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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances_2767_CCv0001.pdf ORDINANCE NO. 2767 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS ADDING CHAPTER 5.18 TO THE REDLANDS MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH REGULATIONS GOVERNING REMOTE CALLER BINGO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter 5.18, entitled"Remote Caller Bingo," is hereby added to the Redlands Municipal Code to read as follows: "CHAPTER 5.18 REMOTE CALLER BINGO. 5.18.010 Purpose. 5.18.020 Remote Caller Bingo Authorized 5.18.030 Qualified Applicants: Applicants for Licensure 5.18.040 License Application: Verification 5.18.050 Annual Licenses 5.18.060 Conditions of Licensure 5.18.10 Purpose. This chapter is adopted pursuant to Section 19 of Article IV of the California Constitution, as implemented by Sections 326.3 and 326.4 of the Penal Code. 5.18.020 Remote Caller Bingo Authorized. Remote Caller Bingo may be lawfully played in the City pursuant to the provisions of Sections 326.3 and 326.4 of the Penal Code,and this chapter,and not otherwise. 5.18.030 Qualified Applicants: Applicants for Licensure. A. The following organizations are qualified to apply to the City's Finance Director for a license to operate a remote caller bingo game if the receipts of those games are used only for charitable purposes: 1. An organization exempt from the payment of the Bank and Corporation Tax by Section 23701, 23701a, 23701b, 23701d, 23701e, 23701f, 237018, 23701 , or 23 701 w of the Revenue and Taxation Code. 2. A mobile home park association of a mobile home park that is situated in the City- 3. Senior citizen organizations. 1Ac--1erk\0rdinart=U767 Remcft Caller Bingo.dm 4. Charitable organizations affiliated with a school district. B. The application shall be in a form prescribed by the City's Finance Director and shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable filing fee in an amount determined by resolution of the City Council. The following documentation shall be attached to the application,as applicable: 1. A certificate issued by the Franchise Tax Board certifying that the applicant is exempt from the payment of the Bank and Corporation Tax pursuant to Section 237014 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. 2. Other evidence as the City's Finance Director determines is necessary to verify that the applicant is a duly organized mobile home park association of a mobile home park situated in the City. 5.18.040 License Application: Verification. The license shall not be issued until the City's Finance Director has verified the facts stated in the application and determined that the applicant is qualified. 5.18.050 Annual Licenses. A license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be valid until the end of the calendar year, at which time the license shall expire. A new license shall only be obtained upon filing a new application and payment of the license fee. The fact that a license has been issued to an applicant creates no vested right on the part of the licensee to continue to offer bingo for play. If this chapter is repealed, all licenses issued pursuant to this chapter shall cease to be effective for any purpose on the effective date of the repealing ordinance. 5.18.060 Conditions of Licensure. A. Any license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the conditions contained in Sections 326.3 and 326-4 of the Penal Code, and each licensee shall comply with the requirements of those provisions. B. Each license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the following additional conditions: 1. Remote bingo games shall not be conducted by any licensee on more than two days during any week, except that a licensee may hold one additional game, at its election,in each calendar quarter. 2. The licensed organization is responsible for ensuring that the conditions of this chapter and Sections 326.3 and 326.4 of the Penal Code are complied with by the organization and its officers and members. A violation of any one or more of those conditions or provisions shall constitute cause for the revocation of the organization's license. At the request of the organization, the City Council shall hold a public hearing before revoking any license issued pursuant to this chapter." lAcclerkkOrdituffices\2767 Remote Caller Bingo.doc 2 Section 2. The Mayor shall sign this ordinance and the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and shall cause it,or a summary of it,to be published once in the Redlands Daily Facts,a newspaper of general circulation within the City,, and thereafter,this ordinance shall take effect as provided by law. Pete Aguilar, Mayor ATTEST: Sam Irwin,f eit/Clerk lAcclerk',,Ordin=c&,1767 Rernow Caller Bingo.doc 3 I, Sam Irwin,City Clerk, City of Redlands,,hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted by the City Council at the regular meeting thereof,held on the 20th day of December 2011,by the following vote: AYES: Councilmernbers Harrison, Bean, Foster, Gardner; Mayor Aguilar NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None City Clerk L\ecJerk\0rdinanc&,2767 Renuft Caller Bingo.dm 4