Compton Municipal Code § 7-6 Gambling

[Ord. #856, § 4200.1; Ord. #997]

As used in this section:

POOL ROOM

Shall mean a room, place, or portion thereof, where betting or laying of wagers upon the result of races or contests is carried on as a business.

[Ord. #856, §§ 4200 — 4201; Ord. #997]

Any machine, contrivance, appliance, device, game, ticket, chance, share, interest, instrument or article operated, used, kept, possessed, placed or maintained in violation of the provisions of:

a. Section 330a of the Penal Code of the state; or

b. Any section enumerated in Part 1, Title 9 of the Penal Code of the State of California; or

c. The provisions of this Chapter; hereby is declared to be a nuisance and shall be subject to abatement as provided in this Chapter.

[Ord. #856, § 4202; Ord. #997]

Any article declared by Subsection 7-6.2 to be a nuisance as a result of the operation, use, keeping, possession, playing, or maintaining of which any person has been convicted, or has pleaded guilty to any violation of any law of this state, or any of the provisions of this Code, or any ordinance of this City, shall be destroyed by the Chief of Police after such plea or after judgment of conviction becomes final. Such article and the contents thereof shall be destroyed, provided, however, that any money so declared to be a nuisance shall be deposited in the General Fund of the City.

If any article subject to destruction, as herein provided, is in the custody of any court within the City, the Chief of Police shall cause an application to be made to such court for an order releasing such article to him for the purpose of complying with this section.

[Ord. #856, § 4203; Ord. #997]

No person shall play or bet at or against any game not mentioned in Section 330 or 330a of the Penal Code of the State of California, which is played, operated, conducted, dealt, or carried on with cards, dice, billiard balls, pool balls, cues, or other devices for money, checks, chips, credit, or any other representative of value, or for any merchandise, or any other thing of value.

[Ord. #856, § 4202; Ord. #997]

No person either as principal, agent, employee, or otherwise, shall permit any house, room, apartment, office, or place owned by him or under his charge, management, or control, in the City to be used in whole or in part for playing, operating, conducting, dealing, or carrying on therein, any game or device not mentioned in Section 330 or 330a of the Penal Code of the State of California with cards, dice, billiard balls, cues, or other device for money, checks, chips, credit, or any other representative of value, or for merchandise, or any other thing of value.

[Ord. #856, § 4205; Ord. #997]

No person either as principal, agent, employee, or otherwise, shall keep, conduct, or maintain within the City any house, room, apartment, office or place used in whole or in part as a place where any game or device not mentioned in Section 330 or 330a of the Penal Code of the State of California is played, operated, conducted, dealt, or carried on with cards, dice, billiard balls, pool balls, cues, or other device, for money, checks, chips, credit, or any other representative of value, or for any merchandise or any other thing of value.

[Ord. #856, § 4206; Ord. #997]

No person shall visit, frequent, or be present at or within any house, room, apartment, office or place used in whole or in part as a place where any game or device is played, operated, conducted, dealt, or carried on with cards, dice, billiard balls, pool balls, or other devices for money, checks, chips, credit or any other representative of value or for any merchandise or any other thing of value, including but not limited to the games prohibited by Section 330 of the Penal Code of the State of California and including but not limited to the games and devices prohibited by Section 330a of said Code.

[Ord. #856, § 4207; Ord. #997]

No person shall act as a yard lookout, doorman, or watchman of or for any house, room, apartment, office, or place used in whole or in part as a place where any game or device is played, operated, conducted, dealt, or carried on with cards, dice, billiard balls, pool balls, cues, or other device for money, checks, chips, credit, or any other representative of value or for any merchandise or any other thing of value including but not limited to the games prohibited by Section 330 of the Penal Code of the State of California and including but not limited to the games and devices prohibited by Section 330a of this Code; nor shall any person give any signal intended to warn, for the purpose of warning, or calculated to warn, or give any warning of the approach of any peace officer to any person in or about any card club, or such house, room, apartment, office, or place so used.

[Ord. #856, § 4208; Ord. #997; Ord. #1103; Ord. #1227; Ord. #1635, § 1; Ord. #1646, § 1; Ord. #1720, § 1]

a. It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of 18 years to operate any mechanically or electronically operated amusement machine in any liquor store as defined in § 30-3 unless accompanied by a parent or guardian.

b. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain or possess any mechanically or electronically operated amusement machine in any place of business or in any place of public resort without having first obtained a Conditional Use Permit for Amusement machines — accessory use, amusement machine sales, or an arcade under the provisions of § 9-4 shall be obtained for an arcade.

c. The following provisions shall apply to any place of business or to any place of public resort that has first obtained a conditional use permit for amusement machines — accessory use under the provisions of § 30-26.

1. No person shall keep, maintain or possess more than two of the same or different kinds of mechanically or electronically operated amusement machines in the place of business or public resort licensed for amusement machines — accessory use; and

2. No person shall keep, maintain or possess any mechanically or electronically operated amusement machine within 15 feet of any public entrance to such place of business or public resort.

d. No more than five arcades shall be permitted within the City, the location of which shall be regulated in the following manner:

1. No more than one arcade shall be permitted in the Central Business District; and

2. No more than two arcades shall be permitted in any Councilmatic District provided that no arcade, other than that referred to in Paragraph d1 above, shall be located within one mile of the intersection of Willowbrook Avenue and Compton Boulevard.

e. For any place of business or public resort that has first obtained a conditional use permit under the provisions of § 30-26 and a permit of the Council under the provisions of § 9-4 for an arcade, no person shall keep, maintain or possess less than 20 of the same or different kinds of mechanically or electronically operated amusement machines (in operable condition) in the place of business or public resort licensed as an arcade.

f. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain or possess in any place of business or public resort any mechanically or electronically operated amusement machine without a City of Compton license sticker affixed thereto and clearly visible.

g. In the event that a conditional use permit for amusement machine sales has first been obtained under the provisions of § 30-26 the provisions of this section shall not apply to the keeping, possession, or exhibiting of any such mechanically or electronically operated amusement machines in any mercantile store in which such amusement machines are kept solely for sale and which amusement machines members of the public are not permitted or allowed to operate, manipulate, or play except as incident to a demonstration for the purpose of sale of such amusement machines.

h. Any person found to be in violation of any provision of this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 per day per machine found to be in violation.

[Ord. #856, § 4209; Ord. #997]

No person shall let or lease any telegraph or telephone line or wire knowing that it is to be used for the purpose of conducting or carrying on a pool room, or for the purpose of conducting the business of making book or selling pools on races or other contests, or of betting or laying wagers upon the result of any race or contest. No person shall transmit any message over any telephone or telegraph line or wire owned, controlled or leased by any person engaged in conducting or carrying on a pool room or in conducting the business of making book or selling pools on races or other contests, or of betting or laying of wagers upon the result of any race or contest, knowing that such message is to be used in conducting or carrying on such pool room or business.

[Ord. #856, § 4210; Ord. #997]

No person engaged in conducting or carrying on a pool room or in conducting the business of making book or selling pools or races, or the betting or laying of wagers upon the results of any race or contest, shall have in possession any written or printed form, chart, table, list sheet, circular or publication of any kind giving or purporting to give, any list of entries for any horse race or other contest thereafter anywhere to take place, if there be written or printed or published as part thereof, any tip, information, prediction, or selection of, or advice as to, or any key, cipher, or cryptogram indicating, containing or giving any tip, information, publication or selection of, or advice as to the winner or probable winner, or a loser or probable loser, or the result or probable result of any such race or other contest or the standing or probable standing of any horse or contestant therein or any statement as to, or comment upon, or reference to, the form, condition or standing of any horse or other contestant, or the actual, probable or possible result of any race or contest, or the actual, probable or possible state, past, present or future, of the betting, wagering or odds upon or against any horse or other contestant named in such list, or probable or possible list, or entries unless the names of such horses or other contestants shall be arranged in such list, or probable or possible list, in alphabetical order, and shall all be printed in type of the same size and face and of identical appearance, and shall all be printed flush with the left side of the column in which the same are printed, or all an equal distance therefrom.

[Ord. #856, § 4211; Ord. #997]

No person shall have in his possession any book, paper, apparatus, device or paraphernalia for the purpose of recording or registering any bet or any purported bet or wage, or any purported wager, upon the result, or purported result, of any trial, or purported trial, or contest or purported contest, of skill, speed, power or endurance of man or beast, or between men, beasts, or mechanical apparatus, or upon the result, or purported result of any lot, chance, casualty, or contingent event whatsoever.

[Ord. #1866, §§ 1 — 5]

a. Definition. Fighting animals or birds shall mean any bird or animal that engages in an exhibition of fighting with the like kind of animals or creature or causes any such animal to fight with a different kind of animal or creature including but not limited to:

1. Cock - the male of the chicken; rooster.

2. Gamecock - a specifically bred rooster trained for cockfighting.

3. Birds of prey - any of a number of birds as the eagle, hawk, owl, etc. that feed upon mammals and other birds, which they capture and kill.

4. Dogs.

b. It shall be unlawful for any person to permit the fighting of animals or birds to include cock fighting on any premises under his charge or control; and any person who aids, abets or is present at such fighting as a spectator.

c. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain or have in his possession or under his control within the City to include the Richland Farms area; any fighting cock, fighting animals, or fighting birds, gamecock, or birds of prey.

d. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain or have in his possession or under his control cock fighting implements commonly known as gaffs or slashers or any other sharp implement designed to be attached in place of the natural spur of a gamecock or other fighting bird.

e. The penalty for the violation of this subsection is a misdemeanor and will include the confiscation of the fighting cocks animals, and fighting implements.