(A) An application for a bingo license shall contain the following:
(1) The name of the applicant organization and a statement that the applicant organization is eligible to apply for a license under the terms of state law and this chapter, as amended from time to time;
(2) The name and signature of at least two officers of the applicant organization, including the presiding officer of the applicant organization;
(3) The address of the particular property within the city owned or leased by the applicant organization, used by the applicant organization for an office or for performance of the purposes for which the applicant organization is organized, and on which bingo will be conducted, together with the occupancy capacity of such location;
(4) Proposed hours and days of operation;
(5) A statement that the applicant agrees to conduct bingo in strict accordance with the provisions of Penal Code §§ 326.3 and 326.5, as applicable, and the provisions of this chapter, as such provisions may be amended from time to time, and that the applicant organization agrees that the license may be revoked by the Chief of Police upon violation of any such provisions;
(6) Proof that the applicant organization has owned or leased property within the city that was used by the applicant organization for an office, or for performance of the purposes for which the applicant organization is organized, for a period of at least 12 months immediately preceding the filing of such application, and the property upon which any bingo game is to be conducted is property so owned or leased by the applicant organization;
(7) Written verification from the Development Services Division of the city that there is improved vehicular access to the premises wherein a bingo game is to be conducted, and that such premises contain off-street vehicle parking facilities on the basis of not less than one parking space for each two seats, “one seat” being defined as an area of seven and one-half square feet;
(8) Written verification from the Development Services Division of the city that the operation of such game or games is in compliance with Title 15;
(9) A certificate or determination of exemption or a letter of good standing from the Exemption Division of the Franchise Tax Board, evidencing that the applicant organization is exempt from the payment of the taxes imposed under the Corporation Tax Law, pursuant to §§ 23701, 23701a, 23701b, 23701d, 23701e, 23701f, 23701g, 23701k, 23701l, or 23701w of the Revenue and Taxation Code, if the applicant organization applies for a bingo license based on such exemption.
(10) Any other evidence that the city determines is necessary to verify that the applicant organization is permitted to operate bingo games and/or apply for a bingo license under the provisions of this chapter and Penal Code §§ 326.3, 326.4, and/or 326.5, as applicable and as amended from time to time.
(B) The application shall be signed by the applicant organization under penalty of perjury.
(C) The annual license fee fixed by City Council resolution shall accompany the application. If an application for a license is denied, one-half of this fee shall be refunded.
(`78 Code, § 5.12.030.) (Ord. 3093 § 1 (part), 2011; Ord. 2347 § 17, 1998; Ord. 1500 § 1 (part), 1978; Ord. 1475 § 1 (part), 1977; Ord. 1446 § 2 (part), 1976.)