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Ordinance 1677a + w • ORDiI�IANCE NO o 1677 AN ORDINANCE AMENDIL�G CHAPTER 31 OF "THE CODE OF THE CIT�' OF M2AMI BEACH, FLORIDA" BY ADDING A NEW ARTICLE A�TD NEW SECTIOIVS THERET4, AND PROVID=NG FOR THE REGULATION OF BSNGO OR GUEST GAMES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUI�TCIL OF TI3E CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORID�1: SECTION 1. That Chapter 31 of "The Code of the City of Miami Beach, Florida" be and the same i's.ahereby ame�ded by adding a new article and n�ew.se�tions ther�to, to be numbered and to read as follows: "ARTICL� III BINGO GAN'lES OR GUEST GAMES SECTI4N 31-10 The playing o� Bingo or Guest Games, authorized by Chapter 67-178, Laws of Florid�, 1967, and being Section 8�9.093, Florida Statutes, is hereby prohibited unless the following rules and regulations, set �orth in Sections 31-11 to 31- 20 are complied witho SECTION 31-11 It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or cause to be operated any Bingo Games or Guest Games in any m�nner in the City, unless such person shall have first procured a license therefor from the City Clerk and Finance Director, which Iicense shall be issued upon compliance with the provisions of this Article. - SECTION 31-12 No license shall be issued for the conduct o'r operation of Bingo Games or Guest Games unless the proposed licensee shall submit to the City Clerk and �'inance Dir+ector a written application thereforo Said application shall be signed and sworn ta and shall contain the following information concerning the applicant: (a� Full name and occupation of applicanto (b) His age, date and place of birth. (c) The present residence address and the residence addresses within the five years immediately preceding the submission of the application. (d) Occupations presently held and within five �ears immediately preceding the submission of the application, r � � ��° -, • • .. �:• `, (e) A statement that applicant is a citizen of the United � States, and over the age of twenty--one years, and is a bona fide officer of the organization sponsoring s��ch games �nd is a resident of the City of Miami 8each, Florida. (f} The address of the place in which the proposed games are to be conducted. (g) The name of the charitable, religious, veterans' or other nonprofit organization in whose behalf or under whose auspices said games are to be conducted, and a dul� certified copy of the charter or articles of incorpvration of said organization. (h) The names and addres�'ses of the principa3 officers and directors of sa�.d organization: (i} 1� statement of any and all arrests, other than traffic offenses, of the operator, and those in -h.is employ. No la.cense shall be issued hereunder to any apglicant convicted of a felony, and if, after the issuance of a license hereunder it shall agpear t o t l� e sa tis fac tion o f the City Council that the � licensee had been convicted of a felony prior to the issuance of such license or has been convicted of a �elony during the life of such license, the license shall be revoked. (�) A sworn statement by an officer of the organi2ation that no officer or member of the organization will receive any compensation in any manner or form from the proceeds of an�r Bingo games, and also that �he applicant will furnish to the City Clerk and Finance Director, upon demand, true and correct financial records, showing receipts, costs and expenses, and allocation and disbursement of funds raised by the games proposed to be conducted under said license. If any agreement is entered into between the operator and the organization with any other person as to any rental to be paid or any payment to be made for any services for or in the conduct of any Bingo games, the same shall be att$ched to the application and shall be sworn ta as being a true and correct copy. (k) No person shall lcnowingly falsif�r or misrep�esent any information or representations made in the � 3icense application provided for hereunder. SECTI4N 31-13 Bingo or Guest Games may be played only in the association or organization's hall where they have their regular meetings. No such organization or association shall rent, lease or occupy, directly or indirectly, any other property for the purpose of conducting such games other than at the �egular meeting places. SECTION 31--14 At the time of applying for said license, the applicant shall pay to the City Clerk and k'inance Directar the sum of $ 2,9.�y, per year, plus an -2- additionai fee of $ 1U.�t� for each day that the operator shall conduct such Bingo Games; said additional fee being payable not less than one week prior to the day of the holding� of such games. SECTI4N 31-15 The licensee shall notif� the Chie� of Police in writing at least one week in advance of the time and piace of the holding of any Bingo or Guest Game under his operation. No license shall be issued allowing the game to be played more than twice a week at the same premises, meeting hall or rooms, or for a longer period of time than four (4� hours on any one day, or for a period of more than one (1} year from the date the license is issued. At the expiration of one year, a new application shall be tiled, which shall take the course of the original application. Licenses issued by the City Clerk and Finance Director may be revoked at any time by the City Council, and shall be revoked in the event the holder thereof shall violate aay of the provisions hereof or of the statute referred to in Section 31-10 hereof. SECTION 31-16 No license shall be issued to any re].igious, charitable, veterans' or other organization or association, and duly existing under the laws af the State of Florida, unless said organization or association shall have been organized at least three years or more prior to the date of making application for said license. SECTION 31-17 The application for a license shall be referred to the Fire Depa�tment and the Poli�e Department of the City, who shall report to the City Council at its next regular meeting following the f ilinq o:E the application. The Chief of the Fire Department shall report as ta the freedom of the premises from fire hazards or overcrowding, and the Chief of Police shall report as to whether any traffic hazards or dangers wi11. result from the use of the premises for Bingo purposes� Unless the Fire Department and the Chief of Police recommend the granting of the license, the City Council shall den� the application. If the Fire Department and the Chief of Police recommend that the license be granted, the City Council shall take action either granting or denying the same. SECTI4N 31-18 No person shall pe�mit said game of Bingo or Guest Games to be operated by any person under the aqe of twenty-one years. SECT=ON 31-19 No member of the charitable, religiaus, veterans' or other nonrprofit organization or association shall receive any compensation whatsoever for their services in conducting and operating Bingo or Guest Games. � - 3 - �.�.��.� r � � . � ' c • SECTSO�J 31-2� No person receiving any compensation from the aforesaid organizations conducting o� operating the game of Bingo or Guest Games can participate in any wa� in the conduct, management or operation thereof�" SECTION 2. That all ordinances, or parts of ordinances, in conf lict herewi�h, be and the same are hereby repealed. SECTION 3. That this ordiriance shall go into effect immediately�•upon its passage and posting as required by lawe � PASSED and ADOPT�D this � S�day of November, 1967 . ATTE ST : City Clerk and Finance Director lst reading - August 30, 1967 2nd reading - Auqust 30, 196? 3rd reading - November 15, 1967 �ncTrn ��......_�_� , � ,.,c� ay r � STATE O� FLORIDA COUATTY OF DADE : I, RUTH B. RQULEAU, City Clerk and Finance Director in and for the City of Miami Beach, Florida, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 16�� entitled: "AN ORD I NANCE AMEND i NG CHAPTER 31 OF ' THE CODE OF THE C ITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA' BY ADDING A NEW ARTICLE AND NEW SECTIONS THERETO, AND PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF BINGO OR GUEST GAMES" having been passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, has been posted by me in three conspicuous places in the City of Miami Beach, one of which was at the door of the City Hall in said City on the 16th day of November, 1 g67 and that said Ordinance remained posted for a period of at least thirty days in accordance with the requirements of the City Charter of the said City of Miami Beach. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, on this the 17th day of January, 1968. 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