[Adopted 3-24-1913 by G.O. No. 3-1913; amended in its entirety 7-2-1991 by G.O. No.
15-1991]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The Director of the Office of Licensing, who is also referred to as the Consumer Protection Officer in Article IIIA of the Charter, and shall include the designee of the Director, unless otherwise provided.
[Amended 7-18-1996 by L.L. No. 5-1996]
Any room, place or space in which a public dance shall be
held or a hall or academy in which classes in dancing are held and
instruction in dancing is given for hire.
Any dance or ball to which admission can be had by payment
of a fee or presentation of a ticket or token or in which a charge
is made for caring for clothing or other property or any other dance
to which the public generally may gain admission with or without the
payment of a fee.
A.
It shall be unlawful to hold any public dance or public ball or to
allow dancing in any public place or to hold classes in dancing or
to give instructions in dancing for hire, except that such classes
in dancing and such instruction in dancing shall not be licensed hereunder
where such classes and such instructions are given to children under
the age of 16 years, or to allow dancing in any hall or academy within
the limits of the City of Yonkers, except those of churches, public
schools or accredited civic organizations, until the dance hall in
which the same may be held shall first have been duly licensed for
such purposes.
B.
Each license granted hereunder shall expire on the 30th day of June
next after the issuance thereof, and every public dance hall shall
post its license in a conspicuous place within the hall where the
dance is held.
C.
The license shall be issued by the Director to the owner or lessee
of the premises after payment has been made to the Comptroller of
fees according to the following schedule:
[Amended 7-18-1996 by L.L. No. 5-1996]
No license for a public dance hall shall be issued or reissued
until it shall be found that such hall complies with and conforms
to all the ordinances, health and fire regulations of the City and
with the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code
and that it is properly ventilated and supplied with sufficient toilet
conveniences and is a safe and proper place for the purpose for which
it is to be used. The applicant shall pay a fee of $100 per floor
to the Department of Housing and Buildings at the time of each application
for inspection or reinspection.
A.
The persons, persons, society, club or corporation desiring a permit
to hold a public dance or a public ball shall use the following form
of application, a copy of which shall be secured from the Director:
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Yonkers, New York, _______________, 19___
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To the Director:
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Sir:
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The undersigned, on behalf of ________________________________,
hereby makes application for a permit to give a public dance at No.
____________________ Street, on _______________, 19___. It is hereby
expressly agreed that said dance shall be conducted in strict accord
with the provisions of law regulating public dances and public halls,
and the undersigned agrees that the permit is given and accepted subject
to the provisions of this application and that he shall be held responsible
for any violation of any provisions of law or ordinance regulating
such public dance.
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The owner of the premises in which such dance is to be held
is
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Address No. ____________________ Street
NAME _______________________ OCCUPATION
ADDRESS
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B.
The fee for every such permit which shall be issued by the Director
shall be $7.50. The power of revocation of such permit shall be vested
in the Director.
[Amended 7-18-1996 by L.L. No. 5-1996]
All public dance halls shall be kept at all times in a clean,
healthful and sanitary condition, and all stairways and other passages
and all rooms connected with a dance hall shall be kept open and well-lighted.
The Director of the Department of Housing and Buildings, the Police
Commissioner, the Fire Commissioner or any inspector or uniformed
patrolman or fireman of their departments shall have the power, and
upon complaint made to the Director it shall be their duty, to cause
the place, hall or room where any dance or ball is held or given to
be vacated whenever any provision of any ordinance is being violated
or whenever any indecent act shall be committed or whenever any disorder
of a gross, violent or vulgar character shall take place therein.
All public dances shall be discontinued and all public dance
halls shall be closed on or before the hour of 2:30 a.m.; provided,
however, that upon the application of a bona fide and responsible
organization or society, the Mayor may grant such organization or
society a permit to continue a dance after 2:30 a.m.
It shall be unlawful after 9:00 p.m. to permit any person to
attend or take part in any public dance who has not reached the age
of 16 years, unless such person is accompanied by a parent or guardian.
It shall be unlawful for any person to represent himself or herself
to have reached the age of 16 years of age, and it shall also be unlawful
for any person to represent himself or herself to be a parent or guardian
of any person, in order that such person may obtain admission to a
public dance hall or shall be permitted therein when the party making
the representation is not in fact either a parent or natural guardian
of the other person.[2]
