(a) A nonprofit organization shall conduct a bingo game only on property owned or leased by it, or property whose use is donated to the organization, and which property is used by such organization for an office or for performance of the purposes for which the organization is organized.

(b) No minors shall be allowed to participate in any bingo game.

(c) All bingo games shall be open to the public, not just to the members of the nonprofit organization.

(d) A bingo game shall be operated and staffed only by members of the nonprofit organization which organized it. Only the organization authorized to conduct a bingo game shall operate such game or participate in the promotion, supervision or any other phase of such game.

(e) No individual, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity except the organization authorized to conduct a game shall hold a financial interest in the conduct of such bingo game.

(f) With respect to organizations exempt from the payment of bank and corporation tax by Section 23701(d) of the Revenue and Taxation Code, all profits derived from a bingo game shall be kept in a special bank account and shall not be commingled with any other funds. Such profits shall be used only for charitable purposes. With respect to other organizations authorized to conduct bingo games pursuant to this article, all proceeds derived from a bingo game shall be kept in a special bank account and shall not be commingled with any other funds. Such proceeds shall be used only for charitable purposes, except as follows:

(1) Such proceeds may be used for prizes;

(2) A portion of the proceeds, not to exceed twenty percent of the proceeds before the deduction for prizes, or two thousand dollars per month, whichever is less, may be used for rental of property, overhead, including the purchase of bingo equipment, administrative expenses, security equipment, and security personnel;

(3) Such proceeds may be used to pay license fees.

(g) It is unlawful for any person to pay or receive a profit, wage or salary from any bingo game authorized by this article.

(h) No person shall be allowed to participate in a bingo game unless the person is physically present at the time and place at which the bingo game is being conducted.

(i) The total value of prizes awarded during the conduct of any bingo games shall not exceed two hundred fifty dollars in cash or kind, or both, for each separate game which is held.

(j) No bingo game shall be conducted between the hours of midnight and twelve noon.

(k) A licensee shall not conduct bingo more than three days per week. No bingo session shall exceed six continuous hours and not more than one bingo session shall be permitted in one day.

(l) The bingo license, rules and regulations provided by the city and the licensee's rules of bingo operation shall, at all times, be posted conspicuously at the public entrance to the room in which bingo is played. The posted rules shall be readable, legible and accessible to all participants.

(m) A member of the licensee organization shall be designated as "bingo manager." The bingo manager shall be responsible for the conduct and operations of the bingo game(s) and for the compliance of all applicable laws, rules and regulations.

The bingo manager shall be present at all times during the playing of any bingo game.

(n) All staff members of a bingo game shall wear on their outside clothing an identification insignia or badge, no less than two and a half inches by three and a half inches in dimension, indicating the name of the organization and the name and title of the staff member.

(o) Prior to commencing each game, the prize shall be announced and a facsimile of the type of game(s) to be played shall be clearly displayed to all participants.

(p) All prizes shall be awarded immediately following each bingo game.

(q) All games shall be completed during each session.

(r) Bingo numbers selected in each game shall be announced to all players and shall be displayed in full view of all players. An adequate public address system shall be utilized.

(s) Equipment used and the method of playing bingo shall be such that each card shall have an equal opportunity to win each game.

(t) Any advertising or publicity for bingo shall include reference to the valid bingo license number issued by the police department.

(u) At least two members of the licensed organization shall jointly count all bingo proceeds. Such proceeds shall be deposited in a special bingo account the next banking day.

(v) All disbursements from the special bingo account shall be by consecutively numbered check and payable to a specific individual or organization. There shall be written on each check the nature of the expenditure for which the check is drawn. No check shall be drawn to "cash" or to a fictitious payee.

(w) On or before the fifteenth of each month, the licensee shall report to the finance department on a form prescribed by the finance department, an accounting of all receipts and expenditures for the prior calendar month. The accounting shall be accompanied by the additional license fee for the month being reported as required by Section 6-57. Bingo financial records shall be retained for not less than three years by the licensee and shall at all times be available to the police department and to the finance department of the city.

Bingo financial records of licensee shall at all times be available to the police department.

(x) If a member of an eligible organization applying for a license has been convicted of violating Section 326.5 of the Penal Code, Sections 330 through 337.9, inclusive, of the Penal Code, the provisions of the city bingo ordinance, or the provisions of any ordinance adopted by a city or county of the state pursuant to Section 19 of Article IV of the State Constitution and Section 326.5 of the Penal Code, or has been convicted of any crime involving the theft of money and/or property, such member shall have no control over the operation or participate in the staffing of the authorized bingo game(s) or the disposition of proceeds derived therefrom. (Ord. No. 1653 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 1723 (NCS), § 6; Ord. No. 1910 (NCS) § 1 (C -- E); Ord. No. 1966 (NCS), § 1; Ord. No. 2290 (NCS), §§ 4, 5.)