[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Warwick 6-23-1988
by L.L. No. 1-1988. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Town Board hereby finds that cabarets within the Town of Warwick
create unique impacts in regard to municipal services, traffic patterns and
fire and safety conditions and upon the residents of the surrounding areas.
The purpose of this chapter is to minimize the adverse impacts of such cabarets
and yet permit their existence, thus providing for the economic and social
welfare, health, peace and morals of the people of the Town of Warwick. The
provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed for the accomplishment
of that purpose.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any room, place or space in the Town where, for gain or profit, live
or mechanically reproduced music is provided in connection with dancing, or
where, for gain or profit, any musician, group of musicians, floor show or
similar live entertainment is provided. A full-service restaurant providing
full-course meals with waiter and waitress service and which has, as part
of the occupancy and services offered, background music for the benefit of
patrons seated at tables and wherein dancing is prohibited shall not constitute
a "cabaret" for the purposes of this chapter; provided, however, that such
full-service restaurant shall notify the Town Clerk before it expects to offer
such services to its patrons. This term shall include establishments known
as "dance halls" and "discotheques."
That state of affairs wherein an applicant or an officer of, principal
stockholder of, person having a substantial interest in or management responsibility
for a corporation or other organization wherein such organization is the applicant,
directly or as a parent, subsidiary or affiliate, has such association, acquaintance
or business association with parties having been convicted of a felony or
crime involving moral turpitude or who are otherwise involved in unlawful
activities, whether convicted or not, to the extent that the fencing of stolen
merchandise or illegally obtained funds, the procuring of prostitutes, the
transfer or sale of narcotics or illegal substances is made more feasible
or likely or the protection of those of tender years from such unwholesome
influences is rendered more difficult. A determination by the United States
Department of Justice that a person is engaged in or affiliated with a nationwide
crime organization shall be prima facie evidence, so far as the issuance of
a license hereunder is concerned, that such person has connections with criminal
elements.
A person employed in any capacity or title in connection with a cabaret,
including the licensee and any and all persons responsible for the control
or management thereof.
Includes natural persons of either sex, corporations, partnerships,
associations, joint-stock companies, societies and other legal entities of
any kind capable of being sued, whether acting by themselves or by servant,
agent or employee. The singular number shall include the plural.
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct, maintain or operate
a cabaret unless the room, place or space wherein the same is conducted, maintained
or operated is licensed in the manner prescribed herein.
A.
Any person desiring to procure a cabaret license shall
make application therefor to the Town Clerk on the form provided. Such form
shall contain, but shall not be limited to, the following information:
(1)
Name, address, date of birth and social security number
of applicant.
(2)
Whether applicant is an individual, partnership, corporation
or other association.
(3)
If a partnership, the names, addresses, dates of birth
and social security numbers of all persons having an interest in the partnership.
(4)
If a corporation, the names, addresses, dates of birth
and social security numbers of all officers, directors and managers.
(5)
If a corporation, the name of each stockholder having
10% or more of the total outstanding shares of any class of stock. There shall
also be given the number of shares held by the stockholder and his percentage
of the total outstanding shares of stock.
(7)
How long each applicant, member of partnership or officer
of corporation has been a resident of the Town of Warwick and the place of
previous employment.
(11)
The name of the cabaret under which the applicant will
operate and the location.
(12)
The nature of the entertainment to be produced.
(13)
The area of the floor space to be used by the public,
the maximum number of rooms to be occupied by the public, the maximum number
of tables in each occupied room and the number of entrances and exits.
(14)
Whether any part of the premises to be used will be used
for a hotel, rooming house or lodging house and, if so, the full particulars.
(15)
Affixed to the application shall be two copies of a scale
drawing showing the dimensions of all occupied rooms; the locations of all
tables; the width of aisles between tables; the width of aisles between tables
and walls, posts, poles, bars, stages and other fixtures, appurtenances and
appliances; and the location of all exits, exit signs and emergency lighting.
(16)
The County Health Department permit number.
(17)
Whether cabaret activities shall be conducted every day
of the week or be limited to Friday, Saturday and Sunday or be limited to
some other specified day or days of the week.
(18)
Name, address, date of birth and social security number
of each and every manager of the premises.
(19)
In addition to the foregoing, applicant shall supply
any and all relevant information concerning its application to operate a cabaret
when requested to do so by authorized officials of the Town, including but
not limited to and as applicable certified copies of partnership agreements,
certificate(s) of incorporation, proof of ownership, financial records, income
tax returns, acquisition agreements, payroll records and the like.
C.
All persons described in Subsection A(1), (3) and (4) shall be fingerprinted before their application for a cabaret license is submitted. An application shall be deemed incomplete and be automatically denied if any of the persons enumerated in said subsection have not submitted their fingerprints with said application. Fingerprints shall be submitted upon the form or forms adopted by the Town Board.
D.
Said application shall be referred to the Chief of Police
and the Building Inspector for proper investigation of the applicant and the
premises. As part of such investigation, the Chief of Police and the Building
Inspector shall determine whether such applicant and premises conform to the
requirements of this chapter and all laws and regulations of the State of
New York and the Town of Warwick. The investigation by the Chief of Police
shall also include an examination into the present and projected noise, traffic
and public safety impacts of the proposed cabaret. At the conclusion of such
investigation, the Chief of Police and the Building Inspector shall render
a written report to the Town Clerk with their recommendation as to whether
or not such application should be granted. The Chief of Police, in making
such recommendation, shall investigate the applicant's character and conduct
as a law-abiding person and shall consider past operations, if any, convictions
of felonies and crimes involving moral turpitude and connections with criminal
elements, as defined herein.
E.
Within 30 days after the receipt of the reports and recommendations
of the Chief of Police and the Building Inspector, the Town Clerk shall determine
whether or not to grant such application. However, in no event may the Town
Clerk grant such cabaret license if:
(1)
The Chief of Police or the Building Inspector recommends
that such license not be issued; provided, however, that if the recommendation
of the Chief of Police is based on his investigation of the applicant's connection
with criminal elements, as defined herein, the Town Clerk shall retain discretion
to deny or approve the license application, merely taking into account the
recommendation of the Chief of Police with respect thereto.
(2)
The applicant or the premises does not conform to all
requirements of this chapter and all laws and regulations of the State of
New York and the Town of Warwick.
(3)
In the opinion of the Town Clerk, the applicant shall
be undesirable or incapable of properly conducting a cabaret.
(4)
Any person having an interest in said premises has been
convicted of a misdemeanor or a felony which, in the judgment of the Town
Clerk, renders the applicant unfit or undesirable to conduct a cabaret.
(5)
The applicant or, if a corporation, the holders of a
majority of its capital stock and any persons having an interest in such business
have been convicted of violating any laws or ordinances relating to public
morality or decency or to the sale of intoxicating liquor within five years
preceding the date of such application.
F.
If an application is denied by the Town Clerk, notice shall be given to the applicant within 10 days, whereupon the applicant may appeal such denial within 30 days to the Town Board. If the applicant appeals such denial by giving notice thereof in accordance with this subsection, the applicant must be prepared to go to a hearing on the appeal within 30 days of the giving of the notice of appeal, and if applicant delays the hearing on the appeal beyond such thirty-day period, the provisions of Subsection K of this section shall no longer be applicable and all cabaret activities shall cease forthwith.
G.
The Town Board shall be required to hold a public hearing
upon every appeal from the denial of a cabaret license by the Town Clerk within
a reasonable time. All parties shall be given reasonable notice of such hearing,
which notice shall include a statement of the time, place and nature of the
hearing, a statement of the legal authority and jurisdiction under which the
hearing is to be held; a reference to the particular sections of the statutes
and rules involved, where possible; and a short and plain statement of matters
asserted. Upon application of any party, a more definite and detailed statement
shall be furnished whenever the Town Clerk finds that the statement is not
sufficiently definite or not sufficiently detailed. The finding of the Town
Clerk as to the sufficiency of definiteness or detail of the statement or
its failure or refusal to furnish a more definite or detailed statement shall
not be subject to judicial review. Any statement furnished shall be deemed,
in all respects, to be a part of the notice of hearing.
H.
At such hearing, all parties shall be given an opportunity
to present written argument on issues of law and an opportunity to present
evidence and such argument on issues of fact; provided, however, that nothing
contained herein shall be construed to prohibit the Town Board from allowing
parties to present oral argument within a reasonable time. In fixing the time
and place for hearings and oral argument, due regard shall be had for the
convenience of the parties.
I.
Unless precluded by statute, disposition may be made
of any hearing by stipulation, agreed settlement, consent order, default or
other informal method.
J.
At any hearing held pursuant to this section, the applicant,
as well as any other interested parties, including any resident of the Town
of Warwick, may state his views. After the conclusion of said hearing and
within a period of 30 days, the Town Board shall be required to find whether
the determination of the Town Clerk should be upheld or whether the Town Board
should, in the exercise of its discretion, direct the issuance of such cabaret
license.
K.
When an applicant has made timely and sufficient application
for a new license with reference to any cabaret activity of a continuing nature
for which such applicant had been issued a cabaret license in the previous
year, the existing license shall not expire until the application has been
finally determined by the Town Clerk and, in the case of an application denied,
until the appeal, if any, from such denial has been determined and a decision
rendered by the Town Board after public hearing thereon.
L.
Anything contained in Subsection K hereof to the contrary notwithstanding, if the recommendations of any one of the officials described in Subsection D of this section contain findings that the public health, safety and welfare imperatively require emergency action and the termination of all cabaret activities pending such action, the Town Clerk shall incorporate such findings in an order summarily suspending the license effective on the date specified in such order or upon service of a certified copy of such order on the licensee, whichever shall be later, pending proceedings for revocation or other action. These proceedings shall be promptly instituted and determined.
M.
In the event that the Town Clerk determines to grant an application for a cabaret license, the Town Clerk may impose such terms and conditions on said license as to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. If the applicant is aggrieved by such terms and conditions, the applicant may appeal the determination of the Town Clerk to the Town Board within 30 days of such determination. The procedure for such appeal shall be as set forth in Subsection G above.
A.
The fee for each cabaret license shall be $200 per year
for events that are held on a regular or weekly basis, payable to the Town
Clerk upon submission of the application. In addition, a check or money order
for $12 for each person fingerprinted, payable to the New York State Division
of Criminal Justice Services, shall accompany the application.
B.
All licenses issued between the 10th day of January and
the ninth day of January in the next succeeding year, inclusive of any year,
shall expire on the ninth day of January of each succeeding year.
A.
A license may be suspended or revoked by the Town Clerk for violation of this chapter, state law or upon the grounds that disorderly, obscene or immoral conduct is permitted on the licensed premises or is occasioned in the vicinity of such premises as a result of its existence. In the event that a license is so suspended or revoked pursuant to this section, notice shall be given to the applicant within 10 days, whereupon the applicant may appeal such suspension or revocation within 30 days to the Town Board. The procedures for such appeal shall be as set forth in § 72-4, Subsections G through M hereof, and such cabaret shall only be permitted to operate in accordance therewith. In no event shall cabaret operations be permitted pending the appeal and determination in the event there has been a finding pursuant to § 72-4L hereof.
B.
Whenever any license shall be suspended or revoked, no refund of any unearned portion of the fee shall be made, and at least six months from the time of such suspension or revocation shall elapse before another license shall be issued for the same premises. If the license of any premises is twice suspended or revoked within a period of one year, a new license shall not be issued to such applicant or any person enumerated in § 72-4A(3), (4) and (18) for a period of at least one year from the date of the second suspension or revocation.
A.
No licenses are transferable.
B.
Where there is any change regarding any natural person enumerated in § 72-4A(3), (4) and (5) or any natural person attains a status enumerated in § 72-4A(3), (4) and (5) or where there is a change in the nature of the activities to be conducted in such cabaret, the applicant shall cause to be filed with the Town Clerk, within 10 days thereof, a supplemental application setting forth the name or names of all persons so affected, along with all other information required to be furnished by such natural person under § 72-4 and a filing fee of $25.
C.
Said supplemental application shall be referred to the Chief of Police and the Building Inspector for a report and recommendation pursuant to the provisions of § 72-4D.
D.
Within 30 days after the receipt of the reports and recommendations of the Chief of Police and the Building Inspector, the Town Clerk shall determine whether or not to grant such supplemental application. However, in no event may the Town Clerk grant such supplemental license if any of the conditions set forth in § 72-4E are present.
E.
If a supplemental application is denied by the Town Clerk, notice shall be given to the applicant within 10 days, whereupon the applicant may appeal such denial within 30 days to the Town Board. The procedures for such appeal shall be as set forth in § 72-4, Subsections G through M hereof, and such cabaret shall only be permitted to operate in accordance therewith. In no event shall cabaret operations be permitted pending the appeal and determination in the event that there has been a finding pursuant to § 72-4L hereof.
Every person licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter
shall immediately post such license and keep the same posted while in force
in a conspicuous place on the premises mentioned in the application for such
license.
Whenever a new license is required because of a change in the name of
a currently licensed cabaret or whenever a license is lost or destroyed without
fault on the part of the holder or his agent or employee, a duplicate license
in lieu thereof may be issued upon notarized written request and the payment
of a fee of $25.
Premises licensed hereunder shall not exercise cabaret privileges between
the hours of 4:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m.; provided, however, that in the event
that Town officials receive complaints that the operation of a cabaret after
2:00 a.m. causes annoyance, disturbance, results in noise or other inconvenience
and, upon investigation, such officials determine that such complaints are
justified, the cabaret shall no longer be permitted to operate to 4:00 a.m.,
but said operation shall cease at 2:00 a.m.
A.
No premises in the Town of Warwick shall be leased or
hired out for the purpose of conducting cabaret activities thereon unless
the person intending to lease or hire such premises shall have applied for
and received from the Town Clerk a permit to do so. Such permit shall be issued
after the Town Board is satisfied that no fraudulent solicitation of moneys,
disorderly or immoral behavior or behavior calculated to disturb the public
peace or safety will be conducted on such premises if the permit is granted.
B.
Application for such a permit shall be made on a form
to be provided by the Town Clerk's office. Such permit shall be good for one
day, including those hours of the following day as hereinafter set forth,
and the fee for such permit shall be $25.
C.
A permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this section
may, at the discretion of the Town Board, provide that such cabaret activities
may be continued between the hours of 4:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. However, if
cabaret activities are to be carried on beyond the time of 8:00 a.m., a new
permit shall be required for such activities.
A.
No person owning, managing, operating or conducting a
cabaret shall allow or permit any person employed by him in the capacity of
an entertainer or servant or otherwise to approach or accost any guest to
dance with or have refreshments with such employee, as aforesaid, during the
hours of his employment; nor shall any person in the premises of a cabaret
approach any person who is an employee of the owner, manager or operator in
the capacity of an entertainer or servant or otherwise during the hours of
his employment to dance with or have refreshments with such guest.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any cabaret to have, permit
or maintain any boxes or booths closed by any door, screen, curtain or other
device. It shall also be unlawful for any cabaret to have, permit or maintain
any box or booth with an entrance thereto in any side other than the side
which faces the center of the main room.
C.
It shall be unlawful for the owner, proprietor, manager
or person in charge of any place licensed under the provisions of this chapter
to employ as an entertainer in such place any person who is not at least 18
years of age and of good moral character.
D.
It shall be unlawful for the owner, proprietor, manager
or person in charge of any place licensed under the provisions of this chapter,
or for any employee of said place, to harbor, admit, receive or permit to
be or remain in and about any such place any lewd or dissolute person, any
common prostitute, any drunken or boisterous person or any person whose conduct
tends in any way to corrupt the public morals.
E.
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct himself
in a boisterous manner or to use any profane, obscene or indecent language
in or about any place licensed under the provisions of this chapter or the
hallways or entrance thereof.
F.
It shall be unlawful for any person while dancing in
any place licensed under the provisions of this chapter to conduct himself
in an obscene manner as defined in the Penal Law of the State of New York.
G.
After sunset every place licensed under the provisions
of this chapter shall be lighted or illuminated by electricity, provided that
the intensity of such illumination shall at no time be less than three footcandles
at a plane three feet above the floor at all parts of said place. It shall
be unlawful for the owner, proprietor, manager or person in charge of such
place to admit any patron thereto after sunset until said place is illuminated
as provided herein. Such lighting or illumination shall be maintained throughout
the entire time during which such cabaret shall be open or entertaining patrons
and until such cabaret shall be cleared and closed.
H.
It shall be unlawful to give or permit the giving of,
in any cabaret, any entertainment or exhibition of a lewd, suggestive, vulgar
or immoral type, or to use therein any indecent or obscene language, or to
sing any song of any lewd or vulgar character, or to behave in any manner
tending to corrupt the public morals. Where any of the aforementioned activities
are defined by the Penal Law of the State of New York, such definition shall
be controlling.
I.
It shall be unlawful for any person to bring into or
have in his or her possession or partake of any intoxicating liquors in any
place designated in this chapter as a cabaret. This shall not apply to intoxicating
liquors lawfully sold in the cabaret under the provisions of the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Law.
K.
It shall be unlawful for any person licensed under the
provisions of this chapter to permit on the premises any entertainment, amplified
by a mechanical device, of such an intensity, character and duration as to
disturb the peace, tranquillity and good order of the people of the Town of
Warwick.
L.
It shall be unlawful for any person licensed under the
provisions of this chapter to permit any disorderly, noisy, riotous or tumultuous
conduct or loitering about the licensed premises.
M.
It shall be unlawful for any cabaret licensed under the
provisions of this chapter to permit outside doors to be open at any time
during the hours of operation except:
N.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law contained
in this chapter or any other chapter of the Code of the Town of Warwick, any
person, firm or corporation licensed to do business as a cabaret in the Town
of Warwick shall have an approved sprinkler system installed in the premises
within six months after the effective date of this chapter, and no person,
firm or corporation shall operate a cabaret in the Town of Warwick after that
date without an approved sprinkler system therein.
O.
It shall be unlawful to operate a cabaret unless the
premises are soundproofed or provision is made so that no amplification or
excessive noise is audible beyond the property lines of the parcel upon which
the cabaret is situated.
A.
No license shall be issued for any cabaret where all
or any part of the area to be used and occupied, other than rest rooms, by
patrons or customers of said cabaret is below grade level or above the first
floor.
B.
All cabarets which have a permitted occupancy of 50 or
more people shall have auxiliary rechargeable battery lighting of at least
thirty-minute duration. All auxiliary lighting shall be located at a reasonable
distance above the floor and below the ceiling so that it will not be obstructed
by tables, chairs, chandeliers or other decorations or appliances. The Building
Inspector shall determine the number, location and direction of all such emergency
lighting.
C.
All fire exits shall have sufficient exterior lighting
to allow safe egress therefrom.
D.
All cabarets must comply in all respects with the requirements
of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.
E.
All cabarets with kitchen facilities must have fire protection
in all ducts and hoods as required by the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention
and Building Code.
F.
All cabarets shall have fire appliances at proper locations
in accordance with the generally accepted standards.
G.
Any person, firm or corporation obtaining its first license
for a cabaret after the effective date of this chapter, or a cabaret presently
licensed which is presently or hereafter closed for the purpose of making
alterations, improvements or additions or for any other type of work requiring
a building permit, or presently or hereafter closed as a result of building
or fire code violations, shall have an approved sprinkler system.
H.
Flame spread ratings of all decorations, including but
not limited to rugs, carpets, pads, tablecloths, wall hangings and draperies,
in all cabarets shall meet the minimum requirements of the New York State
Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.
I.
The maximum number of persons permitted in any cabaret
shall be established by the Building Inspector in accordance with the applicable
codes and regulations of the New York State Department of Labor. The Building
Inspector shall post in conspicuous location(s) on the premises a notice or
notices of maximum occupancy, and no owner, manager or person in charge or
in control of such cabaret shall permit such premises to be occupied by more
persons than are set forth in such notice.
J.
All cabarets shall have a minimum of two exits, which
shall be as distant from each other as is reasonably possible.
K.
Any duct which has a vent into any portion of a cabaret
and which also has a vent into any other room of that cabaret or any room
of any other premises, whether or not owned or operated by the licensee, shall
be equipped with fire dampers. Any such duct shall also be provided with a
smoke detection system in accordance with the New York State Uniform Fire
Prevention and Building Code.
L.
All fire exits in all cabarets are required to have panic
hardware. No other locking device shall be permitted on fire exits at any
time.
M.
Heat and smoke detection devices.
(1)
All cabarets licensed by the Town of Warwick shall contain,
in each storage room, attic, basement, cellar and any other concealed locations,
one or more smoke detection devices approved by the Underwriters' Laboratories
(UL) in such numbers and in such locations as determined by the Building Inspector
of the Town of Warwick.
(2)
All cabarets licensed by the Town of Warwick shall contain,
in each room with kitchen facilities, boilers, furnaces or other heat-producing
units, one or more heat detection devices approved by the Underwriters' Laboratories
(UL) in such numbers and at such locations as are determined by the Building
Inspector of the Town of Warwick.
(3)
Within six months after the effective date of this chapter, all cabarets licensed by the Town of Warwick shall have automatic alarm systems. All required smoke and heat-detecting devices throughout the entire occupancy as provided for in Subsection M(1) and (2) above shall be continually wired to sound an alarm in the assembly areas and shall at all times be in good working order.
(4)
Compliance requirements.
(a)
All owners of cabarets described in Subsection M(1), (2) and (3) above shall, on January 1 of each calendar year, file with the Building Inspector of the Town of Warwick an affidavit in the form required by the Building Inspector. The affidavit shall set forth the number and location of all smoke and heat detection devices in any cabaret owned by the person signing the affidavit and shall certify that such devices have been examined and found to be in proper working condition on a date no more than 60 days prior to the signing of the affidavit.
(b)
Failure to file an affidavit as provided in Subsection M(4)(a) above shall be a misdemeanor which is punishable by a fine not to exceed $100 for each day beyond January 1 of any calendar year in which the owner of a cabaret described in Subsection M(1), (2) or (3) above fails to provide the required affidavit.
(c)
The making of any false statement in an affidavit filed pursuant to Subsection M(4)(a) hereinabove shall be a misdemeanor, and, in addition to any other civil or criminal penalty imposed by any other law, such false statement shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $500 and/or imprisonment for up to six months.
N.
All requirements of this section must be met by all applicants
for licenses and license holders to the full satisfaction of the Building
Inspector, and all said requirements shall be strictly enforced by the Building
Inspector.
A.
A party not currently licensed for a cabaret may apply
for a special permit to conduct activities permitted under this chapter on
special occasions. Such activities shall not be conducted for more than two
days and shall comply in all respects with all applicable laws and ordinances.
B.
Application for such special permit shall be made on
a form provided by the Town Clerk's office on at least 14 days' notice and
shall specifically designate activities to be conducted under this special
permit if granted. The fee for such application is $25.
Any police officer and the Building Inspector shall be permitted to
inspect such licensed premises during business hours to ensure that the provisions
of this chapter are being complied with by the licensee.
A.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the
activities conducted in a building or buildings owned by any church, public
school, firehouse or clubhouse which is not conducted for gain or profit and
which is located on a plot of 25 acres or more, or a clubhouse which is not
conducted for gain or profit on a lot of less than 25 acres if exemption therefor
is granted by the Town Board.
B.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a cabaret, as defined in§ 72-2, where there is no food or beverage service nor are there tables in the room, place or space and all patrons are seated on chairs permanently affixed to the floor in horizontal rows with appropriate aisles for ingress and egress.
A.
When, in the opinion of the Building Inspector or any
police officer of the Town of Warwick, there exists a violation of this chapter
which creates imminent danger to public safety, the Building Inspector or
any police officer of the Town of Warwick may order the owner:
B.
Upon failing to comply with such an order, the person
or persons so ordered shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to immediate
arrest for violation of this chapter and any applicable provisions of the
Penal Law of the State of New York. In order to protect the public health,
safety and welfare, the Building Inspector or any police officer of the Town
of Warwick may order such cabaret evacuated, and the cabaret license of such
cabaret shall be immediately suspended; provided, however, that within 24
hours or the next business day following such evacuation, whichever is later,
there shall be a finding by the Building Inspector or Police Chief that emergency
conditions exist that require the continuation of the suspension until a hearing
is provided or other action taken as provided for under this chapter. In the
event that there is not such a finding, the cabaret shall be permitted to
operate pending a hearing or other action taken as provided for under this
chapter.
A.
Any person who conducts a cabaret without a license or
permit required by this chapter or who makes fraudulent statements on an application
therefor or who, having had his license or permit suspended or revoked, continues
to conduct cabaret activities on the licensed premises shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $500 or imprisonment
not to exceed 30 days, or both.
B.
Except as otherwise provided, any violation of the provisions
of this chapter shall constitute a violation and subject the offender to a
fine not to exceed $250 or 15 days' imprisonment, or both.
