The Board of Trustees recognizes that many properties in the Village are used for business activities and purposes. The Board determines that such activities and purposes may have an adverse effect on their residential neighbors, particularly with respect to traffic, parking congestion, visual appearance, and noise. Accordingly, the Board of Trustees has determined that the Village must regulate business uses, activities, and purposes in order to protect the general health, safety and welfare of the community. The Board determines that the provisions of this chapter are intended to supplement and not supplant the provisions of all state and county laws, the State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, Chapter
130, Site Plan Review, of the Village Code and all other laws of the Village of Newark Valley. The Village reserves the right and authority to regulate and enforce the provisions of all such laws and codes.
No business use, purpose or activity, whether for profit or not for
profit, may be conducted in the Village unless the owner or operator registers
with the Village. Said registration must be made with the Village Clerk-Treasurer
in accordance with the registration requirements set forth below and upon
payment of a registration fee. The registration shall be valid for one year
from the date thereof. The registration shall be renewed by the Village on
an annual basis upon submission of a renewal fee, provided that the registrant
and the subject property are in compliance with all Village laws, rules and
regulations. The registration fee and renewal fee may be set and amended from
time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees.
All businesses in operation on the effective date of this chapter must
register within 30 days of said date. Any business not in operation on the
effective date of this chapter shall register prior to commencing operation
and shall not commence operation until a proof of registration certificate
is issued.
Every business, including each individual or separate business conducted
or to be conducted within the area for which registration is applied, which
complies with the requirements of this chapter shall be issued a proof of
registration certificate. At least one such certificate must be prominently
displayed on the business premises. Any other registration certificates for
separate or additional businesses conducted on the premises shall be produced
by the owner or operator upon request by the Village Board of Trustees or
Code Enforcement Officer.
All businesses subject to this chapter must provide off-street parking
on the premises. One parking space per 100 square feet of floor area available
to patrons of the premises shall be provided.
All businesses shall comply with Chapter
157, Vehicles and Traffic, of this Code.
All businesses shall comply with Chapter
122, Property Maintenance, of this Code.
All businesses shall comply with Chapter
104, Noise, of this Code.
All businesses shall comply with Chapter
129, Signs, of this Code.
Each registrant shall furnish the following information on forms provided
by the Village, with each individual or separate business, if operated on
the same premises, requiring a separate application:
A. Name and address of the business owner(s). If the owner
is a corporation, provide the names and addresses of corporate officers. If
the business is a partnership or a business using an assumed name, provide
the names and addresses of all partners or persons or corporations doing business
under an assumed name.
B. Name and address of the property owner. If the owner
is a corporation, provide the names and addresses of corporate officers.
C. The address and the Tax Map number of the subject property.
D. The type and name of the business and the business purposes.
E. The number and names of employees.
F. The make, year, and license plate numbers of all vehicles
used in the business and designation as to whether such vehicles are stored
or parked on the premises.
G. The floor area of any building used for business purposes,
including designation of area used by separate businesses conducted in the
same building or upon the same premises.
H. If required by the Code Enforcement Officer, a site plan
showing property boundaries, location of the building, location of off-street
parking spaces, and the size and location of advertising signs.