§ 58-1. Licenses
required for certain public entertainments.
A. Public
entertainment. No person shall conduct in the Village any circus, carnival,
menagerie, tent show, outdoor entertainment, or any theatrical or musical
entertainment or motion picture performance or entertainment, concert or
exhibition of natural or artificial curiosities for which a charge for
admission is made, or which is conducted for gain or profit, or keep or conduct
any billiard room, pool room, bowling alley, shooting gallery or other similar
place of amusement for money or hire, without a license as hereafter
provided.
B. Dances.
Dances, including dance exhibitions, which are conducted by any person,
organization or group for which any admission charge is made, directly or indirectly,
shall also be subject to the licensing provisions of Subsection A herein.
C. Exceptions.
This article shall not apply to baseball, football, field sports or amateur
concerts, performances or exhibitions. Performances, concerts, or exhibitions
given for benevolent purposes after approval by the Mayor shall also be
exempt.
§ 58-2. License fees.
A. Amount
of fees. Any person applying for a license fee under this article shall at the
time of making application therefor pay a fee as set from time to time by
resolution of the Board of Trustees. [Amended 9-13-1976 by L.L. No. 5-1976]
B. Return
in case of denial. In case an application is denied, one-half of the fee shall
be returned to the applicant.
§ 58-3. Issuance,
expiration and revocation of license.
A. Issuance.
The Village Board shall issue all licenses which shall be signed by it and
countersigned by the Village Clerk, who shall keep a record thereof, including
the number of and date of the license, the time and purpose for which it is
granted and the amount of fee to be paid therefor; and upon presentation of
such license to the Treasurer so signed and countersigned, and the payment to
the Treasurer of the fee therein specified, the Treasurer shall endorse thereon
his receipt of the license fee, showing that such fee is paid therefor. A
license shall not take effect until the receipt of the Treasurer shall have
been endorsed thereon, showing that the fee has been paid therefor.
B. Grounds
for denial. A license shall only be issued to such person as the Village Board
shall deem to be a fit and proper person to conduct the trade, occupation, or
activity for which the license is required and a license may be refused for any
trade, occupation or activity which shall in the judgment of the Village Board:
(1) Be
carried on in any building or place which is not provided with a suitable and
safe means of ingress and egress in case of emergency and does not comply with
the standards established for such buildings or places by the New York State
Building Code.
(2) Be
likely to be immoral or improper or disturb the peace and order of the
Village.
(3) Where
sufficient and adequate precautions are not taken to assure the orderly conduct
of such trade, occupation, or activity.
C. Appeal.
Any applicant who shall have been refused a license by the Mayor under the
provisions of this article, may apply to the Board of Trustees of the Village
at a meeting thereof, for the same, and such license may be granted or refused
by the Board of Trustees.
D. Suspension
and revocation. The Mayor may suspend any license theretofore granted until the
next meeting of the Board of Trustees and thereupon such a license may be continued
or may be revoked by the Board of Trustees for cause shown, after notice to the
licensee.
E. Service
of notice of revocation. Whenever any license shall have been revoked by the
Board of Trustees, a notice of such revocation shall be served by the Village
Clerk upon the licensee, either personally or by mail, whereupon such license
shall be of no force or effect.
F. Expiration
and contents. Every such license shall specify the object and length of time
for which it is granted and when it shall expire. All licenses granted as
provided in this article shall expire on the first day of March in each year,
except such licenses as may be granted for one or more days, as provided in any
of the foregoing sections of this article.
