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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMC-146 . . .' 1 ORDINANCE NO. HC-J46 3 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING CHAPTER 5.36 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO BINGO GAMES TO INCREASE TOTAL PRIZES IN ONE SESSION TO $1,750: TO PROHIBIT PUNCHCARDS: TO PERMIT COMPENSATION FROM GAME PROCEEDS TO SECURITY PERSONNEL: TO INCREASE THE ALLOWANCE FOR EXPENSES TO 20 PERCENT OR $1,000 PER MONTH, WHICHEVER IS LESS: AND TO OTHERWISE CONFORM TO STATUTORY CHANGES. 2 4 5 6 THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: 7 8 SECTION 1. Section 5.36.010 Subsection A of the San 9 Bernardino Municipal Code is amended to read: 10 lIA. 'Bingo' means a game of chance in which prizes are II awarded on the basis of designated numbers or symbols on a card 12 which conform to numbers or symbols selected at random. ]3 Notwithstanding Section 326.5(n) of the Penal Code, bingo shall 14 not include cards having numbers or symbols which are concealed ]5 and preprinted in a manner providing for distribution of prizes 16 even though the winning cards shall not be known prior to the game ]7 by any person participating in the playing or operation of the ]8 bingo game, nor even though such preprinted cards bear the legend 19 'for sale or use only in a bingo game authorized under California 20 law and pursuant to local ordinance'." 21 SECTION 2. Section 5.36.020 of the San Bernardino Municipal 22 Code is amended to read: 23 "5.36.020 License - Required. 24 No person, firm, corporation, association, partnership or 25 organization other than a nonprofit organization, mobile home park 26 association, or senior citizen organization may conduct bingo 27 games. Such organizations or associations shall not conduct bingo 28 games without first having secured a license to conduct such games :,.' . MC-146 ,.. ," I from the City Clerk as hereinafter provided, and the receipts of 2 such games shall be used only for charitable purposes." 3 SECTION 3. Section 5.36.040 Subsection C of the San 4 Bernardino Municipal Code is amended to read: 5 "C. If the applicant does not own the premises for which the 6 license is sought, the applicant shall submit with the application 7 a copy of the lease under which the applicant has the right to use 8 such premises. If the use of the premises is donated, a copy of 9 the agreement under which the applicant has the right to use the 10 premises shall be submitted." II SECTION 4. Section 5.36.060 of the San Bernardino Municipal 12 Code is amended to read: 13 "5.36.060 Operation of bingo game. 14 A bingo game shall be conducted only on property owned or 15 leased by, or donated to, the licensed organization or association 16 and used by it for an office or for performance of the purposes 17 for which the organization or association is organized. Use 18 solely for the purposes of conducting bingo games is not an 19 acceptable use. The bingo game shall be operated and staffed only 20 by members of the licensed organization or association which 21 organized the game, except that security personnel may be 22 employed. No person may receive or pay a profit, wage, or salary 23 from the receipts of any bingo game, except that security 24 personnel employed by the organization conducting the bingo game 25 may be paid from the revenues of bingo games. Only the 26 organization or association licensed to conduct a bingo game shall 27 operate such game or participate in the promotion, supervision, or 28 any other phase of such game. Bingo games shall not be held: -2- MC-146 . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 JO 11 ]2 13 ]4 ]5 ]6 ]7 ]8 ]9 20 2] 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 , ~ ..- A. For more than two sessions in anyone week; or B. For more than five hours in any twenty-four-hour period; or C. Between the hours of two a.m. and six a.m. of anyone day; or D. In anyone session, after the awarding of prizes in the total amount or value of one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars." SECTION 5. Section 5.36.080 Subsection B of the San Bernardino Municipal Code is amended to read: "B. With respect to all other licensees, all receipts 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 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 one thousand dollars per month, whichever is less, may be used for rental of property, overhead, the purchase of bingo or security equipment, administrative expenses, and security personnel. 3. Such proceeds may be used to pay license fees." SECTION 6. Section 5.36.210 of the San Bernardino Municipal Code is amended to read: "5.36.210 Violation - Penalty. Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the County jail for not -3- ~;.. MC-146. ... '.......,. - ~ J , . I more than six months, or both such fine and imprisonment; 2 provided, however, pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of Section 3 326.5 of the Penal Code, any person receiving or paying a profit, 4 wage, or salary, except payment for security personnel, from any 5 bingo game authorized by this chapter pursuant to Section 19 of 6 Article IV of the State Constitution shall be guilty of a 7 misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed five 8 hundred dollars. In the alternative, any person so violating 9 Penal Code Section 326.5(c) may be prosecuted under state law." 10 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly II adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San 12 Bernardino at a regular meeting thereof, held on 13 the 15th day of , 1982, by the following vote, March 14 to wit: 15 AYES: council Members Castaneda, Reilly, Hernandez, 16 Botts, Quiel, Hobbs, Strickler 17 NAYS: None 18 ABSENT: None 19 ,y:i;P.lII/J~1I/ / City Clerk 20 21 The foregoing ordinance is hereby approved this / "',.,( day 22 f ~,), -/ .I ,1./;;t:!1 ,./ , 1982. 23 jof the City of San Bernardino Pro Tempore 24 25 to form: 26 ~.~.~ 27 28 -4-