[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of West Haverstraw 3-3-1971 as Secs. 3-96 through 3-102 of the 1971 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Parades and assemblies — See Ch. 152.
Peddling and soliciting — See Ch. 164.
It shall be unlawful for any person to give any exhibition or performance for money or to maintain any place of public amusement in the Village until such person shall have obtained a license therefor and shall have paid to the Village a fee as set forth in Chapter A255, Fees. Such fees shall apply to:
A. 
Conducting or operating a circus or carnival.
B. 
Any theatrical performance to which an admission fee is charged, not wholly conducted by a local society or association and not conducted upon premises licensed under Subsection C.
C. 
Any person maintaining a building solely for theatrical performances or other public exhibitions.
D. 
Bowling alleys and shooting galleries.
E. 
Parades.
F. 
Other amusements, such as merry-go-rounds, riding galleries and other amusements not otherwise provided for, for which an admission is charged.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
The annual licenses provided for by § 135-1C and D shall expire on the January 1 subsequent to their granting, and such license fees shall be payable in advance on January 1 of each year, or upon the date of the application therefor for the balance of the year up to the next first of January, and shall not be prorated.
No building or place shall be licensed for any public exhibition or performance of any character until it shall have been inspected by the Chief of Police of the Town of Haverstraw or other designated official with reference to its means of exit and to its safety as a gathering place for an audience and until the Chief of Police of the Town of Haverstraw or other designated official shall have filed a written report with the Mayor recommending the building or place as a safe place for a public gathering with safe and sufficient means of exit; nor until such building or place shall have been inspected by the Chief of the Fire Department of the Village as to its freedom from danger from fire and as to its equipment of means for the extinguishment of fire and until the Chief of the Fire Department shall have filed with the Mayor a written report recommending such building or place as a safe place for a public gathering by reasons of its freedom from danger from fire and its protection against fire.
Every license required by this chapter shall be issued and signed by the Mayor of the Village and shall specify the fee to be paid therefor, the name of the licensee and the date of its expiration and shall be countersigned by the Village Clerk, who shall keep a record thereof and of the amount of the fee to be paid therefor. Upon presentation of such license to the Treasurer of the Village so signed and countersigned and upon the payment to the Treasurer of such fee, the Treasurer shall endorse thereon his receipt for the license fee; and such license shall not take effect until the receipt of the Treasurer shall have been endorsed thereon.
All buildings and places licensed for public exhibitions shall be at all times subject to the inspection and regulation both of the Chief of Police of the Town of Haverstraw and of the Chief of the Fire Department or other designated official with reference to safety, proper means of exit, freedom from danger from fire and protection against fire; and all licenses shall be granted only upon the understanding that they shall at once be revoked upon the filing with the Mayor of the report of either the Chief of Police of the Town of Haverstraw or the Chief of the Fire Department or other designated official that the licensed building or place is, for any reason therein stated, unsafe for a public gathering.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
[Amended 7-18-1984 by L.L. No. 2-1984]
Licenses for conducting or operating a carnival shall be granted only to organizations or societies and shall not be granted for a period in excess of six consecutive days. The Village Board may upon application grant an extension of time for an additional six consecutive days. Licenses for carnivals shall be so issued that a period of at least 14 days must elapse between the conclusion of one carnival and the commencement of another. No organization or society may obtain a license to conduct or operate more than one carnival in any ninety-day period.
A. 
Toilet facilities. Adequate chemical toilet facilities, approved by the Superintendent of Public Works, must be provided by the carnival.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
B. 
House trailers. House trailers used by carnivals and their concessionaire must be equipped with a chemical toilet.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
C. 
Disposal. The contents of all chemical toilets must be disposed of in a manner approved by the Superintendent of Public Works.
D. 
Inspection. The Village Board of Trustees shall cause to be inspected all chemical toilet installations to see that they comply with the Public Health Law and Sanitary Code. The violation of any of the above provisions shall be cause for the immediate revocation of a carnival license by the Village Board of Trustees.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter be punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than $250 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 15 days, or both.
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Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.