Applications for licenses shall be made upon
forms to be supplied by the Town 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
the applicant and any resident natural agent of the 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.
(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 the applicant shall comply with all
local, county, state and federal requirements.
B. For licenses to conduct public exhibitions as required by §
46-1A 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 §
46-1B of this chapter, the place and description of the machines or devices to be displayed or operated and the business conducted at that place.
Before any license shall be issued for any exhibition
or amusement device hereunder, the applicant may, at the discretion
of the Town Board be required to secure a public liability insurance
policy in such principal sum as the Town Board may deem sufficient
to protect members of the public, executed by the applicant and conditioned
that the Town 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 Town Attorney, and
filed with the Town Clerk. A bond or certified check shall be required
in the amount of $250 for cleanup and return of property to previous
condition. Such bond or certified check shall be returned upon satisfactory
inspection by the Superintendent of Public Works.
Nonprofit organizations of the Town of Wawayanda,
including organizations of a charitable, religious, educational, veteran
or firemanic nature, shall be exempt from the fees for licenses required
by this chapter but shall be required to secure a license for exhibitions
or amusement devices required to be licensed and shall observe all
rules of conduct for licensees established herein.
Licensees shall not permit gambling at any licensed exhibition or on any licensed premises, except as may be permitted by any bingo local law which may hereafter be enacted by the Town Board. Licensees shall not permit persons under 18 years of age to play or operate any mechanical amusement device as described in §
46-1B of this chapter. No licensee shall permit the giving of any performance of a lewd, suggestive, vulgar or immoral type or the use therein of any indecent or obscene language or any behavior tending to corrupt the public morals or incite the public to break any law or ordinance. No licensee shall permit any disorderly, lewd, dissolute, drunken or boisterous person, any person under the influence of an intoxicating liquor or narcotic or hallucinogenic drug or any person whose conduct tends in any way to corrupt the public morals to be admitted to or to remain in or about any licensed exhibition or premises.
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 §
46-9 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.