It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter for a licensee to permit any person under the age of 21 to do any of the following:
(1) 
Play, be allowed to play, place wagers at, or collect winnings from, whether personally or through an agent, any gambling game.
(2) 
Loiter or remain, or be permitted to loiter or remain, in or about any room wherein any gambling game is operated or conducted.
(3) 
Be employed as an employee in a licensed gambling establishment except in a parking lot, coffee shop, restaurant, business office, or other similar room wherein no gambling activity or activity directly associated with gambling takes place. Gambling enterprise employees between the ages of 18 and 20 years old are required to wear a badge, issued by the gambling enterprise, with a different background color from those of other gambling enterprise employees on their outermost garment at chest level with the words, "Non-Gaming Employee: Under 21."
(Added by Ord. No. 3390, effective 8-20-09; amended by Ord. No. 3648, effective 9-26-24)
Cardrooms may operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
(Added by Ord. No. 3390, effective 8-20-09; amended by Ord. No. 3648, effective 9-26-24)
(a) 
The owner licensee of a gambling establishment shall provide security and safety for employees and patrons in compliance with the Gambling Control Act as amended from time to time. Any permitted limitations on liability allowed by the Gambling Control Act shall be posted clearly to give the patrons adequate notice. Failure to post such limitations shall be a violation of this chapter.
(b) 
Failure to abide by the patron security and safety plan outlined in the application for license provided for in this Chapter shall be a violation of this chapter.
(Added by Ord. No. 3390, effective 8-20-09; amended by Ord. No. 3648, effective 9-26-24. Formerly 6-17-3030)
An owner licensee shall make a report to the Sheriff's department upon discovery of any conduct which raises a reasonable suspicion that a misdemeanor or felony crime has been committed on the gambling establishment premises.
The owner licensee shall be liable if he or she knowingly permits or allows an agent or employee to permit a person to:
(a) 
Enter a gambling establishment while such person appears to be obviously under the influence of any intoxicating beverage, narcotic, or drug.
(b) 
Play in any controlled game at any time while such person is obviously under the influence of any intoxicating beverage, narcotic, or drug.
(c) 
Enter or remain in a gambling establishment who engages in or has been convicted of bookmaking, loan sharking, the sale of controlled substances, illegal gambling activities, prostitution, pimping, pandering or whose presence in or about such gambling establishment would be inimical to the interests of legitimate gaming.
(d) 
Violate any federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations on the gambling establishment premises.
In the event that a licensee determines that any guest or employee is engaged in conduct inimical to the interests of patron or employee safety or legitimate gaming, then the licensee may preclude that person(s) from the establishment.
(Added by Ord. No. 3390, effective 8-20-09; amended by Ord. No. 3490, effective 2-25-16; amended by Ord. No. 3648, effective 9-26-24. Formerly 6-17-3040)
(a) 
Gambling establishments shall be permitted only in the zone or zones where allowed or permitted by the County Zoning Ordinance (uncodified Ord. No. 352), as amended from time to time. Non-compliance with this section shall be both a violation of this chapter and the County Zoning Ordinance.
(b) 
No new gambling establishment or expansion of an existing gambling establishment shall be permitted within 500 yards of an existing school, an existing building used primarily as a place of worship, an existing playground or other area of juvenile congregation, an existing hospital, convalescence facility, or another similarly unsuitable area as determined by the Resource Management Agency.
(c) 
The County shall deny a license to a proposed gambling establishment or expansion of an existing gambling establishment if the County finds that the gambling establishment or expansion would tend unduly to create law enforcement problems in the County, a city within the County, an adjoining county, or a city within that county.
(Added by Ord. No. 3390, effective 8-20-09; amended by Ord. No. 3490, effective 2-25-16; amended by Ord. No. 3648, effective 9-26-24. Formerly 6-17-3050)
(a) 
Wagering Limits. There are no limits on the amount wagered in any permitted games.
(b) 
The owner licensee shall post in a conspicuous location all County, house or table wagering limits to give the patrons adequate notice of the rules relating to wagering. Failure to post wagering limits shall be a violation of this chapter.
(Added by Ord. No. 3390, effective 8-20-09; amended by Ord. No. 3648, effective 9-26-24. Formerly 6-17-3060)
(a) 
The maximum number of gambling tables (if permitted by the license issued by the County and subject to the limitations contained in the Gambling Control Act and this Chapter) to be operated in a single gambling establishment shall be twelve (12).
(b) 
The total number of gambling tables authorized, which may be permitted to be operated, in the County shall be sixteen (16), pursuant to the limitations contained in the Gambling Control Act.
(c) 
Temporary uses of gambling tables in tournaments and other special events shall be permitted only if prior written authorization is obtained by the gambling establishment from the California Gambling Control Commission pursuant to its applicable regulations. A copy of the authorization shall be delivered to or received by the license collector and the Sheriff prior to the special event and a copy also shall be posted on the premises for the duration of the special event.
(Added by Ord. No. 3390, effective 8-20-09; amended by Ord. No. 3490, effective 2-25-16; amended by Ord. No. 3648, effective 9-26-24. Formerly 6-17-3070)
(a) 
All gambling establishments shall be open for inspection during normal business hours to the Sheriff, the license collector, the Health Department, the Fire Department, and the Resource Management Agency, or their duly authorized representatives, without search warrant. It shall be unlawful for any licensee to operate a gambling establishment in such a manner so as to make such gambling establishment difficult of access to peace officers or other County officials.
(b) 
All gambling establishment records, including, but not limited to, papers, books of account, ledgers, audits, reports, personnel records, information stored in computers and on computer tape or disks, video tape, microfilm or microfiche, shall be available for inspection and copying during normal business hours to the Sheriff, the license collector, or their duly authorized representatives, without search warrant.
(Added by Ord. No. 3390, effective 8-20-09; amended by Ord. No. 3490, effective 2-25-16; amended by Ord. No. 3648, effective 9-26-24. Formerly 6-17-3080)
A licensed gambling establishment shall be open to the general public.
In the event that a licensee determines that any guest or employee is engaged in conduct inimical to the interests of patron or employee safety or legitimate gaming, then the licensee may preclude that person(s) from the establishment.
(Added by Ord. No. 3390, effective 8-20-09; amended by Ord. No. 3648, effective 9-26-24. Formerly 6-17-3090)
The owner-licensee shall establish and maintain minimum internal controls for the operation of the gambling establishment consistent with the Minimum Internal Control Standards promulgated by the California Gambling Control Commission.
(Added by Ord. No. 3648, effective 9-26-24)
No owner, licensee, or employee shall provide loans or credit of currency, checks or any other thing of value or any representation of value to or for the benefit of any patron. No owner, licensee, or employee shall operate, maintain or purport to maintain any credit system whereby any patron may obtain loans or credit of currency, checks or other negotiable instruments, or any other thing of value or any representation of value.
(Added by Ord. No. 3648, effective 9-26-24)
(a) 
Owner licensees authorized to conduct gaming in the County shall be permitted to conduct all card games and related gaming activity such as tournaments, jackpots and other promotional activities lawful in the state of California subject to the following provisions:
(1) 
The licensee must maintain a letter from the California Bureau of Gambling Control advising that the game rules or related activities have been reviewed and approved for play at the gambling establishment;
(2) 
Written rules for each card game offered by a cardroom shall be provided to any patron upon request.
(b) 
Each gambling establishment shall maintain on the premises a copy of the house rules, and authorized game rules, and give notice that all persons will be required to comply with them.
(c) 
All other gaming (including, but not limited to, gaming played with dice or any device for money) not otherwise prohibited by California law is prohibited. Nothing contained in this Chapter shall be construed to permit the licensing of any gambling declared illegal in the state of California.
(Added by Ord. No. 3648, effective 9-26-24)