A. Submittal: The application for a raffle license will be submitted in the manner and upon the form developed for that purpose by the Village.
The application for license to conduct a raffle shall specify the location or locations at which winning chances in the raffle will be determined, the time period during which raffle chances will be sold or issued, the time or times of determination of winning chances, and the location or locations at which winning chances will be determined.
The license application must contain a sworn statement attesting to the not-for- profit character of the prospective licensee organization, signed by an officer and attested to by the secretary or financial officer of the organization applying for a license authorized to make application for a license in the name of that organization.
B. Qualifications Of Licensee: Licenses shall be issued only to bona fide religious, charitable, fraternal, labor, business, educational, veterans', or other bona fide not-for-profit organizations operated without a benefit to their members and which shall have been in existence continuously for a period of five (5) years immediately before making an application for a license and which has had during that entire five (5) year period been engaged in carrying out its stated purpose. The Village Clerk, or her designee, may waive the five (5) year requirement for a bona fide religious, charitable, labor, business, fraternal, educational, or veterans' organization that applies for a license to conduct a raffle if the organization is a local organization that is affiliated with and chartered by a national or State organization that meets the five (5) year requirement.
A license may also be issued to a non-profit fundraising organization that the Village determined is organized for the sole purpose of providing financial assistance to an identified individual or group of individuals suffering extreme financial hardship as the results of an illness, disability, accident, or disaster.
After receipt of an application for any license, the Village Clerk, or her designee, may conduct a pre-license investigation to: 1) secure information as to the applicant's character; 2) ascertain whether the applicant has complied with this chapter's requirements; and 3) ascertain whether the raffle will be operated or conducted properly or has been the subject of past complaints or otherwise has been operated or conducted in a manner substantially adverse to the best interests of the Village, or the Village's residents, or the raffle participants. If the investigation does not reveal any information that would preclude the issuance of the license, the Village Clerk, or designee, shall issue the license thereafter.
C. Ineligibility For License: The following are ineligible for any license under this section:
1. Any person whose felony conviction will impair the person's ability to engage in the licensed position.
2. Any person who is or has been a professional gambler or professional gambling promoter.
3. Any person who is not of good moral character.
4. Any organization, or individual that is representing an organization, applying for a license that is not a resident, or maintains a residence or principal place of business, within the Village.
5. Any organization in which a person defined in subsection C1, C2 or C3 of this section has a proprietary, equitable or credit interest, or in which such a person is active or employed.
6. Any organization in which a person defined in subsection C1, C2 or C3 of this section is an officer, director or employee, whether compensated or not.
7. Any organization in which a person defined in subsection C1, C2 or C3 of this section is to participate in the management or operation of a raffle as defined in this section. (Ord. 2017-25, 9-5-2017; Ord. 2019-47, 9-17-2019)