(a) Application for a license to operate a private club shall be made on such form as may be prescribed by the Recorder and shall include:
(1) The name of the applicant.
(2) If such applicant is an unincorporated association, the names and addresses of the members of its governing board.
(3) If such applicant is a corporation, the names and addresses of its officers and directors.
(4) The place at which such applicant will conduct its operations and whether the same is owned or leased by the applicant.
(5) The number of members of the applicant.
(6) The names of any national organizations with which the applicant is affiliated and the nature of such affiliation.
(7) The size and nature of the dining and kitchen facilities operated by the applicant.
(8) Such other information as the Recorder may reasonably require, which shall include, but not be limited to, the criminal records, if any, of each member of the applicant's governing board and/or its officers and directors who have been convicted of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude.
(b) Such application shall be verified by each member of the governing board of the applicant if an unincorporated association or, if the applicant is a corporation, by each of its officers and all members of its board of directors. Such application shall be accompanied by the license fee prescribed in this article and by a bond of the applicant in the penal sum of five thousand dollars with a corporate surety authorized to transact business in the state, payable to the City, which bond shall be conditioned on the payment of all fees prescribed in this article and on the faithful performance of and compliance with the provisions of this article.
(c) Under no circumstances shall any college fraternity or sorority be issued a license to operate a private club.
(d) No license to operate a private club will be issued to applicants who discriminate against any person or group of persons because of race or color of such person or group of persons, except clubs as defined in clauses (1) and (2), subsection (a), section 60-7-2 of the Code of West Virginia. (5-1-67; 4-6-81)