A. Whenever it appears to the finance director that licensee is conducting a bingo game in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, the finance director shall have the authority to temporarily suspend the conduct of the bingo game until such violations cease and/or summarily suspend the license and order the licensee to immediately cease and desist any further operation of any bingo game.

B. The order issued under subsection (A) of this section shall also notify the licensee that it has thirty days from the date of such order to request a hearing to determine whether such license shall be revoked. Failure to request, in writing, such hearing before the city council within the thirty-day period, shall result in a revocation of the license.

C. Any organization whose license is suspended under this section shall not conduct any bingo games in the city until such time as the city council, on appeal, determines to overrule the decision of the finance director.

D. Any person who continues to conduct a bingo game after any summary suspension thereof under subsection (A) of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 473 §1, 2002).