§ 52-3.301. Cardroom owners.

(a)

The owner of a cardroom shall apply for and obtain a cardroom license pursuant to this chapter.

(b)

If the cardroom owner is one or more natural persons, each person who is a cardroom owner must individually apply for and obtain a cardroom license.

(c)

If the owner is a corporation, each of the following must individually apply for and obtain a cardroom license: every officer, director, and shareholder, other than a holding or intermediary company, of the corporation who is required to apply for and obtain a state gaming license.

(d)

If the owner is a partnership, each of the following must individually apply for and obtain a cardroom license: every general and limited partner of, and every trustee or person, other than a holding or intermediary company, having or acquiring a direct or beneficial interest in that partnership.

(e)

If the owner is a trust, each of the following must individually apply for and obtain a cardroom license: the trustee and, in the discretion of the sheriff, any beneficiary and the trustor of the trust.

(f)

If the owner is a business organization other than a corporation, partnership, or trust, then all those persons as the sheriff may require, must individually apply for and obtain a cardroom license.

(g)

Each person who receives, or is to receive, any percentage share of the revenue earned by the owner from gambling activities must individually apply for and obtain a cardroom license.

(h)

Every employee, agent, guardian, personal representative, lender, or holder of indebtedness of the owner who, in the judgment of the sheriff, has the power to exercise a significant influence over the gambling operation must individually apply for and obtain a cardroom license.

(i)

A cardroom will not be permitted to operate if any individual who is required to obtain a cardroom license pursuant to this chapter does not have one or is not in the process of obtaining one.

(j)

A cardroom licensee shall notify the sheriff of any change in cardroom ownership or other event that requires another person to obtain a license under this chapter. The licensee must notify the sheriff in writing of the event and the name of the person who is required to obtain a license within ten days after the event occurs. The person who is required to obtain a license must apply for the license within thirty days after the event occurs.

(Ord. No. 2017-18, § II, 8-8-17; Ord. No. 2008-14 § 2; Ord. No. 82-44)