(A) License fee. The license fee for each raffle conducted pursuant to this chapter shall be $25. Said fee shall be paid by the organization at the time it makes application to the City Council for license. The license fee for multiple raffle drawings, held under a single license, shall be $100.
(B) Approval. Application for raffles, issued to qualified organizations or entities where the aggregate value of prizes to be aware does not exceed $50,000, may be approved by the City Clerk. If the City Clerk denies an application, the applicant may appeal to the City Council for reconsideration. Any application for raffle where the aggregate value of prizes to be awarded exceeds $50,000, must be approved by the City Council.
(C) Qualifications. Licenses shall be issued only to bona fide religious, charitable, labor, fraternal, educational or veterans’ organizations that operate without profit to their members and which have been in existence continuously for a period of five years immediately before making application for a license and which has had, during that five-year period, a bona fide membership engaged in carrying out their objectives.
(D) Sale of chances within city. The license issued pursuant to this chapter shall authorize the sale of raffle chances in the city only.
(E) License restrictions. Licenses issued under this chapter are subject to the following restrictions.
(1) No person shall conduct raffles or chances without first having obtained a license therefor pursuant to this chapter.
(2) The license and application for license must specify the time period during which raffle chances will be sold or issued, the time of determination of the winning chances and the location or locations at which the winning chances will be determined.
(3) The license application must contain a sworn statement attesting to the not-for-profit character of the prospective licensee organization, signed by the presiding officer and the secretary of that organization.
(4) A license issued under this chapter shall be only to conduct raffles as defined in this chapter. Each license is valid for one raffle only.
(F) Ineligible for license. The following are ineligible for any license under this chapter:
(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 firm or corporation in which a person defined in divisions (F)(1), (F)(2) or (F)(3) above has a proprietary, equitable or credit interest, or in which such a person is active or employed;
(5) Any organization in which a person defined in divisions (F)(1), (F)(2) or (F)(3) above is an officer, director or employee, whether compensated or not; and
(6) Any organization in which a person defined in divisions (F)(1), (F)(2) or (F)(3) above is to participate in the management or operation of a raffle as defined in this chapter.
(G) Aggregate retail value of prizes. The aggregate retail value of all prizes or merchandise awarded by a licensee in a single raffle shall not exceed $100,000.
(H) Retail value of prizes. The maximum retail value of each prize awarded by a licensee in a single raffle shall not exceed $50,000.
(I) Price of chances. The maximum price which may be charged for each raffle chance or sold shall be $25.
(J) Number of days for issuance of chances. The maximum number of days during which chances may be issued or sold shall not exceed 364 days.
(1974 Code, § 3-17-2) (Ord. 5-89-2, passed 5-9-1989; Ord. 2023-03-01, 3-14-2023)