Raffle licenses shall be issued only to a bona fide religious, charitable, labor, business, fraternal, educational, or veterans' organization that operate without profit to their members and which have been in existence continuously for a period of five years immediately before making application for a license and which have had, during that entire five-year period, a bona fide membership engaged in carrying out their objectives, or to a nonprofit fundraising organization that the City Council determines, in each specific case, is organized for the sole purpose of providing financial assistance to an identified individual or group of individuals suffering extreme financial hardship as the result of an illness, disability, accident, or disaster. The following are ineligible for any raffle license:
(A) Any person who has been convicted of a felony;
(B) Any person who is or has been a professional gambler or gambling promoter;
(C) Any organization in which a person defined in division (A) or (B) of this section has a proprietary, equitable, or credit interest or in which such person is active or employed;
(D) Any organization in which a person defined in division (A) or (B) of this section is an officer, director, or employee, whether compensated or not; and
(E) Any organization in which a person defined in division (A) or (B) of this section is to participate in the management or operation of a raffle as defined in this section.
(Ord. 2019-06, passed 6-17-2019)