Licenses under this subchapter shall be issued only to bona fide religious, charitable, labor, fraternal, educational, business, veterans, or other not-for-profit organizations located in the city that operate without profit to their members and:
(A) That have been in existence continually within the city for a period of five years immediately before making application for a license and which have during that entire five-year period been engaged in carrying out their objects;
(B) Are a not-for-profit fundraising organization that the city determines is organized for the sole purpose of providing financial assistance to an identified individual or group of individuals suffering extreme financial hardship as the result of an illness, disability, accident or disaster; or
(C) Is a law enforcement agency or statewide association that represents law enforcement officials.
The city may waive the five-year requirement under division (A) if the organization is a local organization that is affiliated with and chartered by a national or state organization that meets the five- year requirement.
(Prior Code, § 23-183) (Ord. 2020-008, passed 1-21-2020)