§ 10-31. Number of licenses limited.

(a)

Only two special business licenses to operate cardrooms shall be issued by the city.

(b)

If there are more applications for special business licenses to operate cardrooms than the limitation in subsection (a) of this section allows, the qualified applicant to whom a license is issued shall be selected by the chief of police in the order the applications were filed with the city clerk. Once all available licenses are issued, no applications will be accepted or considered until such time as an additional license becomes available. When the additional license becomes available, applications will then be taken and will be considered as provided in this article upon the timely filing of a new application therefor. For purposes of this subsection, the unrevoked, valid, and unexpired license of a cardroom licensee who has filed a timely application for renewal of the license is not considered an additional license available for issuance until the license renewal application has been denied and the appeal thereof, if any, has become final.

(Ord. No. 97-01, § 2(4.22.025), 1-2-1997; Ord. No. 97-13, § 2, 3-26-1997; Ord. No. 97-17, § 2, 9-24-1997; Ord. No. 98-02, § 4, 3-25-1998; Ord. No. 2010-05, § 2, 11-18-2010; Ord. No. 2013-003, § 2, 2-28-2013)