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f. Grandfatherin2 Provision. Those Organizations that hold a Premises Permit issued prior to the effective date of this City Code Section 7.61. which date is July 29. 2007. will be considered "grandfathered" in as concerns the Location of Organization requirements identified in paragraph (1) above. The City reserves the right to delete this paragraph (3) and terminate this "grandfathering" provision. 7.61.06 Investigation. Every organization which files an application for issuance or renewal of a premises permit shall deliver the application to the Administrator. The Administrator shall investigate each application and report any findings and recommendations to the Council. 7.61.07 Filing of Records; Inspections; Access to Records Subdivision 1. Every organization holding a premises permit to conduct lawful gambling in the City shall file with the Administrator copies of all records and reports required to be filed with the Board pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 349 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. In addition, an organization that operates lawful gambling activities in other communities must provide separate documentation showing the gross receipts, expenses, profits, and expenditures of profits from its City of Ramsey operation alone. The records and reports shall be filed in the office of the Administrator on or before the day they are required to be filed with the Board. Subd. 2. Every gambling event in the City conducted by an organization under Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 349 shall be open to inspection by officers of the Ramsey Police Department. Subd. 3. The Administrator or employees of the Police Department, at the direction of the Administrator, may inspect at any reasonable time, without notice or search warrant, all records of an organization holding a premises permit in the City, including gambling account and other bank records required by the Board to be maintained and preserved. 7.61.08 Fee. The City will charge all new applications the maximum investigation fee permitted by Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 349 in order to cover costs incurred investigating the application. Any unused portion of this fee will be refunded to the applicant. This fee does not apply to applications for renewal of premise permits or additional sites for an organization currently holding a premises permit in the City. 7.61.09 Use of Lawful Gambling Net Profits. Any organization that holds a premises permit shall be required to contribute five percent (5%) of its net profits from lawful gambling to a fund administered and regulated by the City without cost to such fund. In no event shall the required percent be greater than that amount allowed by Chapter 349 of Minnesota Statutes. Disbursements from this fund shall be for lawful purposes as determined from time to time by Council resolution. The term "net profits" as used herein shall be defined as profits less amounts -289-