Unless otherwise expanded or provided by the Chula Vista gaming plan, notwithstanding the provisions of CVMC 5.20.160 regarding the maximum number of tables on premises, the City Council may, in their sole discretion, grant additional licenses to a Person having an interest in or holding a license to any cardroom in the City, but then only in accordance with the procedures set forth in this chapter or the Chula Vista gaming plan and only if the total number of licenses issued, including consolidated licenses as two separate licenses, does not exceed the maximum permitted by CVMC 5.20.030 or the Chula Vista gaming plan. If such application for an additional single license is granted, the maximum number of tables permitted in the consolidation of two licenses is 12, unless otherwise provided by the Chula Vista gaming plan. Unless otherwise provided by the Chula Vista gaming plan, a Person shall be deemed to have an interest in, or hold, an existing license if said Person is a designated licensee, is presently married to an existing licensee, is the parent or child of an existing licensee, owns shares in a corporation that owns a license or has a partnership interest in a license, owns a partnership interest in a partnership that has a license or owns shares in a corporation that owns a license, or has some other relation to a licensed cardroom as specified in the Chula Vista gaming plan.

Unless otherwise provided by the Chula Vista gaming plan, consolidation occurs whenever a cardroom licensee or a Person having a financial interest in a cardroom obtains a license to operate an additional cardroom or acquires a financial interest in an additional cardroom. (Ord. 3558 § 1, 2023; Ord. 2655 § 1, 1995; Ord. 2528 § 1, 1992; Ord. 2364 § 1, 1990; Ord. 2347 § 1, 1990; Ord. 2015 § 1, 1982).