Part 1

As used in this section:

Cardroom shall mean any room, enclosure or space with a table used or available for use by any member(s) of the public for playing cards or similar games.

As used in this section:

Valid license, valid cardroom license, valid permit, and valid work permit shall mean cardroom licenses and cardroom work permits regulated by this section which are currently and wholly valid, unexpired, unrevoked and unsuspended, and which have had all applications, and disclosures fully and truthfully made and kept up to date and all fees paid, and the licensees and permittees of which are not violating any provisions of this section.

Except for draw poker, lowball, panguingue, and not more than two (2) other games if specified by Town Council resolution, played in a cardroom licensed under this section and otherwise complying with this section, no person shall deal, play, carry on, open or cause to be opened, conduct or bet at or against any lottery or game not prohibited by State law, with cards, dice, or any device, for money, checks, credit, or other representative of value.

This section does not allow the licensing of any cardroom for the playing of any game prohibited by California statute, and any such play violates any license or permit issued hereunder.

a. Licensee . No person shall, for himself or any other person, own, lease, operate, or maintain a cardroom unless he has a valid license therefor.

b. Worker . No person who has or should have a cardroom license shall allow any other person to commit acts contrary to paragraph c. or d. of subsection 5-2.23.

c. Work Permits . No person without a valid cardroom work permit shall act as a cardroom employee.

5-2.6 No Vested Right.

Even a valid cardroom license or work permit creates no vested property or personal right for the licensee or permittee, and is entirely subject to this section and to ordinances affecting the license or permit from time to time, including new restrictions, conditions, fees, and duration of license or permit validity. Any change required by this section to be noted on the license, permit, or application, or noted in required supplementary information, constitutes a termination of the license or permit except for the purposes of subsection 5-2.32 and of paying fees.

The Town Council may partly or wholly exempt any nonprofit society, club, fraternal, labor or other nonprofit organization that has members, bylaws, and duly elected directors and that applies for exemption from compliance with this section, if the Council finds that the cardroom is for the exclusive use of the members and that no charge is made therefor.

The number of cardroom licenses shall not exceed the number by which the population of the incorporated area of the Town (as determined by the Town Council) is divisible by twenty thousand (20,000); but no valid license shall be invalidated by a decrease in that ratio.