Whenever used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
respectively ascribed:
CABARET
A licensed place of public assembly within the village where any
live entertainment is carried on, whether musical, singing or dancing, or
other similar amusement is permitted in connection with the restaurant business
or the business directly or indirectly of selling food or drink to the public.
[Amended 7-8-1974 by L.L.
No. 6-1974]
CATERING ESTABLISHMENT
Any room, place or space in the village which is used, leased or
hired out in the business of serving food or beverages for a particular function,
occasion or event to which the public is not invited or admitted and where
music or entertainment is permitted.
EMPLOYEE
A person employed in any capacity or title in connection with a cabaret
or public dance hall, including the licensee and any and all persons responsible
for the control or management thereof. It shall also include a concessionaire
and each person employed by such concessionaire.
IDENTIFICATION CARD
A permit issued by the Board of Trustees to an employee of a cabaret
or public dance hall as required by this article.
PUBLIC DANCE HALL
Any room, place or space in the village in which dancing is carried
on and to which the public may gain admission, either with or without the
payment of a fee.
PUBLIC DANCE OR BALL
Any dance or ball of any nature or description to which the public
may gain admission.
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct, maintain or operate
or engage in the business of conducting, maintaining or operating a public
dance hall, cabaret or catering establishment unless the premises wherein
the same is conducted, maintained or operated are licensed in the manner prescribed
herein.
A license shall be issued only after the Board of Trustees is satisfied
that the applicant is a fit and proper person, shall have caused an inspection
to be made of the premises to be licensed and is satisfied that such premises
comply with all laws and the rules and regulations of the Zoning and Building
Codes of the Nassau County Fire Commission, Nassau County Health Department
and State Department of Labor, insofar as the same are applicable thereto,
and is satisfied that the premises to be licensed are a safe and proper place
to be used as a public dance hall, cabaret or catering establishment.
Application for the license herein prescribed shall be made on a form
containing such information as may be determined by the Board of Trustees
and shall be certified to by the applicant therefor.
The license herein prescribed shall be issued by the Board of Trustees.
All licenses hereunder shall expire on May 31, unless sooner suspended
or revoked.
No license issued under this article shall be transferred or assigned
to any person or used by any person other than the licensee to whom it was
issued, nor shall such license be used on any location other than the location
stated in such license.
If during the term of the licensing period one or more directors, stockholders
or officers of a corporate licensee are substituted or added, such substituted
or added directors, stockholders or officers shall, within five days of such
substitution or addition, file with the Board of Trustees an application for
an approval of the change of directors, stockholders or officers on such forms
as are prescribed by the Board of Trustees. A waiver of this provision may
be granted at the discretion of the Board of Trustees to any corporation with
regard to stockholders holding less than 10% of the issued stock.
A license may be suspended or revoked by the Board of Trustees for any
violation of law or upon the ground that disorderly, obscene or immoral conduct
is permitted on the licensed premises or for any other good cause, including
a violation of any of the provisions of this article or any rules or regulations
promulgated under the authority hereof.
Premises licensed hereunder shall not be kept open for business, nor
shall the public be permitted to enter or to remain therein, between 2:00
a.m. and 7:00 a.m.; and if the occupant is a membership corporation, club,
association or society, its members or their guests shall not be permitted
to enter or to remain therein between such hours. The Board of Trustees, in
its discretion, may permit any premises licensed hereunder to be open to the
public between such hours on special occasions. If it appears to the Board
of Trustees that the place for which a license is sought will be frequented
by minors or if there is in the opinion of the Board of Trustees, any other
good and sufficient reason therefor, it may grant a license upon the condition
that the licensed premises shall not be open for business between 12:00 midnight
and 7:00 a.m.
The Board of Trustees shall adopt such reasonable rules and regulations
as it may deem necessary for the proper control, operation and supervision
of public dance halls, cabarets and catering establishments.