Town of Brookhaven, NY
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2023-09-18
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The Code
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Chapter 30 Fire Prevention
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Article XX Places of Assembly
- The Code
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Access to Public Records
- Ch 3 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 4 Amusements
- Ch 5 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 6 Traffic Violations Bureau
- Ch 7 Bidding Preferences
- Ch 7A Business Practices
- Ch 7B Green Procurement
- Ch 7C Energy Initiative
- Ch 8 Bay and Harbor Bottoms
- Ch 9 Beaches
- Ch 10 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 10A Feeding of Waterfowl and Pigeons
- Ch 11 Bingo
- Ch 13 Boat Control
- Ch 14 Houseboats
- Ch 15 Joseph Macchia Environmental Preservation Capital Reserve Fund
- Ch 15A Brookhaven Wildlife Experience Capital Reserve Fund
- Ch 15B Brookhaven Active Parkland Capital Reserve Fund
- Ch 16 Building Construction Administration
- Ch 16A Electrical Code
- Ch 17 (Reserved)
- Ch 18 Capital Budget System
- Ch 18A Clerk
- Ch 18B Operating Budget
- Ch 19 Commercial and Business Activities
- Ch 20 Departments and Bureaus
- Ch 21 Sewer Use
- Ch 21A Discrimination
- Ch 22 Docks
- Ch 23 Dog Control and Animal Welfare
- Ch 24 Dumps and Disposal Areas
- Ch 25 Economic Development Zone
- Ch 26 Business Development Districts
- Ch 27 Procedures for Ballot Propositions Proposing Ward Districts and Reapportionment Thereof
- Ch 28 Code of Ethics and Disclosure
- Ch 29A Fire District
- Ch 30 Fire Prevention
- Ch 30 Art XX Places of Assembly
- § 30-119 Permit required.
- § 30-120 Plan of exitways and aisles.
- § 30-121 Maximum allowable occupancy.
- § 30-122 Construction, maintenance and operation.
- § 30-123 Fire protection equipment.
- § 30-124 (Reserved)
- Ch 31 (Reserved)
- Ch 32 Community Choice Aggregation Energy Program
- Ch 34 Games of Chance
- Ch 34A Games and Amusement Devices
- Ch 36 Peddlers
- Ch 37 All-Terrain Vehicles
- Ch 38 Highways
- Ch 41 Deposits on Construction of New Homes
- Ch 42 Junk Dealers
- Ch 43 Drop-Off Bins
- Ch 44 Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Businesses
- Ch 45 Sanitation
- Ch 46 Recycling
- Ch 47 Petroleum Substances, Disposition of
- Ch 48 Graffiti and Defacement of Property
- Ch 49 Property Maintenance
- Ch 49A Public Hearings
- Ch 49B Nuisance Abatement
- Ch 50 Noise Control
- Ch 51 Refrigerators; Wells; Cisterns
- Ch 54 Licensing
- Ch 55 Child Protection Act
- Ch 57 Shellfish
- Ch 64 Employee Servicemember Benefits and Compensation Protection Act
- Ch 65 Taxation
- Ch 66 Towing Businesses
- Ch 67 Taxicabs
- Ch 68 Outdoor Furnaces
- Ch 71 Trespassing
- Ch 72 Trees and Debris, Disposition of
- Ch 73 Unsafe Buildings and Excavated Lands
- Ch 74 Brookhaven Port Jefferson Harbor Complex Waterway
- Ch 75 Vegetation on Beach Areas
- Ch 76 Coastal Erosion Hazard Areas
- Ch 77 Nature Preserves
- Ch 78 Water Resources
- Ch 78A Nitrogen Protection Zone
- Ch 79 Water
- Ch 83 Wooden Public Walks
- Ch 84 Notice of Defective or Dangerous Conditions
- Ch 90 Certificate of Registration Requirements for Expeditors
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Land Use Legislation
- Ch 29 Fees
- Ch 33 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 35 Grading
- Ch 52 Mining and/or Land Reclamation
- Ch 53 Sand and Gravel Pits; Excavation; Removal of Topsoil
- Ch 57A Signs
- Ch 61 Subdividers; Posting of Information
- Ch 70 Tree Preservation
- Ch 80 Critical Environmental Areas; Seqra Implementation
- Ch 81 Wetlands and Waterways
- Ch 82 Neighborhood Preservation
- Ch 85 Zoning
- Ch 86 Stormwater Management and Erosion Control
- Ch 86A Prohibition of Illicit Discharges and Connections to the Town of Brookhaven Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System
- Ch 87 Vacant Building Registration
- Ch 88 Blighted Property Restoration
- Ch 89 (Reserved)
- Appendix
- Ch SR Subdivision Regulations
[Amended 4-29-2021 by L.L. No. 7-2021, effective 5-14-2021]
A.
No place of assembly as defined in Subsection B of this section shall be maintained, operated or used as such without a permit.
B.
PLACE OF ASSEMBLY
Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
Any room, space, building or portion thereof used for gathering
together persons for such purposes as deliberation, worship, entertainment,
eating, drinking, amusement, awaiting transportation or similar purposes
when such room, space, building or portion thereof has a capacity
of 50 persons or more or has a net area available for use by the occupants
for assembly purposes of 500 square feet or more.
A plan showing the location of exitways and
of aisles leading thereto shall be submitted for approval to the Chief
Fire Marshal, and an approved copy shall be kept on display in the
premises.
A.
A maximum allowable occupancy for every place of assembly
or portion thereof shall be determined by the Chief Fire Marshal.
A suitable placard or sign, as approved by the Chief Fire Marshal,
shall be prominently displayed in each place of assembly or portion
thereof, indicating the maximum allowable occupancy. Said placard
or sign shall be readily visible to the occupants.
B.
The owner, operator, managing agent, manager or person
in charge of any place of assembly shall ensure that the maximum allowable
occupancy for any place of assembly or portion thereof is never exceeded.
The construction, repair, maintenance and operation
of every place of assembly shall be in accordance with the appropriate
standards of the NFPA.
All fire-detecting and extinguishing equipment
and systems and smoke and fire control doors, vents, devices and systems
in every place of assembly shall be maintained in full, proper, operative
condition at all times when said place of assembly or portion thereof
is occupied.
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Editor's Note: Former § 30-124,
Penalties for offenses, was repealed 5-21-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991,
effective 5-28-1991.
