[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Rockville
Centre 2-28-1983 by L.L. No. 4-1983. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Amended 4-24-1995 by L.L.
No. 3-1995]
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Rockville Centre declares and
finds it to be in the public interest to provide for the regulation of the
installation and maintenance of security gates within the Village of Rockville
Centre in accordance with the aesthetic character of the area and to preserve
safety and property values throughout the business district of the Village.
[Amended 4-24-1995 by L.L.
No. 4-1995]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Areas located wholly or partly within the following use districts, as defined in Chapter 340, Zoning, of this Code:
A barrier, screen or cover located behind a door, window or other
opening used for purposes of securing premises by preventing access or blocking
passage to the interior of the premises but which enables the viewing of the
interior of the premises from outside the premises.
[Amended 4-24-1995 by L.L.
No. 5-1995]
A.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply only to security
gates located behind doors, windows or other openings facing or fronting on
a public road or highway located within a business district.
B.
All security gates which have been installed in accordance with the permit process provided for in § 268-5 and which are in existence prior to the date of the adoption of this chapter and which do not comply with the provisions of said chapter shall be made to comply with the provisions of this chapter within five years of the date of adoption of this chapter or shall be removed.
A.
No solid metal barrier, screen or cover shall be erected
or maintained in front of or behind doors, windows or other openings facing
or fronting on a public road or highway located within a business district.
All metal barriers, screens or covers shall be installed only behind doors,
windows or other openings facing or fronting on a public road or highway located
within a business district.
[Amended 4-24-1995 by L.L.
No. 6-1995]
B.
All security gates shall be of such a type as will not
prevent the viewing of the interior of the premises from outside the premises.
C.
When a security gate is not in use, it shall be removed
or stored in such a manner so as not to be visible from the exterior of the
premises.
D.
No security gate shall be placed in such a manner that
it blocks any active emergency exit at any time in which the business is open
to the public or to any employees.
[Added 4-24-1995 by L.L.
No. 6-1995]
E.
All installations of any security gate must be in accordance
with the standards set forth by the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention
and Building Code, as interpreted by the Superintendent, Department of Buildings.
[Added 4-24-1995 by L.L.
No. 6-1995]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to commence work
on the erection or alteration of or to erect, alter or maintain any security
gate until a permit has been duly issued upon application therefor.
B.
The Building Department shall require that the application
for a permit shall be accompanied by a set of plans indicating the proposed
location and dimensions of said security gate and a description of the type
of said security gate.
C.
No permit shall be issued until the Superintendent, Department
of Buildings, examined and approved, in writing, the proposed security gate
as complying with all the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 4-24-1995 by L.L.
No. 7-1995]
D.
Permits shall expire three months following the date
of issuance if no substantial work is begun and may be renewed upon written
application to the Superintendent, Department of Buildings.
[Amended 4-24-1995 by L.L.
No. 7-1995]
The fee for a permit for the erection, alteration or maintenance of
a security gate shall be at the level fixed from time to time by resolution
of the Board of Trustees. Said fee shall be submitted at the time the application
is presented to the Building Department.
For each and every violation of the provisions of this chapter, the
owner, general agent or contractor of a building or premises where such violation
has been committed or shall exist, and the lessee or tenant of an entire building
or entire premises where such violation has been committed or shall exist,
and the owner, general agent, contractor, lessee or tenant of any part of
a building or premises in which part such violation has been committed or
shall exist, and the general agent, architect, builder, contractor or any
person who knowingly commits, takes part in, allows or assists in any violation
or who maintains any building or premises in which any such violation shall
exist shall be guilty of a violation against this chapter, which violation
shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $250 or imprisonment for a period
not to exceed 15 days, or both. Each day's continued violation shall constitute
a separate and distinct additional violation.
[Amended 4-24-1995 by L.L.
No. 8-1995]
It shall be the duty of the Superintendent, Department of Buildings,
and he is hereby given the power and authority, to enforce the
provisions of this chapter.
