[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Massapequa Park 5-22-1967 as Art. I of Ch. 12 of
the 1967 Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Amended 1-7-1991 by L.L. No. 1-1991]
In addition to the businesses, trades, occupations
and activities required to be licensed by statute or by local laws
and ordinances of the Village, the following activities shall be licensed
as provided in this chapter:
A.
Auctions
and auctioneers.
B.
Barbershops
and beauty parlors.
C.
Canvassers
and solicitors.
D.
Christmas
tree sales.
E.
Closing-out
and similar sales.
F.
Dirt carts.
G.
Filling
stations and garages.
H.
Hawkers,
peddlers and itinerant vendors.
I.
Junk dealers.
J.
Pawnbrokers.
K.
Massage
parlors.
[Added 3-25-2013 by L.L. No. 2-2013]
L.
Nail salons.
[Added 3-25-2013 by L.L. No. 2-2013]
[Added 3-25-2013 by L.L. No. 2-2013]
For each activity for which a license is required by the Village
or by any other municipal entity, no person shall perform such activity
unless they have the required license or where permitted to perform
such activity under the license of another.
No person shall be licensed nor shall any existing
license be renewed under this chapter unless the applicant is a citizen
of the United States or one who has regularly declared his intention
to become a citizen. The Board of Trustees shall refuse to renew or
issue a license to any person who, having declared his intention of
becoming a citizen, fails to acquire citizenship within six months
after the right to do so accrues, fails to furnish proof from the
Naturalization Bureau that he filed a petition for naturalization
within six months after his right to do so accrued and who cannot
show to the satisfaction of the Board of Trustees that he is exercising
due diligence toward the consummation of his citizenship.
A.
Generally. The Board of Trustees, except as hereinafter
otherwise provided, shall authorize all licenses, which shall be signed
by the Mayor and countersigned by the Village Clerk, who shall keep
a record thereof, including the number and date of the license, the
time and purpose for which it is granted and the amount of the fee
to be paid therefor. Upon presentation of such license to the Clerk
of the Village, so signed and countersigned, and the payment to the
Clerk of the fees therein specified, the Clerk shall endorse thereon
his receipt for the license fee, showing that such fee is paid therefor.
B.
Effective date. A license shall not take effect until
the receipt of the Clerk shall have been endorsed thereon, showing
that the fee has been paid therefor.
C.
Restrictions upon issuance. A license shall be issued
only to such person as the Board of Trustees, except as herein provided,
shall deem to be a fit and proper person to conduct the trade, occupation
or business for which such license is required.
A license may be refused for any trade or occupation
specified in Subdivisions 3 and 4 of § 91 of the Village
Law[1] which shall, in the judgment of the Board of Trustees,
be carried on or is intended to 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 panic or fire, or which shall, in the judgment of
the Board of Trustees, be likely to be immoral, improper or disturb
the peace and order of the Village or violate any provisions of the
Zoning Ordinance.[2]
The Board of Trustees of the Village may suspend
any license granted hereunder until the next meeting of the Board
of Trustees and thereupon such license may be continued or may be
revoked by the Board of Trustees for cause shown, after three days'
notice to the licensee and a hearing thereon.
Every license hereunder 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 chapter
shall commence on June 1 and shall expire on May 31 the following
year.
Licenses required by this chapter may be granted,
in the discretion of the Board of Trustees, for any period less than
one year upon the payment of a pro rata amount of the license fee
prescribed, provided that such pro rata amount shall be not less than
1/2 the annual fee, and provided, further, that the provisions of
this section shall apply only to those licenses customarily issued
upon an annual basis.
A.
Use of words, letters and numbers. All words, letters
and numbers prescribed for licensed vehicles shall be shown permanently
and conspicuously on the outside thereof in colors contrasting with
the background and not less than two inches high, as directed or approved
by the Board of Trustees, and shall be kept legible and plainly visible
at all times during the term of the license and shall be obliterated
or erased upon change of ownership or expiration of the license.
B.
Misuse of words, letters or numbers. No person shall
have or use any vehicle with words, letters or numbers thereon like
those prescribed for licensed vehicles without being duly licensed
therefor.