HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD-18-95 Amend Sec. 5.95.030 BingoORDINANCE NO. 18-
95 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE
AMENDING SECTION 5.95.030 OF THE
ORANGE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING
BINGO.WHEREAS, Section 5.95.030 of the Orange Municipal Code
specifies qualifications for organizations to receive a permit to conduct bingo games;
and WHEREAS, among other qualifications, one qualification is that "
applicant has owned or leased property or property whose use is donated to the
permittee within the City of Orange that has been used by the applicant as an office or
for the performance of the purposes for which the applicant is organized for at
least thirty-six (36) consecutive months immediately preceding the filing
of such
application;" and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to clarify this
requirement for instances where the facility where bingo is proposed has not been in
existence for
thirty-six months.NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of
Orange does
ordain as
follows:SECTION I:Section 5.95.030 of the Orange Municipal Code is hereby
amended to
read as follows:5.95.030 Or~anizations Eligible for Permit to Conduct Bingo
Games. Only a corporation, organization, group, community chest or trust which is
exempt from the payment of the bank and corporation tax by Sections 23701 (a), 23701 (
b), 23701 (d),23701 (e), 23701 (f), 23701 (g) or 23701 (I) of the Revenue and
Taxation Code, any mobile home park association, or any senior citizens organization shall be
eligible to apply to the City for a license to conduct bingo games in the City of Orange
under the provisions oftbis Chapterand Section 326.5 of the Penal Code provided said applicant
has owned or leasl:d property or property whose use is donated to the permittee within
the City of Orange that has been used by the applicant as an office or for the
performance of the purposes for which the applicant is organized for at least
thirty-six (36) consecutive months immediately preceding the filing of
such application. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the facility at which the bingo games are proposed to
be conducted is newly constructed or is part of a larger development complex which is
newly constructed and has not been in existence for the past thirty-six (36) months,
the City Council may exempt such
SECTION II:
A summary of this Ordinance shall be published and a certified copy of the full text
of this Ordinance shall be posted in the Office of the City Clerk at least five (5) days prior
to thc~ City Council meeting at which this Ordinance is adopted. A summary of this
Ordinance shall also be published once within fifteen (15) days after this Ordinance's
passage in a newspaper of general circulation, published, and circulated in the City of
Orange. The City Clerk shall post in the Office of the City Clerk a certified copy of the
full tc~xt of such adopted Ordinance along with the names of those City Council members
voting for and against the Ordinance in accordance with Government Code Section 36933.
This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days from and after the date of its fmal
passage.
Adopted this 28 th day of N"vpmh"r 1995.
I~ ,
l". '. ~ ~Mayor
of the City of OrHJ:lieATTEST:
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w/u LlM-J G UI.a.d
City Clerk ofth ity of Orange
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
Cm.JNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF ORANGE )
I, CASSANDRA J. CATHCART, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at the regular meeting of the
City Council held on the 14th day of Novpmhpr , 1995, and thereafter at a
reguilar meeting of said City Council duly held on the 28th day of November
1995, was duly passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCIL MEMBERS: MURPHY, BARRERA, MAYOR COONTZ, SPURGEON,
COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONJo; SLATER
COUNCIL MEMBERS: NOOE
COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
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City Clerk of ttle City of Orange
SSH:ld Ord. No. 18-
95