A. Whenever it appears to the Chief of Police that the licensee is conducting a bingo game in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, the Chief of Police shall have the authority to summarily suspend the license and order the licensee to immediately cease and desist any further operation of any bingo game.
B. Any person who continues to conduct a bingo game after any summary suspension thereof under subsection A of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in jail for a period not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
C. The order issued under subsection A of this section shall also notify the licensee that it shall have five days from the date of such order to request a hearing to determine whether such license shall be revoked. Failure to request, in writing, such hearing before the Chief of Police within said five-day period shall result in a revocation of the license.
D. Upon such request for a hearing by any licensee whose license has been suspended under subsection A of this section, the Chief of Police shall provide such hearing within ten days after receipt of such request, at which hearing the suspended licensee may appear before the Chief of Police for the purpose of presenting evidence why the license should not be revoked. No license shall be revoked under this section unless notice of the time and place of such hearing has first been given, at least five days before the hearing thereof, by depositing in the United States mail a notice directed to said suspended licensee at the address given in the application. The notice shall set forth a summary of the grounds advanced as the basis of the suspension and revocation. Any decision by the Chief of Police to revoke said license shall be given in writing to the licensee by depositing a copy thereof in the United States mail. Said notice shall state the grounds for such revocation.
E. Any organization whose license is revoked by the Chief of Police under subsection D of this section shall have the right to appeal such decision to the City Council in accordance with the procedures specified in Section 7.34.110. However, such organization shall not conduct any bingo game in the city unless and until such time as the City Council, on appeal, determines to overrule the decision of the Chief of Police. (Ord. 2338 § 1 (part), 1980).