Applications for bingo licenses shall be made to the Sheriff-Coroner on forms prescribed by him and shall be filed not less than thirty (30) days prior to the proposed date of the bingo game or games. Such application form shall require from the applicant at least the following:
(a) The name of the applicant and a statement that the applicant is an authorized organization;
(b) The name and address of at least two (2) officers, including the presiding officer, of the applicant organization;
(c) The particular property within the unincorporated territory of the County, including the street number, owned or leased by the applicant for an office or for the performance of the purposes for which the applicant is organized on which bingo games are to be conducted, together with the occupancy capacity of such place;
(d) Whether the premises used for bingo are leased or owned by the applicant;
(e) The proposed day of the week and hours of the day for the conduct of bingo games; and
(f) A list of all officers and directors of the applicant and of the person or persons designated by the applicant as being responsible for the operation of bingo games, including for each the full name, date of birth, place of birth, physical description, and driver’s license number.
The application shall be accompanied by a certificate of determination of exemption under Sections 23701a, 23701b, 23701d, 23701e, 23701f, 23701g, or 23701l of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the State or a letter of good standing, either issued by the Exemption Division of the Franchise Tax Board of the State, showing an exemption under one of said sections, or by satisfactory proof that the applicant is a mobile home park association or a senior citizens organization, as applicable.
The application shall be accompanied by a certificate of the Fire Chief of the agency with fire suppression and prevention responsibility for the premises to be used for bingo games that the premises comply with all the laws, ordinances, rules, or regulations of such agency. Such certificate shall include any terms and conditions necessary to maintain such compliance.
(g) Each person who will be responsible for the operation of bingo games for an applicant shall be fingerprinted by the Sheriff-Coroner, and the applicant shall pay to the Sheriff-Coroner such fees as may be required by the Sheriff-Coroner to make a background check based upon such fingerprints.
If, after a license has been issued, an additional person or persons become responsible for the operation of a licensee’s bingo games, such additional person or persons shall be fingerprinted by the Sheriff-Coroner, and the licensee shall pay to the Sheriff-Coroner such fees as may be required by the Sheriff-Coroner to make a background check based on such fingerprints. (§ 1, Ord. 769, eff. January 27,1977, as amended by § 3, Ord. 953, eff. July 1, 1983, and § 3, Ord. 993, eff. December 20, 1984)