The purpose and intent of this chapter is to prohibit hookah
and vapor bars and establishments and the sale of hookah and vapor
equipment and materials in the Village of Islandia.
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Islandia after a review
of impact on the environment, traffic, quality of life, services,
and other aspects of life in the Village of Islandia, after due deliberation,
hereby finds that hookah and vapor bars and establishments have a
negative impact on the environment, traffic, quality of life, services,
and other aspects of life in the Village of Islandia and it is in
the best interests of the residents and property owners and of the
orderly development of the Village of Islandia that hookah and vapor
bars and establishments and the sale of hookah and vapor equipment
and materials be prohibited in the Village of Islandia.
Hookah and vapor bars and establishments are hereby prohibited
in the Village of Islandia. A hookah and vapor bar and establishment
is a premises where hookah and vapor use or the sale of hookah and
vapor equipment and materials is a primary or secondary activity.
The sale of hookah or vapor equipment or materials is prohibited
in the Village of Islandia.
The provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable,
and if any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter shall
for any reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections, sentences,
clauses and phrases of this chapter, but they shall remain in effect,
it being the legislative intent that this chapter shall stand, notwithstanding
the invalidity of any part.