§ 9-321. Suspension of license; misdemeanor to continue after suspension; revocation

(a) Whenever it appears to the chief of police that the licensee is conducting a bingo game in violation of any of the applicable provisions in this Code or California Penal Code Section 326.5, the chief of police shall have the authority to hold a hearing and thereafter to suspend the license and order the licensee immediately to cease and desist from any further operation of any bingo game.

(b) It shall be unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person to continue to conduct a bingo game after any license suspension under subsection (a).

(c) Upon issuing a suspension, the chief of police shall request a hearing before the city manager to determine whether such license shall be revoked.

(d) Upon such request by the chief of police for a hearing to determine whether such license shall be revoked, the city manager shall provide such hearing within ten (10) days after receipt of such request. At the hearing, the suspended licensee may appear before the city manager, or his delegate, for the purpose of presenting evidence why the license should not be revoked. No license shall be revoked under this section unless notice of the time and place of such hearing shall have first been given at least five (5) days before the hearing thereof by depositing in the United States mail a notice directed to said suspended licensee at the address given in the application. The notice shall set forth a summary of the grounds advanced as the basis of the suspension and revocation.

(e) Any organization whose license is suspended under this section shall not conduct any bingo game in the city until the city manager has ruled upon the revocation and the license has been reinstated.

(Ord. No. 89-31, § 2(1), 12-4-89)