It is in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare of the City to limit the number of cardrooms operating in the City to one (1) cardroom for each fifteen thousand (15,000) persons residing in the City or four (4) cardrooms in total, whichever is less. For the purpose of determining the number of cardrooms permissible, the population is determined by the latest estimate of population made by the Department of Finance.

No application for a cardroom conditional use permit shall be accepted for filing when the maximum number of conditional use permits authorized pursuant to this Chapter have been issued and are valid. There shall be no waiting lists or priorities for persons desiring to file such applications under such circumstances.