As a legislative determination, it is deemed necessary to the safety,
health and general welfare of the inhabitants of the Village of Tarrytown
that certain coin-operated laundry and dry-cleaning machines and establishments
within said village are regulated and restricted, as hereinafter set forth,
in order to prevent injury and damage to persons and property in the village
and to eliminate conditions dangerous to the safety, health and general welfare
of said inhabitants of the village.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, when used in this chapter, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings herein respectively ascribed to
them:
PERSON
Includes one or more persons, firms, partnerships or corporations
and the employees, agents or officers thereof.
PREMISES
Any place, whether self-service or otherwise, maintained for the
use of and by the general public for the purpose of washing, drying and/or
dry-cleaning of clothing, apparel or other fabrics or household articles by
or in automatic or coin-operated machines, except, however, such places in
private homes and apartment houses used solely by residents thereof.
It shall be unlawful for any person to establish, maintain or operate
a coin-operated laundry and/or coin-operated dry-cleaning establishment in
any premises in the Village of Tarrytown without a license therefor.
The application for a license or for any renewal thereof to conduct
a coin-operated laundry and/or a coin-operated dry-cleaning establishment
shall be in writing upon a form to be furnished by the Village Clerk and shall
state the specific location of such establishment and the number and type
of all machines to be maintained therein. Before issuing any such license,
the Village Clerk shall cause all necessary investigations to be made of the
premises described in such application for the purpose of determining whether
the provisions of all applicable state, county, health and local laws, ordinances
and regulations are fully complied with.
If the investigation demonstrates that such premises conform to the
provisions of this chapter and other laws relating thereto, the Village Clerk
shall issue or cause to be issued a license authorizing such applicant to
establish, maintain, conduct or operate a coin-operated laundry and/or coin-operated
dry-cleaning establishment at the place and with the number of machines as
specified and designated in such application for and during the period of
such license.
Prior to the issuance of a coin-operated laundry and/or a coin-operated
dry-cleaning establishment license, each applicant therefor shall pay an annual
license fee as adopted by resolution of the Board of Trustees for each machine installed therein for the license period from
June 1 to May 31 and shall furnish a continuing bond in the amount as adopted
by resolution of the Board of Trustees. Such bond shall be executed by a duly authorized surety company
and be approved as to form by the Village Attorney, shall be payable to the
Village of Tarrytown and shall be conditioned upon the licensee's compliance
with the provisions of this chapter and upon the further condition that the
licensee will pay to said village any fine, penalty or other obligation within
30 days of its final imposition.
Each such license shall expire on the 31st day of May following the
date of its issuance unless sooner suspended or revoked by the Village Clerk.
Such license shall not be transferable from person to person or from the location
for which it is originally issued.
The Village Administrator may, at any time, for violation of this chapter
or of any applicable law, regulation or ordinance or such other cause as the
Village Administrator, upon investigation and after a hearing, deems sufficient,
suspend or revoke any license granted under the provisions of this chapter.
Notice, in writing, of the proposed suspension or revocation and the reason
or reasons therefor and of the time and place of a hearing to be held thereon
by the Village Administrator shall be served upon the licensee, either personally
or by certified or registered mail to the business address given in the application,
at least 10 days prior to the hearing. Whenever any license shall be so revoked,
no refund of any unearned portion of the license fee shall be made. No license
shall be granted to any person whose license has been revoked within a period
of two years from the date of such revocation, except in the discretion of
the Village Administrator.
All coin-operated laundry and/or dry-cleaning machines and locations
must be approved by the Code Enforcement Officer prior to the installation
of machinery. A floor plan showing the business premises and the location,
type and manner of installation of all equipment shall be submitted with each
license application.
Penalties shall be as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II. Each day or fraction of a day on which each such violation shall continue shall be construed as a separate and distinct offense.
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon its adoption and due
posting and shall be applicable to existing coin-operated laundry and/or coin-operated
dry-cleaning establishments.