[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Southampton as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Peace and good order — See Ch. 82.
Solicitation on private property — See Ch. 84, Peddling and Soliciting, Art. I.
[Adopted 4-10-1970]
A. 
No person, firm or corporation shall conduct any circus or menagerie, carousel, merry-go-round, children's ride, adult ride, circus, carnival, tent show, music festival, exhibition or performance, nor any shooting gallery or open-air exhibition or performance of any kind whatsoever within the corporate limits of the Village of Southampton without first applying to the Board of Trustees for a license to conduct such activity, by filing a written application with the Village Clerk at least 14 days prior to the earliest date for which the license is to be effective, and without first having received such license from the Board of Trustees, a filing fee of $25 to be paid to the Village Clerk when the application is filed.
B. 
The provisions of this article shall not be deemed to require a license for the following:
[Added 8-10-1990 by L.L. No. 11-1990]
(1) 
A music festival, exhibition or performance, under Village auspices, conducted in a park, recreational facility or other property owned or operated by the Village of Southampton pursuant to authorization issued by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Southampton.
(2) 
Any music festival, arts exhibition or other similar performance conducted by or sponsored by any bona fide not-for-profit tax-exempt club, society or association organized or incorporated for benevolent, charitable, educational, dramatic or literary purposes, having an established membership and which holds meetings other than such festivals, exhibitions or performances at regular intervals, when the proceeds, if any, arising from such activities are used solely for the aforesaid purposes of such club, society or association.
Such application shall be made in writing and shall have annexed thereto a map or diagram indicating with reference to streets the proposed location where such exhibition or performance is to be held, together with the proposed boundaries of the grounds to be occupied and employed by such performance or exhibition.
The Village Clerk shall examine said application and map or diagram and shall determine, with the assistance of the Village Highway Commissioner, whether said application complies with the requirements for the issuance of a license as herein set forth.
A. 
No license shall be issued for any show, performance or exhibition as aforesaid if the Village Clerk shall find that six or more dwelling houses are located within a circle defined by using a radius of 1/2 mile, taking as a center point the center point of the showgrounds or exhibition grounds as indicated upon said map or diagram. Said center point shall be determined by using the center point of the smallest circle which will entirely encompass all parts and portions of such showgrounds or exhibition grounds as indicated on said map or diagram.
B. 
A license shall be issued only if the proposed activity is sponsored by and is under the auspices of some local charitable, fraternal, civic or religious organization as shall have been approved by the Board of Trustees, such approval being granted primarily on the basis of the aims and objectives of such organization and the assurance that its funds may not be diverted to the benefit of private individuals; such assurance shall be presumed as to those organizations which have been approved by the United States Internal Revenue Service as exempt from the requirements of federal income tax provisions.
C. 
Any applicant for a license shall be required to provide free automobile parking space adjacent to the premises to be used, occupying an area at least twice the area to be used for the undertaking to which the license shall apply, and to provide and maintain sanitary latrines of a number and type approved by the Suffolk County Department of Health, for the use of persons engaged in conducting the undertaking to which the license shall apply and for the patrons of the said licensed undertaking during the license period.
D. 
No license shall be issued unless it is demonstrated to the Board of Trustees that the proposed activity will not adversely affect the public health, safety or welfare.
[Amended 1-29-1982 by L.L. No. 1-1982; 7-11-2002 by L.L. No. 1-2002; 8-13-2020 by L.L. No. 7-2020]
Any person who violates this article or fails to comply with any of its requirements shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties provided in Article II of Chapter 1 of the Code of the Village of Southampton.
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Editor's Note: Former Art. II, Public Entertainment, adopted 9-14-1979 by L.L. No. 3-1979, as amended, was repealed 2-12-2004 by L.L. No. 2-2004.