HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1982-1986 ORDINANCE NO. 1986
AN URGENCY INTERIM ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM
ON THE CONDUCT OF A LOTTERY FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A
CARDROOM LICENSE AND DECLARING THAT NO LICENSES SHALL
BE ISSUED FOR A PERIOD OF NINETY DAYS
WHEREAS, the City Council is required by Section 5.20,040
of the Chula Vista Municipal Code to conduct a lottery in the
month of May in the event that a cardroom license should become
available, and
WHEREAS, at the present time, there are only three
cardrooms operating in the City of Chula Vista and Chapter 5.20 of
the Municipal Code authorizes, based upon current population, the
operation of four cardrooms, and
WHEREAS, the Director of Public Safety has recommended
that the City Council conduct a study of the existing ordinance to
determine whether the number of licenses for cardrooms should be
limited or should be maintained at the current authorized level,
and
WHEREAS, during the period of study, it is desired that
no lottery be conducted and no further licenses be issued.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista does ordain as follows:
SECTION I: That the lottery provisions of Chapter 5.20
be, and the same are hereby suspended for a period of ninety (90)
days from the effective date of this ordinance and that no further
licenses be issued for cardrooms in the City of Chula Vista to and
until August 20, 1982.
SECTION II: This ordinance shall take effect upon its
first reading if adopted by at least four affirmative votes of the
City Council as an interim ordinance and an emergency measure.
Presented and Approved as to form by
George D. Lindberg, City Attorney
APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA, AT FIRST READING THIS 18th DAY OF May
19~ ._2 , by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen Scott, Cox, Gillow, Moore, McCandliss
NAYES: Councilmen None
ABSTAIN: Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen None
Maybe City of Chulo Vista
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, dENNIE M. FULASZ, CMC, CITY CLERK of the City of Chulo Vista, California,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is o full, true and correct copy of
ORDINANCE NO. 1986 ,and that the some has not been amended or repealed.
DATED
(seal) City Clerk
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ORDINANCE NO. 1986
AN URGENCY INTERIM ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM ON
THE CONDUCT OF A LOTTERY FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A CARDROOM
LICENSE AND DECLARING THAT NO LICENSE SHALL BE ISSUED FOR
A PERIOD OF NINETY DAYS
By unanimous vote on May 18, 1982, the City Council placed the
ordinance on first reading and adoption as an emergency measure. The
ordinance suspends the provisions of Chapter 5.20 of the Municipal
Code from the date of its adoption to and until August 20, 1982
declaring that no lottery may be conducted and no cardroom licenses
issued during a period of study to determine whether the number of
cardroom licenses should be limited or maintained at the currently
authorized level.
Copies of the ordinance are available at the office of the City Clerk,
276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista.