§ 10-43. Hours of operation.

(a)

Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the licensee may operate a cardroom 24 hours a day and seven days a week.

(b)

The applicant for a cardroom license to operate a cardroom after the effective date of the ordinance from which this section derives shall be required to secure a use permit as approved by the appropriate authority in accordance with the requirements of the city's zoning ordinance. Operation of the cardroom shall thereafter be in accordance with the hours set by the use permit.

(c)

A licensee who possesses a valid, unexpired, and unrevoked license to operate a cardroom issued pursuant to this article and who has operated the cardroom 24 hours a day on Saturday or Sunday or on both such days for at least a continuous six-month period immediately preceding the effective date of the ordinance from which this section derives shall be permitted to continue the same 24-hour operation as the licensee conducted during such continuous six-month period without the necessity of securing a use permit pursuant to subsection (b) of this section and as was permitted under the immediately preceding cardroom ordinance. If such cardroom seeks to operate other than under the same 24-hour period it operated during such continuous six-month period immediately prior to the effective date of the ordinance from which this section derives and such cardroom is located within 500 feet of a residential zone or 500 feet of property used for residential purposes, such cardroom is required to secure a use permit prior to such change in hours or days of operation.

(Ord. No. 97-01, § 2(4.22.090), 1-2-1997; Ord. No. 97-13, § 2, 3-26-1997; Ord. No. 97-17, § 2, 9-24-1997)