(A) If the city determines that the applicant is eligible to be issued a permit or a renewal of a permit without specific authorization from the City Council, a permit shall be issued to be effective for one year from the date of issuance, upon payment of the annual permit fee of $500.
(B) Subject to the provisions of this subchapter, the permittee shall renew the bingo permit 30 days prior to the date of expiration of the permit by updating all of the previously submitted information and documentation under oath, submitting the permittee's annual financial statement and paying the appropriate permit fee. No permit shall be renewed if a permittee fails to comply with the requirements of this chapter.
(C) A bingo permit that is not renewed under this subchapter shall expire one year from the date of issuance.
(D) In order for the city to grant a renewal without specific authorization from City Council, the application for renewal and the investigation thereon must clearly establish that the applicant is eligible under the provisions hereof for the issuance of a permit without specific authorization from the City Council.
(D) The city shall have a lien on the bingo equipment used in the bingo hall for purposes of satisfying any uncollected costs to the city of regulating bingo in the bingo hall.
(Ord. 96-09, passed 2-15-96)