This Town Board, in order to promote proper government and to ensure
the proper protection, order, conduct, safety, health, welfare and well-being
of persons or property within the Town of Wallkill, finds it is in the public
interest to enact this chapter. This chapter shall regulate the assembly of
persons, where such assembly exceeds 5,000 persons, in public places within
the Town of Wallkill.
No person shall use or allow, let or permit to be used property for
the assembly of persons in excess of 5,000 unless a written permit authorizing
such use shall have been obtained from the Town Board.
The Town Board, before issuing any permit, shall require the approval
of any or all of the following applicable governmental agencies:
A. The Orange County Health Department, the Town Sanitary
Inspector, the Town Health Officer and the New York State Water Resources
Commission as to any proposed sanitary sewage disposal system.
B. The Orange County Health Department, the Town Building
Inspector, the Town Sanitary Inspector, the Town Health Officer and the New
York State Water Resources Commission as to any proposed system for the supply,
storage and distribution of water.
C. The Orange County Highway Department, the New York State
Department of Transportation, the Orange County Sheriff's Department, the
New York State Police, the Chief Engineer of the controlling fire district,
the Fire Commissioners of the controlling fire district and the Fire Advisory
Board of the Town of Wallkill as to the proposed parking area and the means
of ingress and egress to such parking area.
D. The Zoning Board of Appeals and Building Inspector as
to the proposed type, number and location of any sound-producing equipment.
E. The Orange County Health Department and the Town Health
Officer as to the proposed method of preparing, selling or distributing food
or beverage and the removal of trash, rubbish or garbage arising therefrom.
F. The police of the Town of Wallkill, the Orange County
Sheriff's Department and the New York State Police as to any proposed private
security or police protection.
G. The Chief Engineer of the controlling fire district,
the Fire Commissioners of the controlling fire district, the Fire Advisory
Board of the Town of Wallkill and the Fire Coordinator of Orange County as
to any proposed fire protection system.
H. The Zoning Board of Appeals and Building Inspector as
to any proposed outdoor lights and signs.
I. The Orange County Health Department and Town Health Officer
as to any proposed facilities for emergency medical or nursing treatment.
J. The Town Building Inspector and the Zoning Board of Appeals
as to any proposed camping or housing facilities.
The town may deny the issuance of a permit if it shall find that any of the items as set forth in §
74-4 of this chapter are insufficient to properly safeguard the safety, health, welfare and well-being of persons or property or if the necessary approval of any governmental agency as set forth in §
74-5 of this chapter is not obtained. In no event shall the town withhold its written approval or denial of a permit for a period in excess of 10 days after a full submission to it by an applicant, except by an extension in writing given by the applicant.
If, after a permit is issued, the Town Board, through its lawful agents, determines that any of the items as set forth in §
74-4 of this chapter and as specified in the applicant's verified petition in support of the application for a permit are not adhered to and accomplished within a reasonable time of the date or dates set for the assembly and through the time of the assembly or if the necessary approval of any governmental agency as set forth in §
74-5 is revoked at any time, such permit shall become null and void.
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The applicant shall pay to the town a fee, which amount shall be set
by resolution of the Town Board, at such time as he submits his application,
which fee shall be returned by the town if such permit is not issued.
This chapter shall not apply to an assembly of persons held on the Orange
County Fairgrounds.