5.48.065 - License—Premises—Requirements.

(a)

The location of the card club license is site specific. The only locations authorized for the card club license are 6121 and 6131 E. Telegraph Road, City of Commerce, CA 90040.

(b)

The hours of operation of a card club licensed under the provisions of this chapter are permitted to be twenty-four hours a day, three hundred sixty-five days per year. All licensed card clubs shall have their schedule of hours clearly posted at the card club so as to give law enforcement and patrons adequate notice of the hours during which the licensed card club will remain open for business.

(c)

A card club licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall provide and maintain reasonable security on its premises, including the parking area. The card club shall employ a professional security staff which will monitor the activities on the premises and in the parking area. The card club shall make use of surveillance camera equipment and take reasonable steps to assure that patrons and visitors are not involved in criminal activity, or are the victims of criminal activity.

To the extent that a licensed card club is not liable for the safety and security of its patrons and visitors in and around the premises of the card club establishment, it shall make any limitations known to patrons and visitors by clearly posting a sign containing this information at each entrance of any building, which comprises the card club and at each entrance of every parking lot.

The director of security at the card club shall maintain a close working relationship with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in meeting the requirements of this section.

(d)

Before it shall be allowed to operate, each gambling establishment shall adopt rules for wagering limits in each game, after the rules have been approved by the city. During the hours of operation, the card club shall clearly post the rules for wagering limits at the gambling tables where the games are offered, to provide the patrons adequate notice of those rules.

(e)

The number of gambling tables permitted in each card club licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall be in conformity with Sections 5.48.060(16) and (17) and Section 5.48.190.

(Ord. No. 804, § 2, 12-13-2022)