[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Rockville
Centre as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Secondhand automobile sales — See Ch. 93.
Building Code — See Ch. 112.
Open burning — See Ch. 135.
Firearms and explosives — See Ch. 178.
Fire prevention and control — See Ch. 185.
Licenses — See Ch. 222.
Smoke emission — See Ch. 276.
Planning Board; site plan review; subdivision of land — See Ch. 330.
Zoning — See Ch. 340.
[Adopted 2-22-1971 by L.L. No. 1-1971
as Ch. 69, Art. I, of the 1971 Code]
No person, persons, firm, association or corporation shall engage in
the business of conducting or operating a service station, public garage,
fuel station or repair station for the furnishing, dispensing or selling of
gasoline, oil, air or water to motor vehicles within the limits of the Village,
without a license. Said license shall be required both in the event such person,
persons, firm, association or corporation is engaged solely and exclusively
in said business, or said person, persons, firm, association or corporation
is engaged in said business as a part of or along with some other business.
[Amended 10-18-1971; 12-4-1972]
A.
The fee for the license required by the provisions of § 204-1 shall be at the levels fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Rockville Centre.
B.
All licenses issued hereunder shall expire on the first
day of October next succeeding the issuance thereof, and a license may be
issued by the Mayor, who is hereby empowered to issue such license, to the
person applying therefor, in the name of the Village. Every such license shall
be countersigned by the Clerk and have endorsed thereon the receipt of the
Treasurer showing payment to him of such license fee.
The license mentioned in the preceding section of this article may be
suspended or revoked at any time by the Mayor of the Village or by the Board
of Trustees thereof if such licensee shall violate any of the provisions of
any other ordinance of the Village or do anything to the detriment of the
safety, health, comfort and general welfare of the inhabitants of the Village
or visitors thereto.
Every person holding a license under any provision of this article shall
exhibit the same upon the demand of any person and shall report to the Chief
of Police and the Village Clerk any change of residence or place of business
within three days of such change. All such service stations shall be regularly
inspected.
Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this article
shall be liable for and forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than $25 for
each violation thereof, for the use of said Village. Any violation of this
article or any part thereof shall constitute disorderly conduct, and any person
violating this article or any part thereof shall be and is hereby declared
a disorderly person.
[Adopted 2-22-1971 by L.L. No. 1-1971
as Ch. 69, Art. II, of the 1971 Code]
[Amended 6-7-1976 by L.L.
No. 1-1976]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or
offer for sale at retail, for use in internal-combustion engines in motor
vehicles, any gasoline unless such sellers shall post and keep continuously
posted on the individual pump or other dispensing device from which gasoline
is sold or offered for sale a sign or placard not less than seven inches in
height and eight inches in width, nor larger than 12 inches in height and
12 inches in width, and stating clearly and legibly, in numbers at least six
inches in height, three inches in width and one inch in stroke, the selling
price per gallon, including taxes, of such gasoline offered for sale from
such pump or other dispensing device, together with the name, trade name,
brand, mark or symbol, and grade or quality classification, if any, of such
gasoline. Numerals indicating fractions of a cent shall be 1/2 the size of
other numerals.
The amount of governmental tax to be collected in connection with the
sale of such gasoline shall be stated on such sign or placard and separately
and apart from such selling price or prices.
No sign or placard stating the price or prices of gasoline other than
such signs or placards as hereinbefore provided shall be posted or maintained
on the premises on which said gasoline is sold or offered for sale.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or
offer for sale gasoline at retail in any manner so as to deceive the purchasers
as to the price, quality or identity thereof, or sell or to offer for sale
from any pump or dispensing device any gasoline other than gasoline manufactured
or distributed by the manufacturer or distributor marketing such gasoline
under the name, trade name, brand, symbol or mark affixed to or maintained
on such pump or other dispensing device, or to substitute, mix or adulterate
gasoline sold or offered for sale under a trade name, name, brand, symbol
or mark.
Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this article
shall be liable to a fine of not exceeding $100, and any violation thereof
shall constitute and is hereby declared to be disorderly conduct, and any
person or persons violating this article or any provision thereof shall be
and is hereby declared a disorderly person.
