(A) Any organization seeking to obtain a premises permit shall file with the City Administrator an executed, complete duplicate application, together with all exhibits and documents accompanying the application as will be filed with the State Board.
(B) Upon receipt of an application of a premises permit, the City Administrator shall transmit the application to the Chief of Police for review and recommendation.
(C) The Chief of Police shall make recommendation to the City Council as soon as possible, but in no event later than ten working days following receipt of the notification by the city.
(D) Organizations applying for a premises permit shall pay the city an investigation fee per the city’s fee schedule. This fee shall be refunded if the application is withdrawn before the investigation is commenced.
(E) The applicant shall be notified in writing of the date on which the Council will consider the application for a premises permit.
(F) The Council shall consider the application within 45 days of the date the application was submitted to the City Administrator.
(G) The Council shall, by resolution, approve or disapprove the application within 60 days of receipt of the application.
(H) The Council shall deny an application for a premises permit for any of the following reasons:
(1) Violation by the gambling organization of any state statute, state rule or city ordinance relating to gambling within the last three years;
(2) Violation by the on-sale establishment, or organization leasing its premises for gambling, of any state statute, state rule or city ordinance relating to the operation of the establishment, including, but not limited to, laws relating to alcoholic beverages, gambling, controlled substances, suppression of vice and protection of public safety within the last three years;
(3) Lawful gambling would be conducted at premises other than those for which an on-sale liquor license has been issued;
(4) Lawful gambling would be conducted at more than two premises within the city;
(5) Failure of the applicant to pay the investigation fee required by this subchapter within the prescribed time limit;
(6) Operation of gambling at the site would be detrimental to health, safety and welfare of the community; and
(7) The applicant’s registered place of business is not within the trade area. This requirement may be waived by the Council for good or just cause, at the Council’s sole discretion, if it is in the interest of the community to do so.
(Prior Code, § 518.06) (Ord. 844, passed 05-20-2010; Ord. 965, passed 08-26-2019) Penalty, see § 111.999