials having jurisdiction over Card Clubs pursuant to the Gaming Registration Act of the state and to any court of competent jurisdiction where any matter relating thereto may be actually pending; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92.]

G. The type and nature of the card games proposed to be played, and a statement by the Applicant that said games are not prohibited or made unlawful by the Penal Code or other provisions of State law as they now exist or as they are amended in the future to expand Gaming (but not limiting or restricting Gaming), existing decisions of the courts of this State or future decisions of the courts of this State expanding Gaming (but not limiting or restricting Gaming), or this Chapter; [Amended by Ord. No. 301, § E, adopted 9/26/95.]

H. The number of tables or other units to be placed, employed or used; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92.]

I. A statement giving the location of the premises for the business for which the license is sought, and evidence of ownership or control of said premises; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92.]

J. A description of any other business conducted or proposed to be conducted at the same location; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92.]

K. A description of the premises including location and boundaries proposed for such usage; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92.]

L. A description of the building proposed for such usage and a statement that such building will conform to all laws of the state and the City for occupancies of the nature proposed; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92.]

M. A statement that the Applicant understands that the application shall be considered by the City Council only after a full investigation and report have been made by the City Manager; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92.]

N. A statement that the Applicant understands and agrees that any business or activity conducted or operated under any License issued under such application shall be operated in full conformity with all the laws of the state and the laws and regulations of the City applicable thereto, and that any violation of any such laws or regulations in such place of business, or in connection therewith, shall render any License therefore subject to immediate suspension or revocation; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92.]

O. A statement that Applicant, and each pointholder thereof, has obtained a valid registration or conditional registration from the Attorney General pursuant to the Gaming Registration Act; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92.]

P. A statement that the Applicant has read the provisions of this Chapter and particularly the provisions of this Section and understands the same; [Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92.] and

Q. A statement that Applicant understands and agrees that the City Council shall not consider any application for any License contemplating any of the following:

1. Less than a minimum of twenty-five (25) tables or units, or

2. The Card Club to be housed in a building of less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet in aggregate size under one (1) roof, with the card room area being less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet, or

3. The Card Club to be located on a parcel of real property which is not of sufficient size so that after deductions for the area covered by the Card Club and related buildings, landscaping, set back and the like, there shall be less than five (5) contiguous acres available for parking, or

4. There shall be located in the Card Club a restaurant of less than eighty (80) seats and a bar of less than sixty (60) seats.

5. The parcel of real property upon which the Card Club is to be located is zoned other than CR2.

[Ord. No. 249, § 030, adopted 9/22/92; Ord. No. 462, Section 3, 5/9/07.]