Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
APPLICANT
Any person applying for license under this chapter.
APPROVED LICENSE
The permission granted by the Superintendent for a place
of public assembly to operate, only after receipt of information indicates
that all applicable requirements of this chapter have been complied
with.
CABARET
Any room, place or space wherein musical entertainment, singing,
dancing or other form of amusement or entertainment is permitted in
conjunction with the sale or service of food or drink to the public.
CATERING ESTABLISHMENT
Any room, place or space which is used, leased or hired out
in the business of serving food and drink for a particular function,
occasion or event, and to which the general public is not invited
and wherein music, entertainment and/or dancing may or may not be
provided.
DANCE HALL
Any room, place or space in which dancing is carried on and
to which the public may gain admission either with or without the
payment of a fee.
LICENSE
Whenever the term "license" is used in this chapter, it shall
also apply to the terms "temporary license" or "approved license."
PERSON
An individual, partnership, club, corporation, association,
society or any other organized group of persons, and shall include
the officers, directors, members, stockholders and trustees thereof.
PLACE OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY
Any room, place or space which is occupied or arranged to
be occupied for recreational, amusement, social, sports, religious,
patriotic, civic, travel and similar purposes, exclusive of residential
properties and shall include assembly halls, lecture rooms, exhibition
halls, tents, museums, auditoriums, instruction rooms, dance halls
or studios, cabarets, nightclubs, restaurants; any room or space used
for private banquets, feasts, socials, card parties, bingo or weddings;
lodge or meeting halls or rooms; skating rinks, gymnasiums, swimming
pools, billiard rooms, bowling alleys, archery ranges, halls used
for public or private catering purposes; funeral parlors, private
and parochial schools, recreation rooms, concert halls, broadcasting
studios, theaters, motion-picture theaters; passenger stations and
terminals of air, surface, underground and marine public transportation
facilities; or any other building, shed or enclosure, whether indoor
or outdoor, coming within the occupancy and other similar classifications
of this section as determined by the officer charged with the enforcement
of this section.
RESTAURANT
A public eating place which is regularly used and kept open
for the serving of food for compensation and which has suitable kitchen
facilities connected therewith, containing conveniences for cooking.
SUPERINTENDENT
The legally designated officer in charge of the Department
of Buildings of the Village of East Rockaway, New York, or his authorized
representatives. Whenever the term "Superintendent" is used in this
chapter, it shall be synonymous with the term "Superintendent of the
Department of Buildings."
TEMPORARY LICENSE
A license granted by the Superintendent for a limited period
of time, pending determination on the granting or denial of an approved
license.
VILLAGE OF EAST ROCKAWAY
For the purpose of enforcement of this chapter, the Village
of East Rockaway shall be considered that area within the geographical
confines of the township wherein the Superintendent has jurisdiction.