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.
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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.
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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