O-37-01 07/09/2001VILLAGE OF LEMONT
ORDINANCE NO. d 3 7.0
ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 5 OF THE
LEMONT MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD A NEW CHAPTER
5.63 ENTITLED: RAFFLES
ADOPTED BY THE
PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT
This 9th day of July , 2001
Published in pamphlet form by
authority of the President and
Board of Trustees of the Village of
Lemont, Counties of Cook, Will, and
DuPage, Illinois this 9th
day of July , 2001
ORDINANCE NO u ° 3 / -0
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 5 OF
THE LEMONT MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD A NEW CHAPTER
5.63 ENTITLED: RAFFLES
BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Lemont,
Title 5 of the Lemont Municipal Code entitled: Business taxes, Licenses and Regulations be
amended by adding a new Chapter 5.63 entitled: Raffles
Section 5.63.010 Definitions.
For the purposes of this article, the terms recited herein shall have the definitions
set forth in the Illinois Raffles Act, (the "Act ") as now or hereafter amended.
(230 ILCSS15 /0.1 et seq.)
Section 5.63.020 Construction of Article
Nothing in this article shall be construed to authorize the conduct or operation of any
gambling scheme, enterprise, activity or device other than raffles as provided for in this
article.
Section 5.63.030 License - Required
No person, firm or corporation shall conduct a raffle, or sell chances for a raffle, in the
Village of Lemont without first having obtained a license therefor pursuant to the provisions
of this article. Such licenses shall be issued pursuant and subject to the provisions of the Act.
Licenses shall be issued only to bona fide religious, charitable, labor, business, fraternal,
educational or veterans' organizations that operate without profit to their members and which
have been in existence continuously for a period of 5 years immediately before making
application for a license and which have had during that entire 5 year period a bona fide
membership engaged in carrying out their objects, or to a non - profit fund - raising
organization that the licensing authority 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.
Section 5.63.040 Same - Application
Application for a raffle license shall be made on forms provided by the Village at least
fourteen calendar days prior to the sale of raffle chances. Such applications shall contain the
following information:
(a) Name and address of the applicant.
(b) The area or areas within the village in which raffle chances, tickets, and the like
will be sold or issued.
(c) The time period during which raffle chances will be sold or issued.
(d) The time of determination of winning chances and the location or locations at
which winning chances will be determined.
(e) A sworn statement attesting to the not - for - profit character of the prospective
licensee organization.
(f) A statement that the applicant agrees to comply with all laws of the State of
Illinois, the United States, and the Village of Lemont in the conduct of the raffle.
Each Application shall include a License Fee in the amount of Five Dollars ($5.00)
before each Application shall be considered complete.
Section 5.63.050 Same - Issuance, Denial.
Within fourteen calendar days from the date of an application for a license, the Village
Administrator or his designee shall either issue a license or advise the applicant in writing
of the reason for denial of a license. No such license shall be issued except as authorized
under the Act. Provided, the Village Administrator shall give notice to the Mayor and
Village Board not less than 48 hours before the license becomes effective. Within such 48
hour period, the Mayor or any member of the Village Board may, through notice to the
Village Administrator, cause this issuance to be stayed. In such case the matter will be
formally presented to the Village Board at their next regular board meeting for decision.
Section 5.63.060 Same - Restrictions
(a) Each license is valid for one raffle, only.
(b) No more than six (6) raffle licenses shall be issued to any person, corporation
or organization in any calendar year.
(c) The aggregate retail value of all prizes or merchandise awarded by a licensee in
a single raffle shall not exceed seventy -five thousand dollars ($75,000.00);
provided, the Village Board may authorize raffles in excess of seventy -five
thousand dollars ($75,000.00) upon request of the applicant.
(d) The maximum duration during which chances may be issued or sold shall be six
months (180 days).
(e) Each licensee shall keep records as required under the Act.
(f) The conduct of raffles within the Village is subject to applicable restrictions and
conditions as set forth in the Act.
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Section 5.63.070 Raffle Manager; Bond
All operation and conduct of raffles shall be under the supervision of a single raffle
manager designated by the organization. The raffle manager shall give a fidelity
bond in an amount not less than the anticipated gross receipts for the raffle. The
bond shall be in favor of the organization and conditioned upon the raffle manager's
honesty and the performance of his duties. The terms of the bond shall provide that
notice shall be given in writing to the Village not less than thirty days prior to its
cancellation. Provided, the Village Administrator may waive this bonding
requirement when, due to the nature, past experience or competence of the
organization involved, the Village Administrator determines that such bond would
be unnecessarily burdensome. The Village Administrator shall give notice of such
waiver to the Mayor and Village Board not less 48 hours before the license becomes
effective. Within such 48 hour period, the Mayor or any member of the Village
Board may, through notice to the Village Administrator, cause this waiver to be
stayed. In such case the matter will be formally presented to the Village Board at
their next regular board meeting for decision.
THIS ORDINANCE shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval, and
publication in the manner provided by law.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith shall be and the same are hereby
repealed.
The Village Clerk of the Village of Lemont shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance
and cause the same to be published in pamphlet form.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE VILLAGE OF LEMONT, COUNTIES OF COOK, WILL AND DU PAGE, ILLINOIS,
on this 9th day of July , 2001.
John Benik
Debby Blatzer
Peter Coules
Connie Markiewicz
Steven Rosendahl
Jeanette Virgilio
AYES NAYS PASSED ABSENT
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CHARLENE SMOLLEN, Village Clerk
Approved by me this 9th day of July , 2001.
Attest:
PIAZZA, Vill ge Pr; ent
CHARLENE SMOLLEN, Village Clerk
Approve . as o form:
Village Attorney
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