The Board of Trustees, in order to promote proper government
and ensure the proper protection, order, conduct, safety, health,
welfare and well-being of persons and property within the Village
of Warwick, Orange County, New York, finds that it is in the public
interest to enact this chapter pursuant to the provisions of § 4-412
of the Village Law of the State of New York. This chapter shall regulate
the assembly of persons where such assembly exceeds 200 persons on
property owned by the Village of Warwick, including but not limited
to buildings, parkland, park facilities, parking lots, and streets.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall,
for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings herein indicated.
Words used in the present tense include the future, the singular number
includes the plural, and the masculine shall include the feminine:
ASSEMBLY
The gathering or collecting or congregating of persons on
property owned by the Village of Warwick, including but not limited
to buildings, parkland, park facilities, parking lots, and streets,
with or without the levy of an admission fee, for a common purpose,
such as, but not limited to, sports events, circuses, carnivals, festivals,
music festivals or religious observances.
ASSEMBLY – GREATER THAN 200
The gathering or collecting or congregating of persons in
excess of 200 persons, either at any one time or in the aggregate
over time, at any place within the Village, with or without the levy
of an admission fee, for a common purpose.
BUILDING
A structure wholly or partially enclosed with exterior walls
and a roof, of permanent or temporary nature, affording shelter to
persons, animals or property.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
STRUCTURE
A combination of materials to form a construction that is
safe and stable and includes, among other things, stadiums, stages,
prop forms, radio towers, sheds, storage bins, tents, billboards,
space signs, bleachers, ramps and seats.
Each application shall be accompanied by a fee at the time of its submission as set forth in Chapter
63, Fees. The fee shall compensate the Village for its examination and processing of such application and shall not be refundable in whole or in part.