As a legislative determination, it is deemed necessary to the safety,
health and general welfare of the inhabitants of the Village of Elmsford that
certain coin-operated laundry and dry-cleaning machines and establishments
within said village be regulated and restricted, as hereinafter set forth
in order to prevent injury and damage to persons and property in the village
and to eliminate conditions dangerous to the safety, health and general welfare
of said inhabitants of the Village.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, when used in this chapter, the following
words and phrases shall have the meaning herein respectively ascribed to them:
PERSON
Includes one or more persons, firms, partnerships or corporations
and the employees, agents or officers thereof.
PREMISES
Any place, whether self-service or otherwise, maintained for use
of and by the general public for the purpose of washing, drying and/or dry-cleaning
of clothing, apparel or other fabrics or household articles, by or in automatic
or coin-operated machines, excepting, however, such places in private homes
and apartment houses used solely by residents thereof.
VILLAGE CLERK
The duly appointed Village Clerk of the Village of Elmsford, or Deputy
Clerk thereof.
It shall be unlawful for any person to establish, maintain or operate
a coin-operated laundry and/or coin-operated dry-cleaning establishment in
any premises in the Village of Elmsford without a license therefor.
Each such license shall expire on the 31st day of August following the
date of its issuance unless sooner suspended or revoked by the Board of Trustees
of the village. Such license shall not be transferable from person to person
or from the location for which it was originally issued.
The Board of Trustees may, at any time, for violation of this chapter
or of any applicable law, regulation or ordinance or such other cause as the
Board of Trustees, upon investigation and after a hearing, deems sufficient,
suspend or revoke any license granted under the provisions of this chapter.
Notice in writing of the proposed suspension or revocation and the reason
or reasons therefor, and of the time and place of a hearing to be held thereon
by the Board of Trustees, shall be served upon the licensee either personally
or by certified or registered mail to the business address given in the application
at least 10 days prior to the hearing. Whenever any license shall be so revoked,
no refund of any unearned portion of the license fee shall be made. No license
shall be granted to any person whose license has been revoked within a period
of two years from the date of such revocation, except in the discretion of
the Village Clerk.
All coin-operated laundry and/or dry-cleaning machines and locations
must be approved by the village departments having jurisdiction, prior to
the installation of machinery. A floor plan showing the business premises
and the location, type and manner of installation of all equipment shall be
submitted with each license application.
[Amended 11-6-2000 by L.L. No. 7-2000; 7-10-2006
by L.L. No. 4-2006]
Any person maintaining or conducting or carrying on or operating a coin-operated
laundry and/or a coin-operated dry-cleaning establishment violating the provisions
of this chapter shall be subject to a fine or penalty of $500 for each violation
thereof for any offense. Each day or fraction of a day on which each such
violation shall continue shall be construed as a separate and distinct offense.