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Except as otherwise provided herein, an application for a permit pursuant to the provisions of this Article shall specify:
(a) The name and address of the applicant organization.
(b) The names and residence addresses of each of its officers.
(c) The address of the location or locations at which the applicant intends to conduct bingo games.
(d) The days of the week and the time or times when the applicant intends to conduct bingo games.
(e) The active member or members of the applicant organization who will supervise the conducting of bingo games.
(f) Whether or not the members who will supervise the games have ever been convicted of any crime except misdemeanor traffic violations.
(g) Sufficient facts relating to the applicant organization to enable the Chief of Police to determine whether it is a nonprofit charitable organization as defined by this Article.
(h) The address to which notice, when required, is to be sent or mailed, and the name and address of a person authorized to accept services of process.
(i) Whether the application is for a new permit or for the renewal of an existing permit.
(j) Such other information as the Chief of Police may require of an applicant in addition to the other requirements of this Section.
(Added by Ord. 571-77, App. 12/29/77)
When an application is filed for a new permit under this Article, the Chief of Police shall fix a time and place for a public hearing thereon within 40 days from the date of filing of said application. Not less than 10 days before the date of such hearing, the Chief of Police shall cause to be posted a notice of such hearing in a conspicuous place on the property where the applicant intends to conduct bingo games, and the applicant shall maintain said notice as posted the required number of days. Such notice shall set forth the following:
(a) The name of the applicant organization.
(b) The days of the week and the time or times when the applicant intends to conduct bingo games.
(Added by Ord. 571-77, App. 12/29/77)
The Chief of Police shall issue a permit within 14 days following a hearing as provided in Section 3206 herein, based upon his investigation and subsequent to the public hearing provided for above, if he finds:
(a) That the operation, as proposed by the applicant, if permitted, would comply with all applicable laws, including, but not limited to, the City's building, health, zoning and fire ordinances.
(b) That the member or members who will supervise the conducting of the games have not been convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction, by final judgment, of:
(i) An offense involving violation of California Penal Code Sections 319 through 337;
(ii) An offense involving the use of force and violence upon the person of another that amounts to a felony, or if committed without the State of California would amount to a felony if committed within the State of California; and
(iii) An offense involving the use of force and violence upon the person of another provided that such person committed three separate offenses within the past five years.
(c) That the applicant has not knowingly made any false, misleading or fraudulent statement of facts in the permit application or any other document required by the Chief of Police in conjunction therewith.
(Added by Ord. 571-77, App. 12/29/77)
Upon special application submitted by an organization which holds a permit pursuant to this Article and upon payment of a fee, the Chief of Police may issue a special permit authorizing bingo games at locations, and on days of the week, and at times other than those set forth in the organization's annual permit; provided, however, that no such special permit may authorize more than 12 additional bingo games as defined in Section 3200(c)(2) to be conducted during that period for which the organization's permit is applicable.
(Amended by Ord. 555-81, App. 11/12/81)
The Chief of Police may adopt, after a noticed public hearing, rules and regulations supplemental to this Article and not in conflict therewith. The rules and regulations shall become effective 10 days after adoption by the Chief of Police.
(Added by Ord. 571-77, App. 12/29/77)
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