A. Raffle licenses shall be issued only to bona fide charitable, educational, fraternal, labor, business, religious and veterans organizations that operate without profit to their members and which have been in existence continuously for a period of five (5) years immediately before making application for license and which have had during the entire five (5) year period a bona fide membership engaged in carrying out their objects, or to a nonprofit fund raising organization that the Mayor 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 illness, disability, accident or disaster. The following are ineligible for any raffle license:
1. Any person who has been convicted of a felony;
2. Any person who is or has been a professional gambler or gambling promoter;
3. Any person who is not of good moral character;
4. Any organization in which a person defined in subsections A1 through A3 of this section has a proprietary, equitable, or credit interest, or in which such person is active or employed;
5. Any organization in which a person defined in subsections A1 through A3 of this section is an officer, director or employee, whether compensated or not; and
6. Any organization in which a person defined in subsections A1 through A3 of this section is to participate in the management or operation of a raffle. (Ord. 05-16, 7-5-2016)