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A. The Planning Commission shall grant the conditional use permit unless it is determined from a consideration of the application, City inspection of the premises, or other pertinent information, that:

1. Information contained in the application or supplemental information requested from the applicant is false in any material detail.

2. The proposed location of the cardroom business would not comply with the requirements of Section 9.090.

3. The operation of the cardroom business is or would be in violation of one or more provisions of Chapter 9 and Section 24.060.

4. The premises where the cardroom business is or will be located does not comply with all applicable laws, including, but not limited to, the City’s building, health, zoning and fire ordinances.

5. A conditional use permit to operate the cardroom establishment has been issued to the applicant, a partner of the applicant, or a stockholder of the applicant which stockholder owns more than 10% of the applicant’s corporate stock, which conditional use permit has been suspended and the period of suspension has not yet ended.

6. The proposed location or cardroom proposal would be inconsistent with the considerations described in Section 24.060(E).

7. The Patron Safety and Security Plan has not been submitted or has not been approved by the Police Department.

8. Wagering limits were not submitted, if pertinent to the conditional use permit application.

B. Notice of Denial. Notice of conditional use permit denial shall be in writing and shall state the grounds therefore. Notice shall be personally served on the permit applicant or mailed to his address listed on the application form.

C. Suspension or Revocation. A cardroom conditional use permit may be suspended for up to one year or revoked for any of the reasons specified as grounds for conditional use permit denial in Section 9.050 (A) (1-8) above.

D. Notice of Intention to Suspend or Revoke. Notice of intention to suspend or revoke shall be in writing and shall state the grounds therefore. Any suspension or revocation procedure shall be done as specified in Section 24.060(G) of the Petaluma Zoning Ordinance. (Ord. 2811 § 4, 2022.)