Bell Municipal Code Art. IV Employee Work Permits

Any person wishing to work in a card club, in any capacity whatsoever, shall first obtain a work permit from the city. No card club shall employ, in any capacity, any person not having a work permit issued by the city pursuant to this chapter.

(Prior code § 4237(a); Ord. 1089 § 1, 1993; Ord. 1091 § 1, 1993)

No work permit may be transferred or assigned.

(Prior code § 4237(b); Ord. 1089 § 1, 1993; Ord. 1091 § 1, 1993)

Any person wishing to obtain a work permit or a work permit-corporate officer, a work permit-managing employee or a work permit-consultant shall file an application with the chief on a form provided by the chief. The application shall be complete in all respects, and shall include photographs and fingerprints of the applicant, taken by the chief, and shall be accompanied by the payment of the applicable filing and processing fee, as set from time to time by the city council.

(Prior code § 4238(a); Ord. 1089 § 1, 1993; Ord. 1091 § 1, 1993)

A. The chief shall process the application and based upon the provisions of this chapter, shall approve or conditionally approve such application, unless he or she finds any of the following facts to exist:

1. The applicant has been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude, including, but not limited to, the crimes of bookmaking, loan sharking, or other illegal gambling activities; or

2. The applicant is not a person of good character, integrity and honesty; or

3. The applicant has made any false statement in the application or as to any other information presented as part of the application process.

B. If an application is denied, the applicant may appeal such denial by filing a written notice of appeal with the CAO, appealing the chief's decision to the CAO.

1. Time. No such appeal shall be accepted for filing unless it is filed with the CAO within 10 consecutive calendar days following the giving of notice of denial by the chief to the applicant.

2. Perfecting an Appeal. No appeal shall be accepted for filing or considered or processed, unless it is timely filed, and is accompanied by a filing and processing fee in the amount set by resolution of the city council.

3. Hearing. Upon receipt of a timely filed appeal the CAO shall promptly conduct a de novo hearing on the appeal. The CAO, after conducting the hearing, shall approve or deny the issuance of the work permit based upon the standards set forth in this section. The CAO's decision shall be based upon the records and files of the chief, and upon competent evidence presented at the hearing by any interested person, and shall be final and conclusive.

4. Hearing Officer. The CAO may, in lieu of conducting the hearing, appoint any person, determined to be qualified by having to act as the hearing officer with regard to such an appeal.

(Prior code § 4238(b), (c); Ord. 1089 § 1, 1993; Ord. 1091 § 1, 1993)

A. Revocation. A work permit of any kind shall be revoked by the chief if it is found that the holder thereof has committed any act which would have been grounds for the denial of a work permit pursuant to this chapter.

B. Suspension. A work permit of any kind shall be immediately suspended by the chief of police if the chief deems the offense committed by the holder of a work permit of any kind is such as to result in an immediate threat to the public peace, health and welfare. Such immediate suspension shall remain in effect for 30 days or until a final decision on a timely filed appeal is rendered by the CAO, whichever occurs first.

C. Effect of Suspension. The holder of a work permit of any kind which is suspended shall cease work at the card club forthwith upon the chief's giving the holder notice of such suspension. The licensee shall suspend any employee during such time as that employee's work permit of any kind is suspended.

D. Appeal. The holder of a work permit of any kind which has been suspended by the chief may, not later than 10 consecutive calendar days after the giving of notice of suspension by the chief, file a written appeal from such decision with the CAO. Upon receipt of a timely filed appeal, together with a filing and processing fee in an amount set by the city council, the CAO shall promptly conduct a de novo hearing on such appeal. The CAO, after hearing, shall uphold or reverse the decision of the chief, based upon the standards set forth in this chapter. The CAO's decision shall be based upon the records and files of the chief, and upon competent evidence presented by any interested person at the hearing. The decision of the CAO shall be final and conclusive.

(Prior code § 4239(a)—(d); Ord. 1089 § 1, 1993; Ord. 1091 § 1, 1993)

A work permit of any kind shall remain in effect until voluntarily relinquished, suspended or revoked.

(Prior code § 4239(e); Ord. 1089 § 1, 1993; Ord. 1091 § 1, 1993)

A. Notice. Promptly after conditionally agreeing to employ any person, each licensee shall notify the chief of such person's proposed employment status, and shall instruct such proposed employee to file an application for a work permit.

B. Licensee's Action. No licensee shall allow any person to perform as an employee unless that person holds a current valid appropriate work permit.

(Prior code § 4240; Ord. 1089 § 1, 1993; Ord. 1091 § 1, 1993)