The following regulations and restrictions shall apply to lawful gambling conducted within the City and shall apply to organizations licensed by the Minnesota Gambling Control Board and to organizations issued permits pursuant to this Chapter.
A. Location. Lawful gambling under license issued by the Minnesota Gambling Control Board, or by City Charitable Gaming Permit, may be conducted only at the following locations, except that no location shall be approved for gambling unless it complies with the applicable zoning, building, fire, and health codes of the City:
1. In the organization's hall where it has its regular meetings. No organization shall rent, lease, or occupy, directly or indirectly, any other property for the purpose of conducting gambling, except an on-sale establishment as permitted in this Chapter;
2. In licensed on-sale liquor, wine and beer establishments;
3. Notwithstanding subsections 1 and 2 above, raffles may be approved for any property location; and
4. Notwithstanding subsections 1 and 2 above, an organization may lease its hall where it has its regular meetings to no more than one (1) licensed organization, for the conduct of bingo only.
B. Inspection. Prior to the issuance of the license, the building shall be inspected by the appropriate City officials.
C. Prize Limits. Prize limits for lawful gambling shall not exceed the limits established by state law.
D. Liquor. No sale, consumption, or possession of liquor, wine or three and two tenths (3.2) malt liquor shall be permitted during gambling conducted by a licensed or permitted organization, except as permitted under a valid on-sale liquor, wine or three and two tenths (3.2) beer license.
E. Gambling Funds. No gambling funds shall be commingled with other organizational funds or with funds of an on-sale establishment.
F. Gambling Managers. All operation of gambling devices and the conduct of lawful gambling shall be under the supervision of a single gambling manager that is licensed by the Minnesota State Gambling control Board, or, in the case of excluded or exempt events, is designated by the organization. The gambling manager shall be responsible for gross receipts and profits from gambling devices and raffles and for its conduct incompliance with all laws and rules.
G. Time and place limitations. All such organizations shall comply with the requirements of state law as to the allowable number of bingo occasions and other time and place limitations, and such reasonable conditions and restrictions, including but not limited to, restrictions on the number of occasions and/or hours of operations, as may be imposed on the applicable bingo or gambling license.
H. Bingo halls. Bingo halls shall not be permitted.
[CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE VIII, Section 4-802,added by Ord. No .12-07, effective October 4, 2012.]