[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Valatie 4-22-1980 by L.L. No. 4-1980 (Ch. 37 of the 1980 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall conduct a public exhibition, including a circus, fair, carnival, rodeo, feat of horsemanship, menagerie, caravan of animals, animal show, exhibition of any natural or artificial curiosity or performance or exhibition of such nature, within the Village of Valatie without first obtaining a license for such performance or exhibition from the Village Clerk.
Applications for licenses shall be made upon forms to be supplied by the Village Clerk for that purpose. Applications shall contain the following information:
A. 
For all licenses required by this chapter:
(1) 
Name and address of the applicant.
(2) 
Type of person, whether individual, partnership, corporation or other type of legal person.
(3) 
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) 
Applicants shall comply with all local, county, state and federal requirements.
B. 
For licenses to conduct public exhibitions as required by § 86-1 of this chapter:
(1) 
Proposed location and duration of the exhibition.
(2) 
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.
A. 
Upon presentation of an application as provided herein, the Village Clerk shall refer such application to the Village Attorney or other person designated by the Board of Trustees for a full investigation as to the truth of the statements contained therein and as to any or all other matters which might tend to aid the Board of Trustees in determining whether or not such application should be granted.
B. 
The Village Board, upon receipt of a written report by the investigator, shall decide whether or not a license shall be issued, considering among other things the effect of the amusement or exhibition upon the peace, welfare and good order of the Village.
C. 
In granting licenses, the Board of Trustees may approve or disapprove each particular exhibition and may also approve or disapprove any lighting system or device emitting or amplifying sound used at any exhibition, as well as impose further conditions, the violation of which shall constitute a violation of this chapter and shall subject the violator, upon conviction, to the penalties provided for offenses against this chapter.
A. 
A. The license fee for each public exhibition as described in § 86-1 shall be an amount as established by resolution of the Board of Trustees, payable at the time of application. No renewals of such licenses shall be granted, but subsequent exhibitions by past licensees shall require complete new applications and investigations, unless such requirements shall be waived by the Board of Trustees.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
B. 
License fees submitted with applications which are either withdrawn by applicants or denied by the Board of Trustees shall be refundable, less actual costs of investigation incurred by the Village. Unexpended or unused licenses shall not, however, enable the licensee to gain a refund of license fees paid for licenses after such licenses shall have been approved by the Board of Trustees.
Before any license shall be issued for any exhibition, the applicant may, at the discretion of the Board of Trustees, be required to secure a public liability insurance policy in such principal sum as the Board of Trustees may deem sufficient to protect members of the public, executed by the applicant and conditioned that the Village 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 Village Attorney and filed with the Village Clerk. A bond or certified check shall be required in the amount of $250 for cleanup and return of the property to its previous condition. Such bond or certified check shall be returned upon satisfactory inspection by the Board of Trustees.
Nonprofit organizations of the Village of Valatie, 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 be licensed and shall observe all rules of conduct for licensees established herein.
A. 
Licensees shall not permit gambling at any licensed exhibition, except as may be permitted by Chapter 107, Bingo, of the Village of Valatie.
B. 
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.
C. 
No licensee shall permit any disorderly, lewd, dissolute, drunken or boisterous person, any person under the influence of 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.
A. 
Licensees shall post their licenses conspicuously at the location of the licensed exhibition or on the premises licensed.
B. 
No license shall be transferable from one person to another.
A. 
The Board of Trustees reserves the power to revoke any license issued under the provisions of this chapter at any time, in cases in which such licenses were procured by fraud or false representation of facts or for the violation of or failure to comply with any provision of this chapter by any licensee or servants, agents or employees of licensees, or the conviction of the licensee of any crime or offense involving moral turpitude, or conviction of any of his servants, agents or employees of any crime or offense involving moral turpitude committed on the location or premises licensed.
B. 
In the case of any public exhibition as described in § 86-1 of this chapter, such revocation may be without notice, and, upon the service of a notice of revocation by either person, mail or posting on the location for which a license is issued, said public exhibition shall cease operations immediately.
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a violation pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of New York, 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 continuance of an offense for each day (24 hours) shall be deemed a distinct and separate offense.