Sections:
5-16.01 Bingo authorized.
5-16.02 Definitions.
5-16.03 Licenses: Required.
5-16.04 Licenses: Applications.
5-16.05 Licenses: Fees.
5-16.06 Licenses: Applications: Investigations.
5-16.07 Licenses: Term.
5-16.08 Licenses not transferable.
5-16.09 Limitations.
5-16.10 Inspections.
5-16.11 Licenses: Denial, suspension, and/or revocation.
5-16.12 Appeal procedure.
5-16.13 Violations and penalties.
5-16.14 Severability.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, this chapter is adopted pursuant to the provisions of Section 19 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State and Section 326.5 of the Penal Code of the State in order to make the game of bingo lawful under the terms and conditions of this chapter. (§ 1, Ord. 769, eff. January 27, 1977)
For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this chapter are defined as follows:
(a) “Bingo” shall mean a game of chance in which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated numbers or symbols on a card which conform to numbers or symbols selected at random.
(b) “Authorized organization” shall mean an organization exempted from the payment of the bank and corporation tax by Sections 23701a, 23701b, 23701d, 23701e, 23701f, 23701g, and 23701l of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the State, a mobile home park association, or a senior citizens organization.
(c) “Minor” shall mean any person under the age of eighteen (18) years.
(d) “Renewal license” shall mean a license issued pursuant to this chapter within six (6) months after the expiration of the term of an earlier license issued pursuant to this chapter to the same applicant organization.
(e) “Initial license” shall mean any license issued pursuant to this chapter which is not a renewal license. (§ 1, Ord. 769, eff. January 27, 1977, as amended by § 1, Ord. 993, eff. December 20, 1984)
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct any bingo game in the unincorporated area of the County unless such person is an authorized organization and holds a valid, unexpired, unrevoked license issued in accordance with this chapter. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, a senior citizens organization or mobile home park association which conducts bingo games which have twenty-five (25) or fewer participants and which do not generate any net proceeds shall not be required to obtain a license in accordance with this chapter. (§ 1, Ord. 769, eff. January 27, 1977, as amended by § 2, Ord. 993, eff. December 20, 1984, and § 1, Ord. 1000, eff. March 14, 1985)
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