Town of Islip, NY
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2024-01-23
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The Code
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Chapter 19 Fire Prevention
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Article XX Places of Assembly
- The Code
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 1A Ordinances: Notice and Publication
- Ch 1B Alternate Members
- Ch 2 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 3 Assessor, Department of
- Ch 3A Aviation and Transportation Department
- Ch 3B (Reserved)
- Ch 3C Off-Airport Rental Car Businesses
- Ch 3D (Reserved)
- Ch 3E (Reserved)
- Ch 3F (Reserved)
- Ch 4 Bicycles
- Ch 4A Skateboards
- Ch 5 Bingo
- Ch 6 American Flag, Desecration of
- Ch 6A Property Maintenance
- Ch 7 Pesticides
- Ch 8 Cannabis
- Ch 9 Collateral Loan Brokers
- Ch 9A Cable Television Regulations
- Ch 10 Capital Budgeting System
- Ch 10A Environmental Control Department
- Ch 10B Comptroller, Department of
- Ch 11 Conservation of Energy
- Ch 12 Animals
- Ch 13 Nature Preserve Trust
- Ch 13A Environmental Council
- Ch 13B Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 14 Code of Ethics and Financial Disclosure Law
- Ch 15 Excavations and Topsoil Removal
- Ch 16 Excavations in Streets
- Ch 17 Fair Employment Practices
- Ch 17A Residency of Town Employees
- Ch 17B Retirement Incentive Program
- Ch 17C Nonunion Fringe Benefits
- Ch 18 Criminal Background Checks
- Ch 19 Fire Prevention
- Ch 19 Art XX Places of Assembly
- § 19-119 Permit required.
- § 19-120 Floor plan required of exitways and aisles.
- § 19-121 Maximum allowable occupancy.
- § 19-122 Construction, maintenance and operation.
- § 19-123 Fire protection equipment.
- § 19-124 (Reserved)
- Ch 21 Solid Waste
- Ch 21A (Reserved)
- Ch 22 Games of Chance
- Ch 23 Government: Continuity
- Ch 23A Graffiti
- Ch 24 Defense of Officers, Employees and Appointed Officers
- Ch 25 Hospital Zones
- Ch 25A Housebarges
- Ch 26 Housing: Discriminatory Practices
- Ch 27 Civil Service, Department of
- Ch 28 Human Services, Department of
- Ch 28A Ice Cream Trucks
- Ch 29 Junkyards and Scrap Metal Processing Facilities
- Ch 30 Ladders on Bulkheads
- Ch 31 Licenses and Permits: Issuance
- Ch 32 Littering
- Ch 33 Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 34 Memorial and Independence Days
- Ch 35 Noise
- Ch 35A Nudity on Public Beaches
- Ch 36 Parades, Assemblies and Carnivals
- Ch 36A Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department
- Ch 37 Parks, Swimming Pools, Marinas, Boats and Waterways
- Ch 38 Tobacco and Cannabis
- Ch 39 Peddlers
- Ch 39A Planning and Development, Department of
- Ch 40 Plumbers: Licensing
- Ch 40A Public Nuisances
- Ch 40B Public Safety Enforcement, Department of
- Ch 41 Public Works Department
- Ch 42 Racetracks
- Ch 42A Receiver of Taxes, Department of
- Ch 43 Sales of Personal Property
- Ch 43A Sewers
- Ch 44 Shellfish
- Ch 45 Shopping Carts: Unlawful Taking, Misuse and Abandonment
- Ch 46 Solicitors and Canvassers
- Ch 47 Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 47A Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 47B Subdivision Improvements
- Ch 47C Supervisor, Department of
- Ch 48 Taxation: Partial Exemption for Senior Citizens
- Ch 48A Taxation: Business Exemption
- Ch 48B Taxation: Homestead Base Proportion
- Ch 48C Taxation: Handicapped Improvement Exemption
- Ch 48D Taxation: Partial Exemption for Veterans
- Ch 48E Taxation: Business Investment Exemption
- Ch 48F Taxation: Home Improvement Exemption
- Ch 48G Taxation: Exemption for Persons With Disabilities
- Ch 48H Taxation: Exemption for Volunteer Fire Fighter and Ambulance Workers
- Ch 48I Taxation: Exemption for Cold War Veterans
- Ch 48J Taxation: Superstorm Sandy Assessment Relief
- Ch 49 Taxicabs
- Ch 49A Terms of Office
- Ch 50 Town Attorney, Department of
- Ch 50A Town Board, Office of
- Ch 50B Town Clerk, Department of
- Ch 51 Towing Businesses
- Ch 52 Traffic Safety Board
- Ch 52A (Reserved)
- Ch 53 Empire Zone
- Ch 54 Trailers and Trailer Camps
- Ch 55 Trapping
- Ch 56 Trawling and Eel Dredging
- Ch 57 Trees
- Ch 58 Trespassing
- Ch 59 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 60 Abandoned and Impounded Property
- Ch 60A Vehicles, Off-Road
- Ch 61 Vehicular Uses: Fire Island
- Ch 62 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 63 (Reserved)
- Ch 64 Water Districts: Rules and Regulations
- Ch 65 (Reserved)
- Ch 66 Water Quality
- Ch 67 Wetlands and Watercourses
- Ch 68 Zoning
- Ch 69 Administrative Adjudication, Bureau of
- Appendix
- Ch A78 Zoning Appendix
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Traffic Code
- Part I: The Traffic Law
- Ch TC1 General Provisions
- Ch TC2 Traffic Regulations
- Ch TC3 Parking Regulations
- Ch TC4 Off-Street Parking Areas
- Ch TC5 Commercial Vehicles; Weight Limits
- Ch TC6 Removal and Storage of Vehicles
- Ch TC7 Parking Violations Bureau
- Ch TC8 Metered Parking
- Part II: The Schedules
- Sch A Traffic Control Signals
- Sch B (Reserved)
- Sch C Prohibited Turns
- Sch D U-Turns
- Sch E One-Way Streets
- Sch F Parking Area Exits and Entrances
- Sch G Stop and Yield Intersections
- Sch H Speed Limits on Certain Streets
- Sch I School Speed Limits
- Sch J Parking, Stopping and Standing Restrictions
- Sch K Parking for Shopping Centers, Apartment Complexes, Hospitals, Fire Districts and Industrial Parks
- Sch L Town Parking Lots
- Sch M Truck Exclusions
- Traffic Code Disposition List
- Ch TCDL Traffic Code Disposition List
A.
No place of assembly or public assembly as defined in Subsection B of this section shall be maintained, operated or used as such without a permit, except that no permit shall be required for any place of assembly or public assembly used solely as a place of religious worship.
[Amended 12-13-2022 by L.L. No. 8-2022]
B.
PLACE OF ASSEMBLY
PUBLIC 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.
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 750 square feet or more.
[Added 12-13-2022 by L.L. No. 8-2022]
[Amended 12-13-2022 by L.L. No. 8-2022]
A floor plan that indicates the conditions of the use of the
place of assembly or public assembly space shall be submitted for
approval. This includes, but is not limited to, the seating arrangements,
seating capacity, means of egress locations and dimensions, the location
of heating and electrical equipment and the location of portable fire
extinguishers. The plan shall be approved by the Chief Fire Marshal
and the approved copy shall be kept on display in the premises.
[Amended 12-13-2022 by L.L. No. 8-2022]
A.
A maximum allowable occupancy for every place of assembly or public
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 public 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 or public assembly shall ensure that the
maximum allowable occupancy for any place of assembly or public assembly
or portion thereof is never exceeded.
C.
No owner
of a building or tenant in control of the property shall refuse to
vacate any place of assembly or public assembly in which the occupancy
limits have been exceeded when directed to do so by the Fire Marshal,
police officer or any other official authorized to enforce the provisions
of this article. Failure to vacate the premises when ordered shall
constitute a violation of this article.
[Amended 12-13-2022 by L.L. No. 8-2022]
The construction, repair, maintenance and operation of every
place of assembly or public assembly shall be in accordance with the
appropriate standards of the Fire and Building Codes of New York.
[Added 12-13-2022 by L.L. No. 8-2022]
All fire protection systems, as defined in § 19-4, in every place of assembly or public assembly shall be maintained in full, proper, operative condition at all times when said place of assembly or public assembly or portion thereof is occupied.
