Corcoran Municipal Code Ch. 7 Card Rooms

For the purpose of this Chapter the following terms shall have the meaning set forth in this Section unless the context otherwise indicates:

CARD ROOM: Shall mean and include any room in which there are card tables used, kept or intended for use in the playing of any kind of legal card game where the same is conducted as a business or in connection with a business.

PERSON: Includes any person, firm, association or organization, partnership, corporation or company. (Ord. 224 N.S., 3-16-1964)

It shall be unlawful to operate any card room or card game between the hours of two o'clock (2:00) A.M. and eight o'clock (8:00) A.M. on any day of the week. (Ord. 493 N.S., 5-4-1992)

A. Permit Required: Any person desiring to maintain or operate a card table shall first apply to the Council for a permit so to do, specifying the location where the card table is to be kept. No such permit shall be issued by the Council unless, in the opinion of the Council, the issuance of such permit shall not be contrary to public interest and the Council shall by resolution, determine the total number of such permits that shall be issued.

B. License Fee: Every person that has received a permit to operate a card table shall pay a license fee of ten dollars ($10.00) per calendar quarter or fraction thereof, for each such card table, to the Clerk for a license to operate each such card table. Any license issued under this Section shall be paid in addition to any other license required by another section of this Title.

C. Revocation Of Permit: The permit to operate such card table may be revoked by the Council at any time without notice. (Ord. 209, 5-6-1963)

It shall be unlawful for any person to suffer or permit any person under the age of twenty one (21) years to visit, remain in or loiter about the interior, doorways or entrances of any public card room. (Ord. 224 N.S., 3-16-1964)