[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Rochelle Park 4-15-1974 by Ord. No. 353. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
A license shall be required for any bona fide
organization or association of veterans of any war in which the United
States has been engaged, churches of religious congregations and religious
organizations, charitable, educational and fraternal organizations,
civic and service clubs, volunteer fire companies and volunteer first
aid or rescue squads to hold and operate games of chance of and restricted
to the specific kind of game of chance commonly known as "bingo" or
"lotto," or the specific kind of game or games of chance commonly
known as a "raffle" or "raffles" played by drawing for prizes or the
allotment of prizes by chance by the selling of shares or tickets
or rights to participate in such game or games and by conducting the
game or games accordingly, when the entire net proceeds of such games
of chance are to be devoted to educational and charitable, patriotic,
religious or public-spirited uses and for any such organization or
association, church, congregation, society, club, company or squad.
Each applicant for such license shall file with
the Clerk of the municipality a written application therefor, stating
the name and address of the applicant, the names and addresses of
its officers, the specific kind of games of chance intended to be
held, the place or places where and the date or dates and the time
or times when such games of chance are intended to be held, the specific
purposes to which the entire net proceeds of such games of chance
are to be devoted and in what manner, and containing a statement,
executed by the applicant and by a member or members so designated,
that he or they will be responsible for the holding, operation and
conduct of such games of chance in accordance with the provisions
of the rules and regulations governing the holding, operation and
conduct of such games as described in the aforementioned New Jersey
statutes.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The preamble of Ord. No. 353
recited that pursuant to N.J.S.A. 5:8-24 et seq. and N.J.S.A. 5:8-50
et seq., municipalities are authorized to license organizations to
conduct games of bingo and raffles within the municipality under the
conditions and restrictions set forth in each of the statutes.
[Amended 4-19-1995 by Ord. No. 689; 2-20-2008 by Ord. No. 978-08]
The licensing municipality shall charge a fee
equal to or greater than the amount charged by the schedule set forth
by the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission; however, there
shall be no fee charged to any organization which has applied for
and received tax exempt status pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code
and provides proof of that status at the time of making the application
required by the previous section.
No license for the holding, operation and conduct
of any game or games of chance shall be issued under this chapter
which shall be effective for a period of more than one year.
Raffle licenses may be issued to organizations designated in § 66-1 for the conduct of any raffle to be conducted on the first day of the week, commonly known and designated as "Sunday," pursuant to N.J.S.A. 5:8-58. Bingo games shall not be permitted on the first day of the week, commonly known as "Sunday."
[Added 4-27-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-007]
The Township Clerk is authorized to approve the granting of
raffle and bingo licenses as provided by law. For the purposes of
this chapter, the Township Clerk is now the issuing authority for
bingo and raffle licenses in the Township of Rochelle Park.
