CHAPTER 10: BINGO GAMES
10-1. Definitions
10-2. Eligible organization
10-3. Bingo license
10-4. Application procedure
10-5. Fees
10-6. Investigation of applicant
10-7. Effective date of license
10-8. Denial of license
10-9. License renewal
10-10. Appeal of denial
10-11. Revocation of license
10-12. Notice of revocation
10-13. Appeal of revocation
10-14. Appeal hearing
10-15. Conduct of hearings
10-16. Decision
10-17. Application for new license after revocation
10-18. Judicial action
10-19. Location of bingo
10-20. Posting of license
10-21. Nontransferability of license
10-22. Posting of prizes and rules
10-23. Maximum amount of prizes
10-24. Inspections
10-25. Open to the public
10-26. Maximum attendance
10-27. Maintenance of records
10-28. Proceeds from games
10-29. Reports on proceeds
10-30. Annual report
10-31. Financial interest
10-32. Exclusive operation
10-33. Minors; intoxicated person
10-34. Days and hours of operation
10-35. Participant to be present
10-36. Use of credit prohibited
10-37. No admission charge
10-38. Violations
10-39. City attorney may enjoin violation
For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:
(A) BINGO - A game of chance in which participants are awarded prizes on the basis of having designated numbers or symbols on a card which conform to numbers or symbols selected at random.
(B) RECREATIONAL BINGO - Bingo that complies with the following:
(1) The purchase price of individual bingo card does not exceed $.25;
(2) No person is allowed to purchase more than 12 individual bingo cards during each separate game;
(3) No more than a total of 600 individual bingo cards are used by all participants during each separate game;
(4) Prizes for each separate game are limited to goods, gift certificates, or cash that does not exceed $25 in fair market value.
(5) The organization conducting the game is not required to comply with the reporting requirements of this chapter.
(C) LICENSE COLLECTOR - The assistant city treasurer or designee.
(`64 Code, Sec. 8.1-1) (Ord. No. 2435, 2977)
No bingo shall be conducted in the city except by an organization exempted from the payment of the bank and corporation tax by Cal. Rev. and Tax. Code, Sections 23701(a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (g) or (1), a mobile home park association or a senior citizen organization.
(`64 Code, Sec. 8.1-2) (Ord. No. 2435)
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