(A) It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, corporation, association or organization to conduct the game of bingo or to maintain gambling devices known as paddle wheels, tip boards, pull tabs or another apparatus used in the conduct of raffles, unless the organization is a fraternal, religious, veterans or other non-profit organization, which has been in existence for the most recent three years preceding the permit application as a registered Minnesota non-profit corporation, or as an organization designated as exempt from the payment of income taxes by the Internal Revenue Code; has at least 15 active members as defined in M.S. § 349.12, subd. 3, as it may be amended from time to time, and has a valid permit issued by the City for each location of operation.
(B) The organization must not be in existence solely for the purpose of conducting gambling.
(C) The organization must not have as an officer, or member of the governing body, any person who, within the five years before the issuance of the license, has been convicted in a federal or state court of a felony or gross misdemeanor, or who has ever been convicted of a crime involving gambling, or who has had a license issued by the Lawful Gambling Board of the state revoked for a violation of law or board rule.
(Prior Code, § 1111.03)