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Ordinance No. 660ORDINANCE NO. 660 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS AMENDING SECTIONS 15C -1, 15C -3, and 15C -5(h) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS RELATING TO BINGO GAMES. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS HEREBY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 15C -1 of the Code of the City of Cypress hereby is amended to read as follows: Sec. 15C -1. Definition of Bingo. As used in this chapter, "bingo" means a game of chaAce in which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated numbers or symbols on a card which conform to numbers or symbols selected at random. "Bingo" shall also include cards having numbers or symbols which are concealed and preprinted in a manner providing for distribution of prizes. The winning cards shall not be known prior to the game by any person participating in the playing or opera- tion of the bingo game. All such preprinted cards shall bear the legend, "For sale or use only in a bingo game authorized under California law and pur- suant to local ordinance." SECTION 2. Section 15C-3 of the Code of the City of Cypress hereby is amended to read as follows: Sec. 15C -3. Organizations Eligible for License to Conduct Bingo Games. 187 Only such organizations are eligible for a license to conduct bingo games which: (a) Are exempted from the payment of the Bank and Corporation Tax by Sections 23701a, 23701b, 23701d, 23701e, 23701f, 23701g or 237011 of the Revenue and Taxation Code or which are a mobile home park association or a senior citizens organization, provided that the proceeds of bingo games conducted by such organizations are used only for charitable purposes; and (b) Own or lease property within the City of Cypress which is used by such organization for an office or for performance of the purposes for which the organization is organized. SECTION 3. Subsection (h) of Section 15C -5 of the Code of the City of Cypress hereby is amended to read as follows: (h) The applicant shall also submit, with its application, a certificate or determination of exemption under Section 2370.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, or a letter of good standing from the Exemption Division of the Franchise Tax Board showing such exemption. ?Wa SECTION 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or place, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or its application to other persons or places. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sub- divisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions, or the application thereof to any person or place, be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 5. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to certify as to the passage of this Ordinance and to give notice thereof by causing copies of this Ordinance to be posted in three public places within the City. FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on the 28th day of April 1980, and finally ordered posted at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 12th day of May 1980. ATTEST: CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City Council held on the 12th day of May 1980 by the following roll call vote: AYFS: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Coronado, Lacayo, Mullen, Rowan and Evans NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None CITY CLERK OF THE CITE OF CYPRESS