(A) Licenses shall be issued only to bona fide religious, charitable, labor, fraternal, educational or veterans' organizations that operate without profit to their members and which have been in existence continuously for a period of five years immediately before making application for a license and which have had during that entire five-year period a bona fide membership engaged in carrying out their objectives or to a non-profit fundraising organization that is organized for the sole purpose of providing financial assistance to an identified individual or group of individuals suffering extreme financial hardship as the result of an illness, disability, accident or disaster.
(B) A license may not be issued under this chapter to:
(1) Any person who has been convicted of a felony;
(2) Any person who is or has been a professional gambler or gambling promoter;
(3) Any person who is not a good moral character;
(4) Any firm or corporation in which a person defined in divisions (B)(1), (2) or (3) above has a proprietary, equitable or credit interest, or in which such a person is active or employed;
(5) Any organization in which a person defined in divisions (B)(1), (2) or (3) above is an officer, director, or employee, whether compensated or not;
(6) Any organization in which a person defined in divisions (B)(1), (2) or (3) above is to participate in the management or operation of a raffle as defined in this chapter.
(Ord. 1625, passed 7-19-10)