HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 2922__ _,.. ______________________ ~-------..,..........,.......---·.r------
. . . . .
:.1
• 'I
ORDINANCE NO • . 2922
• ORIGINAL
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
AMENDING CHAP'l'ER 4. 52 OF 'l'!iE PALO ALTO MUNI9.IPAL
CODE (BILLIARD AND POOL ROO!fJS t CARD ROOMS lt&D
BOWLING ALLEYS) TO REQUIRE PERMITS FOR CERTAIN
CARD ROO.t.i Ef.1PLOYEES .
/
The Council of t-lle City of Pa'lp Altc..> does oRriKIN as follc~~s:
', ,• ' ·,1 ,,
SEcTION 1. Section 4.52.020 of the Palo Alto Mtini~i'pal•Code
hereby l.S aJDE;nded to read as follows~ · ·
n 4. 52. 02 0 Licenses .and· perrni ts requir~ ~ (a) .After
May 13, 1967, no persory, shall construct, inst.all, expand,
. operate or maintain a billiard room, Card room, or bt~wling
establishment, includin~ those in existence .or operatidn
p.rior to April 13, 1967, t<lithout obtaininq n J.icc•nse to
do so. The proVisions.of Chapter 4.04 s~bll apply to the
licensinq of such rooms and este;.bl ishm~r{tFl ;,nd to. the
.rene~;o:.~l,-su.sper' sicin, v...--'·'"'vv(;i:il: io.·• ui j icenses.
(b) All dealers an~ other employees of a card room
involved in thP gnming .o~t· gamhling Qperation in said card
room shall obt2in a dealer permit. This piovision s~ ~1
become operative thir:ty days follcnving the Elffective· date
hereof. " · · ··
• I")
SECTION 2. Section 4.52.030 of th~ ~alo Alto Muni~ipal CodP
hereby-.rs .:unC':lndod to ..read ar. follOW$~. . /.
11 4.52.030 Cont:e.nts of license and permit applica.t~ons.:
(a) Any person desir.in';:;, a lic~nse for a billiard .
.coo.m, r,:ard ro:~m, bowl~ng establis~~;t'it ~· or a.~y corgbin~;ioi)
thereof, sh'~~ll .f .u .. ~ =...;~ a~}:-.:;.ic:ation for a 1~1 .censQ witi( the
c..'1ief of pol~ice. ~~} addition t~ the requi~ements p:t;, , · ....
Chapter 4 ~· 04, the application sha:ll. contain ~~e fol'l~in9': .. ·
(l} Whe~~er the premises is to ... be used a.s ~ :Qi·t.li~d.·.
,. · room, car;cl room, .. bo~li~g est..ablishmeni;l O+ corr..bination ... ·· ' . ···
,., thereoft .. ··· .. ·, " .. .~ .. , · .,,
(2') ·, Whether alcoholic bever~ges are to be. sold· on· the·
pr@.ises; . · .. ·· ,, .
( 3) Name, . address I anq/c:n:·, principal; place of. bUS.:tJle~}f
of .the' applicant; · · :.r· .. .. ·. ·• " .. . . -t · 0
(.4) ', :Sus,ine·ss c~;pacity of. the applicant (aorpo_rati():;l'l,
partnerr~sJ.p, sol,:! proprietorahJ>p or other) r · ..... ·· ... , 1: .• · ,, ..
· (5) ~~,. address and aqe !>f manage~. or· ~a~ttrs; ,. !!:
(6) Lo'cation; 1. • ·" ~
~ .. ,
''I· I
( 7) Proposed. ho~d: of operation; . : :; . << . , ...
{ BJ,, ·Land use zone applicable. to t?rQJ;)O$ed.; f,il~;t:l.i.~:t7 , ·I
(9) Such other infor.nation :e•specting' .. ,the· ''pr'?pPSed
\ ..
facility as. the chief of, police shall .. deem. reasonably· ··
neces~ar:\r to effectuate tl).e purposes of thi.; cha~ter··anti
to arr~v~• at. a fair dete'mination. t:>f whether thet·e ,is. or
will': b~ uom:pli•::moa with the terms of t~.:!::s\1 cede. :: /' : ·. '
' . ; I I ' • • ~ ,'' ' • • : ' '. :_: •• ~~ '~ ' ':
(b) Any person desir~~1g a dsc:.le.r ·permi.~. for ~I)7ioyi=ient
in a card l:oom shall file: ·an.. applicatl9n ftu~·· permi~t wi'th ··
the chief of police. . I~ additi6h '/.+..o 'the rf.tq:tiir-nts of
Chapter 4. o; I the applicatio~ .shall ·cont~l41 the Eollowiri~P~
.·· ( l) The name and location of. the c atd room wh$:r:e the·
applicant intends to 'tlfcrk; · · · ·
(2) The name and address of. the applicant~l ',
''····· .·I . ' . . . .
'I ,,
-1 ....
. I ,I
\.
'" ,,,, ~.'.'
,,.
··.·
•, •I'
'I',
•.I-
I
.'.j'i /·
. )
\:
•
~··\
(3) The proposed employment capacity of applicant at
the card room named in (l) ab::>ve;
(4) Such other ·information or identification a& the
chief of police-shall deem reasonably necf!ssary to effectuate
the purpos~s of this chapter."·· / .· 1
SECTION 3. Subsection (a) of Section 4.52.100 of th~,
Palo A1to Municipal Code hereby is amended. to read as follows~
"(a) The provisdons o'f Chapter 4. 04, as well as this
chapter, are hereby aeciar,ed to apply to suspensions or
revocations of any lic;:e1tse or permit requ;.red by this.
chapter. In addition to the general grounds set forth in
Section 4.04,1.140, any conviction within the'past five years
for v.i_oL,tiu.n of any federal or state gambl'ing law shall be
grounds for dcnic-1.1, susper.:tdon, or -rcv·oca.tion of a card room
license or dealer permit." ·
SECTION 4'>' Section 4.52.110 of th12 PaloAito
llerc~by · ·.is--ii"mei.ded to .~ead as follows:
Hun:lcioa l . .. Coc\e
"4. 52., llCi L.icense and permit term and fee. Licenses
and p~rmits · rr;;~qu.Ired by this chapter shall be is~u~d fer
onG yeax. The annual fees ~hall be twenty-five dollar£
f~r billiard room .and b6wling establishment l{qensesj one
hundred dbllnrs per table fot a card room license, and
ten dalla~s for a dealer permi~." Ji ·
SECTION 5. 'l'he Council hereby .determines that this is, not
a proJ~~ct ·as .dE1f:i.nwd in Section ll. 04.130 of the Palo Alto
Mu'nici:fl.:d Code and therefore m1 environmental impact 'assessment
is. necassc:u:·y. ·•· ·
SLCTIOH 6. · This ordinar1ce shall b~corne ef fec~i:'ve ~pcn·;i
the corr.mt:mcement of the 31st day :after' the day of its pass~ge ..
INT~ODUCED:· May 24, 1976
PASSED:"·
AYES:
NO.J::S: ,,
ABSE~JT:
June 7~ 1976
None
\,
Clay.
··ABSTAINING: None
,·' ,' ,')'
.• \1
. !\
',,• .
.t :r
·'
., I.
··''
i'l
. \ \
-2-
·. -,. ,•
•. 1''.:
r I
-.r·'' ',,'
.I
.·'
'