HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. No. 2008-1251
ORDINANCE NO. 1251
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
SECTION 5.28.270 OF THE LAKE ELSINORE MUNICIPAL
CODE TO ESTABLISH NO-LIMIT WAGERING IN
CARDROOMS
WHEREAS, the Lake Elsinore Municipal Code currently delegates the
establishment of all table and wagering limits to the cardroom; and
WHEREAS, the State of California Gambling Control Act considers the
wagering limit to be a policy decision that must be made by the local government;
and
WHEREAS, this decision by ordinance must either prescribe a
maximum wagering limit, or specify that there is no wagering limit.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE,
CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 5.28.270 'Wagering, house rules and posting
requirements" of the Lake Elsinore Municipal Code is hereby amended in its entirety
as follows:
5.28.270. Wagering limits, house rules and posting requirements.
A. No maximum wagering limit is imposed on any game.
B. There shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the cardroom the
following:
1 . Any and all charges or other fees assessed players at a table;
2. A set of detailed house rules applicable to the games played,
which shall be posted in the form of a printed rule book;
3. A copy of the current valid city license/permit and the licensee's
current gambling license issued under the Gambling Control Act as codified in
Division 8, Chapter 5 of the California Business and Professions Code; and
4. The hours during which the cardroom will be open for business.
Section 2. If any provision, clause, sentence or paragraph of this
Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held
invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions of this Ordinance and are
hereby declared to be severable.
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Section 3. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after the
date of its final passage. The City Clerk shall certify as to adoption of this Ordinance
and cause this Ordinance to be published and posted in the manner required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the
City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore, California, on this 8th da~ of April 2008.
L HI KMAN, MAYOR
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE
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VIVIAN M. MUNSON
CITY CLERK
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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CITY ATTORNEY
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE )ss.
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE )
I, VIVIAN M. MUNSON, City Clerk of the City of Lake Elsinore, California,
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1251 was introduced at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore on the 25th day of
March, and was finally passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Lake Elsinore held on the 8th day of April 2008 , by the following roll
call vote:
AYES: MAYOR DARYL HICKMAN, MAYOR PRO TEM GENIE KELLEY,
COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS BUCKLEY, COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT MAGEE,
COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT SCHIFFNER
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
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VIVIAN M. MUNSON
CITY CLERK
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