As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
APPLICANT
Any person applying for a license or the renewal of an approved
license under this chapter.
APPROVED LICENSE
The license issued by the Village Clerk at the direction
of and pursuant to the permission granted by the Superintendent for
a place of public assembly to operate, only after receipt of information
indicates that all applicable requirements of this chapter have been
complied with.
CABARET
Any room, place or space wherein musical entertainment, singing,
dancing in a designated area or other form of amusement or entertainment
is permitted in conjunction with the sale or service of food or drink
to the public, except such places providing musical entertainment
by mechanical means without dancing or by having musical entertainment
of not more than three musical instruments consisting of a piano,
organ, accordian, string instrument or any combination thereof without
any means of electrical or electronic amplification connected directly
thereto. For purposes of this chapter, the term "cabaret" includes
the terms "nightclub" and "discotheque."
CATERING ESTABLISHMENT
Any room, place or space which is used, leased or hired out
in the business of serving food and drink for a particular function,
occasion or event and to which the general public is not invited and
wherein music, entertainment and/or dancing may or may not be provided.
DANCE HALL
Any room, place or space in which dancing is carried on and
to which the public may gain admission either with or without the
payment of a fee.
LICENSE
Whenever used in this chapter, shall also apply to the terms
"temporary license" or "approved license."
PERSON
An individual, partnership, club, corporation, association,
society or any other organized group of persons and shall include
the officers, directors, stockholders and trustees thereof.
PLACE OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY
Any room, place or space which is occupied or arranged to
be occupied for recreational, amusement, social, sports, religious,
patriotic, civic, travel and similar purposes and shall include assembly
halls, lecture rooms, exhibition halls, museums, auditoriums, instruction
rooms, dance halls or studios; places of public exhibition for the
conduct of such activities and events as an outdoor music concert,
a circus, fair, carnival, menagerie, caravan of animals, animal show,
exhibition of any natural or artificial curiosity or other performance
or exhibition of such nature; cabarets, night clubs, discotheques,
restaurants, luncheonettes, diners, social clubs, bottle clubs; bars,
grilles or a combination thereof; any room or space used for private
banquets, feasts, socials, card parties, bingo or weddings; halls
used for public or private catering purposes; hotels, motels or boatels;
lodge or meeting halls or rooms; skating rinks, gymnasiums, swimming
pools, billiard rooms, bowling alleys and archery ranges, other than
those designed or intended exclusively for recreational home use;
funeral parlors, tattoo parlors and ice cream parlors; private or
parochial schools; recreation rooms and arcades, including those containing
pinball machines, mechanical or electromechanical games or video games,
and which charge a fee for admission or for the use of said machinery
or equipment; concert halls, broadcasting studios, theaters, motion-picture
theaters; passenger stations and terminals of air, surface, underground
and marine public transportation facilities; or any other building,
shed or enclosure, whether indoor or outdoor, coming within the occupancy
and other similar classifications of this section as determined by
the officer charged with the enforcement of this chapter.
RESTAURANT
A public eating place which is regularly used and kept open
for the serving of food for compensation and which has suitable kitchen
facilities connected therewith containing conveniences for cooking
and kept in a sanitary condition.
SOCIAL CLUB
Any place or establishment, other than a restaurant, cabaret,
catering establishment, dance hall, bar or grille, whose social features
are a material part of its activities and necessary to its existence
and not merely incidental, whether or not having a liquor license
and where food, alcohol or alcoholic beverages are dispensed or where
music, entertainment or recreation is taking place, whether or not
an admission fee, membership fee, dues or the like is charged. For
the purposes of this chapter, the term "social club" shall include
the term "bottle club."
SUPERINTENDENT
The legally designated officer in charge of the Department
of Buildings of the Incorporated Village of Freeport, New York, or
his authorized representatives. Whenever the term "Superintendent"
is used in this chapter, it shall be synonymous with the term "Superintendent
of the Department of Buildings."
TEMPORARY LICENSE
A license issued by the Village Clerk pursuant to the direction
of the Superintendent, for a limited period of time, pending the Superintendent's
determination on the grant or denial of an approved license.
THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF FREEPORT
For the purpose of enforcement of this chapter, that area
within the geographical confines of the Village wherein the Superintendent
has jurisdiction.
VILLAGE BOARD
The Board of Trustees and Mayor of the Incorporated Village
of Freeport.
VILLAGE CLERK
The Clerk of the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village
of Freeport or his duly authorized representatives, including the
Deputy Village Clerk and the Registrar.