HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity of Tamarac Ordinance O-1977-033Temp. #470
Introduced by: PlAwdt44 Revised 5/11/77
Revised 9/2/77
Revised 9/21/77
CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
ORDINANCE NO. 0- 77, 33
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 77-11;
REGULATING THE GAME OF BINGO; PROVIDING
FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS; SETTING A
PERMIT FEE; PROVIDING A LIMITATION OF
THE NUMBER OF BINGO GAMES PER WEEK CON-
DUCTED BY ANY PERMITTED ORGANIZATION;
PROVIDING INCLUSION IN THE CODE; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WIIEREAS, Ordinance 77-11 provided that except as
regulated by the State of Florida by general or special acts
of the legislature, Bingo games in the City of Tamarac shall
not be regulated except by Ordinances properly adopted by the
said City of Tamarac; and
WHEREAS, the City
of Tamarac wishes to
impose
a
regulatory permit and fee for
the conduct of Bingo
games
held
within the City by the various charitable, civic, community,
benevolent, religious, scholastic, Fraternal and Veterans
organizations together with Condominium Associations or planned
Community Associations organized and chartered by the State of
Florida as non --profit corporations, and to set a limitation on
the number of Bingo games conducted per week by any such organi-
zation with a current City permit.
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TAMARAC, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: All charitable, civic, community, benevolent,
religious, scholastic, Fraternal and Veterans organizations together
with Condominium Associations or planned Community Associations
shall comply with the City's zoning laws, Chapter 28 of the Code,
1
applicable to the conduct of Bingo games.
SECTION 2: All charitable, civic, community,
benevolent. religious, scholastic, Fraternal and Veterans organi-
zations together with Condominium Associations or planned
Community Associations which desire to perform, conduct, operate,
maintain, or supervise a Bingo game must first obtain an annual
permit from the City of Tamarac, and shall remit to the -City
Clerk an annual___permit fee to the__City in the amount_ of_Twent�
Five ($25.00) Dollars to defray administrative and investigative
expenses.
SECTION 3: A permit may be suspended at any time
the Police Chief of the City of Tamarac has reason to believe
that:
(a) the grounds for issuing the permit
no longer exist.
(b) the permittee is operating in
violation of this Ordinance.
(c) the permit was secured by fraud
or misrepresentation.
(d) Any proceeds derived from such
games are shared with anyone other than the permittee
and the proceeds from such games are used for any
purpose other than the furtherance of legitimate
charitable or other lawful purpose.
SECTION 4: A limitation is hereby imposed on any
charitable, civic, community, benevolent, religious, scholastic,
Fraternal and Veterans organizations together with Condominium
Associations or planned Community Associations receiving an
annual permit, restricting the conduct of Bingo games by a
permitted organization to two (2) sessions,day or night, per
week.
SECTION 5: This Ordinance shall become and be
made a part of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Tamarac,
Florida; and the Sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered
or relettered to accomplish such intention and the word
"Ordinance" may be changed to "section", "article", or other
appropriate word.
SECTION 6: Any person convicted of violating
any portion of this Ordinance shall be punished by a definite
term of imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding sixty (60)
days, and a fine of Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars as provided
by general law.
SECTION 7: EFFECTIVE DATE
14.01 The provisions of this Ordinance shall
become effective on the 1st day of November , 1977, except
that anyone required to have a permit pursuant to this Ordinance
shall have obtained such permit by November_1, 1977.
PASSED FIRST READING this % day of ,1977.
PASSED SECOND READING this a1day of "~ ,1977.
.ATTEST-:
CITY CLERI
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the attached
is a true and correct copy of this
ORDINANCE.
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