ORD 2021-05 Amending the City Code Regarding Lawful Gambling Excemptions including SUMMARYORDINANCE NO.: 2021-05
CITY OF OTSEGO
COUNTY OF WRIGHT, MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY CODE REGARDING LAWFUL GAMBLING EXCEMPTIONS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OTSEGO DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
Section 1. Section 4-7 of the City Code (Lawful Gambling - Exemption) is hereby amended to
read as follows:
4-7-3: APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS; EXEMPTIONS: This chapter shall be construed to regulate all
forms of lawful gambling within the City except the following as allowed by Minnesota Statutes 349.166,
Subd. 2:
A. Bingo, if it is conducted:
1. By an organization in connection with a county fair, the state fair, or a civic celebration
and is not conducted for more than twelve (12) consecutive days and is limited to no
more than four (4) separate applications for activities applied for and approved in a
calendar year; or
By an organization that conducts bingo on four or fewer days in a calendar year.
An organization that holds a license to conduct lawful gambling under this chapter may
not conduct bingo under this subdivision.
B. Bingo conducted within a nursing home or a senior citizen housing project or by a senior citizen
organization if the prizes for a single bingo game do not exceed ten dollars ($10.00), total prizes
awarded at a single bingo occasion do not exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00), no more than
two (2) bingo occasions are held by the organization or at the facility each week, only members
of the organization or residents of the nursing home or housing project are allowed to play in a
bingo game, no compensation is paid for any persons who conduct the bingo, and a manager is
appointed to supervise the bingo.
C. Raffles may be conducted by an organization if the value of all raffle prizes awarded by the
organization in a calendar year does not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) or,
if the organization is a 501(c)(3) organization, if the value of all raffle prizes awarded by the
organization at one event in a calendar year does not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000).
D. The City Clerk is authorized to approve lawful gambling as exempt from the requirements for a
City license under this section:
a. An organization that conducts lawful gambling on five (5) or fewer days in a calendar
year.
b. An organization that does not award more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in prizes
for lawful gambling in a calendar year.
Section 2. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and publication.
MOTION BY: Darkenwald
SECOND BY: Goede
ALLIN FAVOR: Stockamp, Dahl, Darkenwald, Goede and Moores
THOSE OPPOSED: none
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Otsego this 22nd Day of February, 2021.
CITY OF OTSEGO
BY: Com - A L
Jessica L. Stockamp, Mayor
►. ATTEST:'
Audra Etzel, City Clerk
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SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO.: 2021-05
CITY OF OTSEGO
COUNTY OF WRIGHT, MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY CODE REGARDING LAWFUL GAMBLING EXEMPTIONS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OTSEGO DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
Section 1. Section 4-7-3 of the City Code (Lawful Gambling - Exemptions) is hereby amended to
provide for exemptions as allowed by Minnesota Statutes 349.166, Subd. 2.
Section 2. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and publication.
MOTION BY: Darkenwald
SECOND BY: Goede
ALL IN FAVOR: Stockamp, Dahl, Darkenwald, Goede and Moores
THOSE OPPOSED: none
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Otsego this 22"d day of February, 2021.
CITY OF OTSEGO
BY: Jessica L. Stockamp, Mayor
ATTEST: Audra Etzel, City Clerk
Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 412.191, Subd. 4 and 331A.01, Subd.10, this Ordinance is published in
summary form. Complete copies of the ordinance are available for inspection by contacting the City
Clerk, Otsego City Hall, 13400 90th Street NE, Otsego, Minnesota 55330 during regular office hours.
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CITY OF OTSEGO
COUNTY OF WRIGHT,
MINNESOTA
SUMMARY ORDINANCE
NO.: 2021-05
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE CITY CODE
REGARDING LAWFUL
GAMBLING EXEMPTIONS.
THE ,CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF OTSEGO DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN:
Section 1. Section 4-7-3 of the
City Code (Lawful Gambling - Ex-
emptions) is hereby amended to
provide for exemptions as allowed
by Minnesota Statutes 349.166,
Subd. 2.
Section 2. This Ordinance shall
become effective immediately
upon its passage and publication.
MOTION BY: Darkenwald
SECOND BY: Goede
ALL IN FAVOR: Stockamp,
Dahl, Darkenwald, Goede and
Moores
THOSE OPPOSED: none
ADOPTED by the City Council
of the City of Otsego this 22nd
day of February, 2021.
CITY OF OTSEGO
BY: Jessica L. Stockamp,
Mayor
ATTEST: Audra Etzel,
City Clerk
Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes
412.191, Subd. 4 and 331A.01,
Subd.10, this Ordinance is pub-
lished in summary form. Complete
copies of the ordinance are avalk
able for inspection by contacting
the City Clerk, Otsego City Hall,
13400 90th Street NE, Otsego,
Minnesota 55330 during regular
office hours.
Published in the
Star News
February 27, 2021
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