(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. This section shall not apply to lawful gambling exempted from local regulation by § 131.05.
(B) Applications for issuance of a local permit shall be on a form prescribed by the city.
(C) The fee for a local permit shall be $25 or as otherwise set by the City Council in its annual fee ordinance. The fee shall be submitted with the application for a local permit. This fee shall be refunded if the application is withdrawn before the investigation is commenced.
(D) Upon receipt of an application for issuance of a local permit, the City Clerk shall review the application and may direct the conduct of a background investigation.
(E) The City Council may deny an application for issuance of a local permit for any of the following reasons specified in § 131.09(G).
(Prior Code, § 3-12-10) Penalty, see § 131.99