§ 5.10.090. Permits—Denial, suspension, revocation, or conditional approval.

A.

The City Administrator may refuse to issue a bingo permit or may suspend or revoke an existing permit, pursuant to Chapter 5.02, for any of the following reasons:

1.

Operation of the bingo game would not be in compliance with state or federal law, or with the provisions of this Chapter;

2.

Operation of the bingo game would constitute a fire, health or safety hazard, or would not be in compliance with building or zoning regulations, requirements and ordinances;

3.

That any officer of the bingo game or bingo hall applicant's organization or person operating in a bingo game has been convicted within the past five years of a crime involving lotteries, gambling, larceny, perjury, bribery, extortion, fraud or similar crimes involving moral turpitude;

4.

That there has been a willful misstatement of fact in an application or report filed hereunder;

5.

That there has been a negligent failure to file any report required hereunder;

6.

That there has been any other violation of any provision of this Chapter;

7.

The annual permit fee and/or the monthly law enforcement and public safety fee has not been paid within 30 days of its due date;

8.

The bingo hall operator provides and/or the bingo game operator utilizes electronic bingo machines that have been determined to be illegal in the State of California.

B.

The City Administrator may conditionally approve the issuance of a permit for a term of six months to any applicant whose prior permit was suspended and/or revoked as provided for in this Chapter or for any other violations of Subsection A. of this Section.

(Ord. No. 12967, § 4, 7-28-2009)