10.36.090 ELECTION REQUIRED FOR GAMING CLUB/GAMBLING HOUSE.

1. No gaming club or gambling house shall be located within the territorial limits of the City of San Mateo unless a majority of electors voting thereon affirmatively approve a measure permitting legal gambling in a gaming club or gambling house within the City.

2. Definitions.

2.1 "Gaming Club" has the meaning set forth in Section 19802 of the California Business and Professions Code.

2.2 "Gambling house" means any house, room, apartment, or place where, in whole or in part, gambling takes place.

2.3 "Gambling" means the playing of any game not prohibited by the Penal Code of California or by any other law of the state, which is played, conducted, dealt or carried on with cards, dice, dominoes or other devices for anything of value.

2.4 "Anything of value" means money, coin, currency, checks, chip, allowance, token, credit, merchandise, property, script or anything representative of value and includes, without limitation, any payment for services or rent, remuneration or compensation of any nature for the use of any premises, cards, chips, furniture or other articles.

3. Exceptions and Exemptions. The provisions of this ordinance shall be subject to the same exceptions and exemptions as are set forth in Section 10.36.070 and 10.36.080 of the ordinances of San Mateo in effect on January 1, 1995, and this ordinance shall not disallow bingo games allowed under Chapter 10.34 of the ordinances of San Mateo.