1-7-1991 by L.L. No. 1-1991]
It is the duty of the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village
of Massapequa Park to protect and preserve the health, safety and welfare
of the residents of the village. In furtherance of that duty, the Village
Board of Trustees has investigated and found that the use of mechanical bucking
devices, commonly referred to as "mechanical bulls," has caused and is capable
of causing severe personal injury to the user thereof. The Village Board hereby
declares that it is the intent of this Part 3 to protect the residents of
the Incorporated Village of Massapequa Park from dangers inherent in the use
of mechanical bucking devices.
As used in this Part 3, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any mechanically operated machine, apparatus, contrivance or device,
the design or purpose of which is to simulate or copy the movement of a steer,
bull or other animal, whether or not the same has been constructed in the
shape, form and likeness of a steer, bull or other animal, upon which a person
or persons is seated as a rider or riders and which machine, apparatus, contrivance
or device is operated or operates in a vibrating, pulsating, jerking, bucking
or similar fashion in order to or in an attempt to dislodge, unseat or expel
the rider or riders.
Any individual, partnership, association or corporation that is an
owner, landlord, lessee, tenant, occupant or operator or an executor, administrator,
trustee or other legal representative of an owner, landlord, lessee, tenant,
occupant or operator, of any public place as defined herein.
Any place available to or used by the general public, whether or
not an admission fee is charged, including but not limited to restaurants,
discotheques, cabarets, bars, social clubs, amusement parks, penny arcades,
game rooms and other similar establishments.
No mechanical bucking device shall be installed, operated or used in
any public place, whether or not a fee is charged for the operation or use
thereof.
