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 Citrus Heights
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 10. AMUSEMENTS AND ENTERTAINMENTS
 Article II. CARDROOMS

  § 10-30. Qualifications for license; time limits for placing license in use; grounds for revocation of license.  

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  • (a)

    If the applicant for a special business license to operate a cardroom is a sole proprietor, the proprietor shall have met the requirements set by the state department of justice pursuant to the Gambling Control Act, Business and Professions Code § 19800 et seq., prior to filing the application for the license. If the applicant is a partnership, corporation, or other business entity owned by more than one individual, the business entity shall have met the requirements set by the state department of justice pursuant to the Gambling Control Act, Business and Professions Code § 19800 et seq., prior to filing an application for a license.

    (b)

    The special business license issued pursuant to this article shall be placed in use at the designated location no later than 90 days following the issuance thereof, and the special business license shall remain in use thereafter for the term of the license. Failure to place such license in use at the designated location within the 90-day period provided in this subsection or to maintain the license in use during the term of the license shall be grounds for revocation of the license by the chief of police. For purposes of this subsection the term "in use" shall mean at the location designated in the license that the business of a cardroom shall be in operation and that games as provided in section 10-44 shall be conducted therein.

    (c)

    For purposes of revocation under this section, temporary closure of the cardroom for necessary remodeling, rebuilding, repair, improvements, or other necessary and reasonable activity required to operate or improve the operation of the cardroom when such activities are undertaken by the licensee in a good-faith effort to complete the activity within a reasonable period of time shall not be grounds for revocation.

    (d)

    The licensee shall cooperate with the chief of police by providing the chief of police the necessary information and documentation upon demand by the chief of police in order for the chief of police to determine whether the licensee comes under the subsections of this section requiring revocation of the license. Failure of the licensee to cooperate with the chief of police pursuant to this section shall be grounds for the revocation of the special business license to operate the cardroom. The procedure for notice of revocation, revocation, and appeal of revocation shall be the same as is provided in chapter 22, article II, division 3, for the revocation of special business licenses.

(Ord. No. 97-01, § 2(4.22.020), 1-2-1997; Ord. No. 97-13, § 2, 3-26-1997; Ord. No. 97-17, § 2, 9-24-1997; Ord. No. 98-02, § 3, 3-25-1998; Ord. No. 2013-003, § 1, 2-28-2013)