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ORDINANCE NO. 1738 �
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
SECTIONS 5. 20 . 030 'AND 5 . 20 .040 OF CFiAPTER 5. 20 OF
THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE ALL RELATING TO THE
LICENSING AND NUMERICAL LIMITATION OF CARDROOMS IN
' THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby
ordain as follows:
SECTION I : That Sections 5 . 20 .030 and 5 . 20 .040 of Chapter
5, 20 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code be, and the same are hereby
amended to read as follows:
� Sec. 5. 20 . 030 License - Number Permitted and
Trans£erability.
The number o£ licenses authorized £or issuance under
the provisions of� this chapter sha11 be limited based
upon the population of the City of Chula Vista as shown
upon the population certified by the State Department of
Finance. The number so authorized sha11 be one (1) per
25 , 000 residents or any fraction thereof. All such
licenses shall be issued in accordance with the provi-
sions� o£- this chapter; provided, however, those persons
holding a license to conduct cardroom operations upon
the effective� date of this- section may continue to hold
such licenses subject to the revocation provisions set
forth herein. Any license issued pursuant •tb this chap-
ter may be transferred upon the approval of the Chief of
Police to a person meeting all of the requirements for
the' initial issuance of such a cardroom 1'icense, subject
to the ratification of the City Council ; provided, how-
ever', that with the exception of those licenses which
have been issued prior to the effective date of this
ordinance', no license may be so transferred unless the
holder thereof has been operating a cardroom for a full
• year at a fixed location in the City of Chula Vista.
Sec. 5 . 20 . 040 License - Initial Issuance Procedure.
Except for existing licensees as set forth in Section
5 . 20 . 030, all applicants for available licenses shall
comply with the provisions of this chapter. Any appli-
cants requesting a license after the effective date of
this ordinance shall pay the sum of three hundred dollars
($300) to cover the costs of investigation, which sum
shall be refunded in the event that the applicant is
not selected in the manner provided herein to .be a
recipient of any available license, except for the sum
of twenty-five dollars ($25) which shall be retained to
cover the costs of handling applications. The initial
period for issuance of new cardroom licenses shall be
the month of May, 1977 and in the month of May in sub-
sequent years, should there be additional licenses
available. After the termination of the open period
in May, no further licenses sha11 be issued until the
succeeding open period. In the event that there are
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applications in excess of the number of licenses avail-
able in accordance with the limitations set forth in
Section 5 . 20 . 030, based upon population, the Chief of �
Police shall conduct a public lottery_ to select those
applicants who shall be investigated to determine if
- _ they_ are quali£ied to be issued any available cardroom
' licenses as approved by the Chief of Police subject to
rati£ication of the City Council. Upon the issuance of
available cardroom licenses, the Chief of Police shall
' authorize the re£und of any application fee to any per-
- . sons who were not subject to investigations .
SECTION II: This ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force on the thirty-first day £rom and after its passage and
approval.
Presented and Approved as to form by
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iGedrge D�Lindberg, City Attornep �
ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF
CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA, this Sth day of April , 197 '7 ,
by the following vote , to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen Cox, Scott , Egdahl , Hobel , Hyde
NAYES: Councilmen None '
� ABSENT: Councilmen None
Mayor of the City of C ula Vista
ATTE
City C erk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO) ss.
CZTY OF CHULA VISTA)
I , , City Clerk of the
City of Chula Vista, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above is
a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance No. , and that the
same has not been amended or repealed. DATED
City Clerk
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