No person shall conduct a public exhibition, including a circus,
fair, carnival, rodeo, feat of horsemanship, menagerie, caravan of
animals, animal show, exhibition of any natural or artifical curiosity,
or performance or exhibition of such nature within the Village of
Liberty without first obtaining a license for such performance or
exhibition from the Village Board.
No person shall operate any premises wherein are located any
mechanical amusement devices for the playing of games, commonly known
as "pinball machines"; shooting galleries; mechanical grabbing machines;
billiard or pool tables; mechanical musical devices, commonly known
as "jukeboxes"; or any game, operation or transaction similar thereto,
under whatever name it may be indicated, whether or not a prize is
offered and whether mechanical, electrical or electromechanical, where
the amusements are the primary source of income, without first obtaining
a license for each such premises from the Village Board.
No persons shall occupy any premises within the Village of Liberty
for the express purpose of having a club, whose social features are
a material part of its activities and necessary to its existence and
not merely incidental, without first obtaining a license for each
such premises from the Village Board.
Applications for licenses shall be made upon forms to be supplied
by the Village Clerk for that purpose. Applications shall contain
the following information:
A. For all licenses required by this chapter:
(1) The name and address of the applicant.
(2) The type of person; whether individual, partnership, corporation
or other type of legal person.
(3) The age, date and place of birth and citizenship of applicant and
any resident natural agent of applicant.
(4) If the applicant is a partnership, the names, addresses and citizenship
of all persons having an interest in the business.
(5) If the applicant is a corporation, the names, addresses and citizenship
of all officers and stockholders.
(6) Any prior convictions of the applicant or any resident natural agent
of the applicant for violation of any law or ordinance.
(7) A statement that applicants shall comply with all local, County,
state and federal requirements.
(8) The maximum number of occupants, to be determined by the Building
Inspector, Chief of Police and Fire Chief.
B. For licenses to conduct public exhibitions as required by §
32-1 of this chapter:
(1) The proposed location and duration of the exhibition.
(2) The nature of the exhibition to be presented.
(3) A detailed list of each exhibition, entertainment, performance and/or
amusement device to be located on the proposed location of the event.
(4) The number of pieces of equipment for music and all loudspeaker devices
and other devices for the amplification of sound.
C. For licenses to operate any premises wherein are located any amusement devices as defined in §
32-2 of this chapter:
(1) The place and description of the machines or devices to be displayed
or operated and the business conducted at that place.
(2) Not to be located within 1,000 feet of any boundary line of a house
of worship and/or public buildings.
(3) The legal number of occupants permitted in premises at any one time
shall be so stated in the license and posted.
D. For licenses to operate any premises wherein is located a social club as defined in §
32-3 of this chapter:
(2) Not to be located within 1,000 feet of any boundary line of a house
of worship and/or public buildings.
(3) The legal number of occupants permitted in the premises at any one
time shall be so stated in the license and posted.
Before any license shall be issued for any exhibition, operation of amusement devices pursuant to §
32-2 and/or social club, the applicant may, at the discretion of the Board of Trustees, be required to secure a public liability insurance policy in such principal sum as the Board of Trustees may deem sufficient to protect members of the public, executed by the applicant and conditioned that the Village will be saved harmless for any injury to persons or property because of fault or default by the licensees. Said policy shall be issued by a bonding company authorized to do business in the State of New York, in form approved by the Village Attorney and filed with the Village Clerk. A bond or certified check shall be required in the amount of $250 for cleanup and return of property to previous condition for any exhibition. Such bond or certified check shall be returned upon satisfactory inspection by the Building Inspector.
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this chapter shall, in addition to being subject, if a licensee, to having his license revoked as provided in §
32-10 of this chapter, be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this chapter shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense hereunder.
The Village Board reserves to itself the right to make modification
and changes of this chapter by resolution.