Part 4

Cardroom employee shall mean any person (1) who is connected with the operation or supervision of a cardroom or card table as a dealer or otherwise, except as a licensee, or as a member of the public lawfully playing or watching play thereat, (2) whose connection is for or with the person(s) who is or should be licensed to operate the cardroom, and (3) whose such activities are or are not volunteer, unpaid, or wholly, partly, regularly, or irregularly paid for or rewarded by cash, or other benefit, including being allowed to play free or at reduced rates; but is not any person whose such connection or activities are primarily to prepare, serve, clear away or clean beverages or foods, or to perform maintenance or custodial services.

a. An applicant for a cardroom work permit must be an individual human being who shall submit his verified written application to the Police Department, including:

1. His criminal record, if any, including arrests as well as convictions;

2. His fingerprints and photograph;

3. A statement that he has resided in California for the one (1) year preceding the application; and

4. Any other information that the Police Department may deem necessary to determine whether a work permit should be issued.

b. Fee . The applicant shall pay an application fee of fifty ($50.00) dollars, of which the Police Department shall refund any balance unused in processing the application if it is denied.

a. Cause . The Police Department may deny the initial or renewal application only if, in their opinion, the applicant was ever convicted of a felony, or of a misdemeanor involving theft or fraud or other dishonesty, or is not of good moral character.

b. Issue . Otherwise, the Police Department may issue a twelve (12) month nontransferable permit to the applicant with such conditions noted as the Chief of Police believes conducive to effectuating this section.

c. Fee . Each permittee shall immediately pay a nonrefundable nonproratable permit fee of fifty ($50.00) dollars.

• d. Appeal . Appeals are governed by Section 1-8.

a. Application . Before the end of the eleventh month of the permit’s life, the permittee may apply to the Danville Police Department to renew it.

b. Form, Fee, Procedure . The procedure shall approximate that in subsections 5-2.19c, 5-2.27 and 5-2.28, except that:

1. The application fee is twenty-five ($25.00) dollars, any unused remainder of which is refundable only if the renewal is denied;

2. No fee is due for issuing the permit; and

3. Action is by the Police Department rather than the Town Council.

Part 5

Suspension, Revocation, Change and Variance

a. Notice . The Town Council may suspend or revoke a cardroom license at any time, after giving the licensee(s) reasonable notice of opportunity to be heard in defense against noticed charges.

b. Cause . Any violation of requirements in, or pursuant to, this section is cause for suspension or revocation.

c. Effect . Neither suspension nor revocation affects any fee already due or paid, nor does it extend the life of any license. A revoked license is voided, and cannot be transferred, reinstated, renewed or reissued; but a suspended license may be reinstated as a valid license upon such conditions as the Town Council may impose, in its discretion under this section, including penalty fees not exceeding ordinary fees for a new license. Such Council actions are additional to, and not a limitation on, other civil and criminal proceedings under this Code or State law.

Any cardroom work permit may be suspended or revoked, like a cardroom license under subsection 5-2.30, except that the action is by the Police Department and the cause must be a violation related to that work permit.

a. Change in Conditions . Every licensee and permittee shall promptly notify the Police Department in writing of any actual or proposed change in the conditions or restrictions applicable to his license or permit, including any change in or deviation from the requirements in or pursuant to this section when the license or permit was issued or since then.

b. Variance Allowable . Upon such notice and payment of a fee which the Police Department estimates to be required to pay for processing the matter (not exceeding the fee on a new application), the Police Department and/or Town Council shall process this as though it were an application for a new license or permit, and shall similarly respectively investigate, report, recommend, hear, and deny, modify, condition or approve it.

c. Enforcement Postponed . During the pendency of such an application, promptly made and diligently pursued, failures to comply with legal requirements or prohibitions (as to matters which are within the Police Department’s or Town Council’s discretion to impose or to grant variances from) shall not be deemed violations of this Code; but this does not extend the life of any license or permit or affect preapplication violations.