9.110 Operations Regulations. — Petaluma Zoning Code

It is unlawful to operate a cardroom in violation of any of the following regulations:

A. Physical Arrangements:
1. Not more than one cardroom shall be located at one address.
2. No establishment licensed as a cardroom shall operate or maintain in use more tables for the playing of legal games than the number for which the conditional use permit authorizes and for which the business license tax has been paid.

The Petaluma Implementing Zoning Ordinance is current through Ordinance 2907, passed September 8, 2025.

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Legal games shall be located and conducted on what is commonly known as the street floor of the cardroom premises.
Legal games shall be located in one or more rooms and so arranged that the gaming tables in a room and the players at the tables shall be plainly visible from the main doorway into such cardroom, and no wall, partition, screen, or similar structure between any main doorway into a cardroom and any gaming table shall be permitted if it interferes with such visibility, except for such other physical arrangement of a cardroom which has been approved by the Chief of Police.
During all hours of operation, the outside doors to the cardroom and the main doors to the gaming rooms must be unlocked and accessible to the general public.
Cardroom facilities may operate up to 24 hours a day, seven days a week as dictated by individual conditional use permits.
The legal gaming areas of the cardroom shall be separated from other activities on the premises to the satisfaction of the Chief of Police.
Any part and all of the cardroom shall be open to police inspection during all hours of operation.
The maximum number of players involved in legal gaming at any one time shall not exceed a total of the number ten (10) multiplied by the maximum number of tables the licensee is authorized to operate under the conditional use permit.
Any deviation in the approved Patron Safety and Security Plan requires an amended conditional use permit so that the Police and Community Development Departments can review and approve any changes. This conditional use permit amendment can be approved by the Community Development Director. However, this item may be brought to the Planning Commission for review should there be a request for a public hearing.

B. Operations Procedures. No licensee, agent, or employee of a licensee, shall:
1. Allow or permit money to be used as ante or bet in any legal game in any cardroom. Anteing or betting shall be done by using tokens, chips, or other representatives of money.
2. Loan money or permit money to be loaned, with or without security, to any persons, except to an identified house player, as a stake in any legal game.
3. Knowingly permit any person who is in a state of intoxication in any area of the premises used for legal games.

Permit any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years to participate in any legal game within, or to be present within, any cardroom, provided, however, that a license may establish a higher minimum age of admission if not otherwise prohibited by law.
1. Fail, neglect, or refuse to exhibit their licenses on the demand of any law enforcement officer.

The Petaluma Implementing Zoning Ordinance is current through Ordinance 2907, passed September 8, 2025.

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C. General Requirements.
1. There shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the cardroom premises the following:
  - a. The minimum and maximum wagering limits, time charged, or other fee charged players for the use of the tables;
  - b. A set of detailed house rules applicable to the games played, which shall be posted in the form of a printed rule book;
  - c. A copy of the current valid Gambling License issued under the Gambling Control Act.
2. The operation of a cardroom shall be the responsibility of the licensee personally (if an individual is the licensee) or a manager or designated responsible employee of the licensee at all times.
3. The licensee shall designate the names of all such managers and designated responsible employees in the application and shall advise the Chief of Police in writing whenever any change is made.
4. The licensee personally (if an individual is the licensee) or a manager or a designated responsible employee shall be on the cardroom premises at all times during the conduct of its legal gaming operations.
5. Not later than January 1st of each calendar year, the licensee shall execute under penalty of perjury and file with the Chief of Police a declaration stating the following:
  - a. The minimum and maximum wagering limits, time charged, or other fee charged players for the use of the tables.
  - b. A set of the then current posted detailed house rules applicable to the games played.
  - c. That payment of the most recently issued City business tax for a cardroom has been paid.
  - d. Wagering limits shall be listed as part of the information that shall be addressed in annual report that is submitted to the Police Department.

The declaration shall be accompanied by a complete copy of all registration and re-registration applications (and exhibits) filed by the licensee and all persons having a financial interest in the licensee under the Gambling Control Act shall be filed provided that copies of a current Gambling License shall be filed forthwith after their receipt with the Chief of Police if not obtained by the time this declaration is filed, hereunder, and each of which copies shall be declared by the registrant under penalty of perjury to be a complete copy.