ORDINANCE 1069573;
ORDINANCE NO. 1069
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 5
(BUSINESS REGULATIONS AND LICENSING) OF THE
EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO CHAPTER
5.46 (BINGO GAMES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES7.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA,
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 5.46 (BINGO GAMES FOR CHARITABLE
PURPOSES), Section 5.46.020, "Organizations Eligible for City
License to Conduct Bingo Games," is herewith amended in its
entirety to read as follows:
"5.46.020 ORGANIZATIONS ELIGIBLE FOR CITY LICENSE TO
CONDUCT BINGO GAMES. Organizations exempted from the payment
of the bank and corporations tax by Sections 23701a, 23701b,
23701d, 2370le, 23701£, 23701g, 23701(1) of the Revenue and
Taxation Code, mobile home park associations and senior
citizens' organizations, are eligible to apply to the city
for a license to conduct bingo games in the city under the
provisions of Section 326.5 of the Penal Code and the
provisions of this chapter; provided, however, that the
receipts of such games are used only for charitable purposes.
(Ord. 943 § 2 (part), 1977; Ord. 929 § 1 (part), 1977)."
SECTION 2. Chapter 5.46 (BINGO GAMES FOR CHARITABLE
PURPOSES), Section 5.46.030, "Application for License," is
herewith amended in its entirety to read as follows:
"5.46.030 APPLICATION FOR LICENSE. Eligible organiza-
tions desiring to obtain such license to conduct bingo games
in the city shall file an application in writing therefor
with the Director of Finance on a form to be provided by the
city. The issuing authority shall be the Director of Finance
upon authorization of the City Council. The license issued
shall be for a term of one year from the date of issuance,
subject to a renewal and an annual fee of fifty dollars, plus
an additional fee of one percent of the monthly gross re-
ceipts collected in excess of five thousand dollars. If an
application for a license is denied, one -half of any license
fee paid shall be refunded to the organization. (Ord. 943 §
2 (part), 1977; Ord. 929 § 1 (part), 1977).
SECTION 3. Chapter 5.46 (BINGO GAMES FOR CHARITABLE
PURPOSES), Section 5.46.070, "Contents of License," paragraph 4,
is herewith amended to read as follows:
"The occupancy capacity of the room in which bingo .games
are to be conducted as set forth on the Certificate of Occu-
pancy and /or posting or room capacity as specified in the
Uniform Building Code, as adopted by the City. A description
of where the room is located at the address, room site,
number of exits, type of seating that will be provided
participants and other pertinent information shall be
listed."
SECTION 4. Chapter 5.46 (BINGO GAMES FOR CHARITABLE
PURPOSES), Section 5.46.120, "Proceeds to be Kept in Separate
CFund or Account," Subsection (a)(2), is herewith amended in its
entirety to read as follows:
"(2) A portion of such proceeds, not to exceed twenty per-
cent (208) of the proceeds before the deduction for prizes,
or one thousand dollars ($1,000) per month, whichever is
less, may be used for rental of property, overhead, including
the purchase of bingo equipment, administrative expenses,
security equipment and security personnel."
SECTION 5. Chapter 5.46 (BINGO GAMES FOR CHARITABLE
PURPOSES), Section 5.46.140, "Exclusive Operation by Licensee,"
is herewith amended to add the following sentence at the end of
said section:
"Security personnel may be paid from proceeds of a bingo
game if not members of the licensee organization."
SECTION 6. Chapter 5.46 (BINGO GAMES FOR CHARITABLE
PURPOSES), Section 5.46.160, "Attendance Limited to Occupancy
Capacity" is herewith amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
"5.46.160 ATTENDANCE LIMITED TO OCCUPANCY CAPACITY.
Bingo games shall be conducted only within structures ap-
proved for public assembly as such is defined in the Uniform
Building Code as adopted by the City and as evidenced by a
valid certificate of occupancy as set forth in the Uniform
Building Code as adopted by the City. Bingo games shall be
permitted only in the interior of such structures and
licensee shall not reserve seats or space for any person.
(Ord. 929 § 1 (part), 1977)."
SECTION 7. Chapter 5.46 (BINGO GAMES FOR CHARITABLE
PURPOSES), Section 5.46.170, "Bingo Games Conducted Only on
Licensee's Property," is herewith amended by deleting the first
sentence thereof and replacing it with the following:
"A licensee shall conduct a bingo game only on property
owned or leased by it, or property whose use is donated to
the organization, for ninety or more days prior to date of
application and which property is used by such organization
for an office or for performance of the purposes for which
the organization is organized."
SECTION B. Chapter 5.46 (BINGO GAMES FOR CHARITABLE
PURPOSES), Section 5.46.180, "Parking to be Provided" is herewith
deleted.
SECTION 9. This ordinance shall become effective at
midnight on the thirtieth day from and after the date of final
passage and adoption thereof.
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SECTION 10. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
and adoption of this ordinance; shall cause the same to be
entered in the book of original ordinances of said city; shall
make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records
of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall
within fifteen days after the passage and adoption thereof, cause
the same to be published once in the El Segundo Herald, a weekly
newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated within
said city of El Segundo and which is hereby designated for that
purpose.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of February,
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CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I . ............ RQNLAP. &, . Y'......... , City Clerk of the City of El Segundo,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the said City is five; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. ,1069 . .
is a full, true and correct original of Ordinance No. ,, 1069 „ of the said City of
El Segundo, California, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 5
(BUSINESS REGULATIONS AND LICENSING) OF THE
EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO CHAPTER
5.46 (BINGO GAMES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES)
which was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed
by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a
regular meeting of the said Council held on the .. 19th . , day of . February, . , , . , .. ,
19. 8 ?....... , and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers ... Jacobson Schuldt,
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Siadek and Synadinos
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NOES: Councilmembers ... None
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ABSENT: ................. Magor Armstrong........ ..... ...... ....
I do hereby further certify that pursuant to the provisions of Section 36933
of the Government Code of the State of California, that the foregoing Ordinance
No. }0:'9.... was duly and regularly published according to law and the order of
the City Council of said City in the El Segundo Herald, a weekly newspaper of
general circulation, printed, published and circulated within s .d City and that the
same was so published therein the folio wit:. ;qty, 28..1995.....
C. Clerk oY the L"'
y y o El Segundo, California
(SEAL)
By......... ...............................
Deputy
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