[Amended 4-27-2022 by L.L. No. 10-2022]
A. Any person or persons, associations, corporations
or entities that violate this chapter or any section or provision
thereof are guilty of an offense punishable by a fine as indicated
hereinbelow or imprisonment for a period not to exceed 15 days, or
by both fine and imprisonment, and each day's continued violation
shall constitute a separate offense:
[Amended [Amended 12-20-2023 by L.L. No. 25-2023]]
(1) First offense: not less than $500 nor more than $2,500.
(2) Second offense committed within five years of the
first offense: not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000.
(3) Third or subsequent offense committed within five
years of the first offense: not less than $1,500 nor more than $10,000
and, additionally, in the case of vehicle operators, revocation of
permit for a minimum of one year, after which reinstatement shall
be based on a complete new application process, including fingerprints.
B. Any person or entity found by the Bureau of Administrative Adjudication to have violated this chapter is likewise subject to a monetary penalty in an amount within the range of fines authorized in Subsection
A for a first offense and subsequent offenses, and is likewise subject to permit revocation after a third violation as set forth therein, whether adjudicated in a criminal proceeding or in a proceeding before the Bureau of Administrative Adjudication.
C. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the
Town may bring an injunction proceeding to enforce this chapter.
D. Notwithstanding conviction for a violation hereunder
and imposition of a fine and/or imprisonment therefor or any liability
finding by the Bureau of Administrative Adjudication, any license,
certificate or permit holder shall also be liable to suspension, revocation
or future disapproval of any license, certificate or permit held by
him or her in his or her own or any business or corporate name for
any offense against this chapter. The provisions contained in this
chapter regarding disapproval, suspension and revocation shall be
controlling to effectuate any disapproval, suspension or revocation
shall be controlling to effectuate any disapproval, suspension or
revocation provided for herein.
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 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.
The Town Clerk may issue a driver's or owner's
license without the application required under this chapter to any
person who shall submit a certified copy of a license issued by any
municipality other than the Town of Babylon whose licensing requirements
are substantially the equivalent of those established by this chapter
if such municipality extends similar reciprocity to licensees of the
Town of Babylon. In such a case, the location of business offices,
as required by this chapter, may be located in such other municipality.
When another licensing municipality shall require operators licensed
under this chapter to obtain an additional license for prearranged
pickups within its borders, any operator licensed by such municipality
who makes any prearranged pickups within the borders of the Town of
Babylon shall be required to obtain a prearranged trip license.