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Home My WebLink About05 - Prohibiting GamblingORDINANCE N0. 5 AAT ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COSTA !vIESA PROHIBITING GAMBLING. The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa does ordain as follows: Section 1. No person, either as owner, lessee, manager, employee, agent or servant, shall oper- ate, open, deal or deal in any game, operation or'transaction wherein any prize, gift, rebate, compensation, reward, award, payment or gratuity, consisting of any money, check, token,credit, goods,wares, merchandise,property or thing of value, is or is to be given, awarded or delivered either directly or indirectly, and wherein chance is a determining factor or is any determining factor of the result of such game, operation or transaction, which game, operation or transaction is conducted, carried on, maintained, operated or played by the throwing, tossing, dropping, depositing or placing of any ball, marker, object, thing or substance into any perforation, hole or indentation in or upon any surface, receptacle, containc,r, object or thing having marked, designated or identified thereon by or with any figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark of any kind, or by the selecting, designating, turning, indicating, choosing or projecting of any such figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark by means of any device, apparatus or equipment, or by any means or in any manner, or by the drawing, selecting, choosing or removing from any receptacle or container of any ball,disc, object, substance or material marked, designated or identified by or with any figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark, any such figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark herein- above referred to, corresponding to, duplicating, referring to or relating to, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly to any figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark upon any card, paper, board, fabric, surface, object, substance or thing, held, used, operated or maintained by any player or participant therein or by any person, where., by any predetermined or »rearranged, or by any rule, method, scheme, design or procedure any person is found, declared ordetermined to be, or is, or is to be, the winner, donee, recipient or taker of such prize, gift, rebate, compensation, reward, award, payment or gratuity, in the event that any such player or participant pays, deposits, expends, gives or pledges, either directly or indirectly, or agrees, promises or intends to pay, deposit, expend, give or pledge, either directly or indirectly, any money, check, credit,property or thing of value, or makes or agrees to make any purchase for the privilege of playing or participating therein or of gaining admission to the place or premises where such game, operation or transaction is, or is to be played, conducted, carried on, maintained or operated, or to any other place or premises. Section 2. No provision of this Chapter shall be deemed or construed as prohibiting any act made unlawful by the provisions of Section 320, or of Section 320a, or of Section 330 of the Penal Code, or of any other code section or general law of the State, it being the intent of the City Council to prohibit all games, operations or transactions herein described, not prohibited by the provisions of any general law of this State, including all games, operations or transactions for profit commonly known as Keno, Tango, Bridgo, Movie Tango, Bingo, Beano, Skill Ball, Fortune, Quitain, Fascination or Inspiration and all games, operations or transactions similar thereto under whatever name they may be designated. Section 3. No person shall participate in, play in or engage in, either directly or indirectly, any game, operation or transaction prohibited herein. Section 4. No person owning, leasing, managing, controlling or having any interest in any property or premises lying within the territory of said City shall cause or permit the maintenance or operation in or on such property or premises, having knowledge, or after reasonable notice of the existence thereof, of any game, operation or transaction prohibited herein. Section 5. No person shall deal, play, open or operate, either as owner or employee, whether for hire or not, or play or bet at or against any game of chance played with cards, dice, or any device, for money, checks, credit or other representative of value. Section 6. No person shall act as lookout, door—keeper, or game—keeper for any game of chance played with cards, dice, or any device, for money, checks, credit, or other representative value. Section 7. No person shall visit any room, within the City, where any game of chance played with cards, dice, or any device, for money, checks, credit or other representative of value, is being played or operated. Section 8. No person shall operate or exhibit any gaming table, device, or apparatus, or oper- ate any gaming establishment, or any room or place for the practice of gambling or playing games of chance for money, or other representatives of value, with cards, dice or other device. Section 9. No person, either as owner or agent, shall lease or rent any building, room, lot or other place, to any person to be used for gambling or playing games of chance for money, or any representatives of value. Section 10. This ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after thirty (30) days after its passage and approval, and the City Clerk. of the City of Costa Mesa shall cause this ordinance to be posted i•,rithin fifteen (15) days after its passage in three public places in the City of Costa Mesa. Section 11. Any person violating; any provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misde— meanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment not to exceed six (6) months or a fine not to exceed ;7500.00 or of both such fine and imprisonment, Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa ATTEST: City Clerk of the City o/ Costa Mesa STATE OF CALIIORNIA: COUNTY OF ORANGE : ss CITY OF COSTA MESA : I, A. C. SWARTZ, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesas do hereby certify that at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, held on the ,"_ day of * , 1953, the foregoing Ordinance, containing _ & sections, was considered section by section, and that the said Ordinance was then passed and adopted as a whole by the following vote: AYES: . COUNCILMEN NOES: COUNCILMEN: ABSENTt COUNCILUEN: _- -- .,--- I further certify that said Ordinance was thereupon signed by the Mayor of the City of Costa Masa, ATTEST: r City Clerk of the City o Costa Mesa STATE OF CALIFORNIA: COUNTY OF ORANGE : ss CITY OF COSTA MESA : I, A. C, SWARTZ, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, do hereby certify that on the—„ day of , 1953, I posted the foregoing true and correct copy of sk the foregoing Ordinance in the following public places in the City: Justice Court 567 West Eighteenth Street Costa Mesa, California Costa Mesa Branch Library 526 Center Street Costa Mesa, California Costa Mesa Fire Hall 111 Rochester Street Costa Mesa, California WITPIESS my hand and seal this--.-...ZY of J�2', 1951 t City Clerk of the City bf Costa Mesa