HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 976-1985 ORDINANCE NO. 976-85
AN ORDINANCE ADDING SECTION 6.16.035 TO
THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL CODE
(BUSINESS LICENSE TAX FOR CARD ROOMS)
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. SECTION 6.16.035 ADDED TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE.
Section 6.16.035 is hereby added to the South San Francisco Municipal Code
and shall read as follows:
"6.16.035 Card Room
(a) "Card Room" means any building or structure, or any portion of a
building or structure or any premises or place, wherein in return for any fee,
charge, thing of value or other compensation, any person or persons is or are
permitted to play a card game or card games. The term "Card Room" is synonymous
with the term "Gaming Club" as used in The Gaming Registration Act (commencing
at Section 19800 of the Business and Professions Code).
(b) "Card Room Operator" means any person as defined herein who owns,
operates, manages or is otherwise financially interested in a Card Room as defined
above.
(c) "Card Table" means any table upon which any card game is played in
a Card Room.
(d) The license tax payable by a Card Room Operator shall be twenty-
five dollars ($25.00) per Card Table per year."
SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is
for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not
affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portion of this
ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this
Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof,
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irrespective of the fact that any one more sections, subsections, sentences,
clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE AND PUBLICATION.
This Ordinance, inasmuch as it provides for a tax levy for the usual and
current expenses of the Ci~ shall be effective immediately upon adoption.
This Ordinance shall be published once, with the names of those Ci~ Council
members voting for or against the Ordinance, in the Enterprise-Journal, a
newspaper of general circulation in the Ci~ of South San Francisco, as
required ~ law.
Introduced this 27th d~ of ~bruary , 1985.
Passed and adopted as an Ordinance of the Ci~ of South San Francisco at a
reqular meeting of the Ci~ Council of the Ci~ of South San Francisco this 13th
d~ of March , 1985 ~ the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Mark N. Addieqo, Richard A. Haffey,
Gus Nicolopulos; and Roberta Cerri Teqlia
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Emanuele N. Damonte
ATTEST: ~ty Cler~~
As M~or of the Ci~ of South San Francisco, I do hereby approve the
foregoing Ordinance this 13th d~ of March ,1985.