This chapter is designed to promote the health, safety, morals and the
general welfare of this community, including the protection and the preservation
of the property of this town and of its inhabitants, and also of its peace
and good order.
No license shall be issued, and none shall be valid, for a period longer
than one year from the date of the issuance thereof, but in no event longer
than until the first day of January next succeeding such date of issuance.
No license issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be transferable,
and any holder of such a license who permits said license to be used by any
other person, and any other person who uses such a license, shall be deemed
to be guilty of a violation of the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 2-19-1986 by L.L. No. 2-1986]
For the privilege of conducting any of the amusements or exhibitions
which are referred to in this chapter, the following license
fees shall be paid to the Town Clerk:
C. Nondomestic animals: $100.
E. Feats of horsemanship: $100.
H. Billiard or pool parlor: $100.
K. For all other shows, exhibitions, performances or places
of amusement: $50 each.
Each licensee under the provisions of this chapter shall keep the same
on the premises where the amusement or the exhibition shall be located, and
such licensee shall produce and exhibit the same at any time upon demand therefor
being made by any police officer of this town. A refusal to comply with the
provisions of this section shall constitute presumptive evidence that such
person so refusing is conducting such amusement or exhibition without having
procured a license therefor pursuant to the requirements of this chapter,
and such a refusal shall be deemed to be a violation of the provisions of
this chapter.
All licenses which may be issued pursuant to the provisions of this
chapter, and all such licenses, at all times shall be subject to such additional
reasonable rules, regulations, restrictions and ordinances in respect to the
conducting of such amusements and exhibitions as hereafter may be adopted
by the Town Board.
All moneys which shall be received by the Town Clerk pursuant to the
provisions of this chapter forthwith shall be paid by him to the Supervisor
in the same manner as the Town Clerk is required to remit other town moneys.
[Amended 2-19-1986 by L.L. No. 2-1986]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon
conviction, be punishable by a fine not to exceed $250 or by imprisonment
for a term not to exceed 15 days, or both.