City of Stockton, CA
Downloaded from https://ecode360.com/ST5019 on 2024-09-10 § 5.32.080. Limitation on number of licenses and number of tables.
At no time shall there be more additional card room license(s) in the City that would result in exceeding the limitation of card ro oms and/or playing tables esta blished herein. The location of additional card room(s) shall be established th rough the land use approval process. This section shall not be interpreted to author ize any form of physical or use expansion of the preexisting card rooms without conformance with the planning and licensing approva l process. There shall be no more than four card rooms in the City at any one time.
As of the passage of this ordina nce, a licensed card room shall be allowed to increase the number of gambling tables operated in the gambling estab lishment by up to 2 additio nal tables within the first year after the ordinance takes effect, and up to 2 additional tables every four years thereafter, not to exceed 10 additional tables above the number of tables operated in the licensed gambling establishment on January 1, 2024. A gambling establ ishment shall have all permitted gambling tables in operation and remain cu rrent in payment on all taxes and ot her applicable fees before an increase in gambling tables is allowed.
The number of tables for a particular applican t shall be determined during the land use and licensing approval process. Licens ees shall obtain approval from the Chief of Police prior to expanding (for any reason, including special tourna ments, etc.) the number of tables allowed by their initial and/or current licen se. Under no circumstances shall th e number of tables in any one card room exceed 21 card tables. The physical lo cation of any card room licensed to operate within the City shall be in conformance with th e requirements of the Planning and Zone Code in Title 16 of the Stockton Municipal Code.
(Prior code § 5-008.5; Ord. 016-07 C.S. § 1; Ord. 2018-12-04-1104 C.S. § 1)
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