HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2025-03 | Cardroom Table Limit Amendment | Adopted 05/05/2025ORDINANCE NO. 2025-03
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY
AMENDING GILROY CITY CODE CHAPTER 16.6-1(p) CARDROOM,
TABLE RESTRICTIONS, FROM 10 TO 12 TABLES
WHEREAS, pursuant to California Constitution article XI, section 7, and the City
Charter, section 600, the City Council has the authority to enact ordinances which
promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of its residents; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the modification to Gilroy City Code,
Chapter 16.6-1(p), pertaining to cardroom table restrictions; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that this Ordinance is not subject to the
California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA,” Public Resources Code sections 21000
et seq.), because it will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical
change in the environment, and it does not have the potential to result in a physical
change to the environment, directly or indirectly (Title 14, Chapter 3 of the California
Code of Regulations “CEQA Guidelines,” section 15060(c)(2) and (3)).
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I
Chapter 16.6-1(p) of the Gilroy City Code entitled “Cardrooms” is hereby amended by
changing section (p) to read as follows:
(p) Table Restriction. No permittee, or the permittee’s employee, shall use,
operate or permit the use or operation of more cardroom tables than those
permitted by its cardroom permit and for which the permittee previously has paid
the required table permit fees. The number of tables located at a cardroom shall
not be increased without prior approval of the city council and prior payment of
the appropriate table permit fees. In any event, no cardroom shall operate more
than twelve (12) tables. All tables shall be located in the same room and be
visible from the entrance of the cardroom.
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SECTION II
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 of
the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Gilroy hereby
declares that it would have passed and adopted this ordinance, and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases may be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
SECTION III
Pursuant to section 608 of the Charter of the City of Gilroy, this ordinance shall be in full
force and effect thirty (30) days from and after the date it is adopted.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this May 5th, 2025, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bracco; Cline; Fugazzi; Hilton; Marques;
Ramirez; Mayor Bozzo
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
APPROVED:
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Greg Bozzo, Mayor
ATTEST:
Bryce Atkins, Acting City Clerk
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CERTIFICATE OF THE CLERK
I, BRYCE ATKINS, Acting City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do hereby certify that
the attached Ordinance No. 2025-03 is an original ordinance, or true and correct copy of
a City Ordinance, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a Regular Meeting
of said Council held on Monday, May 5, 2025, with a quorum present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Official
Seal of the City of Gilroy this June 10, 2025.
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Bryce Atkins
Acting City Clerk of the City of Gilroy
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