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A. Any permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall be nontransferable, and shall be valid only as to the applicant and location provided on the application for such permit.

B. The total value of prizes awarded during the conduct of any bingo games shall not in any event exceed five hundred dollars in cash or kind, or both, for each separate game which is held. This prize limit does not apply to prizes awarded during the conduct of any remote caller bingo game as authorized in Chapter 5.13.

C. Except as provided in subsection D of this section, no permittee with gross monthly receipts from bingo games, including pull-tabs, exceeding five thousand dollars shall:

1. Conduct more than twenty-five games of bingo during that one period per week during which the permittee is authorized to conduct such games; or

2. Give away any door prizes, raffle, food, bingo cards, pull-tabs, trips, services, merchandise or any cash prize or promotion of any kind except such prizes as are authorized by subsection B of this section.

D. The provisions of subsection C of this section shall not apply to any permittee which, during the preceding two-month reporting period, used or contributed at least ten percent of its gross receipts from bingo games, including pull-tabs, for charitable purposes not related to the conduct of bingo games, provided such permittee files the report required by Section 5.12.050.

E. With respect to organizations exempt from payment of the bank and corporation tax by Section 23701d of the Revenue and Taxation Code, all profits derived from a bingo game shall be kept in a special fund or account and shall not be commingled with any other fund or account. Such profits shall be used only for charitable purposes.

F. With respect to organizations other than those exempt from payment of the bank and corporation tax by Section 23701d of the Revenue and Taxation Code, all proceeds derived from a bingo game shall be kept in a special fund or account and shall not be commingled with any other fund or account. Such proceeds shall be used only for charitable purposes, except as follows:

1. Such proceeds may be used for prizes;

2. A portion of such proceeds not to exceed twenty percent of the proceeds before the deduction for prizes, or two thousand dollars per month, whichever is less, may be used for rental of property and for overhead, including the purchase of bingo equipment, administrative expenses, security equipment and security personnel. Such proceeds may be used to pay license fees. Monthly rental charges shall be no more than ten percent above fair market rental value;

3. The proceeds may be used to pay license fees as set forth in Section 5.12.050.

G. No individual, corporation, partnership or other legal entity except the permittee shall hold a financial interest in the conduct of a bingo game.

H. A bingo game shall be operated and staffed only by members of the permittee organization. Such members shall not receive a profit, wage or salary from any bingo game. Only the permittee shall operate such game, or participate in the promotion, supervision or any other phase of such game.

I. All bingo games shall be open to the public, not just to members of the permittee organization.

J. Attendance at any bingo game shall be limited to the occupancy capacity of the room in which such game is conducted as determined by the fire department and building department of the city in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

K. The permittee shall not reserve seats or space for any person.

L. Games shall be conducted only on property owned or leased by the permittee, which property is used by such organization for an office or for performance of the purposes for which the organization is organized. In the event the described property ceases to be used as an office and as a place for performance of the purposes for which the permittee is organized, the permit shall be invalid. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed, however, to require that the property owned or leased by the permittee be used or leased exclusively by such organization.

M. No person under the age of eighteen years of age shall be allowed to participate in any bingo game.

N. No person who is obviously intoxicated shall be allowed to participate in any bingo game.

O. No permittee shall conduct bingo games more than six hours of any twenty-four-hour period, nor more than once per week; any permittee having the same staff or same officers as another permittee shall be subject to a single game per week. Further, no location, including a single building or a series of contiguous rooms or buildings, shall be utilized to conduct bingo games more than six hours out of any twenty-four-hour period. No bingo game shall be conducted before ten a.m. nor after two a.m. of any day. The day upon which the permittee shall be authorized to conduct bingo games shall be stated on the license.

P. No person shall be allowed to participate in a bingo game unless the person is physically present at the time and place in which the bingo game is being conducted.

Q. Permits shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance only. (Ord. 4805 § 1, 2015; Ord. 3766 § 3, 1997; Ord. 3711 § 1, 1996)