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1997-0060 0 ORDINANCE 97- 6 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5.09, RAFFLES, OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE MUNICIPAL CODE WHEREAS, the Village of Buffalo Grove is a Home Rule Unit pursuant to the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and WHEREAS, the Village is desirous of amending its Municipal Code as regulates the administration and conduct of raffles conducted within the Village. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, COOK AND LAKE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, the following: Section 1. Section 5.09.010(C) Definitions of Chapter 5.09 of the Village of Buffalo Grove Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: C. "Educational" means an organization or institution organized and operated to provide systematic instruction in useful branches of learning by methods common to schools and institutions of learning which compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the course of study presented in tax - supported schools. In addition, recognized and duly constituted clubs and service organizations that operate within a school or institution as intended by this definition shall also be considered as part of the educational organization. Section 2, Section 5.09.020, License - Required of Chapter 5.09 of the Village of Buffalo Grove Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: No person, firm or corporation shall conduct a raffle within the Village without first having obtained a license from the Village. Such license is valid for up to four raffles during a calendar year except for the following. A charitable raffle, complying with the requirements of Section 5.09.050 (B), shall be valid for fifty -two raffles during a calendar year. In addition, an educational organization as defined in Section 5.09.010(C) may hold up to ten raffles during a calendar year. No one particular club or service organization as defined may hold more than two raffles during a calendar year. Section 3. Section 5.09.030(A), Eligibility of Chapter 5.09 of the Village of Buffalo Grove Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: A. Licenses for raffles shall be issued only to bond fide religious, charitable, labor, business, fraternal, educational or veterans' organizations which are located within the Village and which have been in existence continuously for a period of five years immediately before applying for such license and have had during said period a bona fide membership engaged in carrying out their objectives; or to a nonprofit fundraising organization that the Village determines is organized for the sole purpose of providing financial assistance to an identified individual or group of individuals suffering extreme financial hardship as the result of an illness, disability, accident or disaster. The forementioned five year period may be waived at the discretion of the Village if the organization applying for a raffle license is formally associated with another organization as defined in Section 5.09.010. which has been in existence for a period of five years immediately before such application. Section 4. Section 5.09.050(A), Licensing Conditions and Limitations of Chapter 5.09 of the Village of Buffalo Grove Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: A. Except as set forth in subsection B of.this section, all raffles are 0 0 subject to the following conditions and limitations: 1. The maximum cash prize awarded in any raffle shall be twenty -five thousand dollars. 2. The maximum retail value of a non -cash prize awarded in any raffle shall be seventy -five thousand dollars. 3. The aggregate value of all prizes awarded in any raffle shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars. 4. The maximum which may be charged for each raffle chance issued or sold is one hundred dollars. 5. The maximum number of days during which chances may be issued is ninety. Section 5. Section 5.09.090(C), Records of Chapter 5.09 of the Village of Buffalo Grove Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: C. Each organization licensed to conduct raffles shall report within sixty days after the conclusion of each raffle to its membership, and to the Village, its gross receipts, expenses and net proceeds from raffles, and the distribution of net proceeds itemized as required in this Chapter. Section 6. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval and publication. This ordinance may be published in pamphlet form. AYES: 6 - Marienthal Reid Rubin Braiman Hendricks Glover NAYES: 0 - None ABSENT: 0 - None PASSED: January 6, 1997 .APPROVED: January.6, 1997 PUBLISHED: January 7i 1997 ;,Village P�r-esident ATTEST: &ttt"' V lage Clerk / ORDINANCE 97- AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5.09, RAFFLES, OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE MUNICIPAL CODE WHEREAS, the Village of Buffalo Grove is a Home Rule Unit pursuant to the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and WHEREAS, the Village is desirous of amending its Municipal Code as regulates the administration and conduct of raffles conducted within the Village. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, COOK AND LAKE COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, the following: Section 1. Section 5.09.010(C) Definitions of Chapter 5.09 of the Village of Buffalo Grove Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: C. "Educational" means an organization or institution organized and operated to provide systematic instruction in useful branches of learning by methods common to schools and institutions of learning which compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the course of study presented in tax - supported schools. In addition, recognized and duly constituted clubs and service organizations that operate within a school or institution as intended by this definition shall also be considered as part of the educational organization. Section 2. Section 5.09.020, License- Recluired of Chapter 5.09 of the Village of Buffalo Grove Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: No person, firm or corporation shall conduct a raffle within the Village without first having obtained a license from the Village. Such license is valid for up to four raffles during a calendar year except for the following. A charitable raffle, complying with the requirements of Section 5.09.050 (B), shall be valid for fifty -two raffles during a calendar year. In addition, an educational organization as defined in Section 5.09.010(C) may hold up to ten raffles during a calendar year. No one particular club or service organization as defined may hold more than two raffles during a calendar year. Section 3. Section 5.09.030(A), Eligibility of Chapter 5.09 of the Village of Buffalo Grove Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: A. Licenses for raffles shall be issued only to bond fide religious, charitable, labor, business, fraternal, educational or veterans' organizations which are located within the Village and which have been in existence continuously for a period of five years immediately before applying for such license and have had during said period a bona fide membership engaged in carrying out their objectives; or to a nonprofit fundraising organization that the Village determines is organized for the sole purpose of providing financial assistance to an identified individual or group of individuals suffering extreme financial hardship as the result of an illness, disability, accident or disaster. The forementioned five year period may be waived at the discretion of the Village if the organization applying for a raffle license is formally associated with another organization as defined in Section 5.09.010. which has been in existence for a period of five years immediately before such application. Section 4. Section 5.09.050(A), Licensing Conditions and Limitations of Chapter 5.09 of the Village of .Buffalo Grove Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: A. Except as set forth in subsection B of this section, all raffles are subject to the following conditions and limitations: 1. The maximum cash prize awarded in any raffle shall be twenty -five thousand dollars. 2. The maximum retail value of a non -cash prize awarded in any raffle shall be seventy -five thousand dollars. 3. The aggregate value of all prizes awarded in any raffle shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars. 4. The maximum which may be charged for each raffle chance issued or sold is one hundred dollars. 5. The maximum number of days during which chances may be issued is ninety. Section 5. Section 5.09.090(C), Records of Chapter 5.09 of the Village of Buffalo Grove Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: C. Each organization licensed to conduct raffles shall report within sixty days after the conclusion of each raffle to its membership, and to the Village, its gross receipts, expenses and net proceeds from raffles, and the distribution of net proceeds itemized as required in this Chapter. Section 6. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval and publication. This ordinance may be published in pamphlet form. AYES: 6 - Marienthal, Reid, Rubin,Braiman, Hendricks, Glover NAYES: 0 - None ABSENT: 0 - None PASSED: January 6, 1997 .APPROVED: January 6, 1997 PUBLISHED: January 7, 1997 i 'Village esident ATTEST: V lage Clerk