(a) Any charitable organization that desires to conduct a game of chance or scheme of chance shall make out and deliver to the Director of Public Safety, upon a form to be furnished by the Director of Public Safety for that purpose, fourteen days prior to such event, an application for a license to conduct a game of chance or scheme of chance and a license application fee as set forth in Chapter 185 of the Administrative Code (General Fee Schedule). The license application shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant.
(b) The application shall contain information including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) The name and post office address of the applicant;
(2) A statement that the applicant is a charitable organization;
(3) The location at which the organization will conduct the game of chance or scheme of chance; the days of the week and the times on each of such days when a game of chance will be conducted, whether the organization owns, leases or subleases the premises; and a copy of the rental agreement if the organization leases the premises;
(4) A statement of the applicant's previous history, record and association that is sufficient to establish that the applicant is a charitable organization, and a copy of a determination letter issued by the Internal Revenue Service stating that the organization is tax exempt under subsection 501(a) and described in subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;
(5) A statement of the charitable purpose for which the proceeds of the game of chance or scheme of chance will be used;
(6) A list of volunteers from the charitable organization who will conduct the game of chance or scheme of chance;
(7) A statement as to whether the applicant has ever had any previous application refused, whether it previously had a license revoked or suspended, and the reason stated by the Director of Public Safety for such refusal, revocation or suspension; and
(8) Any other necessary and reasonable information as set forth in Section 624.08 that the Director of Public Safety may deem necessary in order to issue a game of chance license.
(c) The Director of Public Safety may refuse to grant a charitable game of chance or scheme of chance license to any organization, or revoke or suspend the license of any organization, that does any of the following or to which any of the following applies:
(1) Fails or has failed at any time to comply with any provision of this section;
(2) Makes or has made an incorrect or false statement that is material to the granting of the license in an application filed pursuant to this section;
(3) Submits or has submitted any incorrect or false information relating to an application if the information is material to the granting of the license;
(4) Maintains or has maintained any incorrect or false information that is material to the granting of the license in the records required to be kept pursuant to Section 624.08; and/or
(5) The Director of Public Safety has good cause to believe that the charitable application will not conduct its game of chance or scheme of chance in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(d) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense. Thereafter, upon each subsequent offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. The penalty shall be as provided in Section 698.02.
(Ord. 86-98. Passed 4-20-98; Ord. 73-05. Passed 3-21-05.)