Sec. 4-67. - Summary — Sonoma County Municipal Code

(a)

Whenever it appears to the sheriff that the permit holder is conducting a bingo game in violation of any of the provisions of this article, the sheriff shall have the authority to summarily suspend the permit and order the permit holder to immediately cease and desist any further operation of any bingo game. A written order of summary suspension shall promptly be sent to the permit holder.

(b)

Any person who continues to conduct a bingo game after any summary suspension thereof under subsection (a) shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(c)

The written order issued under subsection (a) shall notify the permit holder that it shall have ten (10) days from the date of such order to request a hearing before the sheriff to determine whether such permit shall be revoked. Failure to request, in writing, such hearing within said ten-day period shall result in a revocation of the license.

(d)

Upon such request by the permit holder, whose permit has been suspended under subsection (a), for a hearing to determine whether such permit shall be revoked, the sheriff shall provide a hearing within twenty (20) days after receipt of such request at which hearing the suspended permit holder may appear before the sheriff for the purpose of presenting evidence why the permit should not be revoked. No permit shall be revoked under this section unless notice of the time and place of such hearing shall have first been given at least five days before the hearing thereof by depositing in the United States mail a notice directed to said suspended permit holder at the address given in the application. The notice shall set forth a summary of the ground advanced as the basis of the suspension and revocation.

(e)

Any organization whose permit is revoked under this section shall not conduct any bingo games in the county until such time as the board of supervisors, on appeal, determines to overrule the decision of the sheriff.

(Ord. No. 2472.)