[Amended 11-30-1981 by L.L. No. 10-1981]
A. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all
licenses issued by the Village, except where different provisions
are specifically provided for by other legislation.
B. Application for any license shall be made in writing
to the Village Clerk and shall state fully the purpose for which such
license is sought. Such license shall be signed by the Village Clerk
or Deputy Village Clerk. Whenever a fee is to be paid for a license,
the Village Clerk or Deputy Village Clerk shall endorse such license
to show the receipt of such fee and the amount thereof, and no license
shall have any force or effect unless the provisions hereof are fully
complied with.
[Amended 1-22-2008 by L.L. No. 3-2008]
Every license issued with the approval (if needed)
by the Board of Trustees in pursuance of the provisions of this chapter
shall be countersigned by the Clerk of the Village. Said Clerk shall
collect the fees for all licenses granted and shall remit said fees
to the Village Treasurer to be applied to the general fund of the
Village.
Whenever the Board of Trustees prescribes the
terms and conditions of any license, or whenever a bond is required,
the Village Clerk shall not issue a license until the application
therefor shall have been submitted to the Board of Trustees and its
approval endorsed thereon; otherwise the Village Clerk shall issue
any license without further authorization.
[Amended 1-22-2008 by L.L. No. 3-2008]
License expirations are to be set by the Board
of Trustees and the Office of the Village Clerk, amended as needed
by resolution. Some expiration dates are set as follows:
License Type
|
Expiration Date
|
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Taxi drive
|
August 14
|
Taxicab
|
March 14
|
Crabbing
|
December 31
|
Landscaper
|
December 31
|
No license shall be assignable or transferable,
and the assignment, transfer or attempted assignment or transfer of
any license, or the use or attempted use of said license, contrary
to the purpose for which it was issued shall effect the immediate
cancellation of such license.
Any license shall be shown upon demand to any
public officer or other person entitled to inspect the same.
No person holding any license under the provisions
of this chapter shall violate any condition of the same or any rule
or regulation of the Board of Trustees governing the same.
The Board of Trustees shall have at all times
the power to suspend, cancel or revoke any license, any provision
of any ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding, when the holder
of said license has violated any condition of the same.
[Amended 1-22-2008 by L.L. No. 3-2008]
The Board of Trustees shall have at all times
the power to cancel and revoke any license, any provision of any ordinance
to the contrary notwithstanding; however, when the safety, health,
comfort and general welfare of the public requires it, the Village
Clerk may suspend any license. Said suspension shall be immediate
and cover any and all rights and/or privileges granted in said license.
No person whose license has been suspended or revoked shall exercise
any right or privilege granted in said license.
A license shall be issued only to a person who
shall be deemed fit for the purpose for which the application is made.
A license shall not be issued for any purpose which, in the judgment
of the Board of Trustees, shall be likely to disturb the peace and
good order of the Village or to be improper or immoral.
[Amended 2-25-1958; 4-9-1974; 11-30-1981 by L.L. No. 10-1981; 6-22-2004 by L.L. No.
2-2004]
The Village Clerk shall collect fees in the
amount set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees
for the following types of licenses and permits before issuing any
such license or permit:
A. For each peddler or hawker.
B. For each peddler or hawker using horse and wagon.
C. For each peddler, hawker or vendor using a motor vehicle.
E. For collecting garbage or refuse or cleaning cesspools,
for each vehicle used.
F. For conducting any retail transient business for any
period.
G. For conducting any retail or wholesale business on
any vacant property or public place, whether open air or in a tent,
truck or vehicle.
H. For a pool- or billiard room.
I. For a circus, carnival, merry-go-round and all open-air
itinerate shows and exhibitions, for each day.
J. For each excavation in a street or public place
K. For removal of a building.
M. For a tow truck on the accident roster.
O. For a cab driver's license.
P. For a cab driver's temporary license and renewal.
Q. For a fishing and crabbing license.
R. For any vehicle using any municipal dock in connection
with a commercial business of collecting, picking up or buying clams
and seafood, for each vehicle annually.
S. For any license or permit for which no fee is provided
T. For landscapers.
[Added 10-11-2005 by L.L. No. 2-2005]
U. For professional
photos in Argyle Park. Fee to be set by resolution by the Board of
Trustees. Photos prohibited in the Memorial Garden.
[Added 4-12-2016 by L.L.
No. 5-2016]
Whenever by this chapter any license is required,
the person obtaining such license shall pay therefor to the Village
Clerk for the use of the Village such fee as shall be established
from time to time by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Babylon;
provided, however, that this section shall not apply in cases where
a fee is provided otherwise in the Code of the Village of Babylon.
[Added 11-30-1981 by L.L. No. 10-1981]
A. Any person committing an offense against any provision
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, 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 continuation of
an offense against the provisions of this chapter shall constitute,
for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense
hereunder.
B. In addition or as an alternative to the above-provided
penalties, the Board of Trustees may also maintain an action or proceeding
in the name of the Village in a court of competent jurisdiction to
compel compliance with or to restrain by injunction the violation
of this chapter.