[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Town of West New York 4-16-1912 by Ord. No. 195. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
License Department — See Ch. 59.
Amusements — See Ch. 117.
Uniform Fire Safety Code — See Ch. 192, Art. II.
Flea markets — See Ch. 201.
Nuisances — See Ch. 269.
No person within the limits of the Town of West New York shall exhibit or show for any price, gain or reward any moving picture show or performance, either by itself or in connection with any other show, exhibition or performance, without first having obtained a license for that purpose from the Board of Commissioners of the Town of West New York.
The Board of Commissioners may, by resolution adopted at any stated meeting, by the votes of a majority of those present, license any person or persons to exhibit or show for price, gain or reward a moving picture show or performance, either by itself or in connection with any other show, exhibition or performance, at a place within the limits of the town to be designated in the license. All licenses granted under the provisions of this chapter shall expire on the first day of June in each and every year.
A. 
In any building or place so licensed, all aisles and passageways shall be kept free from camp stools and chairs, spectators and other obstructions.
B. 
All doors shall open outward and their combined width shall be at least equivalent to 18 inches for each 100 persons that may be seated in the exhibition hall. All doors shall have fastenings on the inside only; such fastenings shall be so arranged so as not to obstruct or prevent instant and easy exit through the same.
C. 
All exits shall have the word "exit" in letters over the same on the auditorium side.
D. 
Any stairways in said building for the use of the patrons of the exhibition or show shall be, in width, equivalent to 18 inches for each 100 persons that may be seated in said exhibition hall. No such stairway shall be less than five feet wide in the clear, nor ascend to a greater height than 11 feet without a level landing. All stairways shall have a railing on each side.
Each applicant for a license shall present an application in writing therefor at a stated meeting of the Board of Commissioners. The application shall be signed by the applicant and shall specify the street, building, structure or place where he proposes and intends to conduct said moving picture show, which place, in case a license shall be granted, shall be set forth in the license and no license shall be authority to conduct such show or performance at any other place than that designated in the license.
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Editor's Note: Former § 335-5, Fee, was repealed 9-4-2019 by Ord. No. 16/19. See now § 186-10CC.
Every license issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be sealed with the Corporate Seal of the town, shall be signed by the Mayor of the town and attested by the Town Clerk; every person licensed as aforesaid shall at all times keep his license displayed in some conspicuous place in the building designated in such license.
No license shall be assigned or transferred without the previous consent of the Board of Commissioners; no transfer shall be authorized by the Board of Commissioners except upon petition therefor presented at a stated meeting of the Board, which petition shall be of the form and substance as is herein required that applications for licenses shall have and shall be accompanied by a transfer fee of $10.
[Amended 10-19-1977 by Ord. No. 1261]
The Board of Commissioners may revoke or annul any license granted in case any person licensed shall violate any law of the state or any of the provisions of this chapter, and any persons violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be liable to a penalty as provided for in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I.
[Amended 10-19-1977 by Ord. No. 1261]
All suits, prosecutions and penalties for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be had and brought before and be imposed by the Judge of the Municipal Court.