Every person who for profit, or for anything of value, or for
commercial purposes of any nature, keeps, operates, conducts or maintains,
either directly or indirectly, in the city, any house, room, apartment,
dwelling place, or other place where any game, gambling or gaming
not mentioned or included in Section 330 or 330A of the Penal Code
of the state of California is played, conducted, dealt or carried
on whether with cards, dice or any other device of whatsoever nature
for money, checks, credit, merchandise or other representative of
value shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars,
or by imprisonment in the county jail, not exceeding six months, or
by both such fine and imprisonment.
Every person either as owner, lessor, lessee, principal, agent,
employee or participant or otherwise who maintains or keeps or operates
or conducts directly or indirectly in whole or in part, or who directly
or indirectly is in possession in whole or in part of any house, room,
apartment, dwelling place or other place upon or in which any gambling,
games or gaming prohibited in this section are played, conducted,
dealt, or carried on, and who imposes or collects a fee or anything
of value for the privilege of participating in any way whatsoever
ion any such games, gambling or gaming, or who directly or indirectly
gains or receives anything of value or any financial profit form playing,
conducting, or dealing of any such games, gambling or gaming shall
for the purposes of this chapter be deemed to be keeping, conducting,
operating and maintaining the same for profit or commercial purposes.
(Ord. 11 § 1, 1957)
Every person who knowingly permits any of the games, gambling or gaming which by Section 8.40.010 are made unlawful to be played, maintained, operated, conducted or dealt in any house, room, apartment, dwelling place or other place owned or rented by such person in whole or in part is punishable as provided in Section 8.40.010.
(Ord. 11 § 2, 1957)
Every person who visits, frequents, participates in or knowingly permits any games, gambling or gaming which by Section 8.04.010 is or are made unlawful to be played, operated, maintained, conducted or dealt in any house, room, apartment, dwelling place or other place, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail, not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(Ord. 11 § 3, 1957)
