(a) License Required. No person shall operate a private club, after the enactment of this chapter, without first paying, in advance to the Village Clerk, the license fee established by the Board of Trustees, making an application for a license therefor on a form provided by the Clerk and receiving the license from the Clerk.
(b) Articles of Incorporation. An applicant for a license for a private club shall file, with the Clerk, true copies in duplicate of the club's articles of incorporation and bylaws. If the applicant is a corporation, it shall file, with the Clerk, true copies of any articles of association and bylaws (if the corporation is an association) and a list of the officers, directors, owners and managers of such club and its stockholders.
(c) Change of Officers. If, at any time during the year, a change occurs in the officers, directors, stockholders, owners or managers of a private club after such filing of their names with the Clerk, the applicant shall furnish such change in writing, within one week after its occurrence, in duplicate on forms provided by the Clerk.
(d) Qualifications of Officers. No person is eligible for election to, or to serve or act in, any private club subject to this chapter as an officer, director, stockholder, owner or manager, or to direct any policy thereof, who has been convicted of:
(1) Any felony or of violating any of the gambling or prohibitory laws of the State or any other state, or the United States, including those heretofore in effect; or
(2) A violation of any of the gambling or prohibitory liquor ordinances of any city or village in the State.
However, any person holding such a position in any private club licensed under this chapter and operating at the time of its enactment is not subject to this section as to the position he or she holds at the time of such enactment.
(e) Premises; Lease or Rental Payments. No club licensed under this chapter shall have or make any rental or lease agreement with any other person, firm, trust, estate, corporation or other entity providing for any rentals based upon a percentage of profits of the club, but any rentals paid or to be paid shall be on a fixed basis without relation to any income, volume or profit of such club.
(f) Membership Requirements. Membership in any private club subject to this chapter shall be regulated by articles or bylaws. Upon election to membership in any club, a membership card shall be issued to the member and his or her name shall be enrolled on a list of members, which shall be kept on the premises of the club and be subject to inspection at all times. Such list of members shall show the full name of the member, his or her address and the dates of his or her application for membership and election to membership. The bylaws or articles may provide for temporary membership for nonresidents of the Village temporarily present in the Village, such as members of another organization holding a meeting in the Village. Such temporary membership shall extend to all members of the organization affected. Such temporary membership shall be effected by notice in writing to the presiding officer of the organization meeting in the Village, limiting the time of temporary membership to the time the organization shall meet in the Village. A copy of such notice shall be filed with the Village Clerk. Any convention badge or identification of membership in the visiting organization selected by the private club shall serve as the temporary membership card.
(Ord. 424. Passed 2-28-74; 1976 Code § 3-21.)