RESOLUTION NO. 22-156
Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Emeryville Granting An Annual Card Room License To The Oaks Card Club For Calendar Year 2023 WHEREAS, Section 5-5.11 of the Emeryville Municipal Code (hereinafter “EMC”) requires the Police Department to annually conduct an investigation into the qualifications of applicants for renewal of a card room license, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 5-
5.04, 5-5.06, and 5-5.07 of the EMC; and
WHEREAS, the Police Department has conducted a thorough investigation into the qualifications of each of the partner applicants of the Oaks Card Club and has found no information upon which to base a denial of the renewal of the current card room license application; and
WHEREAS, the Chief of Police recommends to the City Council renewal of the current card room license allowing for the operation of forty (40) card tables; now therefore, be it RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Emeryville hereby authorizes issuance of a 2023 City of Emeryville Card Room License allowing for the operation of forty (40) card tables to the Oaks Card Club, 4097 San Pablo Avenue, Emeryville, subject to compliance with all applicable provisions of Chapter 5 of Title 5 of the Emeryville Municipal Code and subject to the Conditions of Approval, attached hereto as Exhibit A.
ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Emeryville at a special meeting held Monday, December 12, 2022, by the following vote:
AYES: 5
Mayor Bauters, Vice Mayor Medina and Council Members Donahue, Martinez and Welch
NOES: 0
ABSTAIN: 0
ABSENT: 0
MAYOR
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY CLERK CITY ATTORNEY
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CALIFORNIA
E XHIBIT A
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL
• The Annual Card Room License shall be valid through to December 31, 2023.
Any Card Room License sought for subsequent years would require another application and an approval by the Emeryville City Council. • The Licensee shall comply with all the provisions of Chapter 5, Card Rooms and will be subject to suspension or revocation if any violations of the Chapter exist. • The Licensee, or other person in charge or control of the card room, shall not employ or allow any person to work in such card room without such person first registering with the Chief of Police and obtaining a work permit. • The Card Room License allows for the following games to be played: Draw Poker, Lowball Draw Poker, Seven Card Stud Poker (High), Seven Card Stud Poker (Low), Texas Hold’em Poker, Panguingue (PAN), Pai Gow, Double Hand Poker, Super Pan 9, Pure 21.5 Blackjack, 21st Century Blackjack, Omaha Poker, Three Card Poker, and Zoobac.
• The minimum number of card tables that the Licensee shall maintain is twenty (20), and the maximum number of tables the Licensee may maintain is forty (40). • The Licensee shall notify the Police Department in writing within fourteen (14) days of any change in the information required in an application for license issuance or renewal as provided in Section 5-5.04 EMC.
• The Licensee shall notify the Chief of Police within three (3) days of any notices of violations or other corrective action ordered by a Federal, State or other local licensing authority, and provide copies of the relevant documents. The Licensee is required to comply with applicable Federal, state law and state regulations at all times. Failure to do so shall constitute grounds for suspending or revoking this license, and denying any renewals and/or modifications to the license.
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