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Article II — Card Rooms.

Sec. 4-16. - Definitions.

Sonoma County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Sonoma County

As used in this article, the following words shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section:

a.

"Person" means and includes individual, partnership, corporation, association, club, firm or entity of any character whatsoever.

b.

"Dealer" means any individual dealing a gambling game or who operates or manages said game or games on the premises licensed hereunder.

c.

"Gaming licensee" means any person or persons who are currently licensed under this article.

d.

"Gambling" means the playing for chips representing money of those card games which are not outlawed by California statutory law or the Sonoma County Code.

e.

"Sheriff" means the sheriff of Sonoma County or his authorized deputy.

f.

A "propositional player" is an individual who receives compensation from a gaming licensee to function as a player.

(Ord. No. 5151 § 3, 1999: Ord. No. 2971 § 2.)

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