(A) No organization shall conduct lawful gambling excluded or exempted from state licensure requirements by M.S. § 349.166, as it may be amended from time to time, without a valid local permit.
(B) Applications for issuance of a local permit shall be on a form prescribed by the city. The application shall contain the following information:
(1) Name and address of the organization requesting the permit;
(2) Name(s) and address(es) of the officers and persons accounting for receipts, expenses and profits for the event;
(3) Date of gambling occasion for which permit is requested;
(4) Address of premises where event will occur;
(5) Copy of rental or leasing arrangement, if any, connected with the event, including rental to be charged to organization; and
(6) Estimated value of prizes to be awarded.
(C) The applicable permit fee shall be submitted with the application for a local permit.
(D) The applicant shall be notified in writing of the date on which the Council will consider the issuance of the local permit.
(E) The Council may disapprove an application for issuance of a local permit for any of the following reasons:
(1) Violation by the organization of any state statute, state rule or city regulation relating to gambling within the last 3 years;
(2) Violation by the establishment leasing its premises for gambling of any state statute, state rule or city regulation relating to the operation of the establishment, including, but not limited to, laws relating to the operation of the establishment, laws relating to alcoholic beverages, gambling, controlled substances, suppression of vice and protection of public safety within the last 3 years;
(3) The organization has not been in existence in the city for at least 3 consecutive years prior to the date of application;
(4) The organization does not have at least 15 active members;
(5) More than 1 licensed, qualified organization would be conducting exempted or excluded lawful gambling activities at any 1 premise;
(6) Failure of the applicant to pay the required permit fee within the prescribed time limit; or
(7) Operation of gambling at the site would be detrimental to the health, safety, and welfare of the community.
(F) Local permits shall be valid for only the occasion or occasions they are issued.
(Ord. 564, passed 5-21-2007; Am. Ord. 684, passed 11-5-2018)