"Gaming"
means any card game played for currency, check, credit or other thing of value which is not prohibited and made unlawful by Chapter 9 or Chapter 10 of Title IX of Part 1 of the Penal Code or by City ordinance.
"Gaming club"
means any establishment where legal gaming is conducted where a fee is charged, either directly or indirectly, for the privilege of playing card games.
"Nonprofit societies, clubs, fraternal or labor organizations,"
where gaming is conducted solely as a social function and not as a commercial venture including, but not limited to, bingo games conducted pursuant to Section 326.5 of the Penal Code, shall not be defined as gaming clubs and shall be exempt from provisions of this chapter and Division 8, Chapter 5, commencing with Section 19800 of the Business and Professions Code.
(Prior code § 13-2-1)
No person, as defined by Section 19805(ae) of the Business and Professions Code, shall operate a gaming club without first obtaining a valid registration from the State of California Attorney General and maintaining the same during all times of operation and, subject thereto, next obtaining prior to such operation a business license therefor from the City and maintaining the same during all times of operation. Such business license shall issue subject to the following terms and conditions and, if issued, each licensee shall comply with the same as follows:
A. 
The number of gaming clubs within the incorporated City shall not exceed the ratio of one gaming club for every 5,000 population of the City as determined from the State-certified population at the time of application;
B. 
Each request to license a gaming club shall be processed by the Woodland Planning Commission in the same manner and under the same standards, limitations and prohibitions applicable to a request for a conditional use permit;
C. 
No more than two gaming tables with a maximum use of eight players per table shall be permitted on the premises used as a gaming club;
D. 
The gaming club shall be separated from other activities, if any, on the premises; and
E. 
Each applicant for a business license, and each business licensee, shall comply with the provisions pertaining to business licenses set forth in Chapter 5.04 of this City Code.
(Prior code § 13-2-2)
Pursuant to Section 19844 of the Business and Professions Code, the Chief of Police may exclude or eject from any or all gaming clubs any individual or person, as defined in Section 19805(ae) of the Business and Professions Code, including an employee, of the gaming club who has engaged in or been convicted of bookmaking, sale of controlled substances or illegal gambling activities, or whose presence in or about gaming clubs would be inimical to the interests of legitimate gaming, under the following conditions:
A. 
The Chief of Police shall inform the individual and gaming clubs by written notice giving the stated grounds for exclusion or ejection and the effective date of the notice.
B. 
The exclusion or ejection notice shall include a statement of the right to appeal such exclusion or ejection to the Chief of Police.
C. 
Appeal of Exclusion or Ejection. Any individual who has received written notice of exclusion or ejection may apply in writing, within 10 calendar days, to the Chief of Police for a hearing on the decision, which hearing is subject to the following conditions:
1. 
The hearing shall be held within 30 calendar days after receipt of the written application for appeal or at such other time as the applicant and Police Chief may agree;
2. 
The hearing shall be conducted informally;
3. 
A tape recording or other adequate record of the hearing shall be kept;
4. 
The Police Chief shall notify the applicant and gaming club in writing within 10 days after the hearing of the decision which shall be final. Such orders shall be subject to review by any court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with law.
D. 
Entry by Excluded or Ejected Individual. It is unlawful for any individual to enter a gaming club after the date of application for which he or she has received a written notice of exclusion or ejection. It is unlawful for any person, as defined in Section 19805(ae) of the Business and Professions Code, including the owner, operator or person in charge of a gaming club to allow any individual who has been excluded or ejected from the club to remain in the club after receiving written notice from the Police Chief.
(Prior code §§ 13-2-3—13-2-5)
A violation of any section of this chapter is a misdemeanor and shall be punishable in accordance with the penalties set forth in Section 1.08.070 (General penalty—Continuing violations—Aiding or abetting) of this code.
(Prior code § 13-2-6)