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In Roseville, as in other cities, this treatment works well for pull-tab operations in bars or clubs, and for bingo or raffle activities in churches, community centers or other host facilities. The situation becomes more complicated when the gaming activity or use becomes so intense that it becomes the principal or sole use of a building or facility, since the activity is no longer adjunct to a club, lodge, church, etc. but rather is a facility primarily used for gaming activities. While licensing ordinances regulate activities and businesses, and building codes regulate the method of construction of structures, it is a City's Zoning Code that primarily regulates the location and use of activities and uses within the City. Title 10, Zoning, Section 1001.02 of the City Code provides that "except as provided in this Title, no building, structure or land shall be occupied or used which is not in conformity with the regulations and terms of this Title." While other parts of the Code regulate or limit how certain uses or activities can be undertaken within the City, it the Zoning Title of the Code that specifies where certain uses and activities can or cannot be undertaken within the City. Absent some connection to a principal use, I see no alternative to interpreting or amending the Zoning Code to classify the bingo hall operation as a separate use. The alternatives are to: 1. Continue with the present staff interpretation that a bingo hall is an amusement establishment (in other words, a separate use) under the Zoning Code. 2. Amend the Code to provide a specific classification for bingo halls as a permitted or conditional use in whatever districts are deemed appropriate, or alternately that a bingo hall is not allowed within the City. 3. Interpret the Code that bingo and other gaming activity is not a regulated land use and consequently can be undertaken at any location eligible for a license. While option three has some attractive features in that it avoids having to make a difficult land use or zoning decision, it leaves open a number of questions which may well cause even greater problems for the Council and community in the future. 2