[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Flower
Hill 1-6-1976 as Ch. 45 of the 1976 Code; amended in its
entirety 11-10-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999.
Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
§ 147-1 License required; issuance; penalty.
§ 147-2 Peddling, soliciting and commercial circularization.
§ 147-3 Restaurants, hotels, inns, etc.
§ 147-4 Landscaping and tree-removal businesses.
§ 147-5 Security services.
§ 147-6 Penalties for offenses.
§ 147-1 License required; issuance; penalty.
A.
License required. No person shall, within the Village
of Flower Hill, pursue or exercise any trade or occupation hereinafter set
forth or conduct or maintain any business, place or thing hereinafter mentioned
or do any act or thing herein specified without first obtaining a license
therefor.[1]
B.
Issuance, revocation. All licenses granted pursuant to
any section of this chapter shall be issued by the Mayor only to such persons
as he shall deem fit and proper, and no license shall be granted which shall,
in the judgment of the Mayor, and not inconsistent with existing law, be likely
to be prejudicial to the preservation of peace and good order, to the safety
and health of the inhabitants of the Village, the protection of their property,
the suppression of vice or the benefit of trade or to be a nuisance or be
in violation of any federal, state or other law, ordinance or regulations.
The provisions, requirements and restrictions hereinafter provided shall be
in addition to all other requirements set forth in any other ordinance or
regulation of this Village or of any federal, state or other law. The Mayor
shall have the authority and retain the right to cancel and revoke any licenses
granted by him prior to the expiration thereof, with or without notice, for
any cause for which such license might have been refused originally, and to
refund such portion of the license fee as may be suitable and proper.
C.
Reapplication. Any applicant who has been refused a license
by the Mayor or whose license has been revoked or cancelled by the Mayor may
apply to the Board of Trustees at a regular meeting of the same, which Board
of Trustees may grant, refuse or reinstate said license.
D.
Fees. Every license issued by the Mayor shall be countersigned
by the Clerk or Clerk-Treasurer of the Village of Flower Hill who shall keep
a record thereof and of the amount of the fee paid therefor. Said Village
Clerk or Village Clerk-Treasurer shall collect the fees for all licenses granted
and shall pay the same to the Village Treasurer or Village Clerk-Treasurer
to be applied to the general fund of the Village.[2]
E.
Term. All licenses granted herein shall be for a period
of one year or less and shall expire on the 31st day of March following the
granting of such licenses unless otherwise specifically provided and must
be renewed on or before the date of expiration. Any license for a period of
less than a year shall be at the same fee as required for a full year's
license unless otherwise specifically provided.
§ 147-2 Peddling, soliciting and commercial circularization.
[Amended 11-6-2000 by L.L. No. 3-2000; 4-3-2006
by L.L. No. 2-2006]
A.
Peddling and soliciting. No person shall hawk, peddle, sell or
dispose of any goods, wares or merchandise, nor engage in the business of
hawking or peddling any goods, wares or merchandise, of any description from
any wagon, cart, car, pack or bottle, booth or stand in any street or public
place in the Village of Flower Hill, nor shall any person canvass or solicit
orders nor solicit trade or business of any nature whatsoever for the purchase
or sale of books, periodicals, magazines or articles of merchandise within
said Village. Nothing herein contained shall apply to the retail sale of ice
cream from approved vending vehicles for consumer consumption.
B.
Commercial circularization.
(1)
No person shall circularize nor place upon the driveway, or upon
any other portion of a residential property within the Village, any commercial
newspaper or flyer, nor any promotional or advertising periodical, without
first registering with the Village and securing a license therefor as provided
in this chapter.
(2)
Where the resident of any such property shall have requested
that unsolicited print or other written materials not be delivered to his
or her premises, no person shall deliver, circularize nor place any commercial
newspaper or flyer, nor any promotional or advertising periodical, upon any
portion of such resident's property.
(3)
The Village Clerk shall maintain a list of the addresses of Village
residents who have requested that unsolicited print or other written materials
not be delivered to, circularized at, nor placed upon their premises, and
any person desiring to deliver, circularize, or distribute such materials
within the Village shall secure a copy of such list and shall exclude the
residences therein set forth from its circularization, distribution, and deliveries.
§ 147-3 Restaurants, hotels, inns, etc.
A.
No person shall engage in the business of conducting
a restaurant, hotel or inn, or sell soft drinks, refreshments and beverages
of any kind in the Village of Flower Hill without first obtaining a license
therefor from the Mayor of the Village.
§ 147-4 Landscaping and tree-removal businesses.
[Amended 6-4-2001 by L.L. No. 6-2001]
A.
All landscaping and/or tree-removal businesses shall be required to be licensed annually by the Village, and to display a sticker to be issued by the Village upon the payment of the annual licensing fees upon each and every motor vehicle used within the Village. The fees for said licenses shall be as set forth in Chapter A243, Fees, Charges and Deposits.
B.
The failure to display a current sticker on a motor vehicle
operated by a landscaping and/or tree-removal business within the Village
shall be a violation of this chapter.
§ 147-5 Security services.
[Added 10-4-2004 by L.L. No. 19-2004[1]
A "security service" is a company or individual who, for a fee or otherwise,
by foot, motor vehicle or otherwise, provides personnel who monitor, patrol
and report in an attempt to keep private property safe from intrusion, vandalism,
hazards, trespass and other violations or crimes of a like kind by unauthorized
persons. A central station alarm company shall not be deemed a security service
within the meaning of this provision.
A.
All security services are required to be licensed by the Village. The fee for said license shall be as set forth in Chapter A243, Fees, Charges and Deposits.
B.
A schedule shall be deposited by the security service with the
Village setting forth the routes and times that the service shall be in operation
in the Village, together with the name, address and telephone number of each
and every person who shall engage in rendering the service in the Village,
either on foot or by motor vehicle, together with a certified copy of the
record of conviction of any crime previously committed by such person.
C.
If motor vehicles are used by the security service, the make,
model, license plate number and a description of each and every vehicle employed
by the service in the Village shall be provided to the Village.
D.
The name, address and telephone number of the owner, tenant or
person in possession of each and every home serviced by the security service
shall be provided to the Village.
E.
Each and every owner, tenant and person in possession who shall
have contracted or otherwise engaged a security service shall be responsible
for compliance with this section.
F.
Every security service shall deposit with the Village such documentation
as will certify that the service is licensed by the State of New York, together
with satisfactory proof that the service is fully bonded.